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 |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
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
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