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ID833
NameCalder's Desk File
TitleCalder's Desk File
Year1918
AuthorCalder, Alonzo Bland;
CollectionHoover Archives
Sub collectionAlonzo Bland Calder Papers (1911-1956), Box 24
Repository typeArchive
Description

Folder 3. Calder's desk file. Blue folder containing photos and letters related to Grace & Co in Shanghai 

Story of the Chinese opening of their office on January 21, 1919, describes the interior decoration, explain the meaning of the Chinese Hong name, and list the name of Chinese elites present with their position

Letter to Elliott, Feb 4, 1919, reporting his meeting with Johnson of the Pacific steamship co

China Trade Bulletin, issued by the American Chamber of Commerce, vol. 1, no. 7. Shanghai December 19, 1918

  • Executive committee (recent important meetings)
  • Meeting on December 12
  • Imitation of American Trademarks 
  • Ask War Trade Board to Grant Licenses
  • List of Officers and members of the executive committee and standing committee 
  • Foreign trade with American ships - by Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board
  • Business opportunities 
  • What must America do to develop foreign trade?
  • Of special interest 
  • Federal Incorpoation Law
  • President Wilson’s Adresses in Chinese language (Crow’s translation)
  • New members elected  

Memorandum. Currency Employed at Changchun, Manchuria

Memorandum. Transport of merchandise Changchun to Harbin. 2p

Letter to madame Shenk (in French) - 1p

Federal Incorporation Law. “An Act to provide for the incorpaotion of companies for carrying on foreign business exclusively, and for other purposes”. This draft of a federal incorpoation law was prepared by the American Chamber of Commerce of China and was officially adopted by the Chamber at a meeting of the executive committee held in Shanghai on August 8, 1918. 18p

Grace China Co., Shanghai. Hong name 美裕 (meiyue). 36 Kiangse Road. House Bulletin no.3. January 1919. 2p

Correspondence with K.D Lee, 7 Ming The Lee, 469 rue Eugene Bard, Shanghai, about sales of MICA, January 6, 1919

Memos on various commodities

  • Cotton (Memo on the cotton market in China)
  • Camphor
  • Jute (include a material sample) and jute bags, hemp, gunny cloth, bags
  • Bristles
  • Tea (includes list of brands)
  • Proprietary medicines and ointments - copy of report by Thomas Sammons, US consul-general, Shanghai, China. Special consular report no.76. November 1918 - 11p. Including a substantial section on advertising and translation, emphasizing the need to adapt to Chinese tastes 
  • Saccharine 

Letter from Grace China to Grace & Co (San Francisco), forwarding list of Chinese holidays. December 15, 1918.

Correspondence with Hoffmann of Standard Oil, Shanghai. December 13-14, 1918, about Chinese compradore I.Y. CHEN. Praised for his ability to establish excellent connections. 

Export restrictions released on cotton, canned vegetables and various chemicals and  metallic materials - December 2, 1918

Letter from the American chamber of commerce, announcing Calder's election as full member of the US Chamber of Commerce - November 1918

KeywordsChina ; United States ; commercial attache ; memo ; report ; photograph ; commodity ; medicine ; chamber of commerce ; booklet ; incorporation ; law
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