Butterfield and Swire Property

This correspondence series consists of property books and files of letters between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire in Hong Kong and Shanghai dealing with all matters relating to the management of Butterfield & Swire property interests, including offices, storage, housing, vesse...

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Archive & Special Collections JSS/2/4 Open

Date(s) of creation: 1897-1951
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.4
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSS/2/4
callnumber_txt JSS/2/4
callnumber-sort JSS/2/4
scb_alt_ref_no JSSII 4
prefix_number 4
title Butterfield and Swire Property
scb_date_creation 1897-1951
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 28 boxes
format Archive
description This correspondence series consists of property books and files of letters between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire in Hong Kong and Shanghai dealing with all matters relating to the management of Butterfield & Swire property interests, including offices, storage, housing, vessel, hulks, go-downs etc. and their repair, maintenance, development, purchase and sale. The Shanghai office handled its own property and that in the Yangtze River ports, along the North China coast and as far South as Foochow [Fuzhou], while Hong Kong dealt with its own and that on the coast from Amoy [Xiamen] south and Japan.The files were made and indexed on the format of JSSII 2 and for correspondence for Shanghai 1939-1941 see JSSII 3.
scb_related_name_code GB/NNAF/C215949
scb_place_code 1861060
1819730
1814991
2643743
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
scb_finding_aids Paper handlist available
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.002.004

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