Metaxas family papers, ca 1882-1985 (box 1)

Title	Metaxas family papers, ca 1882-1985 (box 1)
Subject	Greek letters English letters Business Business records China Will Newspaper archives Greek newspapers
Category	1. Settlement 2. National boundaries 3. World War I 4. World War II
Author	Spiros (Spiro) Metaxas Gerasimos Antypas Maria Metaxa
Keywords	cultural heritage letters readers Greek letters Greeks in Harbin
Person	Spiros Maria Gerasimos
Current holder	State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference	1895 – 1941
Link	https://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110315234
Series number	MLMSS 8870
Item number	1 (9)
Access rights	Request from onsite storage
Country of origin	Greece China
Place	Harbin
Language	Greek (Modern) French Russian
Secondary languages	Greek, Purist
Description from source	BOX 1: Family and business papers - Harbin China, 1895-1941 Account books, ca. 1931-1935 (in Greek) (3 bound); Expenses (Russian) in manila folder, 1931-1932; Folder of Antipas Vodka newspaper advertisements and related correspondence; Family business, financial and genealogical records and papers, ca. 1931-1941; Two folders of legal documents and records, some with wax seals (Russian and Chinese) relating to business affairs of Gerasimos Antipas in Harbin China, 1895-1930; Two folders of handwritten letters (in Greek) from Maria and Spiro Metaxas in Greece to her father in Harbin, 1927-1930.
Physical format	Books Postcards Letters
Abstract	Metaxas family appears to be a well established and a strong socioeconomically family who had developed strong bonds with the community in Harbin and Greece. The father Gerasimos Antypas (Corfu1864 - Harbin 1932) was the owner of of Antypas vodka factory in Harbin, China, which after his death was inherited by his daughter Maria Metaxa and undertaken by his son in law Spiros Metaxas. The first box (1) includes an extensive series of handwritten letters (in Greek) from daughter Maria and husband Spiros Metaxa (Athens - Kefalonia) to Gerasimo Antypa (Harbin) 1927-1931. Correspondence include weather reports from Greece, information about the local flu which had affected Μaria, the financial situation of Spiros Metaxas' salary, and often reminiscing her mother Anastasia Gerasimou Antypa Vrettos. Letters also include information about Maria's piano lessons' progress at Athens Conservatoire. This box also includes the will and diseased estate of Gerasimos Antypas who left to his daughter real estate in Kefalonia and the Antypas vodka factory in Harbin, and additionally: the account books of the factory in handwritten in Greek 1931-1935, book with expenses ( in Russian) in manila folder, 1931-1932. folder of Antipas Vodka newspaper advertisements and related correspondence; family business, financial and genealogical records and papers, ca. 1931-1941; two folders of legal documents and records, some with wax seals (Russian and Chinese) relating to business affairs of Gerasimos Antipas in Harbin China, 1895-1930;
Date accessed	November 22, 2022