Bodleian archive

Historic Club records are held at the Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, Oxford. There are two collections: the first deposition containing earlier records, and a second deposition of later papers. The concert programmes from the second deposition were scanned and can be viewed in the concert archive.

An exhibition of memorabilia from the Bodleian collection was held at No 6 Bedford Square (now New York University London Campus) in May 2014 and celebrated with a joint concert. It was followed by a Centenary Concert in December 2014 which repeated the first concert performed at the Bedford Square premises, exactly 100 years previously. We are grateful to Louisa Bahet of NYU for the photographs below. Click on the images to expand them.

Recent acquisitions

Genesis of the Club
Original Minute Book	Preliminary meeting	Announcement of formation	Joachim proposed as President
Dinner to Dr. Joachim, 1901	The Joachim Quartet, picture signed by its members in the Club's possession until 2011	Candidates Book, commencing 1902	Minute Book
Move to 6 Bedford Square, 1914
Bedford Square discussed	Further discussion of Bedford Square	Bedford Square proposed	Bedford Square agreed
6 Bedford Square
View onto Bedford Square, early 20th century	Bedford Square, early 20th century	Main music room	Music Room, re-drawn from an original watercolour
The Library	Letterhead	Inventory	Inventory
First Committee meeting	Proposed bathroom window	Proposed bathroom window	Proposed bathroom window
21st Anniversary Dinner
Candidates Book
1901-2	1902	1905	1905
1905	1906	1907	1907
1908-09	1911	1914-15	1917
1921	1923	1926	1928
Honorary Members
D	E	G	J
M	P	R	V
Suggestion Book
key	response to previous	cider and ginger ale	whisky
tea and tobacco	dress on Ladies' Nights
Rules & Regulations, 1931


Concert Index
Concert Index, instrumental	Instrumental – Bach	Concert Index for Songs	Songs – Bach
Finances
Revenue Account, 1920	Finances 1930	Finances 1930	Membership information, 1938
Abel Memorial Fund, 1939	Abel Memorial Fund, subscription form
Later history
Ladies become Associate Members, 1938	Visitors Book, 1935-40	Emergency War Committee, 1951	Minutes, Woburn Square, 1950s
Notices
Death of Queen Victoria, 1901	Death of King Edward VII, 1910	Death of Sir Edward Elgar, 1934