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Stokes Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 300 · 19th century

Working papers, largely undated, of Whitley Stokes on philology, mainly comprising manuscript notes and drafts, in the form of notebooks and loose notes, for his work and publications on language and phonetics.

Stokes , Whitley , 1830-1909 , Celtic scholar and Indian administrator
SCOTT, Russell (c 1873-1961)
GB 0366 RS · Collection · 1845-1964

Papers of Russell Scott, including correspondence and publications reflecting the wide range of Scott's interests in linguistic unification, Esperanto, Basic English, alphabet reform and simplified spelling, in particular the Kunowski phonetic alphabet 'Sprechspur' or 'Speech-Tracing' and its use in German schools. The papers include newsletters of the Phonetic Alphabet Association, 1955-1961, and associated correspondence; and material relating to George Bernard Shaw's interest in the reformed alphabet movement, including carbons of letters to Shaw, correspondence about his will, press cuttings and publications.

Scott , Russell , c 1873-1961 , teacher and founder of the Phonetic Alphabet Association
Parsons, Frederick William
GB 0102 PP MS 50 · Created 1940s-1970s

Research and teaching materials, 1940s-1970s, created by F. W. Parsons, relating to his work on the Hausa language. They reflect his knowledge of Hausa grammar and include writings on a variety of topics including syntax, semantics, morphology and phonology.

Parsons , Frederick William , 1908-1993 , colonial administrator and linguist
Paget Papers
GB 0103 PAGET · 1908-1964

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.

Paget , Sir , Richard Arthur Surtees , 1869-1955 , 2nd Baronet , barrister and philologist
Matthews Collection
GB 0369 MAT · 1911-1958, mostly 1930-1958

Papers of William Kleesman Matthews on East European linguistics and literature, 1911-1958, comprising:
papers on Baltic languages, c 1926-1947, including drafts of an anthology of translated Baltic poetry and a Latvian calendar of Saints; notebooks on Bulgarian linguistics, 1921, 1947-1951, including notebooks on the grammar and phonetics of Bulgarian and Old Bulgarian; papers on Estonian literature, 1939-1950, comprising drafts of an anthology of Estonian poetry which Matthews began before the Second World War; papers on German lingusitics, 1943-1944; papers on Polynesian linguistics and the Marathi language in particular, 1945-1946; papers on Russian linguistics and literature, 1911-1958, including mss and proofs of published works, notes and translated poems some intended for publication, articles, minutes of meetings of the Kings College London Russian Society, Russian appointment diary and typescript by Emmanuil Kazakevich; notebooks on Slav languages, 1935-1958; notebooks on Ukranian linguistics, 1946-1954; general papers on the study of literature and linguistics, 1930-1958, including bibliographies, articles and notes on linguistics and literature, translated poetry and correspondence; typescripts and manuscripts of Matthews' (mainly) unpublished poetry, c 1935-1958

Matthews , William Kleesman , 1901-1958 , slavonic scholar
Kingdon Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 311 · Created 1946-1958

Letters to Roger Kingdon from Daniel Jones, Professor of Phonetics at University College London 1921-1949, with carbon copies of Kingdon's replies.

Kingdon , Roger , fl 1946-1958 , writer on phonetics
Jones Papers
GB 0103 JONES · 1906-1970

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.

Jones , Daniel , 1881-1967 , Professor of Phonetics
Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton
GB 0102 MS 193299 · Created c1919

Manuscripts of the collected vocabularies, c1919, of Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston. The manuscripts were used in the compilation of A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages, and were contained in the first of the two-volume set, the second volume being an analysis and comparison of the phonologies, syntax and word roots detailed in volume one.

Johnston , Harry Hamilton , 1858-1927 , Knight , explorer, colonial administrator and linguist
GB 0102 PP MS 45 · Created 1878-1988

Papers, 1878-1988, of Eugenie Henderson, comprising collected language, phonetics and linguistics material; conference papers and lecture notes from major linguistic conferences that she attended; socio-linguistic material; and papers from the societies and organisations to which she belonged.

Henderson , Eugenie Jane Andrina , 1914-1989 , Professor of Phonetics
GB 0102 MS 380565 · 1943-1974

Papers, largely undated, some dated 1943-1974, by various authors, some unidentified, concerning the study of Bantu and other, mainly East African, languages, comprising typescript and manuscript papers on Bantu and its various forms, 1973 and undated, including word lists; typescript and manuscript papers on non-Bantu languages, c1957-1974 and undated, including phonetics, grammar and word lists; papers on other subjects, 1943 and undated, including English vocabulary with reference to African education; general files, 1954-1973 and undated, on linguistics, including glottochronometry and lexico-statistics, and related subjects.

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Abraham, Roy Clive
GB 0102 MS 193280 · Created 1921-1959

Papers, 1921-1959, of Roy Clive Abraham, comprising personal manuscript notebooks of grammar and vocabulary notes on the various African, Middle Eastern and European languages studied by him.

Abraham , Roy Clive , 1890-1963 , linguist