Jones Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 JONES
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	: Jones Papers
Date(s)	: 1906-1970
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 13 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Jones | Daniel | 1881-1967 | Professor of Phonetics
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Jones was born in central London, the son of Daniel Jones, a barrister, and his second wife, Viola. Although Jones himself passed the bar exams, he never practised law as he had already developed an interest in the then relatively new science of phonetics. Jones's association with University College London began in 1907 when he became a part-time lecturer in phonetics. In 1912 phonetics attained departmental status and expanded both in staffing and scope. In 1913 an experimental research laboratory was set up, in 1914 Jones was made Reader in Phonetics and in 1921 he became the first Professor of Phonetics in a British university. During his years at University College London and after his retirement in 1949, Jones published several works. His major publications were 'The pronunciation of English' (Cambridge University Press, 1909), 'An English Pronouncing Dictionary' (Dent, 1917), 'An Outline of English Phonetics' (Teubner, 1918), 'The Phoneme, its nature and use' (Heffer, 1950) and a number of phonetic readers of various languages. Jones was involved with the International Phonetics Association becoming President in 1950. He was also active in the Simplified Spelling Society, the BBC, and the Advisory Committee on Spoken English.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection is divided into: personal history; the Department of Phonetics at University College London; lecture notes; published and broadcast work; unpublished research work; correspondence; acquired printed material.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Mainly English

System of arrangement:

Divided into seven sections.

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:

Handlist at University College London Special Collections. File level description on CALM.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by the Department of Phonetics, University College London, via Jones's biographer, Dr Beverley Collins, in 1993.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Beverley Collins, The early career of Daniel Jones (Utrecht, 1989).

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:

Date(s) of descriptions:
1999