Semi-official correspondence between Hong Kong and Taipei, 1948-1982
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Jardine Matheson, Taipei, 1948-1977 and 1981-1982, with enclosed letters and papers. There are also semi-official letters from Taipei to Hong Kong for the years 1951, 1952, 1955, 1968-1977 and 1981-1982, comprised mainly of original letters, but also including some copies. The later correspondence includes some unnumbered letters. The correspondents are A.D. Angus, I.F. Aucott, H.D.M. Barton, B.E. Bolton, J. Boon, D.I. Bosanquet, J.J.G. Brown, I.D. Bruce, J.M. Collins, W.K. Corneck, W.J. Downey, R.A. Eckford, D.C. le F. Edwards, N.T. Edwards, D.C. Geddes, R. Gordon, T.T. Harley, S.R. Hawke, M.A.R. Herries, J.A. Heywood, Hiroshi Yasuda, E.J.V. Hutt, H.N.L. Keswick, J.H. Keswick, S.L. Keswick, R.C. Kwok, D.F. Landale, D.W.N. Landale, H.H. Lennox, A. McCallum, P.L. MacDougall, B.H. Mackay, G.J. McKenzie, D.D.B. McLeod, G.L. Marshall, R.E. Moore, D.B. Nelson, D.K. Newbigging, G.M.R. Pearson, M.H. Pickup, A.M. Reid, R. Shoppee, H. Sidbury, M.M. Smith and E.F. Watts.
Dates
- 1948-1982
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Extent
31 volume(s) (31 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
J1/202 contains copies of semi-official letters from Hong Kong to Taipei; J1/153 and J1/245 contain copies of semi-official letters from Taipei to Hong Kong.
- Angus, Andrew Drummond, 1921-2013 (businessman)
- Aucott, Ian Frank, 1916-1991 (businessman)
- Barton, Hugh David MacEwen, 1911-1989 (businessman)
- Bolton, Bernard Ernest, b 1909 (businessman)
- Bosanquet, David Ives, 1914-1988 (businessman)
- Brown, Jeremy John Galbraith, 1933-2022 (businessman)
- Bruce, Ian Denholm, 1912-1966 (businessman)
- Collins, John Murray, 1940-2017
- Corneck, Warrington Kenneth, b 1920 (businessman)
- Downey, William James, 1934-2013
- Eckford, Reginald Andrew, b 1906 (businessman)
- Edwards, David Corbett le Fowne, b 1939 (businessman)
- Edwards, Nigel Treloar, b 1941 (shipping agent)
- Geddes, David Campbell, 1917-1995 (businessman)
- Gordon, Robert, 1900-1965 (businessman)
- Harley, Thomas Thomson, b 1927
- Hawke, Stanley Robert, 1914-1976 (businessman)
- Herries, Michael Alexander Robert Young-, 1923-1995 (Knight, businessman)
- Heywood, John Axson, b 1937 (businessman)
- Hutt, Eric John Villette, b 1915 (businessman)
- Keswick, Simon Lindley, b 1942 (businessman)
- Keswick, Sir Henry Neville Lindley, b 1938 (Knight, businessman)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman)
- Kwok, Robert Chin-kung, b 1938 (businessman)
- Landale, David Fortune, 1905-1970 (businessman)
- Landale, Sir David William Neil, 1934-2016 (Knight, businessman)
- Lennox, Henry Hutchison, 1891-1958 (businessman)
- Macdougall, Patrick Lorn, b 1939 (banker)
- Mackay, Brian Hugh, b 1948
- Marshall, George Lawrence, 1911-1965 (accountant)
- McCallum, Alexander, b 1929
- McKenzie, Gary John, b 1931
- McLeod, David Dunlop Bentley, b 1932 (businessman)
- Moore, Raymond Edward, b 1928 (businessman)
- Nelson, Douglas Charles Berkeley, b 1917 (businessman)
- Newbigging, David Kennedy, b 1934
- Pearson, George Matthew Raymond, b 1917 (businessman)
- Pickup, Milton H, b 1914 (businessman)
- Reid, Andrew Michael, b 1953
- Shoppee, Reginald, b 1913 (businessman)
- Sidbury, Henry, d 1906 (businessman)
- Smith, Michael Inglis Monro, b 1930 (engineer)
- Watts, Erik Francis, 1904-1984 (businessman)
- Yasuda, Hiroshi, b 1933 (businessman)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Repository Details
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