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Section A, Biographical, includes letters from the King George VI’s Private Secretary informing Thomson of the King’s wish to award him the Order of Merit. There are also press cuttings relating to Thomson and material concerning dinners and functions at Cambridge University.

Section B, Family and personal, chiefly consists of correspondence sent to Thomson’s wife, Rose, and to his brother Frederick. The former group of correspondence dates from 1882 to 1949 and comprises letters to Lady Thomson from various members of her family, including her twin sister, Violet, and letters of thanks for hospitality at Trinity College from visiting academics, scientists, politicians and others. The letters to Frederick Thomson are from Lady Thomson and date from 1906 to 1914. There are a few letters, 1903, from Thomson to his wife.

Section C, Correspondence, is presented in two sequences: general correspondence to Thomson dating from 1886 to 1939 and correspondence in French with foreign scientists 1898-1926. The general correspondence is from various scientists, politicians and academics, a large part of it being letters of thanks for hospitality at Trinity College. The correspondence in French, of both Thomson and his wife, is with a number of distinguished scientists, or their spouses, including Marie Curie, A.H. Becquerel and Paul Langevin.

Section D, Non-text material, has one item only: a film of Thomson delivering a lecture in 1934. There is also an index of correspondents.

Short film of Thomson delivering a lecture, 18 October 1934. Gaumont British Industrial Film.

1-17: General Correspondence. Letters to Sir Joseph Thomson from various individuals, including friends, fellow scientists, academics, public figures and, occasionally family members. Many are letters of thanks for hospitality provided at Trinity College; some concern Trinity College business and matters connected with the scientific community. A few related papers are included.

18-22: Letters from foreign scientists to Thomson or Lady Thomson. Included are letters from spouses, or other family members, of some of the scientists. The correspondents include Henriette Perrin (C.18, C.19), Marie Curie (C.21), Paul Langevin (C.21, C.22). There are a few copies of replies by Thomson and Lady Thomson. The letters are in French and were found together. 5 folders.

1: Letters to Rose Elizabeth Thomson, from J. J Thomson;
2-52: Letters to Rose Thomson from other friends and family, arranged chronologically
53-97: General correspondence of Rose Thomson. Chiefly letters of thanks for hospitality provided at Trinity College. The correspondents include scientists, academics, public figures and a few members of Lady Thomson's family.
98: Account book in the hand of Rose Thomson
99-100: Letters from Rose Thomson to her brother- in-law Frederick Vernon Thomson.

Included are letters from Sir W. .L. and Lady Bragg (B/96). Included also at B/95 is a 4pp draft, in Lady Thomson's hand, of a speech on the history of Trinity College.

Included are letters from Arthur Quiller-Couch (B/90), and General (later Field Marshall) A .P. Wavell (B/93).

Included are letters from Walter de la Mare (B/82) and A.E. Housman (B/86).

Included are letters from Sir B. H. Liddell Hart (B/74), A. E. Housman (B/76, B/81), Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (B/77), 3rd Earl of Leicester (B/81) and Ernest de Selincourt (B/81).

Included are letters from R. B. Haldane (C.7, C.10), Sir T. E. Thorpe (C.7), A. J. Balfour (C.8, C.10), Stanley Baldwin (C.8), Sir Henry Newbolt (C.8) and S.A. Arrhenius (C.9).

Included are letters from Stanley Baldwin (B/67), 4th Baron Rayleigh (B/67), Max Planck (B/67, B/70), Sir J. H.. Jeans (B/71), Sir W. H. Bragg, (B/73), A. E. Housman (B/73) and A.O. Rankine (B/73).

Included is a letter by Louis de Broglie (B/63).

Included are letters by F. A. Lindemann (B/58), A.J. Balfour (B/58, /.59), A.E. Housman (B/58, B/59), 4th Baron Rayleigh (B/58, B/61) and Stanley Baldwin (B/59).

Included are letters by Louis de Broglie (B/53), Ernest Rutherford (B/53), A.E Housman (B/54) and C.G. Barkla (B/55).

Included at B/50 are letters of condolence on the death of Lady Thomson's daughter-in-law, Kathleen.

Included at B/44 is a letter to Thomson from Henry L. Paget, Bishop of Chester.

Included at B/44 is a letter to Thomson from Henry L. Paget, Bishop of Chester.

Some letters addressed jointly to Rose and her sister Violet.

Some letters addressed jointly to Rose and her sister Violet.

Some letters addressed jointly to Rose and her sister Violet.