Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Index
Descriptive Summary
Title: C.K. Ogden Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1910-1957
Collection number: 785
Creator:
Ogden, C.K. (Charles Kay), 1889-1957
Extent:
20 boxes (10.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: C.K. Ogden (1889-1957) published
The meaning of meaning (1923), which set forth principles for the understanding of the function of language. In 1922, he became editor of the international
psychological journal
Psyche, and used it as a vehicle for publishing research on international language problems. Later, Ogden developed what he termed
Basic English to be used as an international language of 850 words. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts,
periodicals, and books. Materials relate to Basic English, the Orthological Institute, and Psyche, and include manuscripts
and copies of books by Ogden, as well as many of the books published in Basic English by various authors.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary 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.
Portions of this collection are restricted from copying. Consult finding aid for additional information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], C.K. Ogden Papers (Collection 785). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- C.K. Ogden Estate, purchase, 1957.
- Gift of Ruth Peck, 1975.
Biography
Ogden was born June 1, 1889 in Fleetword, England; graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1910; founded the
Cambridge magazine in 1912; in 1923, he published
The meaning of meaning, which set forth principles for the understanding of the function of language; in 1922 he became editor of the international
psychological journal
Psyche, and used it as a vehicle for publishing research on international language problems; developed what he termed Basic English
to be used as an international language of 850 words; established the Orthological Institute in 1927, completing the Basic
vocabulary in 1928; published
Basic English (1930),
The basic vocabulary (1930),
Debabelization (1931), and
The basic words (1932); the Basic English Foundation was established with a grant from the Ministry of Education in 1947; he died in 1957.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, periodicals, and books. Materials relate to Basic English, the Orthological
Institute, and Psyche, and include manuscripts and copies of books by Ogden, as well as many of the books published in Basic
English by various authors. Correspondents include T.S. Eliot.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence, some with pamphlets, reprints, and ephemera.
- Literary manuscripts by Ogden.
- Miscellaneous manuscripts.
- Ephemera.
- Business correspondence, Orthological Institute, Cambridge, England.
- Books by Ogden.
- Introduction, prefaces, and notes by Ogden.
- Miscellaneous published works by Ogden.
- Periodicals devoted to Basic English.
- Books on Basic English by various authors.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Ogden, C.K. (Charles Kay), 1889-1957--Archives.
Linguists--England--Archival resources.
Psychologists--England--Archival resources.
Basic English.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts for publication.
Index
“Roger Bacon Ciper”
See Abrahams, Harold J. Box 1, folder 1.
Basic English
See Throughout the collection.
Bell, Clive, b.1881
See Bodkin, Thomas Box 1, folder 1.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1784-1832
See Ehrsam, Theodore George Box 1, folder 4.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1784-1832
See Fulton, John Farquhar Box 1, folder 5.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1784-1832
See Holland, H.A. Box 1, folder 6.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1784-1832
See London. University College Box 1, folder 8.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1784-1832
See Nesbitt, George Layman Box 1, folder 11.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1784-1832
See Ephemera
re Bentham Box 2, folder 6.
Bright, Timothy, 1551[?]-1615
See Carlton, William John Box 1, folder 3.
Bright, Timothy, 1551[?]-1615
See Folger Shakespear Library Box 1, folder 5.
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Peter Brougham, 1st baron, 1778-1868
See Garratt, Anne Beryl Box 1, folder 5.
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Peter Brougham, 1st baron, 1778-1868
See Hayak, Friedrich August von Box 1, folder 6.
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Peter Brougham, 1st baron, 1778-1868
See Leslie, Shane Box 1, folder 8.
Cohen, Morris Raphael, 1880-1947
See Ogden, C.K., Literary Manuscripts Box 2, folder 12.
Crosby, Harry, 1898-1929
See Box 2, folder 2.
English language - Textbooks for foreigners
See Box 9, folder 10.
Esperanto
See Collinson, Walter Edward Box 1, folder 3.
Esperanto
See Conze, Edward Box 1, folder 3.
Garratt, Geoffrey Theodore, 1882-1942
See Garratt, Anne Beryl Box 1, folder 5.
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
See Robinson, Kenneth Box 1, folder 12.
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
See Heffer, W. and sons, ltd. Box 1, folder 6.
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
See Ogden, C.K., Notations Box 2, folder 1.
González de Mendoza, Juan, bp., 1545-1618
See Robinson, Kenneth Box 1, folder 12.
Gouin, Francois, d. 1896
See Collard, M.M. Box 1, folder 3.
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
See Butterfield, Herbert Box 1, folder 2.
Langenfelt, Gösta, b.1888
See Box 2, folder 3.
Language, universal
See Throughout the collection.
Languages, artificial
See Throughout the collection.
Martin, Mrs. Victoria Woodhill, 1838-1927
See Collyer-Bristow and Company Box 1, folder 3.
Maugham, William Somerset, b.1874
See Bligh, Eric Walter Box 1, folder 2.
Ney, Michel, due d'Elchingen, prince della Moscowa, 1769-1815 and Ney, Peter Stuart, d. 1846
See Hoyt, William Henry Box 1, folder 6.
Orthological institute, Cambridge, England
See Business Correspondence Box 2, folder 8, 9.
As subject
See Throughout the collection.
Rolfe, Frederick William, 1860-1913
See Abercrombie, David Box 1, folder 1.
Rolfe, Frederick William, 1860-1913
See Dawkins, Richard McGillivray Box 1, folder 4.
Rolfe, Frederick William, 1860-1913
See Pirie-Gordon, C. Henry Clinton Box 1, folder 11.
Rolfe, Frederick William, 1860-1913
See Sims, George Frederick Box 1, folder 13.
Rolfe, Frederick William, 1860-1913
See Spriggs, Edmund Ivens Box 1, folder 13.
Rundle, Stanley
See Eliot, Thomas Stearns Box 1, folder 4.
Serres, Mrs. Olivia, 1772-1834
See Bennett, A.R. Box 1, folder 2.
Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946. Words and idioms
See Box 8.
Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946
See Gregory, Sir Richard Arman Box 1, folder 5.