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Paget Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 PAGET

Held at: University College London

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

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 AND 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.

Physical characteristics:

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Summary list.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Lady Muriel Paget in July 1977.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Editing | Publishing | Publishing industry
English | Germanic languages | Indo-european languages
Literary analysis | Literature
Phonetics | Linguistics

Personal names
Paget | Sir | Richard Arthur Surtees | 1869-1955 | 2nd Baronet | barrister and philologist

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