GB 0103 HAYMON - Haymon Papers

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Reference code

GB 0103 HAYMON

Title

Haymon Papers

Date(s)

  • 1910-1992 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

9 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Mark Haymon was C K Ogden's solicitor and also his close friend and collaborator. He was a member of the Orthological Institute and for many years a trustee of the Basic English Foundation.

Archival history

GB 0103 HAYMON 1910-1992 Collection (fonds) 9 boxes Haymon , Mark , d 1992 , solicitor

Mark Haymon was C K Ogden's solicitor and also his close friend and collaborator. He was a member of the Orthological Institute and for many years a trustee of the Basic English Foundation.

Presented by Haymon's widow, Mrs Sylvia Haymon, in November 1992.

Files of various legal documents belonging to Mark Haymon and relating to C K Ogden and his work, including papers about the Orthological Institute and the Basic English Foundation, c1930-c1965; correspondence regarding various publications, letters to, from and concerning C K Ogden, and general correspondence, 1910-c1955; material post-dating C K Ogden's death, including press cuttings about C K Ogden's death, papers about the British Council, photographs, papers on the Japanese language, copies of C K Odgen's Basic Words, and other papers and journals, 1957-1992.

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.

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.
English

Draft handlist.

For Charles Kay Ogden, University College London Special Collections also holds papers of Ogden, c1940-c1950, including correspondence with William Jackson Knight (Ref: MS ADD 381); a correspondence file of Ogden (Ref: MS ADD 413); books and manuscripts from Ogden's library dating from the 14th to the 20th century and reflecting his interests in language systems (Ref: MS OGDEN); papers relating to the transfer of Ogden's library to University College London, 1953 (Ref: MS ADD 357).

Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, holds correspondence and papers of Ogden (Ref: Add MSS 8309-8314). Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, holds Ogden's letters to O G S Crawford, 1949-1954 (Ref: MSS Crawford). Sussex University Library, Special Collections, holds 28 letters from Ogden to J G Crowther, 1929-1945 (Ref: SxMS29). Derbyshire Record Office holds c100 letters from Ernest Axon and his widow to Ogden, 1943-1951 (Ref: D2313). McMaster University Library, Hamilton, Ontario, holds correspondence and papers of Ogden, c1932-1963, and 17 items of correspondence with Bertrand Russell, 1916-1928 (Ref: Russell Archives).

  1999, revised Aug 2001  Asian languages Basic English Basic English Foundation British Council English Eurasian and North Asian languages Germanic languages Haymon , Mark , d 1992 , solicitor Indo-european languages Japanese Language instruction Newspaper press Ogden , Charles Kay , 1889-1957 , linguistic psychologist Orthological Institute Photographs Press Press cuttings Visual materials

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented by Haymon's widow, Mrs Sylvia Haymon, in November 1992.

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Scope and content

Files of various legal documents belonging to Mark Haymon and relating to C K Ogden and his work, including papers about the Orthological Institute and the Basic English Foundation, c1930-c1965; correspondence regarding various publications, letters to, from and concerning C K Ogden, and general correspondence, 1910-c1955; material post-dating C K Ogden's death, including press cuttings about C K Ogden's death, papers about the British Council, photographs, papers on the Japanese language, copies of C K Odgen's Basic Words, and other papers and journals, 1957-1992.

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Conditions of access and use area

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For Charles Kay Ogden, University College London Special Collections also holds papers of Ogden, c1940-c1950, including correspondence with William Jackson Knight (Ref: MS ADD 381); a correspondence file of Ogden (Ref: MS ADD 413); books and manuscripts from Ogden's library dating from the 14th to the 20th century and reflecting his interests in language systems (Ref: MS OGDEN); papers relating to the transfer of Ogden's library to University College London, 1953 (Ref: MS ADD 357).

Finding aids

Draft handlist.

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Related units of description

Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, holds correspondence and papers of Ogden (Ref: Add MSS 8309-8314). Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, holds Ogden's letters to O G S Crawford, 1949-1954 (Ref: MSS Crawford). Sussex University Library, Special Collections, holds 28 letters from Ogden to J G Crowther, 1929-1945 (Ref: SxMS29). Derbyshire Record Office holds c100 letters from Ernest Axon and his widow to Ogden, 1943-1951 (Ref: D2313). McMaster University Library, Hamilton, Ontario, holds correspondence and papers of Ogden, c1932-1963, and 17 items of correspondence with Bertrand Russell, 1916-1928 (Ref: Russell Archives).

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Institution identifier

University College London

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Language(s)

  • English

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