| Reference number | MM/22/81 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Sylvanus Phillips Thompson, Shanklin, to Dr [Frederick] Guthrie |
| Date | 8 April n.y. |
| Description | Brief note on Guthrie's 'unhappy fate' in having to lecture. With an accompanying dual portrait sketch by Thompson contrasting himself relaxing on a beach with Guthrie holding his nose to a grindstone. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Provenance | Presented by H Jack Haden, 26 June 2000. Discovered inside a copy of the 1920 biography of Thompson by Jane S Thompson and Helen G Thompson, purchased in Foyle's Bookshop in 1955. The book was inscribed 'Blanche Guthrie, 184A Ladbroke Grove W10.' |
| Related records in the catalogue | IM/007171 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7141 | Thompson; Silvanus Phillips (1851 - 1916); physicist and electrical engineer | 1851 - 1916 |