General Correspondence

Correspondence between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong, relating to the routine management of the DURO Paint Manufacturing Company and staff. The letters cover the following areas in particular: agencies and agency renumeration; accounts; dividends; individual staff; mar...

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Order number: JSS Box 2785A
Date(s) of creation: 1951-1953
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.9.1.12
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2785A
callnumber JSS/9/1/12
callnumber_txt JSS/9/1/12
callnumber-sort JSS/9/1/12
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIX 1/12
prefix_number 12
scb_previous_numbers OPCO 1043A
title General Correspondence
scb_date_creation 1951-1953
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 file; 0.5 box
format Archive
description Correspondence between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong, relating to the routine management of the DURO Paint Manufacturing Company and staff. The letters cover the following areas in particular: agencies and agency renumeration; accounts; dividends; individual staff; marketing; Orient Paint & Varnish Company; profit margins decrease; plant equipment; printing ink; pension scheme; sales; trade marks; underwater paints. Includes index
scb_arrangement Chronological by sending office
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.009.001.0012