University of Durham (1832-:)
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Certificate sent to the University of Durham from the University of Edinburgh, 1937
Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/3/5
Scope and Contents
The University of Edinburgh state their good wishes towards the University of Durham, and inform them that they are sending Godfrey Thomson to represent them in Durham on the day of the celebration itself. They make reference to former warlike rivalry between Northumberland and Scotland.
Dates:
1937
Certificates regarding Thomson's role in the Officers' Training Corps and the territorial force, 1909-1915
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/3/3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes certificates from the University of Durham, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Swedish Psychological society.
Also includes a testimonial from Professor Karl Ferdinand Braun, which Thomson retained with his certificates.
Also includes a testimonial from Professor Karl Ferdinand Braun, which Thomson retained with his certificates.
Dates:
1909-1915
Degree scroll from the University of Durham conferring Thomson's admission to the degree of Doctor of Science, 1913
Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/3/4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes certificates from the University of Durham, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Swedish Psychological society.
Also includes a testimonial from Professor Karl Ferdinand Braun, which Thomson retained with his certificates.
Also includes a testimonial from Professor Karl Ferdinand Braun, which Thomson retained with his certificates.
Dates:
1913
General: early 1945, 1945
Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/18
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, press cuttings and related items, including material relating to the Ridell Memorial lectures and the Edinburgh Famine Relief Committee and letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Arnold Joseph Toynbee, publishers and individuals within the YMCA.
Dates:
1945
Issue of Armstrong College Department of Education Papers, first series, including Thomson's article, The School Walk, pp.48-52, 1907
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/2/3/3
Scope and Contents
Thomson's article regards teaching children outdoors, specifically in relation to geography teaching, and a related experiment at Shipcote Boys School, Gateshead.
Dates:
1907
Issue of Armstrong College Department of Education Papers, second series, including Thomson's contribution to A Training College under Canvas, titled Part II, Organisation, 1908
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/2/3/4
Scope and Contents
a Training College under Canvas regards the camp at Warkworth between June 27 - July 11, 1908. The camp included 106 school boys from the surrounding areas, along with training college students, and was organised to explore the effects of teaching children outdoors. Thomson's contribution regards the recruitment of the school boys; the equipment needed and the cost of this; the staff present; and difficulties encountered.
Dates:
1908
Letter from A A McFarlane Grieve, 10 Feb 1955
Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/26/7
Scope and Contents
MacFarlane-Grieve recalls his time working under Thomson in the Durham Officers' Training Corps, mentioning Thomson's kindness.
Dates:
10 Feb 1955
Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1310
Scope and Contents
Biographical and personal papers, c mid 19th century-1972;
Publications authored and co-authored by Thomson, 1904-1954;
Unpublished materials by Thomson, 1897-1954;
Publications collected by Thomson regarding education, intelligence, psychology, and statistics, 1879-1971
Unpublished material collected by Thomson and authored by others, c mid 20th...
Dates:
c1890s-1978
Titled Lectures to music teachers on some general principles of teaching, c1916-1918
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/1
Scope and Contents
The 4th lecture, which was titled Mental imagery, has not survived.
Dates:
c1916-1918
Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of The Northerner: the Magazine of the Durham College of Science, 1901-1903
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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/5/15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These publications were collected by Thomson and Lady Thomson, and reflect his many personal interests out with the fields of psychology and mathematics.
They include social and geographical histories, music, German literature, and publications given to Thomson by friends with messages and annotations on the inside.
They include social and geographical histories, music, German literature, and publications given to Thomson by friends with messages and annotations on the inside.
Dates:
1901-1903