Staff Letters from Butterfield & Swire, No. 2

Letters sent from Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong and Shanghai offices to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff appointments; staff leave; salaries; staff reports; staff movements. Most letters are addressed simply to John Swire & Sons London w...

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Order number: JSS Box 2847
Date(s) of creation: 1898-1899
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.7.4.2
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2847
callnumber JSS/2/7/4/2
callnumber_txt JSS/2/7/4/2
callnumber-sort JSS/2/7/4/2
scb_alt_ref_no JSSII 7/4/2
prefix_number 2
scb_previous_numbers Staff Letters No. 2
title Staff Letters from Butterfield & Swire, No. 2
scb_date_creation 1898-1899
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 folder
format Archive
description Letters sent from Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong and Shanghai offices to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff appointments; staff leave; salaries; staff reports; staff movements. Most letters are addressed simply to John Swire & Sons London while some are addressed to [James Henry] Scott, senior partner at the time. File also includes reports on Yokohama staff.
scb_arrangement This volume has now been disbound for conservation. Each section of correspondence is now housed in an individual folder
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.002.007.004.002