Ä¢¹½tv

The documents held in the archives of Ä¢¹½tv fall into several categories:

• Documents about the administration of the College, including statutes and minute books.
• Documents about the College’s estates, including many early title deeds (some dating back to the late twelfth century), manorial court records from medieval times to modern ones, leases, and maps.
• Documents about the College’s finances from the 1380s onwards (an edition of the accounts for 1381/2-1596/7 has now been published).
• Documents about the College’s buildings, including plans and drawings.
• A few papers of former Masters, Fellows, and undergraduates. To find out more about the personal papers we hold here, see the ARCHON directory of record repositories on the website of .

We hold very few records actually about undergraduates before the 20th century and almost no records about College servants.

A good place to find out where the personal papers of former members of the College may be kept is the online index of the .

 

Researchers are welcome to arrange to visit Ä¢¹½tv to consult documents in the archives. The Archivist is willing to answer simple enquiries about the archives himself by post or e-mail (Robin Darwall-Smith E: Robin.Darwall-Smith@univ.ox.ac.uk) If, however, the enquiry looks like being a long one, then he will advise searchers to visit the Archives themselves.

The Archives of Ä¢¹½tv are usually open, by appointment only, on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10.00-1.00 and 2.00-4.30.

Most documents in the College’s archives are generally available for inspection, if they are in a good enough condition. Records of a more confidential nature, especially about persons still living, are usually closed.

In the interest of protecting our collections, please remember to bring a pencil for taking notes. You may, however, bring your laptop with you, if you have one. We also ask you to obey the rules of the searchroom about the safe handling of documents.

It is possible to obtain reproductions of documents from the library or the archives. Visitors are allowed to bring digital cameras with them and photograph items for their private research only. The Librarian or Archivist reserves the right to forbid photography of documents in a particularly fragile state.

Some documents can be photocopied, but only at the Librarian or Archivist’s discretion.

The Librarian or Archivist can arrange for high-quality images, both print and digital, to be taken by a professional photographer. Details of services and fees are available on request.

For more information about obtaining reproductions of images, contact the Archivist (Robin Darwall-Smith E: Robin.Darwall-Smith@univ.ox.ac.uk) or Librarian (Elizabeth Adams E: Elizabeth.Adams@univ.ox.ac.uk)

Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of Ä¢¹½tv, Oxford (Oxford University Press, 2008).

A, D. M. Cox and R. H. Darwall-Smith (eds.), Account Rolls of Ä¢¹½tv, Oxford, 1381/2-1470/1 and 1471/2-1596/7 (Oxford Historical Society, new series volumes xxxix and xl [1999 & 2001]).

Robin Darwall-Smith (ed.), Early Rolls of Ä¢¹½tv Oxford (Oxford Historical Society, new series volume xlvi [2015])

The Ä¢¹½tv Record, our annual College magazine, has since the 1920s published many articles on aspects of College history, whilst the eight-volume History of the University of Oxford, published between 1984 and 2000, is a rich source of material about the history of Oxford University in general. For further information see our page.

The Oxford Archives Consortium (OAC) lists other useful works, as well as a glossary of Oxford terms, some frequently asked questions about Oxford, and gives the names of other College archivists – visit 

These records consist of the personal papers of Masters, and certain official records created solely by them.

(Master 1403-10)

(Master 1428-41)

(or Keys) (Master 1561-72)

(Master 1584-97)

(Master 1610-32)

(Master 1632-48 & 1660-5)

(Master 1648-54)

(Master 1665-76)

(Master 1676-89)

(Master 1689-91)

(Master 1691-2)

(Master 1692-1722)

(Master 1722-45)

(Master 1745-64)

(Master 1764-1807)

(Master 1808-21)

(Master 1821-36)

(Master 1836-70)

(Master 1870-81)

(Master 1881-1906)

(Master 1906-23)

(Master 1923-34)

(Master 1935-7)

(Master 1937-45)

(Master 1945-51)

(Master 1951-63)

These records consist of the personal papers of various former Fellows of Ä¢¹½tv, and certain official records created solely by them.

(Fellow c. 1349-61)

(Fellow c. 1350)

(Fellow before 1381)

(Fellow 1382/3–90)

(Fellow 1430–8)

(Fellow 1509-14)

(Fellow 1573-85)

(Fellow 1575-1612)

(Fellow 1621-51)

(Fellow 1648-c. 1652)

(Fellow 1649-before 1658)

(or Jennings) (Fellow 1650-c. 1655)

(Fellow 1651-6)

(Fellow 1754-80)

(Fellow 1777-82)

(Fellow 1781-98)

(Fellow 1821-38)

(Fellow 1838-51)

(Fellow 1852-77)

(Fellow 1898-1945)

(Fellow 1899-1942)

(Fellow 1901-36)

(Fellow 1908-42)

(Fellow 1922-65)

(Fellow 1939-80)

(Fellow 1952-73)

(Fellow 1952-68)

(Fellow 1965-79)

Ä¢¹½tv has owned estates in areas outside Oxford since the 14th century. This section gives details of the earlier records relating to these states. It is not yet a complete list of all the properties owned by the College.

These consist of any documents which were not created by the College itself, but are closely related to it. Almost all of them whose provenance is known have been deposited with the College Archives by outside bodies or individuals.

(matr. 1956)

(1915-19)

(1919-2012)

(1903-72)

(d. 1982)

(1832-1904)

(1795-1860)

(1910-86)

(1902-89)

(d. 1925)

(d. 1943)

(d. 1922)

(d. 1970)

(1842–1915)

(1914-2001)

(1901-83)

(1870–1943)

(1916-2011)

(1903-92)

(1910–76)

(1882-1961)

(d. 1998)

(1915–2009)

(1854–1930) from Gilbert Murray

(1929-2007)

(1921-2000)

(d. 1690)

(1890-1962)

(1903-80)

(d. 1986)

(d. 1988)

(matr. 1859)

(matr. 1859)

(matr. 1869)

(d. 1991)

(1887-1974)

(d. 1986)

(d. 1865)

(1754-1824)

(1892-1983)

(1848–1938)

(1920-2012)

, 1814

(d. 1949)

(1909-95)

(1920-2012)

(d. 1925)

(d. 1916)

(1929-2006)

(d. 1981)

(d. 1974)

1906-72

(matr. 1911)

(1632-95)

(matr. 1950)

(1913-2004), College servant 1931-82

(matr. 1859)

(1899-1995)

, 1578-1833

, 1881

(1918-2005)

(1915–2009)

(1914-89)

(1935-2012)

1836-70)

(1751-1838)

, 1880–1930

, 1880

(1903-2001)

(d. 2000)

(1902-83)

., 1630s

, 1848

, 1864

, 1879

, 1896

, 1899

, 1903-36

, 1860s

, 1913/14

, 1914

, 1927

, 1928

(b. 1943)

, 1926

, 1928

(matr. 1903)

(matr. 1953)

(matr. 1961)