Private and confidential correspondence between Hong Kong and London and Bangkok, Calcutta, Singapore and Sydney, 1958-1971
Scope and Contents
Private and confidential correspondence of Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd, Henry Waugh (Singapore) Ltd, Jardine Waugh (Singapore) Ltd, Jardine Waugh (Malaya) Ltd and Jardine Waugh Ltd, Singapore, and private and confidential correspondence of Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, with Jardine Waugh Ltd, Bangkok, Jardine Henderson Ltd, Calcutta, and Jardine Matheson, Sydney, with enclosed letters and papers and some copies of telegrams. Unless otherwise indicated, the letters to Hong Kong are originals and the other letters are copies.
The correspondents are A.D. Angus, I.F. Aucott, H.L. Barham, H.D.M. Barton, D.I. Bosanquet, J.D.K. Brown, D.I. Bruce, Chan U Seek, J.G. Curtis, D.C. le F. Edwards, H. Flint, D. Fordwood, A.M. Fisher, M.A.R. Herries, J.A. Heywood, E.J.V. Hutt, F.M.V. Johnstone, H.N.L. Keswick, J.H. Keswick, S.L. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, L.E.C. Letts, Miss M.N.Y. Liew, A. McCallum, G.L. Marshall, D.K. Newbigging, J.V. Jardine Paterson, G.R.B. Patterson, A. Reid, R. Shoppee, H. Sidbury, Sir H. Trevelyan and E.F. Watts.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1971
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
14 volume(s) (14 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Angus, Andrew Drummond, 1921-2013 (businessman) (Person)
- Aucott, Ian Frank, 1916-1991 (businessman) (Person)
- Barton, Hugh David MacEwen, 1911-1989 (businessman) (Person)
- Bosanquet, David Ives, 1914-1988 (businessman) (Person)
- Brown, Jeremy John Galbraith, 1933-2022 (businessman) (Person)
- Bruce, Ian Denholm, 1912-1966 (businessman) (Person)
- Chan, U Seek, 1925-2009 (businessman) (Person)
- Curtis, John Gilbert, b 1932 (Person)
- Edwards, David Corbett le Fowne, b 1939 (businessman) (Person)
- Flint, Hugh, b 1895 (businessman) (Person)
- Fisher, Alan Maxwell, 1922-1972 (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)
- Johnstone, Fitzroy Montague Veitch, b 1922 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir Henry Neville Lindley, 1938-2024 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir William Johnstone, 1903-1990 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Letts, Lionel Edgar Charles, 1918-2013 (businessman) (Person)
- McCallum, Alexander, b 1929 (Person)
- Marshall, George Lawrence, 1911-1965 (accountant) (Person)
- Newbigging, David Kennedy, b 1934 (Person)
- Paterson, Sir John Valentine Jardine, 1920-2000 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Patterson, George R B, fl 1920-1976 (businessman and trade commissioner) (Person)
- Reid, Alan, 1911-1993 (businessman) (Person)
- Shoppee, Reginald, b 1913 (businessman) (Person)
- Sidbury, Henry, d 1906 (businessman) (Person)
- Trevelyan, Sir Humphrey, 1908-1985 (Baron Trevelyan, diplomat) (Person)
- Watts, Erik Francis, 1904-1984 (businessman) (Person)
- Jardine Henderson Ltd (Organization)
- Jardine Matheson Holdings (SEA) Ltd (Organization)
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