Biographical papers

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
164 Invitations File 1906-1919
171 Menu cards from Cavendish Research Students' Annual Dinners Item 1900-1905
172 Letter inscribed 'To my old students' from H. Roscoe Item 22 Apr 1904
174 Letter from the Modern Historic Records Association, New York, requesting Thomson's autograph for their archives Item 31 Jul 1912
5 Biographical notes: Entry for Who's Who Item 1909
13 Biographical notes: Biographical sketch of Sir Richard Threlfall by H. T. Tizard Item Jan 1937
32 Career, honours, and awards: Letter and testimonials re Thomson's election as an Associate of Owen's College, Manchester File 11–23 Nov 1874
36 Career, honours, and awards: Letters of congratulation to Emma Thomson on her son's University examination success File 30–31 Jan 1880
38 Career, honours, and awards: Letter of application and testimonials for the Chair of Applied Mathematics at Owen's College, Manchester File May 1881
39 Career, honours, and awards: Advertisement and testimonials for the Professorship of Mathematics, King's College, London File Nov-Dec 1881
44-45 Career, honours, and awards: Letters of congratulation on Thomson receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics File 13 Nov-22 Dec 1906
53 Career, honours, and awards: Letter of congratulation from H. Roscoe, a teacher at Owen's College, Manchester, on Thomson's Royal Society Copley Medal Item 7 Dec 1914
53A Career, honours, and awards: Letter from the Admiralty inviting Thomson to become a member of the Inventions and Research Board Item 12 Jul 1915
55 Career, honours, and awards: Memorabilia re Thomson's honorary D.Sc. from the University of Cambridge File 15 Jun 1920
57 Career, honours, and awards: Letter from the Salters' Company enquiring whether Thomson would accept the Honorary Freedom and Livery of the Company Item 7 Apr 1922
144 Diary of J. J Thomson Item 1909
83 Certificates: Certificate re Thomson's election as President of the Junior Institution of Electrical Engineers Item 5 May 1910
86-86A Certificates: Honorary Degree, St Andrew's University Item 14 Sept 1911
88 Certificates: Certificate presented to Thomson by the Rice Institute at the opening of a new University in Houston, Texas Item 10-12 Dec 1912
89 Certificates: Honorary Membership of the Académie Royale de Belgique Item 6 Jul 1919
90 Certificates: Honorary Membership of the Royal Society of Science, [?] Denmark Item 16 Dec 1919
91 Certificates: Franklin Gold Medal, the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Item 4 Jan 1922
94 Certificates: Honorary Degree, University of Paris Item Dec 1922
96 Certificates: Honorary D.Sc., University of Pennsylvania Item 1923
97A Certificates: Honorary Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers Item 2 Mar 1925
101 Certificates: Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Edinburgh Item c 1930
103 Certificates: Honorary D.Sc., Columbia University, New York Item n.d.
104 'J.J. on Education': Correspondence re the financial needs of university education File 1918-1941
105 'J.J. on Education': Manuscript copy [?] of articles appearing in the Times, 4-8 Dec 1920, on the question of university education for women Item [Dec 1920?]
110 Press cuttings: Reviews of Applications of Dynamics to Physics and Chemistry File 1888