From Hong Kong

Letters and papers sent from Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong office to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff health and illness; staff appointments, recruitment, transfers and vacancies; leave; war service; salaries; housing; Compulsory Service Act...

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Order number: JSS Box 2906
Date(s) of creation: 1940
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.7.4.53.03
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2906
callnumber JSS/2/7/4/53/03
callnumber_txt JSS/2/7/4/53/03
callnumber-sort JSS/2/7/4/53/03
scb_alt_ref_no JSSII 7/4/53/3
prefix_number 03
scb_previous_numbers 2143 (Staff Letters No. 44)
title From Hong Kong
scb_date_creation 1940
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 and papers sent from Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong office to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff health and illness; staff appointments, recruitment, transfers and vacancies; leave; war service; salaries; housing; Compulsory Service Act; list of Hong Kong staff next of kin; war service; details of staff leave conditions during wartime; evacuation of women and children including some Butterfield & Swire staff and staff family members; volunteer military service in Hong Kong. File includes name and subject index for letters from Hong Kong and Shanghai offices.
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.
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.002.007.004.0053.0003