China Closure

File of papers relating to the withdrawal of Butterfield & Swire following the closure of China to foreign businesses. The papers discuss the pay and benefits allocated to employees of the Orient Paint, Colour & Varnish Company and set out lists of property deeds to be sent to Shanghai. The...

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Order number: JSS Box 3412
Date(s) of creation: 1953-1966
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.1.6.19
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 3412
callnumber JSS/1/6/19
callnumber_txt JSS/1/6/19
callnumber-sort JSS/1/6/19
prefix_number 19
scb_previous_numbers R8
title China Closure
scb_date_creation 1953-1966
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1
format Archive
description File of papers relating to the withdrawal of Butterfield & Swire following the closure of China to foreign businesses. The papers discuss the pay and benefits allocated to employees of the Orient Paint, Colour & Varnish Company and set out lists of property deeds to be sent to Shanghai. The file also inlcudes resumes and correspondence relating to senior Chinese staff and James Reid, Manager of the Taikoo Dockyard as well as letters relating to the settlement of debts relating to the Canton Club.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London
scb_use_restrictions Copying is permitted for personal research purposes only. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.001.006.0019