Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Tsingtao, 4 Apr. 1929-2 Mar. 1942
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters nos 69-122, 124-135, 137-159, 161-275, 277-340, 342-426, 428-432, 434-439, 442-449, 451-455, 458-466, 468-473, 477-482, 486, 488, 490, 491, 493-496, 498, 499, 503-509, 513, 518, 519, 522, 523, 525, 526, 528, 529, 531-533, 536, 538-543, 545, 547-550, 553-559 and 561-566 from R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, F.A. Pollock and G.W. Sheppard, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to G.H. Bowker, W.B. Cornaby, W.D. Fiddes-Wilson and A.E. Smith, Jardine Matheson, Tsingtao.
At the back of file are copies of semi-official letters nos 11 and 13 from A.E. Smith, Tsingtao, to J.J. Paterson, Shanghai, 13 and 27 March 1929, and extracts from semi-official letter no. 12 from Tsingtao to Shanghai, 20 March 1929.
There is an index at the beginning of the ring-binder containing the following entries: British Chamber of Commerce Report; Enemy Exports; Imports; Monthly Returns; Produce; Quarantine Restrictions; 'Shantung Daily News'; and Staff.
The ring-binder is labelled 'Ports To Tsingtao General'.
Dates
- Creation: 4 Apr. 1929-2 Mar. 1942
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 file(s) (1 ring-binder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 27 February 2012.
Subject
- Austin, Reginald Mein, 1888-1934 (businessman) (Person)
- Beith, Benjamin David Fleming, 1884-1960 (businessman) (Person)
- Bowker, George Henry, b 1887 (businessman) (Person)
- Cornaby, William Basil, b 1892 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir William Johnstone, 1903-1990 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Pollock, Frederick Arthur, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Sheppard, George Walter, d 1943 (businessman) (Person)
- Smith, Alexander Edward, b 1888 (businessman) (Person)
- Wilson, Walter Dunbar Fiddes-, 1899-1952 (businessman) (Person)
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