M1642-1649
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Created: 2019
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Series Parcel TT3734. Sunlight Works and Lever Bros. Ltd. Correspondence, 1899 - 1923
Sunlight Works, Sydney, 1906 - 1923 (File File 112A)
Correspondence between Leverhulme and J. Meek, Managing Director of Lever Brothers Ltd. (Australia)...
Lever Bros. Ltd., Sydney, 1899 - 1915 (File File 114)
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Correspondence between Lever and J.W. Hope, Manager of Balmain works, 1899 - 1915 (Item)
Subjects include departure of Hope for Australia (1899); his relations with W.P. Gray and Kirkby; completion of soap works at Balmain; production of chemicals in Sydney; wages; return of Hope to England (1902)...
Series Parcel TT3739. Correspondence to G. Fulton and H. Greenhalgh, 1902 - 20 March 1918
Fulton and Greenhalgh Journey, 1902 (File File 144)
Correspondence between Lever, J. Arundel. G. Fulton and H. Greenhalgh concerning arrangements for a tour by Fulton and Greenhalgh of Australia and the Solomon Islands.
W. Hulme Lever, 26 October 1909 - 29 March 1910 (File File 157)
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Correspondence and cables concerning visit of Lever's son, W. Hulme Lever, and nephew, R. Lever, to Japan, Solomon Islands, Hong Kong, Australia, Ceylon and India, 26 October 1909 - 29 March 1910 (Item)
Correspondents include Lever, W. Hulme Lever, J. Cheshire, C. Crowther (Kobe), J. Meek (Sydney), J. Ritchie (Sydney). They refer to the affairs of Lever Brothers in England; inspection of plantations in Solomon Islands; social activities in Sydney; arrangements for return to England.
W. Hulme Lever, 3 April 1917 - 20 March 1918 (File File 157B)
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Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever (Port Said), 3 April 1917 (Item)
Sends letter and accounts of J. Kitchen and Sons (Sydney); mistake of carrying such large sums to depreciation; Australian taxation.
Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever, 20 March 1918 (Item)
Preference for shaving paste produced in Sydney.
Series Parcel TT3740. Correspondence to W. Hulme Lever, 11 October 1922 - 14 March 1924
W. Hulme Lever, 11 October 1922 - 23 October 1922 (File File 157E)
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W. Hulme Lever (Port Sunlight) to Leverhulme, 11 October 1922 (Item)
Sends memorandum by C. Knowles on whale oil; refers to cargoes of Southern Whaling and Sealing Company.
Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever, 11 October 1922 (Item)
Sends issue of Trade Promoter with article by J. Meek.
W. Hulme Lever to Leverhulme, 16 October 1922 (Item)
Acknowledges article by J. Meek.
Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever, 23 October 1922 (Item)
Meeting with Ashbolt, Tasmanian Agent-General.
W. Hulme Lever, 19 February 1923 - 14 March 1924 (File File 157F)
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Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever, 19 February 1923 (Item)
Proposed tour by Leverhulme of Australia, China and Japan.
W. Hulme Lever to Leverhulme, 11 June 1923 (Item)
West African meetings; discussion with F.W. Walker of Papuan Industries Ltd.
Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever, 13 June 1923 (Item)
Declines to provide any more capital for Papuan Industries Ltd.
Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever and H. Greenhalgh, 9 January 1924 (Item)
Arrival in Sydney; termination of agreements with agents in New Zealand.
A.M. to W. Hulme Lever, 11 February 1924 (Item)
Cable from Leverhulme at Fremantle, leaving Australia.
Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever and others, 14 March 1924 (Item)
Advertising in Australia; instructions left with F. Kitchen in Sydney on prices; Burfords; strength of Lever Brothers in Australia.
Series Parcel TT3741. Special Committee Correspondence, October 1901 - 28 January 1924
Special Committee, October 1901 - 18 July 1919 (File File 162)
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Lever to Lever Brothers, October 1901 - March 1902 (Item)
Visit to Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney; meetings with agencies; closure of Melbourne office; inspection of Sydney works; treatment of lyes; trade with Dutch East Indies. (10 letters).
Lever to Directors, 18 April 1910 (Item)
Meeting with Fern about Butterine; suggestion that coconut oil suitable for edible trade be produced in Sydney.
Lever to Directors, 18 September 1913 (Item)
Meeting with E.S. de Stein on coconut planting in British North Borneo.
Lever to Directors, 20 August 1915 (Item)
Letter from Kitchens in Sydney on payment for shares of Commonwealth Copra Company. (telegram).
Lever to Directors, 25 February 1916 (Item)
Request by Kitchens in Sydney for help with margarine and edible coconut oil.
Lever to Directors, 2 April 1917 (Item)
Details of ownership of Ross Soap Company and Messrs. Kitchens.
Leverhulme to Directors, 10 October 1918 (Item)
Purchase of shares of Pacific Phosphate Company.
Leverhulme to Directors, 3 June 1919 (Item)
Sends copy of letter to A. and F. Pears Ltd. on proposed sale of rights for Pears articles in United States and Dominions.
Leverhulme to Directors, 3 June 1919 (Item)
Pacific Phosphate Company; takeover of Nauru by Government.
Leverhulme to Directors, 5 June 1919 (Item)
Issue of debentures in Canada; meeting with Kitchen on offer of balance of ordinary shares held by Australian investors in Kitchen and Sons.
Leverhulme to Directors, 18 July 1919 (Item)
Sends telegrams to and from A.R. Dickinson of Pacific Phosphate Company.
Special Committee, 16 March 1920 - 19 October 1920 (File File 162A)
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Leverhulme to Directors, 16 March 1920 (Item)
Agreement on Philippine Islands; fibre plant acquired by C. Hamilton in Honolulu.
Leverhulme to Directors, 18 March 1920 (Item)
Coconut Plantation proposal; limitations on landholdings in Philippines; use of Fordson tractors on plantations.
Leverhulme to Directors, 6 May 1920 (Item)
Interview with A.R. Dickinson on Memorandum of Agreement with Government on Pacific Phosphate shares.
Leverhulme to Directors, 19 October 1920 (Item)
Impending meeting with Freudenberg on German coconut plantations in Pacific.
Special Committee, 6 March 1922 - 28 January 1924 (File File 162B)
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Leverhulme to W. Hulme Lever and H. Greenhalgh, 6 March 1922 (Item)
Sends letter and enclosures from J. Meek on trade unionism in Australia.
Leverhulme to Directors, 6 April 1922 (Item)
Unsatisfactory Australian business; lack of control over J. Meek and J. Kitchen; plans for visit to Australia, China and Japan.
Leverhulme to Directors, 16 January 1924 (Item)
Co-partnership song tried in Australia.
Leverhulme to Special Committee, 19 January 1924 (Item)
Visit to Sydney; problems with packing machines for soap powders.
Leverhulme to Special Committee, 19 January 1924 (Item)
Sends letter received from Waterloo Chemical Works Ltd.
Leverhulme to Special Committee, 28 January 1924 (Item)
Sends report from Kitchen on purchase of starch business of Lewis and Whitty.
Leverhulme to Special Committee, 28 January 1924 (Item)
Investigation by Professor. Froggatt into beetle which ravaged coconut palms in Solomon Islands.
Series Parcel TT3742. Pacific Islands Co. Correspondence, 1903 - 1904
Pacific Islands Company, 1903 - 1904 (File File 164A1)
Correspondence of Lever with J.T. Arundel, G.E. Ellis, Lord Stanmore, W.L. Allardyce, A.J. Reeves and Sir Henry Jackson concerning the Pacific Islands Company and Pacific Phosphate Company...
Series Parcel TT3743. Pacific Phosphate Co. Correspondence, 1905 - 1911
Pacific Phosphate Co., 1905 - 1910 (File File 164A2)
Correspondence concerning negotiations for purchase of Solomon Islands concessions from Pacific Islands Company (1906); discovery of phosphate in Pacific Islands; visit of Lever to Pacific Islands (1906); chairmanship of Pacific Phosphate Company; reports on shipment of phosphate; appointment of Lever as director of Pacific Phosphate Company (1909); Australian and Japanese contracts; increase in capital; meetings of Company; appointment of Deputy Director; investments in Compagnie Francaise des Phosphates de l'Oceanie; Ocean Island land question...
Pacific Phosphate Co., 1910 (File File 164B)
Correspondence concerning meetings of Pacific Phosphate Company; appointment of a Deputy Director; relations with Mitsui and Co. Ltd. and Bremen Sudseephosphat Gesellschaft; Christmas Island Phosphate Company; increase in capital of Compagnie Francaise des Phosphates de l'Oceanie; Ocean Island land question...
Pacific Phosphate Co., 1910 - 1911 (File File 164C)
Correspondence concerning relations with High Commission for Western Pacific; negotiations with Colonial Office on acquisition of land on Ocean Island; reports of directors; prices charged at stores on Ocean Island; reports from representative at Nauru; recruitment of labour; salaries of managing directors. There are also summaries of the Company's staff in Nauru, Melbourne and London, an article on Ocean Island in Blackwood's Magazine, and a translation of G. Haller. Die Phosphat Gesellichaffen der Sudsee (Mannheim, 1911)...
Series Parcel TT3744. Pacific Phosphate Co. Correspondence, 1911 - 1915
Pacific Phosphate Co., 1911 - 1912 (File File 164D)
Correspondence concerning meetings of Pacific Phosphate Company; possible appointment of B.T. Balding as Director; Lever's plans to give up directorship; issue of increased capital; capital raised for Compagnie Francaise des Phosphates de l'Oceanie; discussions with Colonial Office on prices charged to natives on Ocean Island; reports from representative of Pacific Phosphate Company in Australia; recruitment of labour...
Pacific Phosphate Co., 1912 - 1915 (File File 164E)
Correspondence concerning reports of Pacific Phosphate Company; retirement of Lever from Board and nomination of Lord Grey as his successor; effects of loss of Nauru by Germany on future of Company (1914); relations between Managing Directors and B.T. Balding; issue of preference shares; report of Compagnie Francaise des Phosphates de l'Oceanie; appointment of B.T. Balding as a director (1915)...
Series Parcel TT3745. Correspondence of S. Gross, 29 September 1902 - 18 May 1903
S. Gross, 29 September 1902 - 30 September 1902 (File File 182D)
Mainly concerned with advertising...
Lever to S. Gross, 29 September 1902 - 30 September 1902 (Item)
Sends item from Adelaide showing extent of competition...
S. Gross, 7 January 1903 - 18 May 1903 (File File 182E)
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Lever to S. Gross, 7 January 1903 - 8 January 1903 (Item)
Litigation against Lever Brothers by Kirkby, former Chairman of Lever Brothers (Australia)...
Lever to S. Gross: litigation of Kirkby, 26 January 1903 (Item)
Lever to S. Gross, 18 May 1903 (Item)
Increasing cost of barrels due to action of Coopers Union in Australia.
Series Parcel TT3747. Pacific Islands Correspondence, 1903 - 22 June 1907
Includes correspondence concerning Fanning and Washington Islands.
S. Gross, 20 June 1907 - 22 June 1907 (File File 182I)
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S. Gross to Lever, 20 June 1907 - 22 June 1907 (Item)
Advertisement by Jamaican Government for use of bananas; cultivation of bananas on Lever's Pacific islands...
Fanning and Washington Islands, 1903 (File File 195(1))
Correspondence concerning proposed purchase by Lever from H. Berkeley of half of Fanning and Washington Islands; draft agreement; difficulties about legal title; production of copra on the islands...
Series Parcel TT3748. Fanning and Washington Islands Correspondence, 1903 - 1904
Fanning and Washington Islands, 1903 - 1904 (File File 195(2))
Report by G. Fulton on Fanning Island and correspondence concerning ownership of the two Islands; efforts by H. Berkeley to conclude sale; breakdown of negotiations...
Series Parcel TT3755. New Zealand Correspondence, 1921 - 1925
Lever Bros., Petone, New Zealand, 1921 - 1925 (File File 507)
Correspondence concerning affairs of Lever Brothers (New Zealand) Ltd.; costs; advertising; closure of agencies in New Zealand; extension to Petone factory; gift of pictures from Leverhulme to Auckland Art Gallery; transfer of management to T. Burton (1924)...
Series Parcel TT3757. Correspondence to R. Barrie, 1900 - 1909
R. Barrie, 1900 - 1905 (File File 573)
Correspondence between Lever and R. Barrie, a director of Lever Brothers, 1897-1909, chiefly responsible for raw materials. It deals with the general affairs of the Company, including New Zealand agencies; export of tallow from Australia; visit by Lever to Australia (1901); kernel and copra production in Fiji; glycerine shipments to Sydney; sale of Australian tallow in United States; cost of casking oil from Sydney; discussions with Deutsche-Handels Plantagen Gesellschaft about Pacific Islands; report of J. Tillotson on Sydney operations (1904); prices of raw materials; purchase of ground nut oil by Sydney company.
R. Barrie, 1905 - 1909 (File File 573A)
Correspondence between Lever and R. Barrie on general affairs of the Company, including prices of raw materials; Australian anti-trust legislation; sale of Australian coconut oil; relations with J. Meek (1908).
Series Parcel TT3758. Brunner Mond & Co. Ltd. Correspondence, 15 January 1915 - 10 April 1916
Brunner Mond and Co. Ltd, 15 January 1915 - 1 June 1915 (File File 632(1))
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Lever to J.J. Crosfield (Warrington), 15 January 1915 (Item)
Relations between Lever Brothers and Crosfields and Gossages; introduction in Java of tablet soaps by Crosfields.
Lever to F. Brock (Hartford), 1 June 1915 (Item)
Competition from Kitchens in export of soap to Middle East; relations between Lever Brothers and Kitchens; difficulty of corresponding with Australia.
Brunner Mond and Co. Ltd, 14 March 1916 - 10 April 1916 (File File 632(2))
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Lever to F. Brock, 14 March 1916 (Item)
Prices proposed by Crosfield and Gossage; proposes soap for Philippines be manufactured by Lever Brothers in Boston.
Lever to F. Brock, 10 April 1916 (Item)
Allegations that agents of Crosfield and Gossage at Manila made sales below agreed price.
Series Parcel TT3762. Correspondence to J.H.M. Savage, 1901 - 1923
J.H.M. Savage, 1901 - 1923 (File File 716)
Correspondence between Leverhulme and J.H.M. Savage (Port Sunlight), mainly in period 1902-1909, referring to orders, prices of raw materials, Australian shipments of tallow.
Series Parcel TT3767. Co-Partnership Trust Correspondence, 24 February 1923 - 19 October 1923
Co-Partnership (General), 24 February 1923 - 19 October 1923 (File File 1389)
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[R. McLean] to J. Meek (Sydney), 24 February 1923 (Item)
Exchange of preferred ordinary shares.
J. Meek and L.V. Fildes, 29 August 1923 - 16 October 1923 (Item)
J. Meek to Secretary, Co-Partnership Trust; death duties in Australia; inability to place preferred ordinary shares of Lever Brothers into Planting Ltd. [29 August 1923]...
L.V. Fildes to J. Meek, 19 October 1923 (Item)
Unable to give effect to suggestion.
Series Parcel TT3769. Correspondence to F.A. Countway, 19 April 1920 - 15 March 1923
F.A. Countway, 19 April 1920 - 1 January 1921 (File File 1482)
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Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 19 April 1920 (Item)
Visit to America; plans to visit Japan, China, Philippines and Australia.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 20 July 1920 (Item)
Philippine companies; option on copra oil produced in Philippines; edible food trade.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 1 November 1920 (Item)
American business; refers to supply of raw materials from Philippines.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 3 November 1920 (Item)
Sends letter about Philippines coconut oil.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 13 December 1920 (Item)
Affairs of Philippine Refining Company; creation of $2 million. mortgage bonds.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 15 December 1920 - 1 January 1921 (Item)
Willing to consider purchase of Philippine plantations. (cable)...
F.A. Countway to Leverhulme, 1 January 1921 (Item)
Assets of Pacific Plantations Ltd. (cable).
F.A. Countway to Leverhulme, 1 January 1921 (Item)
Area, assets and profits of Lever's Pacific Plantations Ltd. (cable).
F.A. Countway, 23 January 1922 - 15 March 1923 (File File 1482B)
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Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 23 January 1922 (Item)
Proposals concerning Philippines Company.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 25 January 1922 (Item)
Approves plan for Philippine Refining Corporation. (draft cable).
F.A. Countway to Leverhulme, 1 April 1922 (Item)
Conference with stockholders of Philippine Refining Corporation; appointment of President. (cable).
F.A. Countway to Leverhulme, 25 April 1922 (Item)
Acceptance of plan for Philippine Refining Corporation. (cable).
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 26 May 1922 (Item)
Proposed arrangements for Group buying of copra in Philippines.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 21 October 1922 (Item)
Introduction of Sunlight soap into America; refers to establishment of soap-making factory in Sydney to promote Palmolive.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 6 December 1922 (Item)
Issue of second preference shares in Philippine Company.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 15 March 1923 (Item)
Acknowledges report on Philippine Refining Corporation.
Series Parcel TT3770. Correspondence to F.A. Countway, 27 July 1923 - April 1925
F.A. Countway, 27 July 1923 - 10 September 1923 (File File 1482C)
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F.A. Countway to Leverhulme, 28 July 1923 (Item)
Return to America; sales; royalties; visit by Baker to Philippines.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 13 August 1923 - 10 September 1923 (Item)
Sends letter from J. Meek about activities of Palmolive in Australia; competition between Palmolive and Lever Brothers...
J. Meek (Sydney) to Leverhulme, 27 July 1923 (Item)
Activities of Palmolive in Australia. (extract).
F.A. Countway, 24 December 1924 - April 1925 (File File 1482D)
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F.A. Countway to Leverhulme, 24 December 1924 (Item)
Guttenberg property; accommodation of steamers from Philippines; encloses agreement between Smith, Bell and Co. and Philippine Refining Corporation on oil in bulk contract.
F.A. Countway to Leverhulme, 26 December 1924 (Item)
Proposed visit to Philippines; slender profit margin in refining business in Philippines; relations with other Philippine companies, including Tabacalera Company.
W. Hulme Lever to Leverhulme, 10 January 1925 (Item)
Approach by Tabacalera Company on pooling of sales of oil in United States with Philippine Refining Corporation; joint buying of copra in Philippines.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, 10 February 1925 (Item)
Proposed visit to Philippines; improved prospects in Philippines.
Leverhulme to F.A. Countway, [1925-04] (Item)
Visit to Congo and West Africa; marketing arrangements in Philippines.
Series Parcel TT3773. Correspondence to P.J. Winser, 15 September 1899 - 3 January 1901
P.J. Winser, 15 September 1899 - 3 January 1901 (File File 1699)
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Lever to P.J. Winser, 15 September 1899 - 2 October 1899 (Item)
Licence for Jobbins in Sydney...
P.J. Winser (Sydney) to Lever, 16 December 1900 (Item)
Visit to Canada; cost of manufactures; unsatisfactory state of affairs in Sydney.
P.J. Winser (Katoomba) to Lever, 23 December 1900 (Item)
Investigation into tallow speculations of W.P. Gray; doubts about judgment and integrity of Gray; his political ambitions; relations between J.W. Hope and directors; sends copies of cables.
Lever to P.J. Winser, 3 January 1901 (Item)
Visit of Winser and J. Tillotson to Sydney; political interests of W.P. Gray; departure of Kirkby for Australia; large influx of cash from Sydney.
Series Parcel TT3775. Correspondence to E. Hyslop Bell and F. D'Arcy Cooper, 1902 - 2 May 1927
Includes correspondence concerning Pacific Islands Co. and Managing Directors Conference.
E. Hyslop Bell, 19 April 1924 (File File 1831)
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Leverhulme to E. Hyslop Bell, 19 April 1924 (Item)
Interview with J.H. Thomas about labour for Solomon Islands; possibility of recruiting West Indian families or Chinese indentured labour.
F. D'Arcy Cooper, 9 November 1923 - 14 April 1924 (File File 1836)
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[F. D'Arcy Cooper] to Leverhulme, 9 November 1923 (Item)
German firms involved in cultivation of coconut trees in New Guinea. (incomplete).
Leverhulme to F. D'Arcy Cooper, 10 April 1924 (Item)
Arrangements to see J.H. Thomas about Chinese labour for Solomon Islands.
Leverhulme to F. D'Arcy Cooper, 14 April 1924 (Item)
Suggests they visit E.G. Theodore.
F. D'Arcy Cooper, 21 April 1925 (File File 1836A)
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Leverhulme to F. D'Arcy Cooper, 21 April 1925 (Item)
Sends letter from J. Meek about income tax.
Pacific Islands Company, 1902 - 1924 (File File 1882)
Correspondence concerning accounts of Pacific Islands Company; purchase of sailing vessel (1903); negotiations with Jaluit Gesellschaft for purchase of copra; activities of Lever's Pacific Plantations Ltd.; visit of J. Tillotson to Pacific Islands (1904); efforts to obtain from New Zealand Government lease of Suwarrow Island (1904); inventory of steam yacht Victoria; negotiations on purchase of Solomon Islands concessions (1906); notes on Indian and Chinese labour for Solomon Islands (1923-1924). Most of papers date from 1903-1904 and 1923-1924...
Managing Directors Conference, 5 April 1927 - 2 May 1927 (File File 1909)
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L.V. Fildes to H. Greenhalgh, 5 April 1927 (Item)
Seeks reports on Philippine Refining Corporation and Trufood Australia Ltd.
L.V. Fildes to H. Greenhalgh, 2 May 1927 (Item)
Seeks reports on Philippine Refining Corporation and Trufood Australia Ltd.
Series Parcel TT3776. Kitchen and Sons Ltd. and R.W. Nivison & Co., 1901 - 1925
Kitchen and Sons Ltd, 1902 - 1925 (File File 2018)
Correspondence, mostly dating 1913-1925, concerning activities of Kitchen and Sons in Australia; amalgamation of Company with Lever Brothers (1914); effect of War on Australian business; free trade and protectionism; establishment of hydrogenation plant in Australia; visit of J.H. Kitchen to England (1919); death of John A. Kitchen (1922); establishment of Australian Producers Co-Partnership Ltd. (1924); purchase of R. Miller & Co. of Hobart; alterations to Port Melbourne office; co-partnership shares; visit of Leverhulme to Australia (1924); death of John H. Kitchen (1925)...
R.W. Nivison and Co., stockbrokers, 1901 - 1914 (File File 2318)
Correspondence between Lever and R. Nivison on financial matters, including sale of Pacific Phosphate Company shares by J.T. Arundel (1911); affairs of Pacific Phosphate Company; Lever's Pacific Phosphate Loan Account; issue of second preference shares by Pacific Phosphate Company (1914); amalgamation of Kitchen and Sons with Lever Brothers (1914).
R.W. Nivison and Co., stockbrokers, 23 October 1914 - 2 August 1916 (File File 2318A)
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Lever to Sir Robert Nivison, 23 October 1914 (Item)
Refers to offer made at Melbourne meeting.
Lever to Sir Robert Nivison, 6 November 1914 (Item)
Purchase of Godley Works and materials of Otto Monsted Ltd.; purchase of 75% interest in Australian businesses.
Sir Robert Nivison to Lever, 10 November 1914 (Item)
Purchase of Australian businesses.
Sir Robert Nivison to Lever, 27 May 1915 (Item)
Discussions with B.T. Balding and Lord Grey about Pacific Phosphate Company.
Harding to Lever, 28 May 1915 (Item)
Meeting sought by Sir Robert Nivison about Pacific Phosphate Company. (telegram).
Lever to Sir Robert Nivison, 2 August 1916 (Item)
Proposal for overdraft secured on Pacific Phosphate shares and Lever Brothers ordinary shares.
Series Parcel TT3777. Correspondence to R.W. Nivison and J. McDowell, 10 May 1911 - 17 February 1920
R.W. Nivison and Co., stockbrokers, 17 February 1920 (File File 2318B)
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Leverhulme to Sir Robert Nivison, 17 February 1920 (Item)
Memorandum from Pacific Phosphate Company; believes offer must be accepted.
J. McDowell, 10 May 1911 - 4 September 1915 (File File 3632A)
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Lever to J. McDowell, 10 May 1911 (Item)
Meeting with directors of Pacific Phosphate Company.
Lever to J. McDowell, 12 May 1911 (Item)
Audit fees for Pacific Plantations.
Lever to J. McDowell, 12 February 1915 (Item)
Representation of German companies on board of Pacific Phosphate Company; believes Lever and J.T. Arundel should have similar right of nomination.
Lever to J. McDowell, 27 February 1915 (Item)
Agreement with Kitchens; hydrogenation; market for oxygen in Australia.
Lever to J. McDowell, 31 May 1915 (Item)
Meeting with Sir Robert Nivison and Lord Balfour to discuss Pacific Phosphate affair. (telegram).
J. McDowell to Lever, 8 June 1915 (Item)
Pacific Islands; appointment at Colonial Office. (telegram).
Lever to J. McDowell, 15 June 1915 (Item)
Correspondence with J. Meek about share of profits under Co-Partnership Scheme.
Lever to J. McDowell, 24 June 1915 (Item)
Purchase of shares in Kitchens.
Lever to J. McDowell, 7 July 1915 (Item)
Manufacture of Pears soap in Australia; need to terminate agency of Gollin and Co. of Melbourne.
Lever to J. McDowell, 6 August 1915 (Item)
Refers to letter from J. Meek on salaries and shares.
Lever to J. McDowell, 10 August 1915 (Item)
J. Meek; requests list of salaries and co-partnership certificates since he took up duty in Australia.
Lever to J. McDowell, 10 August 1915 (Item)
Allegation by J. Meek that promises had not been fulfilled.
Lever to J. McDowell, 23 August 1915 (Item)
Refers to letters from Bank of Australasia on shares in Kitchens and from Commonwealth Copra Company.
Lever to J. McDowell, 25 August 1915 (Item)
Payment to Kitchens for shares.
Lever to J. McDowell, 27 August 1915 (Item)
Payment to Kitchens for shares.
Lever to J. McDowell, 4 September 1915 (Item)
Refers to letter from Bennie and Kitchen.
Series Parcel TT3778. Correspondence to J. McDowell and A. Cahn, 9 October 1915 - 28 May 1924
J. McDowell, 9 October 1915 - 2 April 1917 (File File 3632B)
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Lever to J. McDowell, 9 October 1915 (Item)
Report of lawlessness among natives in Solomon Islands.
Lever to J. McDowell, 30 November 1915 (Item)
Co-partnership and profit sharing; refers to letter from J. Meek.
Lever to J. McDowell, 31 July 1916 (Item)
Letter from Sydney solicitors about former master of Ruby.
Lever to J. McDowell, 1 March 1917 (Item)
Sends letter from F.H. Snow, director of Burfords of Adelaide; draft reply.
Lever to F.H. Snow (Adelaide), 1 March 1917 (Item)
Lever Brothers unable to participate in manufacture of heavy chemicals in Australia owing to agreement with Brunner Mond. (draft).
Lever to F.H. Snow, 5 March 1917 (Item)
Amended letter.
Lever to J. McDowell, 2 April 1917 (Item)
Supply of soda ash by Brunner Mond to Ross Soap Company of Brisbane.
J. McDowell, 8 December 1921 - 26 March 1924 (File File 3632B)
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Leverhulme to J. McDowell, 8 December 1921 (Item)
American profits; purchase of shares in Philippine Company to ensure American linseed requirements of coconut oil.
Leverhulme to J. McDowell, 26 March 1924 (Item)
Final plans to be left to F. Kitchen.
A. Cahn (Lever House), 24 May 1924 - 28 May 1924 (File File 3686)
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A. Cahn to Leverhulme, 24 May 1924 (Item)
Report on oil plan in Sumatra.
Leverhulme to A. Cahn: acknowledgement, 28 May 1924 (Item)
Series Parcel TT3780. Correspondence to D'Arcy Lever and C.M. Woodford, 1905 - 1918
D'Arcy Lever, 15 April 1914 - 7 July 1914 (File File 4506)
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Lever to D'Arcy Lever, 15 April 1914 (Item)
Calculations of plodding capacity at Sydney.
Lever to D'Arcy Lever, 7 July 1914 (Item)
Tenders received for works at Wellington; need to cease manufacturing soap in Sydney for New Zealand.
C.M. Woodford, 1905 - 1918 (File File 4517)
Correspondence between Leverhulme and C.M. Woodford, Resident Commissioner in the Solomon Islands. Subjects include Lever's Pacific Plantations; wharfage rates for copra at Sydney; social events; introduction of Javanese or Indian labourers to Solomon Islands; Woodford's resignation as Resident Commissioner (1915); exchange of land at Ysobel and Kulambangra; Japanese entry into Pacific; petition of Solomon Islands Planters Association that Protectorate be made a Crown Colony (1917); lectures in Liverpool by Woodford on Solomon Islands; American development of copra in Pacific.
Series Parcel TT3783. Pacific Phosphate Co. Correspondence, 1910 - 1912
Pacific Phosphate Company, 1910 - 1912 (File File 5904)
Extensive papers assembled by Lever as a director of Pacific Phosphate Company, including agenda papers, reports and memoranda of managing directors, copies of correspondence, copies of cables from A.F. Ellis at Nauru, financial statements, and statements of shipments...
Series Parcel TT3784. Correspondence to C. Knowles, 29 January 1917 - 2 February 1917
C. Knowles, 29 January 1917 - 2 February 1917 (File File 6104B)
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Lever to C. Knowles, 29 January 1917 - 31 January 1917 (Item)
Suggests Irvine visit East to report on copra oil...
Lever to C. Knowles, 2 February 1917 (Item)
Acknowledgment; visit of Irvine to East.
Series Parcel TT3785. Correspondence to C. Knowles, 29 December 1917 - 3 November 1920
Includes correspondence from C. Tatlow, H.G. Hart and C.W. Barnish.
C. Knowles, 16 June 1919 - 3 November 1920 (File File 6104C)
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Leverhulme to C. Knowles, 16 June 1919 - 6 July 1920 (Item)
Sends paper on oilseeds in Dutch East Indies...
Leverhulme to C. Knowles, 26 October 1920 (Item)
Philippine Visanyan Company.
C. Knowles to Leverhulme, 2 November 1920 (Item)
Market for Philippine Company; suggests closer liaison between Boston and Liverpool.
Leverhulme to C. Knowles, 3 November 1920 (Item)
Market for Philippine Company.
Group System, 29 December 1917 (File File 6391)
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C. Tatlow, H.G. Hart and C.W. Barnish to Leverhulme, 29 December 1917 (Item)
Scope of duties and division of responsibilites as directors responsible for overseas associated companies.
Series Parcel TT3789. Correspondence to J.M.B. Stubbs and M. Horn, 31 December 1913 - 16 August 1919
J.M.B. Stubbs, 2 September 1914 - 16 August 1919 (File File 7364)
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M. Horn, 31 December 1913 (File File 7814)
Filmed selectively.
Lever to M. Horn (Brussels), 31 December 1913 (Item)
Visit to Solomon Islands plantations; staff; working bullocks; wages; health; ships; comparison between Solomon Islands and Belgian Congo.
Series Parcel TT3790. Correspondence to M. Horn, C.E. Tatlow, and Ernest Walls, 1909 - 1925
M. Horn, 25 March 1918 - 27 March 1918 (File File 7814A)
Filmed selectively.
Leverhulme to M. Horn, 25 March 1918 - 27 March 1918 (Item)
Sends Annuals on Australia and South Africa; suggests Belgian Government compile similar publication on Belgian Congo...
C.E. Tatlow, 1909 - 1918 (File File 7823)
Correspondence between Leverhulme and C.E. Tatlow, a director of Lever Brothers, 1915-1929, chiefly responsible for the Australian associated companies. Subjects include character of J. Meek; difficulties with oil prices in Sydney; reports of hurricane in Solomon Islands (1916); visit by A.E. Knowles to Australia (1916); affairs in Solomon Islands; visits by Tatlow to Kitchens, Burfords New Zealand Candle Company and Lever Brothers New Zealand (1917); visit of W.A. Holman to England; assistance to Ruby Rich to visit Switzerland; British New Guinea Development Company; alkali manufacture in Australia.
C.E.Tatlow, 1919 - 1924 (File File 7823A)
Correspondence between Leverhulme and C.E. Tatlow, mainly comprising letters from Leverhulme. Subjects include Indian labour for Solomon Islands; shares in Pacific companies; edible fat trade in Australia; relations with Kitchens; sick and accident fund in Sydney; discussion with Capt. J.G. Skeet about German properties in New Guinea (1919); assistance to Ruby and Vera Rich; correspondence with J. Meek; future control of Pacific Islands (1919); New Guinea plantations; relations with Burfords; Australian Central Management Board; management of Solomon Islands Estates; G. Fulton; visit by Leverhulme to Australia (1923); soap trade in Australia; Australian and New Zealand appointments; interview with J.H. Thomas about Solomon Islands (1924); alterations to Port Melbourne office and Sydney works.
C.E. Tatlow, 1924 - 1925 (File File 7823B)
Correspondence between Leverhulme and C.E. Tatlow, mainly comprising letters of Leverhulme. Subjects include death of J.H. Kitchen; visit by J. Meek to Gilli-Gilli estate; correspondence with J. Meek and T. Burton.
Ernest Walls, 21 February 1917 - 23 February 1917 (File File 7894)
Filmed selectively.
E. Walls (Bristol) to Lever, 21 February 1917 (Item)
Sends cutting from Table Talk (Melbourne) on Cudahy and Co.
Lever to E. Walls, 23 February 1917 (Item)
Thanks for cutting; claims of Cudahy and Co. to have discovered special mineral.
Series Parcel TT3792. Correspondence to H.R. Greenhalgh, 11 December 1916 - 11 March 1925
H.R. Greenhalgh, 11 December 1916 - 5 October 1917 (File File 8104A)
Filmed selectively.
Lever to H.R. Greenhalgh, 11 December 1916 (Item)
Arrangements for Wernham to visit Australia and Solomon Islands. (telegram)
Lever to H.R. Greenhalgh, 5 March 1917 (Item)
Suggestion of Reverend. J. Harris that Indian labour be brought to Solomon Islands; lack of security for repayment.
Lever to Reverend J. Harris (Aborigines Protection Society), 12 March 1917 (Item)
Employer would be ruined under proposed scheme; Indian Government must meet cost of transportation.
Lever to H.R. Greenhalgh, 12 March 1917 (Item)
Sends letter from Reverend. J. Harris.
Lever to H.R. Greenhalgh, 15 March 1917 (Item)
Letter from Reverend J. Harris.
Lever to H.R. Greenhalgh, 17 March 1917 (Item)
Interview with Reverend. J. Harris; outline of plan to bring Indian families to Kulambangra.
Lever to H.R. Greenhalgh, 18 April 1917 (Item)
Discharge of Captain. Menmuir; entitlement to co-partnership certificates.
Leverhulme to H.R. Greenhalgh, 16 July 1917 (Item)
Sends letter from Fletcher, plantation manager in Solomon Islands.
Leverhulme to H.R. Greenhalgh, 1 October 1917 (Item)
Interview with Captain. Menmuir of Kulambangra; his salary claims.
Leverhulme to H.R. Greenhalgh, 3 October 1917 (Item)
Sends letter from Captain. Menmuir.
Leverhulme to H.R. Greenhalgh, 5 October 1917 (Item)
Captain. Menmuir; suggests matter be settled by Lever Brothers in Sydney.
H.R. Greenhalgh, 30 December 1924 - 11 March 1925 (File File 8104F)
Filmed selectively.
H.R. Greenhalgh (Pt. Sunlight) to Leverhulme and F. D'Arcy Cooper (Lagos), 30 December 1924 (Item)
Production reports from two southern whaling expeditions.
Leverhulme to H.R. Greenhalgh, 31 December 1924 (Item)
General business matters; advantages of participation in whaling industry.
H.R. Greenhalgh to Leverhulme and F. D'Arcy Cooper, 19 January 1925 (Item)
Raw materials; refers to shipment of bulk Sumatran palm oil.
H.R. Greenhalgh to Leverhulme and F. D'Arcy Cooper, 19 January 1925 (Item)
Reports on nutrient value of whale products.
Leverhulme to H.R. Greenhalgh, 20 January 1925 (Item)
Whale meat meal.
H.R. Greenhalgh to Leverhulme and F. D'Arcy Cooper, 20 January 1925 (Item)
Sends statement of production of whale oil at stations in South Georgia and South Shetland; oil prices.
H.R. Greenhalgh to Leverhulme and F. D'Arcy Cooper, 2 February 1925 (Item)
Financial position of Premier Whaling Company.
Leverhulme (Cape Palmas) to H.R. Greenhalgh, 26 February 1925 (Item)
Acknowledges reports; refers to whale meat flakes and meal and Premier Whaling Company.
S.J. Knowles. Report on visit to Continent, 25 February 1925 - 4 March 1925 (Item)
Refers to interview about Sumatran palm oil.
H.R. Greenhalgh to Leverhulme and F. D'Arcy Cooper, 11 March 1925 (Item)
Raw materials; sends report by S.J. Knowles on Sumatran palm oil.
Series Parcel TT3794. Correspondence to R. Pears, 1 October 1923
A. and F. Pears Ltd, 1 October 1923 (File File 8362D)
Filmed selectively.
Leverhulme to R. Pears, 1 October 1923 (Item)
Marketing in Australia of Pears Barbers Shaving Soap as new shape of toilet soap; high opinion of its quality.
Series Parcel TT3795. Correspondence of H.G. Hart, 4 May 1915 - 20 February 1923
H.G. Hart, 4 May 1915 - 3 April 1917 (File File 8408)
Filmed selectively.
Lever to H.G. Hart and C.W. Barnish, 4 May 1915 (Item)
Appointment of commercial supervisor of hydrogenation plants at Toronto, Durban, Sydney, Kobe.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 14 May 1915 (Item)
Interview with Tacon on shortage of labour in Solomon Islands; New Zealand should place counter-claim for Islands.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 24 June 1915 (Item)
Letter from J. Meek about Pears Soap in Australia.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 14 January 1916 (Item)
Request from Sydney for Jacoby machines; correspondence with Sir John Anderson about Solomon Islands.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 17 January 1916 (Item)
Reports made against J. Meek.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 18 January 1916 (Item)
Cable to Kitchens about death of Bennie.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 27 January 1916 (Item)
Sends draft reply to Pacific Plantations in Sydney; closure of trading stations; high price of copra.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 31 January 1916 (Item)
Australian business; supply of hardened fat to Kitchens; Lever Brothers should not enter margarine; need to keep on good terms with Kitchens.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 1 February 1916 (Item)
Letter from Kitchens; advances per tonnage.
H.G. Hart to Lever, 2 February 1916 (Item)
Acknowledges letter from Kitchens. (telegram).
Lever to H.G. Hart, 6 March 1916 (Item)
Colonial Office complaints against W. Ross and Francis; need for respect towards Government officials; possible action against Ross.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 4 May 1916 (Item)
Plans for visit to Australia.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 26 June 1916 (Item)
Proposed reply to J. Meek; need to defer capital expenditure in Australia; isolation of Meek.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 6 February 1917 (Item)
Sends draft reply to J. Meek on shipment of oils and fats; shipment of copra from Pacific Islands to United States.
Lever to H.G. Hart, 26 February 1917 (Item)
Returns reports of Ferguson, Buchanan and Tatlow at Sydney.
H.G. Hart to Lever, 2 April 1917 (Item)
Telegram from Lever about Bennie and Kitchen. (telegram).
H.G. Hart to Lever, 3 April 1917 (Item)
Shipment of soda ash by Brunner Mond and Co. to Ross Soap Company of Brisbane. (copy).
Lever to H.G. Hart, 3 April 1917 (Item)
Relationship between Ross Soap Company and Kitchens.
H.G. Hart, 22 October 1919 - 20 February 1923 (File File 8408A)
Filmed selectively.
Leverhulme to H.G. Hart, 22 October 1919 (Item)
Commission on sales of Pears Soap in United States and Australia.
Leverhulme to H.G. Hart, 12 March 1920 (Item)
Meeting with C. Hamilton about coconut planting in Philippines.
H.G. Hart to Leverhulme, 30 June 1920 (Item)
Interview with Secretary of Philippines Company about stock of coconut oil in Philippines. (telegram).
Leverhulme to H.G. Hart, 1 July 1920 (Item)
Advice to Philippines Company on reduction of stocks. (telegram).
Leverhulme to H.G. Hart, 23 March 1921 (Item)
Report and photographs concerning Philippines Company received from Irvine; believes Company can succeed.
Leverhulme to H.G. Hart, 28 July 1921 (Item)
Proposal by Knottenbelt that export trade for Dutch East Indies be worked from Holland.
Leverhulme to H.G. Hart, 13 March 1922 (Item)
Division of associated companies between C.E. Tatlow and Hart.
Leverhulme to H.G. Hart, 20 February 1923 (Item)
Letter from F.A. Countway about Philippines position.
Series Parcel TT3801. Correspondence to C.W. Barnish, 3 March 1921
C.W. Barnish, 3 March 1921 (File File 8536)
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Leverhulme to C.W. Barnish, 3 March 1921 (Item)
Purchase of tallow by South Africa from associated companies in Australia.
Series Parcel TT3805. Correspondence of Sir Gilbert Fox and A. McNalty, 1916 - 7 May 1921
Sir Gilbert Fox, 1916 - 1919 (File File 8908)
Correspondence between Leverhulme and Sir Gilbert Fox, a part-time director of Lever Brothers, 1916-1920. Subjects include appointment of Fox as director; social events; arrangements for meetings; relations with Colonial Bank; purchase of Pacific Phosphate Company shares; appointment of Fox as director of Pacific Phosphate Company (1917); relations with Lord Beaverbrook; prices of raw materials; British politics; negotiations with Lord Milner on future of Pacific Phosphate Company (1919).
Brigadier General A. McNalty, 31 October 1920 - 7 May 1921 (File File 9244)
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A. McNalty (San Francisco) to Leverhulme, 31 October 1920 (Item)
Impressions of United States; meeting with C. Hamilton; position of Philippines Company.
A. McNalty (Vancouver) to Leverhulme, [1920]-11-08 (Item)
Impressions of United States; Visayan Company.
Leverhulme to A. McNalty, 24 November 1920 (Item)
Thanks for reports; advantages of crushing copra in Philippines rather than United States.
A. McNalty (Honolulu) to Leverhulme, 30 November 1920 (Item)
Talks with Holdsworth of Canadian and Australian Royal Mail Line; S.S. Niagara.
A. McNalty to Leverhulme, 9 December 1920 (Item)
Amendments to letter.
Leverhulme to A. McNalty (Singapore), 24 January 1921 (Item)
Labour conditions on sugar plantations in Hawaii; Kilavea Volcano.
A. McNalty to Leverhulme, 25 February 1921 (Item)
Refers to visit to coconut plantations in Kuala Lumpur district.
A. McNalty to Leverhulme, 7 May 1921 (Item)
Sends letter on Philippines Refining Company.
Series Parcel TT3809. Correspondence to Capt. N.C. Watt, 1919 - 26 January 1945
Includes miscellaneous papers.
Captain N.C. Watt, 1919 - 1925 (File File 10049)
Correspondence between Leverhulme and Captain N.C. Watt of the Southern Whaling and Sealing Company, with some letters of H.R. Greenhalgh, B.R. Bostock and W. Hulme Lever...
Miscellaneous Papers, 19 January 1945 - 26 January 1945 (File)
The Lever business in Australasia.1889-1930. Balmain, (21p., typescript), 26 January 1945 (Item (i))
J. Kitchen and Sons Pty. Ltd. Sydney (15p., typescript), 19 January 1945 (Item (ii))
