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Correspondence re rubber, 1954-1964

 sub-sub-sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/I21/4/3/23

Scope and Contents

Copies of correspondence of Matheson & Co. Ltd, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd and Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd and its successors, and related letters and papers, regarding the rubber interests of Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd. Most of the material concerns the Malayan Para Rubber Co. Ltd (Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd, shareholders) and Plantation Agencies Ltd, which managed the Malayan Para Rubber Co. Ltd's rubber estates.

Dates

  • Creation: 1954-1964

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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

3 file(s) (3 ring-binders)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 5 June 2015.

Related Materials

I21/4/3/24 is a successor to this series, containing material regarding a range of rubber interests that were covered previously by several different series of subject files.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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