Guide to the Papers of Sir Basil Thomson

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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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 1. Letters of Basil Thomson

Basil Thomson: Boyhood letters, ?-1878 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 7028)

Basil Thomson: Boyhood letters, 1879-1882 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 7028)

Basil Thomson: Letters from America, 1882-1883 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 7028)

Basil Thomson: Travel letters, 1882-1890 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 7028)

Basil Thomson: Letters, 1882-1893 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 7028)

Basil Thomson: Letters to his mother, 1895-1899 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 7028)

Series 2. Letters of Grace Thomson

Grace Thomson: Letters, 1890 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS 7028)

Grace Thomson: Letters, 1891 (File 8) - Box 1 (MS 7028)

Grace Thomson: Letters, 1892-1893 (File 9) - Box 2 (MS 7028)

Grace Thomson: Letters - incomplete items, 1893-190- (File 10) - Box 2 (MS 7028)

Series 3. Letters of Amherst Webber

Amherst Webber: Letters, 1890 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS 7028)

Amherst Webber: Travel letters, 1889-1911 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS 7028)

Series 4. Correspondence Concerning Basil and Grace Thomson

Letters to Basil Thomson, 1886-1922 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS 7028)

Correspondence relating to Basil Thomson in British New Guinea, 1888-1890 (File 14) - Box 2 (MS 7028)

Correspondence relating to the career and employment of Basil Thomson, 1883-1892 (File 15) - Box 2 (MS 7028)

Miscellaneous correspondence to and about the Thomsons (File 16) - Box 2 (MS 7028)

Series 5. Letters of Other Individuals

Sir John Thurston: Letters to Basil Thomson, 1890 (File 17) - Box 3 (MS 7028)

Lorimer Fison: Letter to Basil Thomson, 14 December 1893 (File 18) - Box 3 (MS 7028)

James Stewart: Letters to Basil Thomson, January-June 1894 (File 19) - Box 3 (MS 7028)

Sarah Lyttleton: Letters, principally to Grace Thomson, 1892-1904 (File 20) - Box 3 (MS 7028)

John Larking: Correspondence with his mother, 1820 (File 21) - Box 3 (MS 7028)

Series 6. Genealogy

Genealogical material (File 22) - Box 3 (MS 7028)

Series 7. Collection Arrangement

Initial arrangement and annotations of the Basil Thomson papers by Dr. Alan Tippett, December 1984 (File 23) - Box 3 (MS 7028)

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.


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