Box, Reginald Holyoake, 1890-1972 (businessman)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1890 - 1972
Biography
Reginald Holyoake Box joined Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in 1934, having worked previously for the British American Tobacco Co. He was employed by Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd and the Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd in Hankow and (mainly) Shanghai.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
File
Property letters from Shanghai to Hankow, 13 Apr. 1946-7 Sep. 1954
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J2/50
Scope and Contents
Copies of property letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Hankow, with enclosed letters and papers. Many of the letters do not give the name of the sender or the recipient.H.O.P. Series1. Letters nos O.P. 1-15 and H.O.P. 16-18 from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai to Jardine Matheson, Hankow, 13 April-12 December 1946. Some of the letters are signed by J.H. Keswick, H.H. Lennox and W.B. Rigden, and one letter is addressed to W.S. Dupree.2....
Dates:
13 Apr. 1946-7 Sep. 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.
sub-subseries
Semi-official and property letters from Hankow to Shanghai, 1945-1954
sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/187
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official and some property letters from Jardine Matheson, Hankow, to Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are Thomas Beesley, R.H. Box, W.S. Dupree, Captain J. Horner-Smith, A.G. Jacobs and W.J. Wu, Hankow, and R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, H.H. Lennox and F.A. Pollock, Shanghai.
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.
sub-subseries
Semi-official correspondence between Shanghai and outports, 1942-1951
sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/143
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, and the company's agencies in China, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are H.A. Allan, D.I. Bosanquet, R.H. Box, I.D. Bruce, E.J. Cooke, W.B. Cornaby, A.M. d'Oliveira, W.S. Dupree, L.G. Frost, R. Gordon, S.R. Hawke, W.S. Ho, Captain J. Horner-Smith, A.G. Jacobs, J.H. Keswick, Lan Nan Kee, Lau Wan Kai, H.H. Lennox, J.C. Manley, P.J. Marques, F.A. Pollock, M.L. Railton, A.R. Ross, A.E. Smith, C.F....
Dates:
1942-1951
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.
Sub-Series
Telephone conversations between Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1950-1951
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/E15
Scope and Contents
Summaries of telephone conversations between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Jardine Matheson, Shanghai. The main subject is trade in a wide range of commodities, including the involvement of the company's subsidiaries Ewo Breweries Ltd, Ewo Cotton Mills, Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd and Shanghai & Hongkong Wharf Co. Ltd. Index entries for many of the staff and companies featured in the conversations are given below.
Dates:
1950-1951
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-Series
Telephone conversations of Hong Kong, 1949-1956
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/E14
Scope and Contents
Summaries of telephone conversations between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, Taipei, Tientsin and Tokyo, Matheson & Co., London, and Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd, Singapore. The files also include some copies of semi-official correspondence and notes of meetings of Heads of Departments in Hong Kong. The main subject is trade in a wide range of commodities, including the involvement of the company's subsidiaries Ewo Breweries Ltd, Ewo Cotton Mills, Jardine...
Dates:
1949-1956
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.