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THMJ I/B/1
Item
[1928?]

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies
Cards re committees to consider formation of an International Union in Radio-Telegraphy, and an International Union in Mathematics.
Deschamps

Certificate of election as Corresponding Member, Academia Borussica; List of Nobel Prize winners, 1901-06

THMJ I/A/1
Item
1910, n.d.

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

'Pamphlets': four bound volumes

THMJ I/E/1-4
Item
1876-1935

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

E/1: Numbered 'I', 1876-1890. Includes complete index
E/2: Numbered 'II', 1891-1905
E/3: Numbered 'III', 1906-1915
E/4: Numbered 'IV', 1916-1935

J.J. Thomson and the Cavendish Laboratory in his Day: manuscript drafts

THMJ I/D/1-5
File
c 1964

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Part of the 'British Men of Science' series, and published by Nelson 1964. An account of J. J. Thomson and his work, by G.P. Thomson.
D/1: Preface; Chapter 1 and 2 (incomplete)
D/2: Chapter 6
D/3: Chapters 7, 8 and 9 (incomplete
D/4: Chapters 10, 11 and 12; Appendix (incomplete)
D/5: Lists of illustrations

Correspondence, etc. re Trinity College, Cambridge: Maurois - Schofield

THMJ I/A/10
File
1927-1938

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Maurois, A. 1927
Accepting invitation to give Clark Lectures.
Pym, T.W. 1938
Scholfield, A.F. n.d.

J.J. Thomson and the Cavendish Laboratory in his Day: miscellaneous pages for re-typing and correction

THMJ I/D/10
File
c 1964

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

With re-cast and re-assigned chapter headings.

J.J. Thomson and the Cavendish Laboratory in his Day: Galley proof of book, with G.P. Thomson's list of 'Principal alterations and corrections'

THMJ I/D/11
File
c 1964

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

With re-cast and re-assigned chapter headings.

Correspondence, etc. re Trinity College, Cambridge: Trevelyan - VIscount Ullswater

THMJ I/A/11
File
1924-1931

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Trevelyan, G.M. n.d. (1928?) 1p. only of letter re portrait of his father, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, left to Trinity.
Viscount Ullswater, J.W. Lowther 1924
Unidentified 1931

Photocopies of photographs and correspondence, obtained by G.P. Thomson

THMJ I/D/12
File

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Includes letters 1918-20 addressed by Thomson to Keys, on experiments with underwater explosions at Shandon (Argyll).

Manuscript notes by Thomson for speech at dinner for Frank Newall's 80th birthday

THMJ I/A/12
Item
[1937]

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Also includes draft description of G.P. Thomson's work on electron diffraction.

Film of J.J. Thomson at Bell Telephone Laboratories

THMJ I/A/13
Item
1923-1962

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

The film bears the caption 'Sir Joseph J. Thomson is welcomed by Bell Telephone Engineers and escorted through their laboratories at the Western Electric Co., New York, March 28 1923'. It is accompanied by a brief letter re the film to G.P. Thomson, 23 October 1962, from H.F. Wickham of Associated Electrical Industries Limited.

Three ringback notebooks of notes compiled by G.P. Thomson for his biography or other writings about J.J. Thomson

THMJ I/D/13-15
Item
[early 1960s?]

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

The notes are in pencil, blue and red ink or biro, and include short narratives, diagrams, calculations, bibliographical indications, etc. The notebooks are all headed 'J.J. Thomson' but are not dated.
D/13: Notes on J.J. Thomson's papers (some in detail) and those of others, or on history of Cavendish Laboratory. Includes plan for 'Chapter IV'.
D/14: Similar material. Both ends of book used. Includes notes for 'Unplaced possible additions' (on pumps - used as Appendix in book).
D/15: Similar material. Both ends of book used. P.3 is headed 'J.J.T. continued'. Pps. 1 & 2, headed 'Leckhampton', contain a draft proposal for Leckhampton House, the postgraduate campus of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, officially established in 1961 during the Mastership of G.P. Thomson.

Miscellaneous shorter notes on J.J. Thomson and his work

THMJ I/D/16
File
[early 1960s?]

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Some pages apparently torn from ringback notebooks.

Hardback notebook

THMJ I/D/17
File
[c 1910-early 1960s?]

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Originally used by G.P. Thomson for mathematical notes on Gamma Functions (c. 1910-12) and continuing with drafts for biography of J. J. Thomson. Includes some loose pages of plans and notes.

Correspondence with Nelson, publishers of J.J. Thomson and the Cavendish Laboratory in his Day

THMJ I/D/18
File
1962-1964

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Mostly re illustrations.

Proof copies of illustrations for J.J. Thomson and the Cavendish Laboratory in his Day

THMJ I/D/19
File
c 1964

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

With printed material consulted by G.P. Thomson for the biography.

Sylvanus Thompson Medal of the Röntgen Society

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Draft paper or lecture on the electrodeless ring discharge

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Scientific correspondence from J. A. Fisher

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Re Thomson's memorandum and research on mines.

'J.J. Thomson and the discovery of the Electron', Physics Today

THMJ I/D/20
Item
Aug 1956

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Address given by G. P. Thomson at International Conference on the Quantum Interactions of the Free Electron, held 23-25 Apr 1956 at University of Maryland, and published in Physics Today, Aug 1956, which bears a photograph of J.J. Thomson on the cover.

Untitled biographical sketch of J.J. Thomson, by G. P. Thomson

THMJ I/D/21
Item
[1956]

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Draft paper on the electron

THMJ I/B/21
Item
1927 or later

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Undated, but refers to G.P. Thomson's experiments on electron waves (1927).

Notebook

THMJ I/B/22
Item
[1920s?]

Part of Papers of Sir Joseph Thomson (J. J. Thomson), Part I

Both ends used, and many notes and diagrams also on cover. Miscellaneous contents, including several drafts for papers referring to G.P. Thomson's experiments (1926-28), de Broglie's theory, structure of the electron, electrodeless discharge, etc.

Talk at Trinity College to Cambridge University Physics Society by G. P. Thomson