MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

MS 035 – WILSON, James Thomas (1861-1945)
Anatomist and Naturalist

Wilson was appointed demonstrator in anatomy, University of Sydney in 1887 and became the Challis Professor of Anatomy in 1890. In 1920 he left Sydney to take the chair in anatomy at the University of Cambridge from which he retired in 1934.

This list was compiled by Patricia Morison in December 1979. A detailed listing of the collection is in Box MS 35/1.

The original papers were transferred to the University of Sydney Archives in April 1988. The entire collection was photocopied for retention in the Basser Library.

35/1

Biographical sketch for the Academy of Science, Canberra, of James Thomas Wilson (1861-1945), MA, MB, CM, LLD. FRS, by his daughter, Jane Clunies Ross

Typescript draft of the above

Press cuttings of personal interest 1879-1958 - including those relating to JTW's departure from Sydney 1920, and Australian, English and Scottish university occasions

Material on JTW's birthplace, Moniaive, Parish of Glencairn, County of Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Personal letters from JTW to his parents, ca August 1884 to January 1887

Letters from J S Haldane, October 1883 - April 1925

Family photographs

35/2

Correspondence with Grafton Elliot Smith, July 1896 - November 1936

Correspondence and papers concerning Grafton Elliot Smith 1936-38

35/3

Correspondence with:

Carslaw, H S (1924-44)

David, T W Edgeworth (1918-33)

Hill, J P (1897-1944)

Martin, C J (1895-1933)

Mills, A E (1915-16; 1934-39)

Read, John (1942-44)

Schaeffer, L (1924-42)

7a. Wright, Almroth (1891-98; 1919-20; 1944-45) Australian colleagues and medical men

Miscellaneous Australians

35/4

Letters from colleagues in England

Letters from colleagues in America, Germany, Holland, Italy, South Africa and Japan

35/5

Addresses on military affairs

Documents relating to JTW's military career in Australia

35/6

Testimonials and papers relating to employment, Edinburgh, 1884-85

Papers relating to appointment as demonstrator 1887, then Challis Professor of Anatomy, Sydney, 1890

Official letters relating to resignation from Challis Chair of Anatomy, University of Sydney, 1920, and retirement pension

Papers relating to appointment to Cambridge Chair of Anatomy 1920 and resignation 1934

Papers, mainly congratulatory letters, relating to Cambridge appointment 1920

Papers relating to Institut International d'Embryologie, Utrecht

Inaugural Lecture on appointment to Chair of Anatomy, Cambridge, 1920

Diary account (holograph) of visit to France, Holland, Belgium 24.3.1924 - 1.4.1924

Farewell speech by JTW at dinner given by Anatomy Department, University of Cambridge 1934. Original notes (photocopy)

Papers relating to honours and congratulations on JTW's 80th birthday

Miscellaneous papers

35/7

Addresses and papers on science, theology, philosophy and education

Lecture notes

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