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Swire, John (John Swire & Sons Ltd)

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Title Swire, John (John Swire & Sons Ltd)
 
Creator John Swire & Sons | merchants
John Swire & Sons Ltd | merchants
 
Subject Textiles
Trade (practice)
Maritime transport
Vehicles
Ships
Chemical technology
Paint technology
Finance
Financial administration
Accounting
Water transport
Transport infrastructure
Docks
Legal systems
Enterprises
Food technology
Private enterprises
Food processing
Trade
International trade
Law
Legal documents
Visual materials
Photographs
Agricultural products
Plant products
Sugar
Information sources
Documents
Deeds
Transport
Inland water transport
 
Description

Records, 1869-1967, of John Swire & Sons Ltd, comprising the bulk of known surviving material stored in the London Office, covering the development of the firm from about 1870 to 1947, and including series of correspondence coming in and out of the London Office; legal material including original deeds and leases; accounts; organisation papers; and photographs. The importance of the collection lies in the comprehensiveness of the nineteenth and twentieth century correspondence in illustrating the development of the firm and its subsidiaries from the London side where policies were decided, and from the Eastern side where they were implemented. It also gives a good picture of leading figures and firms involved in the Far Eastern trade at that time such as Jardine, Matheson & Company, the China Merchants Company and Holt's, and reveals aspects of Chinese trade and British business philosophy at the end of the Victorian era.


 
Publisher School of Oriental and African Studies
 
Date 2002-07-01
 
Type text
 
Format text/html
 
Identifier http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=73&inst_id=19
 
Rights

Papers less than 35 years old are not available for public consultation.

Copyright held by John Swire and Sons Ltd., Swire House, 59 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ.