collection |
SOAS Archive
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id |
JSS.2.7.4.60.04
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recordtype |
archive
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scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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scb_order_with |
FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2918
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callnumber |
JSS/2/7/4/60/04
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callnumber_txt |
JSS/2/7/4/60/04
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callnumber-sort |
JSS/2/7/4/60/04
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scb_alt_ref_no |
JSSII 7/4/60/4
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prefix_number |
04
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scb_previous_numbers |
Staff Letters No. 51
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title |
From Hong Kong
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scb_date_creation |
1949
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scb_level |
File
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level_sort |
7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
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scb_extent |
1 folder
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format |
Archive
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description |
Correspondence from Butterfield & Swire offices in Hong Kong to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes documents concerning; salaries; staff recruitment; terms of employment; Chinese language study; individual staff reports; Cathay Pacific Airways; staff health; call for a "limited evacuation" of mothers and children from Shanghai to Hong Kong; plans for accommdation of Shanghai evacuees in Hong Kong; opening an office in Formosa (Taiwan); emergency plans for deployment of Shanghai staff; home leave; Japanese language study and examinations; report on visit to Japan office; club membership; updates on Chungking (Chongqing) and Tientsin (Tianjin); statement in parliament on war losses and compensation; plans for a Control Office in Singapore; Shanghai blockade; staffing for PAMAS (Pacific Air Maintenance Services); report of a defalcation by a member of staff.
See JSSII 7/4/60/3 for name and subject index for letters from Hong Kong and Shanghai offices.
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scb_access_status |
Closed
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scb_closed_until |
01/01/2030
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scb_conditions_gov_access |
File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2030
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scb_copyright |
Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
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scb_use_restrictions |
Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
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hierarchy_top_id_raw |
JSS
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hierarchy_sequence |
JSS.002.007.004.0060.0004
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