Fonds THMF - Papers of the Thomson family

13 archive boxes, 1 case enclosing Nobel Prize certificate in gilt-embossed leather folder, 1 small box of glass slides.

Photographs (loose and in albums); negatives; correspondence and visiting cards; newspaper cuttings (loose and in albums); financial papers; orders of service; menus; offprints; research notes; material relating to publications; biographical material; notes for speeches; school reports; diaries; scrapbooks; family trees and other genealogical material; honorary degree certificates; G. P. Thomson's Nobel Prize certificate; film reels; vinyl disc; VHS tapes.

Received from Adam Thomson, grandson of George Paget Thomson, in Oct. 2021.

The papers in this collection are mostly those of J. J. Thomson, his wife Rose, and their children George and Joan. Papers of George's children John and David largely relate to biographies, commemorative events (particularly re the 1997 centenary of the discovery of the electron) and memorials to their father and grandfather, although a few personal papers of theirs are included.

See inventory for more details.

NOTE. These papers have not yet been catalogued, but it might be possible to make them available for consultation provided at least a fortnight's notice is given. It may be that some items, owing to their contents or condition, cannot yet be produced. Please contact the Library for further details.

• English
• French
• German

These papers have not yet been catalogued, but a detailed inventory of them has been made. See the attached PDF.

Earlier papers received at Trinity from the Thomson family were catalogued under the references THMJ I, THMJ II, and THMG.

Papers in the possession of Adam Thomson relating to the Paget family (including some papers of Rose Thomson, née Paget) were given to the University Library, Cambridge, and are now catalogued under the reference MS Add.10379. Papers relating to Sir George Adam Smith (father of G. P. Thomson's wife Kathleen) and family were given to the National Library of Scotland.