Catalogue description Ayer (Rogers) Papers

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Reference: AYER (ROGERS)
Title: Ayer (Rogers) Papers
Description:

Collection on Sir A.J. Ayer, consists of: correspondence between Rogers and Ayer's family, friends and acquaintances regarding Ayer and his personal and working life(c.1980s-1990s); Rogers' general notes and notes of interviews with family, friends and acquaintances regarding Ayer and his personal and working life (1994-1998); original and photocopied material for research (1932-1998) and Ayer's Works (1946-1984).
Date: 20th century
Arrangement:

The files have been arranged into four series: Biography Research Correspondence; Notes and Notes of Interviews; Original and Photocopied Material for Research and Ayer's Works. This is to retain the original order and provenance of the collection.
Held by: London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: AYER
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Language: English, French
Creator:

Rogers; Ben; author and journalist

Ayer; Sir; Alfred Jules; Philosopher
Physical description: 7 boxes
Access conditions:

Certain material is restricted for Data Protection reasons
Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited with UCL by the Ayer family through the creator Ben Rogers as a gift in 2007, through Jonathan Woolf, UCL Philosophy department.
Subjects:
  • Philosophers
  • Biography
Administrative / biographical background:

This collection about A J Ayer was collated by Ben Rogers during the course of researching for his authorised biography 'A J Ayer: A Life' (1999). Ben Rogers, is an Associate Fellow of the Institution for Public Policy Research and Demos, and has also worked as a journalist for the Guardian.

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