GB 0103 PAGET - Paget Papers

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0103 PAGET

Title

Paget Papers

Date(s)

  • 1908-1964 (Creation)

Extent and medium

12 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

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.

Archival history

GB 0103 PAGET 1908-1964 Collection (fonds) 12 boxes Paget , Sir , Richard Arthur Surtees , 1869-1955 , 2nd Baronet , barrister and philologist

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.

Presented by Lady Muriel Paget in July 1977.

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.

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.

Copyright is owned by Peter Mayer, Dept of Visual Communication Goldsmith's College. Normal copyright restrictions apply.
English

Summary list.

  1999  Editing English Germanic languages Indo-european languages Linguistics Literary analysis Literature Paget , Sir , Richard Arthur Surtees , 1869-1955 , 2nd Baronet , barrister and philologist Phonetics Publishing Publishing industry

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented by Lady Muriel Paget in July 1977.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

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.

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

Copyright is owned by Peter Mayer, Dept of Visual Communication Goldsmith's College. Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Finding aids

Summary list.

Access points

Description control area

Institution identifier

University College London

Language(s)

  • English