Guide to the Papers of Sir Basil Thomson
MS 7028
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 1985
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Thomson, Basil Home, KCB, Sir
- Title
- Papers of Sir Basil Thomson
- Date Range
- 1820 - 1922
- Collection Number
- MS 7028
- Extent
- 0.45 metres (3 MS Boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 7028 comprises letters of Basil Thomson mainly to his family, ca. 1870-1900, including letters written from Suva, Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane and British New Guinea; letters of his wife Grace to her family, 1890-1893, including letters from Suva and Tonga; letters of his brother-in-law Amherst Webber to his family, 1889-1911; and miscellaneous letters to Basil and Grace Thomson, 1883-1922. Correspondents include Lorimer Fison, Sir John Thurston, Sir William MacGregor, Sir Charles Mitchell, Lord and Lady Knutsford, Sir Robert Herbert, Sir Robert Meade, James Stewart, Sarah Lyttelton and Basil Thomson's father William Thomson, Archbishop of York. The collection includes miscellaneous genealogical material and cuttings (3 boxes).
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://catalogue.nla.gov.au) for the access conditions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Sir Basil Thomson, National Library of Australia, MS 7028, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.
Item Descriptions
Series 4. Correspondence Concerning Basil and Grace Thomson
Series 8. Some Letters from Tonga, 1890 - 1891
'Some Thomson Letters From Tonga' 1890-1891, transcribed by Colin Cummins, 1983 (File 24) - Box 3 (MS 7028)
Contains transcriptions of four letters by Basil and Grace Thomson; originals of first three letters are located in this folder. Letter 4 is located in Folder 8.
Folder added 15/4/86. Original letters added 1/10/20.