Haymon Papers

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.

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 was a trustee of the Basic English Foundation.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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

A detailed catalogue is available on the online catalogue.

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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).

The UCL Institute of Education archive holds the records of the Orthological Institute.