The College Archives

Wolfson College has a dedicated Archive, holding College photographs and documents relating to the history of the College.

The Archives are not usually open to the public, but access may be possible, on request, for research or for purely private purposes. 

Archival holdings

Besides historical documents and images, the Archive holds minutes of all  College meetings, papers and minutes for College clubs and societies, documents relating to College finances and building projects and audio recordings of some past events and lecture series.

There are also printed copies of the following College publications:

• the College Record (1978-) 2008, '09, '10, '11 editions available for download.

• the College magazine, in earlier days (1972-1988), Lycidas, as well as Romulus, its successor (1988-)

• the weekly College Newssheet (1978-)

• occasional publications, such as the College List (first published in 1972; contact details of all College members); College Guide (from 1975; with notes on College history, committees and facilities); its successor, the College Handbook; and Wolfson College Regulations

• other occasional publications on College history or relating to special events 

The Archives also hold photographs and images, including:

• photographs of events in the College’s history

• images of the College buildings

• matriculation photographs (only from 1989-; offers of copies of earlier matriculation photographs would be especially welcome)
 
• photographs of some club activities, e.g., the Boat Club
The Archives do not hold student records.
 
The Fellow Archivist and Archives Assistant welcome offers of donations of photographs or other types of memorabilia, such as reminiscences (written or recorded) by alumni.
 
Please emailarchives [at] wolfson [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk ( Liz Baird) for all queries relating to College history, or phone 01865 274117 on Tuesdays.

Useful Links
The Archives Hub enables searching across archives of nearly 200 UK institutions.
 
The Oxford University Archives for searches to do with history and administrative records of the University and its departments.
 
The Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library looks after all aspects of Berlin’s literary estate.
 
The Wolfson College Boat Club includes a small photo archives section.