Staff Letters

Series of correspondence between John Swire & Sons, Ltd, London and Butterfield & Swire in the East regarding the management of staff in the East. These are primarily broken into two sub-series relating to ‘Shore’ and ‘Floating’ staff drawing a distinction between those staff employed in off...

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Date(s) of creation: 1924-1956
Level: Sub-Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.3.7.6
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSS/3/7/6
callnumber_txt JSS/3/7/6
callnumber-sort JSS/3/7/6
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIII 7/6
prefix_number 6
title Staff Letters
scb_date_creation 1924-1956
scb_level Sub-Series
level_sort 5/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/
scb_extent 16 boxes; 23 files
format Archive
description Series of correspondence between John Swire & Sons, Ltd, London and Butterfield & Swire in the East regarding the management of staff in the East. These are primarily broken into two sub-series relating to ‘Shore’ and ‘Floating’ staff drawing a distinction between those staff employed in offices in China or Hong Kong, and those employed to work onboard China Navigation ships. Other series of letters relate to pension arrangements and discussions with the Colonial Office and other administrative organisations regarding the welfare and registration of staff.
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
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.003.007.006