Telephone conversations of Hong Kong, 1949-1956
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 Engineering Corporation Ltd and Shanghai & Hongkong Wharf Co. Ltd. The later conversations discuss the closure of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's offices in China. Index entries for many of the staff and companies featured in the conversations are given below.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1956
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and 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_application_form_2024_02.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 is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Extent
8 file(s) (8 ring-binders)
2 folder(s) (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The files belonged to Matheson & Co. Ltd, and contain many documents that are either stamped or labelled 'London'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
E14/1-7 were received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 17 April 2012. E14/8-10 were received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, 23 October 2012.
Existence and Location of Copies
E15 contains the copies of the telephone conversations between Hong Kong and Shanghai of 1950-1951 that belonged to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, although there are some discrepancies between the contents of the two series.
Subject
- Allan, Hugh Alexander, 1891-1951 (businessman) (Person)
- Angus, Andrew Drummond, 1921-2013 (businessman) (Person)
- Aucott, Ian Frank, 1916-1991 (businessman) (Person)
- Auster, Michael James Calcraft, b 1909 (Person)
- Barton, Hugh David MacEwen, 1911-1989 (businessman) (Person)
- Beeching, Roy Arthur Charles, b 1904 (Person)
- Bolton, Bernard Ernest, b 1909 (businessman) (Person)
- Booker, Neville John, b 1919 (businessman) (Person)
- Box, Reginald Holyoake, 1890-1972 (businessman) (Person)
- Bosanquet, David Ives, 1914-1988 (businessman) (Person)
- Bruce, Ian Denholm, 1912-1966 (businessman) (Person)
- Butler, Ernest Oswald, b 1912 (Person)
- Campbell, Colin Bruce, b 1920 (Person)
- Chambers, Arthur Harrington, b 1901 (Person)
- Classey, Donald Francis, b 1921 (Person)
- Corneck, Warrington Kenneth, b 1920 (businessman) (Person)
- Cuthbertson, Dorice Mabel, b 1897 (Person)
- Deakin, Barnett, b 1917 (Person)
- Eardley, Margaret Mary, b 1913 (shipping clerk) (Person)
- Eckford, Reginald Andrew, b 1906 (businessman) (Person)
- Fletcher, William Charles, b 1911 (Person)
- Fraser, Duncan Richard, b 1923 (businessman) (Person)
- Frost, Robert, b 1898 (businessman) (Person)
- Geddes, David Campbell, 1917-1995 (businessman) (Person)
- Goldenberg, Beryl, b 1925 (Person)
- Gordon, Robert, 1900-1965 (businessman) (Person)
- Hall, J O, b 1923 (Person)
- Hart, Percy James, b 1905 (accountant) (Person)
- Hawke, Stanley Robert, 1914-1976 (businessman) (Person)
- Hawthorn, John Beilby, d 1918 (accountant) (Person)
- Herries, Michael Alexander Robert Young-, 1923-1995 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Hsu, Hou Yu, b 1900 (businessman) (Person)
- Ide, Francis Madgewick, b 1903 (businessman) (Person)
- Johns, Walter Gate, b 1901 (Person)
- Johnston, Jenny Mary, 1908-1972 (Person)
- Johnstone, Fitzroy Montague Veitch, b 1922 (businessman) (Person)
- Johnstone, Roy Douglas, b 1921 (Person)
- Jolly, Frederick, b 1907 (businessman) (Person)
- Kendrew, John Anthony Ernest, 1903-1969 (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Kidd, Alexander, 1895-1956 (businessman) (Person)
- Knox, William Thomas, b 1916 (Person)
- Lacey, Lewis John, b 1895 (businessman) (Person)
- Landale, David Fortune, 1905-1970 (businessman) (Person)
- Lennox, Henry Hutchison, 1891-1958 (businessman) (Person)
- Letts, Lionel Edgar Charles, 1918-2013 (businessman) (Person)
- Liu, Yueh-chun, b 1920 (businessman) (Person)
- Luttermann, Vera Elizabeth, b 1905 (Person)
- McCallum, Alexander, b 1929 (Person)
- Manley, John Campbell, 1900-1952 (businessman) (Person)
- Marques, Pompilio Jose, b 1904 (businessman) (Person)
- Marshall, George Lawrence, 1911-1965 (accountant) (Person)
- Mills, George Mervyn, b 1912 (Person)
- Morcher, John Willie, c 1894-1962 (Person)
- Morrison, Peter, 1906-1972 (Person)
- Mould, James, b 1895 (accountant) (Person)
- Moyle, Godfrey Copley, b 1912 (Person)
- Nelson, Douglas Charles Berkeley, b 1917 (businessman) (Person)
- Newman, Hilary Nicholls, b 1915 (Person)
- Norton, Francis Ambrose, 1901-1983 (businessman) (Person)
- Oliveira, Alfredo Marques d', b 1923 (businessman) (Person)
- Penny, Winifred Agnes, b 1905 (Person)
- Piercy, Arthur, 1889-1953 (Person)
- Pollock, Frederick Arthur, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Puncheon, George, 1902-1974 (Person)
- Raeburn, George Duncan, 1899-1962 (Person)
- Reid, Alan, 1911-1993 (businessman) (Person)
- Rideout, Anthony Edwin, b 1921 (accountant) (Person)
- Robson, Arthur Walker, 1900-1956 (businessman) (Person)
- Ross, Arthur Richard, b 1906 (Person)
- Shea, Raymond Edward, b 1911 (businessman) (Person)
- Shoppee, Reginald, b 1913 (businessman) (Person)
- Sidbury, Henry, d 1906 (businessman) (Person)
- Simmons, James Lawrence, b 1896 (Person)
- Simpson, Robert Currie, b 1917 (Person)
- Smith, William Elder Drummond, 1892-1957 (businessman) (Person)
- Stockar, Charles Felix, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Tod, Henry Hector, b 1907 (businessman) (Person)
- Tremlett, Sidney Allford, 1910-1983 (engineer) (Person)
- Tubbs, John Fentham George, b 1906 (Person)
- Wallis, George Frederick, b 1917 (Person)
- Watts, Erik Francis, 1904-1984 (businessman) (Person)
- White, Alexander Robert James, b 1907 (businessman) (Person)
- Whitehouse, Alfred Obre, b 1902 (Person)
- Wilson, John, b 1909 (Person)
- Wo, Yau Tse, b 1916 (Person)
- Young, Harold James, b 1914 (accountant) (Person)
- Ewo Breweries Ltd (Organization)
- Ewo Cotton Mills Ltd (Organization)
- Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd (Organization)
- Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Co Ltd (Organization)
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