Dupree, William Sherlock, 1881-1975 (businessman)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1881 - 1975
Biography
William Sherlock Dupree worked for the Chinese Maritime Customs before joining Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in 1912. He was employed as the company's Agent at Changchun, Hankow and Harbin until his retirement in 1941. He rejoined the firm during the Second World War, working at Chungking and New York, before retiring again in 1946.
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
File
Semi-official letters from New York to London, Jan. 1942-Nov. 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/86
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters from H.H. Lennox and W.S. Dupree, Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York, to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers:1. Unnumbered letters, 6 January-19 May 1942, and nos 1-71, 21 May 1942-15 January 1944, from H.H. Lennox to B.D.F. Beith.2. Nos 1-65 from W.S. Dupree to B.D.F. Beith and W.J. Keswick, 4 April 1944-19 October 1945.There is also a note by W.S. Dupree regarding sulphate of ammonia and the...
Dates:
Jan. 1942-Nov. 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
sub-subseries
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hankow, 1938-1942
sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/113
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Hankow, with enclosed letters and papers. The first file also includes some semi-official and private and confidential letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Jardine Matheson, Hankow. The correspondents are H.A. Allan, W.S. Dupree, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, J.J. Paterson and F.A. Pollock.
Dates:
1938-1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
File
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hankow, 23 Apr. 1929-14 Dec. 1933
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/63
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters nos 106, 108-117, 119-206, 208-247 and 249-321 from R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, W.J. Keswick and G.W. Sheppard, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to W.S. Dupree, J.P.B. Eastwood and A.E. Smith, Jardine Matheson, Hankow, with enclosed letters and papers, including an extract from letter no. 105 of 5 April 1929.The file includes the following subjects (among others):A: J.R. Allan (staff); annual accounts.C: Changsha Agency; Changsha claims; China...
Dates:
23 Apr. 1929-14 Dec. 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
sub-subseries
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hankow, 1945-1954
sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/228
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Hankow, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are Thomas Beesley, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, H.H. Lennox and F.A. Pollock, Shanghai, and R.H. Box, W.S. Dupree, A.G. Jacobs, Captain J. Horner-Smith and W.J. Wu, Hankow.
Dates:
1945-1954
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
File
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Ichang, 10 Apr. 1929-1 May 1941
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/65
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters nos 12-64, 66-121, 123-131, 133, 134, 136-140, 142 and 144 from R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, J.J. Paterson and F.A. Pollock, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to J.R. Allan, L.G. Frost, F.M. Ide and Andrew Ross, Jardine Matheson, Ichang, 10 April 1929-1 May 1941, with enclosed letters and papers.There are also copies of unnumbered semi-official letters, 22 February and 15 March 1939, and nos 1, 2 and 5-21, 28 March 1939-8 May...
Dates:
10 Apr. 1929-1 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.