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Semi-official and property letters from Hankow to Shanghai, 1945-1954

 sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/187

Scope and Contents

Copies of semi-official and some property letters from Jardine Matheson, Hankow, to Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are Thomas Beesley, R.H. Box, W.S. Dupree, Captain J. Horner-Smith, A.G. Jacobs and W.J. Wu, Hankow, and R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, H.H. Lennox and F.A. Pollock, Shanghai.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945-1954

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)

1 folder(s) (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 17 April 2012.

Existence and Location of Copies

Copies of many of the semi-official letters can be found in J1/132/5 (1950), J1/132/8 (1952), J1/132/12 (1953), J1/132/17 (1954), J1/143/4 (1945-1947), J1/143/7 (1948-1949) and J1/143/9 (1951). These volumes also contain some letters not found in this series.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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