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Colonial Office, Colonial Research Council (1948-1959)

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Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from the Colonial Office, Downing Street, to Thomson regarding the formation of a Colonial Social Science Research Council and inviting Thomson to accept membership, 24 May 1944

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/1/8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes letters to and about Thomson regarding his life, work, and career from a variety of correspondents including Karl Pearson, Egon Pearson, Edward Lee Thorndike, Sir James Duff, Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, and Derrick Lawley.

Dates: 24 May 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters to Thomson compiled by Hector and titled Important letters in my Father's life relevant to his biography

Letter from the Colonial Office to Thomson, acknowledging his retirement from the Colonial Social Science Research Council and thanking him for his work, 23 October 1950

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/1/13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes letters to and about Thomson regarding his life, work, and career from a variety of correspondents including Karl Pearson, Egon Pearson, Edward Lee Thorndike, Sir James Duff, Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, and Derrick Lawley.

Dates: 23 October 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters to Thomson compiled by Hector and titled Important letters in my Father's life relevant to his biography