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Joseph Thomas Papers


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of Justinian; typescripts and manuscripts, including translations, for various articles, lectures and talks, some unpublished; texts for his lectures at Nottingham, 1953-1954, Glasgow, 1955-1961, and University College London, 1965-1980 and undated; general correspondence, 1953-1978,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.

Detailed catalogue

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Book reviews | Literary criticism | Literature
Contract law | Civil law | Legal systems | Law
Legal education | Vocational education
Translations | Documents | Information sources

Personal names
Thomas | Joseph Anthony Charles | 1923-1981 | Professor of Roman Law

Corporate names
University College London | Faculty of Laws
University of Cambridge | Trinity College
University of Glasgow x Glasgow University
University of Nottingham x Nottingham University

Places