Papers, c1894-1942, of Raymond Wilson Chambers, including papers on all Chambers' major published works, and on his unpublished work with J H G Grattan on the Piers Plowman A-text. There is also a good deal of correspondence with friends, students and fellow scholars. Extensive family correspondence includes letters written home by Chambers when he was a student at UCL, and wartime letters from France and Belgium in 1916-1917. Also includes a small but valuable collection concerned with the study of Sir Thomas More.
Chambers , Raymond Wilson , 1874-1942 , Professor of English Language and LiteratureManuscript lecture notes and papers concerning Latin and philology.
Key , Thomas Hewitt , 1799-1875 , classicistMost of the notes are not in Lewis's hand. They are draft footnotes and suggestions for a preface for an illustrated edition of Juvenal, apparently produced by Lewis's students, though not published. There are other notes on classical archaeology and philology, and also notes on the Turkish language.
Lewis , Bunnell , 1824-1908 , classical archaeologistManuscript notes on comparative philology.
Marshall , John , d c1924 , philologistPapers, 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 philologistPhilological papers, 20th century (largely undated), of Elizabeth Stefanyjia Ross, comprising her collection of Middle English alliterative phrases of Scandinavian origin, largely in the form of typescript and manuscript slips.
Ross , Elizabeth Stefanyjia , 1906-1972 , philologistWorking 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