Butterfield & Swire China and Japan

Correspondence between John Swire & Sons Ltd and Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong and Japan covering routine business matters. Letters cover the following areas in particular: educational establishments in Hong Kong, Jardine Matheson & Co, business in New Guinea, directors' trips to the Eas...

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Order number: JSS Box 2508
Date(s) of creation: January 1956 - June 1956
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.2.31
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2508
callnumber JSS/2/2/31
callnumber_txt JSS/2/2/31
callnumber-sort JSS/2/2/31
scb_alt_ref_no JSSII 2/31
prefix_number 31
scb_previous_numbers BS 1414
title Butterfield & Swire China and Japan
scb_date_creation January 1956 - June 1956
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 file
format Archive
description Correspondence between John Swire & Sons Ltd and Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong and Japan covering routine business matters. Letters cover the following areas in particular: educational establishments in Hong Kong, Jardine Matheson & Co, business in New Guinea, directors' trips to the East, de La Rama lines, taxation agreements, Glen Line agency in Japan, staff. This file include only letters out to Hong Kong and Tokyo. The following sections were not included when the file was transferred to SOAS: Letters from Tokyo; Tokyo / Hong Kong; Hong Kong or Tokyo / Alfred Holt & Co Liverpool
scb_arrangement Letters are arranged chronologically 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.
language English
language_search English
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.002.002.0031