House Staff Letters

Letterbooks containing letters sent from Butterfield & Swire offices in the East to John Swire and Sons London office and letters sent from John Swire and Sons London to Butterfield & Swire staff in the East. The letters concern staff including staff reports. The early volumes are compiled...

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Date(s) of creation: 1892-1946
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           

Summary: Letterbooks containing letters sent from Butterfield & Swire offices in the East to John Swire and Sons London office and letters sent from John Swire and Sons London to Butterfield & Swire staff in the East. The letters concern staff including staff reports. The early volumes are compiled separately of letters sent out East from the London office (spanning a period of a few years), or received in to the London office from Butterfield & Swire in the East (covering a period of a year). In later volumes (from 1936) both 'Out' and 'In' letters are complied in a single volume.
Extent: 89 volumes
Arrangement: Chronological
Access status: Restrictions apply
Access conditions: Some files are closed under the Data Protection Act
Copyright: Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
User restrictions: Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
Format: Archive