Paget Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 PAGET
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	: Paget Papers
Date(s)	: 1908-1964
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 12 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Paget | Sir | Richard Arthur Surtees | 1869-1955 | 2nd Baronet | barrister and philologist
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Paget was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1895. He was Secretary to the Patent Law Committee, 1900; Secretary to the University College Transfer Commission, 1905; Assistant Secretary to the Admiralty Board of Invention and Research, 1915-1918; and President of the British Deaf and Dumb Association, 1953. He published many writings on human speech and language.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1908-1964, of Sir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget, comprising published works with proofs of 'Human Speech' (1930), 'Babel' (1930) and 'This English' (1935); manuscript and typescript copies of lectures and publications, 1922-1964; working papers, 1922-1948; correspondence, 1922-1950.

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:

Copyright is owned by Peter Mayer, Dept of Visual Communication Goldsmith's College. Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Finding aids:

Summary list.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Lady Muriel Paget in July 1977.

Allied Materials

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999