Biographical papers

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
146 Financial: Account book inscribed on front cover 'Joseph J. Thomson Esq.' Item 1880-1889
154 Photographs: J. J. Thomson, taken for the Royal Society Item 30 Nov 1921
158 Photographs: Thomson as a child and as a Wrangler Item n.d, 1880
160 Photographs: J. J. Thomson in [?] the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge Item n.d.
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
69 Career, honours, and awards: Letters of sympathy to Lady Thomson re Thomson's death File 30 Aug 1940–29 Apr 1941
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?]