Telephone conversations between Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1950-1951
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
- Creation: 1950-1951
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
2 volume(s) (2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The volumes belonged to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 29 September 2011.
Existence and Location of Copies
E14/2-5 contain the copies of these telephone conversations that belonged to Matheson & Co. Ltd, although there are some discrepancies between the contents of the two series.
Subject
- Allan, Hugh Alexander, 1891-1951 (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)
- Bosanquet, David Ives, 1914-1988 (businessman) (Person)
- Box, Reginald Holyoake, 1890-1972 (businessman) (Person)
- Bruce, Ian Denholm, 1912-1966 (businessman) (Person)
- Butler, Ernest Oswald, b 1912 (Person)
- Campbell, Colin Bruce, b 1920 (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)
- Frost, Robert, b 1898 (businessman) (Person)
- Geddes, David Campbell, 1917-1995 (businessman) (Person)
- Gordon, Robert, 1900-1965 (businessman) (Person)
- Hart, Percy James, b 1905 (accountant) (Person)
- Hawke, Stanley Robert, 1914-1976 (businessman) (Person)
- Hawthorn, John Beilby, d 1918 (accountant) (Person)
- Hsu, Hou Yu, b 1900 (businessman) (Person)
- Johns, Walter Gate, b 1901 (Person)
- Johnston, Jenny Mary, 1908-1972 (Person)
- Johnstone, Fitzroy Montague Veitch, b 1922 (businessman) (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)
- Liu, Yueh-chun, b 1920 (businessman) (Person)
- Manley, John Campbell, 1900-1952 (businessman) (Person)
- Mills, George Mervyn, b 1912 (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)
- Norton, Francis Ambrose, 1901-1983 (businessman) (Person)
- Penny, Winifred Agnes, b 1905 (Person)
- Pollock, Frederick Arthur, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Piercy, Arthur, 1889-1953 (Person)
- Puncheon, George, 1902-1974 (Person)
- Reid, Alan, 1911-1993 (businessman) (Person)
- Raeburn, George Duncan, 1899-1962 (Person)
- Rideout, Anthony Edwin, b 1921 (accountant) (Person)
- Ross, Arthur Richard, b 1906 (Person)
- Shea, Raymond Edward, b 1911 (businessman) (Person)
- Sidbury, Henry, d 1906 (businessman) (Person)
- Simpson, Robert Currie, b 1917 (Person)
- Stockar, Charles Felix, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Tod, Henry Hector, b 1907 (businessman) (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)
- 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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