IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 THOMAS
Held at: University College London
Title: Joseph Thomas Papers
Date(s): 1939-1981
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 17 boxes
Name of creator(s): Thomas | Joseph Anthony Charles | 1923-1981 | Professor of Roman Law
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1923; educated at the County Grammar School, Bridgend; served with the Intelligence Corps, Psychological Warfare Branch, and Allied Commission, Austria, 1942-1946; attended Trinity College Cambridge; BA, 1948; MA, LLB, 1949; Lecturer in Law, Nottingham University, 1949-1954; barrister, Gray's Inn, 1950; member of the UK National Committee on Company Law from 1952; Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, 1954-1957; Douglas Professor of Civil Law, University of Glasgow, 1957-1965; Professor of Roman Law, University College London, 1965-1981; member of Council, Society for Roman Studies, 1968-1971; Crabtree Orator, 1969; member of the Comitato Internaz Scientifico, IURA, from 1969; Medaglia d'oro dei benemeriti della cultura della Repubblica Italiana, 1974; died, 1981. Publications: Private International Law (Hutchinson's University Library, London, 1955); with John Cyril Smith, A Casebook on Contract (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1957); The Institutes of Justinian (North Holland Publishing Co, Amsterdam and Oxford, 1975); Textbook of Roman Law (North Holland Publishing Co, Amsterdam and Oxford, 1976); articles in various legal periodicals. There is a full bibliography in box 15 of his papers.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers and correspondence, 1939-1981, of Professor Joseph Anthony Charles Thomas concerning his work, comprising manuscript and typescript notes for lectures attended while a student at Cambridge, 1939-1947; typescripts and manuscripts for The Institutes of Justinian; typescripts and manuscripts, including translations, for various articles, lectures and talks, some unpublished; texts for his lectures at Nottingham, 1953-1954, Glasgow, 1955-1961, and University College London, 1965-1980 and undated; general correspondence, 1953-1978, correspondence concerning book reviews, 1962-1980, correspondence concerning articles, 1966-1969, 1975-1981, and correspondence concerning outside talks, A Casebook on Contract, Textbook of Roman Law, and The Institutes of Justinian.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Mainly English, but some Italian, German and Latin
System of arrangement:
The papers are arranged in the following sections: published works (2 boxes); various lectures, articles and talks (5 boxes); lecture notes from Cambridge (1 box); lectures (5 boxes); correspondence (4 boxes).
Conditions governing access:
Closed pending cataloguing, and some parts may remain closed: refer to the Archivist.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Draft handlist available at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by Thomas's son, Mark Thomas, on behalf of the family and transferred from the Law Faculty of University College London in 1982.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
University College London Special Collections also holds 45 letters addressed to the Faculty of Laws, University College London, on the death of Professor Joseph Anthony Charles Thomas, 1981 (Ref: MS ADD 293). University College London Records Office holds Thomas's personnel file (Ref: GO 1438/17, 18); a file on public lectures (Ref: file no 143/471, location GO 555/9); a file on Donations and Bequests: Thomas Memorial Fund (Ref: file no 299/319, location GO 857/3).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Who's Who; British Library OPAC. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2001