Haymon Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 HAYMON
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Haymon Papers
Date(s)	: 1910-1992
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 9 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Haymon | Mark | d 1992 | solicitor
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Mark Haymon was C K Ogden's solicitor and also his close friend and collaborator. He was a member of the Orthological Institute and for many years a trustee of the Basic English Foundation.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Files of various legal documents belonging to Mark Haymon and relating to C K Ogden and his work, including papers about the Orthological Institute and the Basic English Foundation, c1930-c1965; correspondence regarding various publications, letters to, from and concerning C K Ogden, and general correspondence, 1910-c1955; material post-dating C K Ogden's death, including press cuttings about C K Ogden's death, papers about the British Council, photographs, papers on the Japanese language, copies of C K Odgen's Basic Words, and other papers and journals, 1957-1992.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Finding aids:

Draft handlist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Haymon's widow, Mrs Sylvia Haymon, in November 1992.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For Charles Kay Ogden, University College London Special Collections also holds papers of Ogden, c1940-c1950, including correspondence with William Jackson Knight (Ref: MS ADD 381); a correspondence file of Ogden (Ref: MS ADD 413); books and manuscripts from Ogden's library dating from the 14th to the 20th century and reflecting his interests in language systems (Ref: MS OGDEN); papers relating to the transfer of Ogden's library to University College London, 1953 (Ref: MS ADD 357).

Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, holds correspondence and papers of Ogden (Ref: Add MSS 8309-8314). Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, holds Ogden's letters to O G S Crawford, 1949-1954 (Ref: MSS Crawford). Sussex University Library, Special Collections, holds 28 letters from Ogden to J G Crowther, 1929-1945 (Ref: SxMS29). Derbyshire Record Office holds c100 letters from Ernest Axon and his widow to Ogden, 1943-1951 (Ref: D2313). McMaster University Library, Hamilton, Ontario, holds correspondence and papers of Ogden, c1932-1963, and 17 items of correspondence with Bertrand Russell, 1916-1928 (Ref: Russell Archives).

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:

Date(s) of descriptions:
1999, revised Aug 2001