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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Richard Montague papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0264
Physical Description:
20.4 Linear Feet
(40 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 document box)
Date (inclusive): 1948-1972
Abstract: Richard Montague was a mathematician,
theorist and UCLA Professor of Philosophy, known as the namesake behind Montague Grammar
theory of natural language semantics. The collection consists of correspondence, lecture
notes, research notes, and personal materials relating to Montague's role as an
organist.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Box 41 is restricted due to privacy restrictions including PII and FERPA. Please contact
Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed audiovisual materials.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button
located on this page.
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All
other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not
hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Richard Montague papers (Collection 264). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift from Edgar Montague, 1971. Addition donated by the UCLA Department of Philosophy in
2013.
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make
them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and
resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level
of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts
more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to
national and local standards and best practices.
Original collection processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 1997. Addition processed by
Mary Priest in 2015 in the
Center for Primary Research and Training
(CFPRT)
, under the supervision of Jillian Cuellar. Processing of this collection
was generously supported by the Constantine and Perina Panunzio Endowment for University
Archives.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2470263
Richard Montague was born in Stockton, California on September 20, 1930. Montague studied
philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his bachelor's degree in
1950. During his graduate work, Montague studied mathematics and philosophy with Alfred
Tarski at Bekeley. His dissertation, Contributions to the Axiomatic Foundations of Set
Theory, contained groundbreaking work on axiomatic set theory and helped propel Montague's
academic career forward. Montague received his master's degree in mathematics from Berkeley
in 1953 and his doctorate in the same subject in 1957.
Montague began teaching at UCLA in 1955 as a professor of Philosophy. While there, he
continued research into natural language semantics and formed an approach that would become
known as Montague grammar. His thesis was that natural languages and formal languages
contain no theoretical differences in terms of comprehension of syntax and semantics.
Montague died on March 7, 1971 in Los Angeles, California after being strangled in his
home. His murder currently remains unsolved.
This collection consists of professional and personal materials relating to mathematician
and UCLA Professor of Philosophy, Richard Montague. The papers includes correspondence,
lecture notes, research notes, and a manuscript of a monograph written by Solomon Feferman
and Richard Montague. Subject files include conference notes, drafts of unpublished papers,
and lecture notes from Montague's mentor, Alfred Tarski. Personal materials include
programs, announcements, and brochures relating to Montague's role as an organist.
Collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Feferman - Montague Monograph
- Series 2: Lecture Notes
- Series 3: Personal
- Series 4: Philosophy of Language (Miscellaneous Research Notes)
- Series 5: Subject Files
- Series 6: Addition
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Philosophy.