Shanghai General Letters

Correspondence files containing copies of letters from John Swire & Sons London to Butterfield & Swire Shanghai and theirs to London, on the same format as the Hong Kong series and with the same type of indexes.The files cover the Shanghai side of the China Navigation Company organisation, i...

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Archive & Special Collections JSS/3/2 Open

Date(s) of creation: 1880-1950
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.3.2
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSS/3/2
callnumber_txt JSS/3/2
callnumber-sort JSS/3/2
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIII 2
prefix_number 2
title Shanghai General Letters
scb_date_creation 1880-1950
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 44 boxes; 25 files
format Archive
description Correspondence files containing copies of letters from John Swire & Sons London to Butterfield & Swire Shanghai and theirs to London, on the same format as the Hong Kong series and with the same type of indexes.The files cover the Shanghai side of the China Navigation Company organisation, including Shanghai itself Northern Chinese trade and the Yangtze River.
scb_place_code 1814991
2643743
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.
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids Paper handlist available
scb_related_material Related MaterialFor 1940 and 1941 the main series of letters are to be found in the Shanghai Master Files. (JSSII 3)
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.003.002

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