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“...A Guide to the Papers of John Swire and Sons Ltd.
ELIZABETH HOOK
THE LIBRARY
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES 1977...”
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“...A Guide to the Papers of John Swire and Sons Ltd.
ELIZABETH HOOK
THE LIBRARY
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES 1977...”
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“...Library, then just moved into its new building, might be a suitable depository. Dr Christopher Howe, the Head of the Contemporary China Institute, and I subsequently discussed the idea with Mr Swire himself and the deposit was finally agreed and the papers placed in the Library in 1975. John Swire & Sons generously agreed to provide money for the compilation and publication of a full calendar of the deposited records and we were fortunate enough to be able to secure the services of Mrs Elizabeth Hook to carry out the work. (The Library also gratefully acknowledges a subvention from the Publications Committee of the School of Oriental and African Studies towards the publication of this guide.)
The papers may be consulted by members of the Library under the rules currently in force, but it should be noted that certain sections of the archive are closed and not available for a number of years: these are clearly indicated in Mrs Hook’s guide. Persons intending to consult the archive should in...”
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“...on to 1947. Now, however, the correspondence was divided according to the particular company involved and the personal element is missing as these are official letters from one company to John Swire and Sons rather than between individuals. They show in perhaps greater detail the working of the companies, as well as the policies followed and the issues affecting their progress, revealing - often indirectly — the effect of Chinese politics, Sino-Japanese and Anglo-Japanese relations.
Elizabeth Hook...”
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