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M1585

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2019

Collection Summary

Creator
Roxby, Percy M., 1880-1947
Swire, John S., 1825-1898
Title
Collections held by the Liverpool University Library (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1875 - 1931
Collection Number
M1585
Extent
48 items
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor
The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Transcripts of records of the shipowners and merchants J. Swire and Son relating to Liverpool-Australian trade, 1873-1894 and Papers of Prof. M. Roxby on the 4th Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations at Shanghai in 1931 including reports of research of F.M Kessing on indigenous peoples of the Pacific, notes on Maois by H.F. von Haast, and report of the 1927 Wanganui Maori Conference.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at Liverpool University Library as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1982 (AJCP Reel: M1585). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Sydney Jones Library, Liverpool University, Chatham Street, Liverpool.

For further information see Special collections and Archives catalogue at Liverpool University Library (https://sca-archives.liverpool.ac.uk/).

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7894932] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

The letters of Thomas M. Reade, 1883-1906, have been filmed by the A.J.C.P. Reel M832[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-771851591/findingaid].

Finding Aid Note

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Advisory Statement

Australian Aboriginal, Maori, Pacific and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.

Subjects

Australia; Holt, P.; Institute of Pacific Relations; Keesing, F.M.; Maori; Mercantile firms; New Zealand; Pacific Islands; Philippines; Prof.; Trade: Straits Settlements; Roxby, M., Professor; Shanghai, China; Shipping lines; Straits Settlements; Straits Steamship Co; Swire, J. and Son; Swire, John; Trade: Australia; Trade: Philippines; Tregonning, K.G.; Von Haast, H.F.; Von Haast, H.F.; Wanganui Maori Conference (1927)

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 285, p. 107.

Item Descriptions

Fonds. Papers of Percy M. Roxby, 1927 - 1931

7 items

Biographical / Historical

Percy M. Roxby (1880-1947), Professor of Geography, Liverpool University 1917-1944.

Papers relating to 4th Conference of Institute of Pacific Relations, 1927 - 1931 (File 31-38)

7 items

Filmed selectively.

Press releases relating to Conference. Roneoed (30pp.), 21 October 1931 - 2 November 1931 (Item 31/9)
Lionel Curtis. Report on the 4th Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations at Shanghai. Roneoed. (15pp.), 21 October 1931 - 2 November 1931 (Item 31/14)
Correspondence between Roxby and C.F. Loomis (Honolulu), F.M. Keesing (Honolulu), K. Chin (Shantung), J.A. Ely (Shanghai), M. E. Cleeve (London) and others, and copies of letters of A. Rose (28pp.), 1931 (Item 32/17)
Typescript and printed reports of research of F.M. Keesing on dependencies and native peoples of Pacific (58pp.), 1930 - 1931 (Item 32/19)
Typescript report of Wanganui Maori Conference held at Putuki, Wanganui, Easter (13pp.), 1927 (Item 32/21)
Roneoed and typescript notes on Maoris compiled by H. F. von Haast (17pp.), 1931 (Item 32/22)
Biennial report of Acting General Secretary of Pacific Council, Roneoed (50pp.), 1929 - 1931 (Item 32/28)

Fonds. Papers of John S. Swire, 1873 - December 1898

41 items

Papers of John S. Swire (1825-1898), shipowner and merchant, transcribed and collected by Professor Francis E. Hyde.

Biographical / Historical

The firm of J. Swire and Son shipped metal goods, foodstuffs, spirits, stout, tea, sugar, cement and other goods to Australia. Its Australian agents were Lorimer, Rome and Co. 1861-1894, G. Martin 1894-1900, and Yuill and Co, 1900-1948.

Typescript copies of selected letters in letterbook 1086, 1873 - 1879 (File MS 25.8)

11 items

Filmed selectively.

J. Swire to J. P. O'Brien, 5 June 1875 (Item 23)

Arrangements for bottling stout for Australian market.

Division of profits and losses between J. Swire and Son and J.P. O'Brien. (Item 24)
J. Swire and Son to Lorimer, Marwood and Rome (Melbourne): Adelaide grain trade, 24 November 1875 (Item 28)
J. Swire to H. Hoskie: Australian tea trade, 4 September 1876 (Item 35)
Tenders for eastern services, including Australia (Item 45-46)
J. Swire to A. Holt: Eastern postal contracts; Australian line, 25 September 1877 (Item 59)
J. Swire to Lorimer, Rome and Co.: Export of stout and ale to Australia, 25 September 1878 (Item 63)
J. Swire to Lorimer, Rome and Co.: 'Jack of Hearts' ale and stout, 13 January 1879 (Item 68)
J. Swire to A. Holt: Australian postal contract, 30 April 1879 (Item 77)
J. Swire to J.P. O'Brien: decline of Liverpool-Australia trade, 20 May 1879 (Item 80)
J. Swire to J.P. O'Brien: export of ale and stout to Australia., 27 August 1879 (Item 95)

Typescript copies of selected letters in letterbooks 1087-1088, 1879 - 1884 (File MS 25.10)

4 items

Filmed selectively.

J. Swire and Son to Lorimer, Rome and Co., 16 January 1880 (Item 11)

Sets out scales of commissions for shipowners.

J. Swire and Son to Lang, Scott and Mackintosh, 5 May 1881 (Item 27)

Negotiations with Holt; intends to use own steamers on Australian line.

J. Swire and Son to Lang, Scott and Mackintosh, 27 May 1881 (Item 29)

Australian line; ambition of Ismay to secure Pacific trade.

J. Swire to T. Ismay, 24 June 1881 (Item 33)

Adventages of developing trans-Pacific trade.

Typescript copies of selected letters in lettersbooks 1089-1090, 1885 - 1891 (File MS 25.11)

6 items

Filmed selectively.

J. Swire to H.R Smith, 11 September 1886 (Item 16)

China-New Zealand trade.

J. Swire to Dalety and Co. (Perth), n.d. (Item 29)

Western Australia-Straits Settlements trade; appointment of Dalgety as general agents; extension of line to Adelaide or Melbourne.

Profits of the Australian Line, 1887 - 1889 (Item 32)
J. Swire to E. Mackintosh, 25 October 1889 (Item 33)

Weakness of Lorimer, Rome and Co.; tea and sugar trade; arrangement with Dalgetys; appointment of G. Martin as agent.

J. Swire to E. Mackintosh, 23 January 1890 (Item 37)

Death of sir James Lorimer; tea and stout trade; weakness of Lorimer, Rome and Co.

J. Swire to P. Holt, 19 January 1891 (Item 53)

Straits Settlements and Philippines trade.

K.G. Tregonning. A History of the Straits Steamship Company, 1890-1965. Roneoed (20pp.) (File MS 25.12)

Miscellaneous letters, 17 April 1889 - 2 May 1951 (File MS 25.14)

19 items

Filmed selectively.

Notes on Australian agents, A.I. Franks, H. Baker and G. Martin (Item 195)
A. Holt to J. Swire and Son, 2 January 1894 (Item 207)

Contract for Western Australian cattle.

Extract from Melbourne Argus on death of J.S. Swire, December 1898 (Item 217)
— to C.D. Storrs, 2 May 1951 (Item 218)

Sends copies of letters on origins of J. Swire and Son's Western Australian service.

J. Swire to A. Holt, P. Holt and A. Crompton, 17 April 1889 (Item 219)

Negotiations with Du Croz for Perth agency; recommends Dalgety and Co.

J. Swire to Dalgety and Co., 2 July 1889 (Item 220)

Appointment as agents for new Ocean Steamship Co. steamer; commissions.

J. Swire to P. Holt, 2 July 1889 (Item 221)

Negotiations with Du Croz.

J. Swire to P. Holt, 6 July 1889 (Item 222)

Advises against extension of voyage to Adelaide or Melbourne.

J. Swire to Dalgerty and Co. (Perth), n.d. (Item 223)

Appointment as agents; commissions; advises against extension to south coast. (draft)

J. Swire to Dalgerty & Co., 30 July 1889 (Item 224)

British India Co.; Australind.

J. Swire to P. Holt, 11 November 1889 (Item 225)

Australind; Adelaide Steamship Co.

J. Swire to P. Holt, 31 March 1891 (Item 226)

Details of wool press used in Melbourne.

J. Swire to P. Holt: charges for wool cargo, 31 December 1891 (Item 227)
J. Swire to P. Holt: charges for wool cargo, 30 December 1890 (Item 228)
J. Swire to P. Holt. charges for wool cargo, 23 November 1889 (Item 229)
J. Swire to C. Bethell: charges for wool cargo, 23 November 1889 (Item 230)
J. Swire to P. Holt: charges for wool cargo, 22 November 1889 (Item 231)
J. Swire to P. Holt: charges for wool cargo, 21 November 1889 (Item 232)
J. Swire to C. Bethell, 22 November 1889 (Item 234)

Freight rates for Western Australia-Singapore service.


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