Semi-official correspondence between Shanghai and outports, 1942-1951
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, and the company's agencies in China, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are H.A. Allan, D.I. Bosanquet, R.H. Box, I.D. Bruce, E.J. Cooke, W.B. Cornaby, A.M. d'Oliveira, W.S. Dupree, L.G. Frost, R. Gordon, S.R. Hawke, W.S. Ho, Captain J. Horner-Smith, A.G. Jacobs, J.H. Keswick, Lan Nan Kee, Lau Wan Kai, H.H. Lennox, J.C. Manley, P.J. Marques, F.A. Pollock, M.L. Railton, A.R. Ross, A.E. Smith, C.F. Stockar, H.H. Tod, T.C. Wang/Wong, S.J. Ward and W.J. Wu.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-1951
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_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 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
9 volume(s) (9 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 29 September 2011.
Existence and Location of Copies
J1/185 contains copies of semi-official letters from Foochow to Shanghai found in this series, as well as other semi-official letters from the period 1946-1955.
Subject
- Allan, Hugh Alexander, 1891-1951 (businessman) (Person)
- Bosanquet, David Ives, 1914-1988 (businessman) (Person)
- Box, Reginald Holyoake, 1890-1972 (businessman) (Person)
- Bruce, Ian Denholm, 1912-1966 (businessman) (Person)
- Cooke, Edmund James, b 1898 (businessman) (Person)
- Cornaby, William Basil, b 1892 (businessman) (Person)
- Dupree, William Sherlock, 1881-1975 (businessman) (Person)
- Frost, Leopold Gotley, 1899-1983 (businessman) (Person)
- Gordon, Robert, 1900-1965 (businessman) (Person)
- Hawke, Stanley Robert, 1914-1976 (businessman) (Person)
- Jacobs, Archibald Gordon, 1898-1964 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Lennox, Henry Hutchison, 1891-1958 (businessman) (Person)
- Manley, John Campbell, 1900-1952 (businessman) (Person)
- Marques, Pompilio Jose, b 1904 (businessman) (Person)
- Oliveira, Alfredo Marques d', b 1923 (businessman) (Person)
- Pollock, Frederick Arthur, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Railton, Manning Leonard, 1895-1962 (businessman) (Person)
- Ross, Arthur Richard, b 1906 (Person)
- Smith, Alexander Edward, b 1888 (businessman) (Person)
- Smith, J Horner-, b 1896 (Captain) (Person)
- Stockar, Charles Felix, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Tod, Henry Hector, b 1907 (businessman) (Person)
- Ward, Stanley Johnstone, b 1919 (businessman) (Person)
- Wu, Wei-Jou, b 1896 (Person)
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