From Hong Kong

Letters from Butterfield & Swire office in Hong Kong to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes correspondence concerning; list of Butterfield & Swire staff missing, killed, believed killed, interned in Hong Kong, Prisoners of War in Hong Kong; list of staff and family m...

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Order number: FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2911
Date(s) of creation: 1945
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.7.4.56.06
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2911
callnumber JSS/2/7/4/56/06
callnumber_txt JSS/2/7/4/56/06
callnumber-sort JSS/2/7/4/56/06
scb_alt_ref_no JSSII 7/4/56/6
prefix_number 06
scb_previous_numbers Staff Letters No. 47
title From Hong Kong
scb_date_creation 1945
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 from Butterfield & Swire office in Hong Kong to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes correspondence concerning; list of Butterfield & Swire staff missing, killed, believed killed, interned in Hong Kong, Prisoners of War in Hong Kong; list of staff and family members who left Hong Kong in September 1945; staff accommodation and living expenses; staff movements and work assignments. Includes name and subject index for letters from Hong Kong and Shanghai offices.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_closed_until 01/01/2026
scb_conditions_gov_access File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2026
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.002.007.004.0056.0006