Swire & Maclaine Eastern Letters

Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, London and Swire & Maclaine offices in Hong Kong and Japan covering routine business matters. The letters cover many different areas including the following: agencies, accounts, staff, cotton, business in North China, John Dickinson & co, enginee...

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Order number: JSS Box 2604 A
Date(s) of creation: 1949
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.10.1.1.2
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2604 A
callnumber JSS/10/1/1/2
callnumber_txt JSS/10/1/1/2
callnumber-sort JSS/10/1/1/2
scb_alt_ref_no JSSX 1/1/2
prefix_number 2
scb_previous_numbers S&M 641
title Swire & Maclaine Eastern Letters
scb_date_creation 1949
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 box
format Archive
description Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, London and Swire & Maclaine offices in Hong Kong and Japan covering routine business matters. The letters cover many different areas including the following: agencies, accounts, staff, cotton, business in North China, John Dickinson & co, engineering, estimated results, freight on Swire & Maclaine shipments, cost of living Hong Kong, textiles and wool Japan, drawbacks in Japan, imports into Japan, matters affecting business in Korea, rubber, sugar, matters affecting trade in Shanghai, vegetable oils. Includes index
scb_arrangement Chronological by sending office
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
scb_use_restrictions Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
scb_finding_aids Paper handlist available
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.0010.001.001.002