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HAYMON - Haymon Papers
3 - Goverment Papers and Correspondence
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
File
Reference Number
HAYMON/3/2
Title
Correspondence with the British Council re: Basic English
Date
1930
Date2
1942-1945
Description
Correspondence between C K Ogden and Benjamin Ifor Evans on behalf of the British Council relating to a "World's Press Review" of Basic English (Nov - Dec 1943). Correspondence prior to the Prime Minister's announcement on Basic English (1943-1944). Including copies of "The Atlantic Charter" and the Prime Minister's Statement on Basic English, for purposes of comparison (1944). Correspondence between C K Ogden and Harold Orton regarding the British Council Advisory Committee on English Oversees (1942-1943) which includes C K Ogden's Memorandum to the British Council (1943) and an annotated abstract from his letter to Benjamin Ifor Evans. The file also includes a letter and accompanying advertisement for a Mark Xa from E M G Hand-made Gramophones Ltd.
Extent
1 file
AccessStatus
Open
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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