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:
Finding aids:
Summary list.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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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