Semi-official and property letters from Hong Kong to Taipei, 1947-1978 (1947-1967 and 1971-1978)
Scope and Contents
An incomplete series of copies of semi-official and some property letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Jardine Matheson, Taipei, with enclosed letters and papers. The later correspondence also includes some unnumbered semi-official letters. Between 1972 and 1974 the letters include weekly circular letters from Hong Kong reporting on local developments. These letters were excluded from the files from November 1974 and replaced by notes indicating that the missing letters were weekly letters sent to multiple offices.
The correspondents are A.D. Angus, I.F. Aucott, H.D.M. Barton, B.E. Bolton, D.I. Bosanquet, J.J.G. Brown, I.D. Bruce, W.J. Downey, C.V. Eckford, R.A. Eckford, D.C. le F. Edwards, D.C. Geddes, R. Gordon, S.R. Hawke, M.A.R. Herries, J.A. Heywood, 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, D.D.B. McLeod, G.L. Marshall, R.E. Moore, D.B. Nelson, D.K. Newbigging, G.M.R. Pearson, M.H. Pickup, R. Shoppee, H. Sidbury, M.M. Smith and E.F. Watts.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1978 (1947-1967 and 1971-1978)
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
12 file(s) (12 ring-binders)
4 folder(s) (4 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
The copies of the correspondence belonging to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, can be found in J1/117/3 (1947), J1/130/1-29 (1948-1977) and J1/298 (1978), which also include the weekly letters missing from the later files in this series.
Subject
- Angus, Andrew Drummond, 1921-2013 (businessman) (Person)
- Aucott, Ian Frank, 1916-1991 (businessman) (Person)
- Barton, Hugh David MacEwen, 1911-1989 (businessman) (Person)
- Bolton, Bernard Ernest, b 1909 (businessman) (Person)
- Bosanquet, David Ives, 1914-1988 (businessman) (Person)
- Brown, Jeremy John Galbraith, 1933-2022 (businessman) (Person)
- Bruce, Ian Denholm, 1912-1966 (businessman) (Person)
- Downey, William James, 1934-2013 (Person)
- Eckford, Charles Vyvyan Lavers, 1905-1987 (businessman and engineer) (Person)
- Eckford, Reginald Andrew, b 1906 (businessman) (Person)
- Edwards, David Corbett le Fowne, b 1939 (businessman) (Person)
- Geddes, David Campbell, 1917-1995 (businessman) (Person)
- Gordon, Robert, 1900-1965 (businessman) (Person)
- Hawke, Stanley Robert, 1914-1976 (businessman) (Person)
- Herries, Michael Alexander Robert Young-, 1923-1995 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Heywood, John Axson, b 1937 (businessman) (Person)
- Hutt, Eric John Villette, b 1915 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir Henry Neville Lindley, 1938-2024 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Simon Lindley, b 1942 (businessman) (Person)
- Kwok, Robert Chin-kung, b 1938 (businessman) (Person)
- Landale, David Fortune, 1905-1970 (businessman) (Person)
- Landale, Sir David William Neil, 1934-2016 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Lennox, Henry Hutchison, 1891-1958 (businessman) (Person)
- McCallum, Alexander, b 1929 (Person)
- McLeod, David Dunlop Bentley, b 1932 (businessman) (Person)
- Marshall, George Lawrence, 1911-1965 (accountant) (Person)
- Moore, Raymond Edward, b 1928 (businessman) (Person)
- Nelson, Douglas Charles Berkeley, b 1917 (businessman) (Person)
- Newbigging, David Kennedy, b 1934 (Person)
- Pearson, George Matthew Raymond, b 1917 (businessman) (Person)
- Pickup, Milton H, b 1914 (businessman) (Person)
- Shoppee, Reginald, b 1913 (businessman) (Person)
- Sidbury, Henry, d 1906 (businessman) (Person)
- Smith, Michael Inglis Monro, b 1930 (engineer) (Person)
- Watts, Erik Francis, 1904-1984 (businessman) (Person)
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