Orient Paint, Colour and Varnish Co Property letters

File of correspondence between John Swire & Sons and the Orient, Paint, Colour and Varnish Company relating to the construction of the new factory in Hong Kong. The letters cover aspects of the project such as: ancillary buildings; coal silo; estimated costs; plant machinery; inventories; plans;...

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Order number: JSS Box 2626
Date(s) of creation: 1948-1949
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.9.5.1
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2626
callnumber JSS/9/5/1
callnumber_txt JSS/9/5/1
callnumber-sort JSS/9/5/1
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIX 5/1
prefix_number 1
scb_previous_numbers OPCO 648
title Orient Paint, Colour and Varnish Co Property letters
scb_date_creation 1948-1949
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 box
format Archive
description File of correspondence between John Swire & Sons and the Orient, Paint, Colour and Varnish Company relating to the construction of the new factory in Hong Kong. The letters cover aspects of the project such as: ancillary buildings; coal silo; estimated costs; plant machinery; inventories; plans; road access. Includes index
scb_arrangement Chronological by sending office
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access The item is currently on display in the Brunei Gallery
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.
scb_finding_aids Paper handlist available
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.009.005.001