Semi-official letters from Tokyo to Hong Kong, 1949-1976
Scope and Contents
Semi-official letters from Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Japan) Ltd, Tokyo, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, with enclosed letters and papers, including monthly agency reports and returns and minutes of meetings of the Directors of Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Japan) Ltd in Tokyo. Most of the semi-official letters are originals, but there are also some copies. The correspondents are I.F. Aucott, M.G. Barrow, H.D.M. Barton, N.J. Booker, D.I. Bosanquet, J.J.G. Brown, M.J.E. Chambers, J.V. Godfray, R. Gordon, I.F.H. Grant, M.A.R. Herries, H.F. Hopkins, H.N.L. Keswick, J.H. Keswick, M.P. Keyes, Kohichi Nanjo, D.F. Landale, D.W.N. Landale, G.J. McKenzie, D.D.B. McLeod, G.Y. Matsumura, R.D.P. Michell, D.K. Newbigging, L. Norris, F.A. Pollock, M.L. Railton, J.S. Riggs and E.F. Watts.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1976
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
31 volume(s) (31 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Aucott, Ian Frank, 1916-1991 (businessman) (Person)
- Barrow, Martin Gilbert, b 1944 (businessman) (Person)
- Barton, Hugh David MacEwen, 1911-1989 (businessman) (Person)
- Booker, Neville John, b 1919 (businessman) (Person)
- Bosanquet, David Ives, 1914-1988 (businessman) (Person)
- Brown, Jeremy John Galbraith, 1933-2022 (businessman) (Person)
- Chambers, Marytn James Ellis, b 1939 (Person)
- Gordon, Robert, 1900-1965 (businessman) (Person)
- Grant, Ian Faulconer Heathcoat, 1939-2000 (businessman) (Person)
- Herries, Michael Alexander Robert Young-, 1923-1995 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir Henry Neville Lindley, 1938-2024 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keyes, Michael Patton, 1921-2009 (businessman) (Person)
- Nanjo, Kohichi, b 1919 (Person)
- Landale, David Fortune, 1905-1970 (businessman) (Person)
- Landale, Sir David William Neil, 1934-2016 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- McKenzie, Gary John, b 1931 (Person)
- McLeod, David Dunlop Bentley, b 1932 (businessman) (Person)
- Matsumura, George Yukio, b 1913 (Person)
- Michell, Rodney Drake Palmer, b 1943 (businessman) (Person)
- Newbigging, David Kennedy, b 1934 (Person)
- Norris, Leslie, b 1907 (businessman) (Person)
- Pollock, Frederick Arthur, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Railton, Manning Leonard, 1895-1962 (businessman) (Person)
- Riggs, John Sydney, b 1920 (businessman) (Person)
- Watts, Erik Francis, 1904-1984 (businessman) (Person)
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