Papers of the Oxford University Mermaid Club

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. c. 2271-5, d. 2096-7, e. 2305-11
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1921-[ca. 1974]
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 14 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Minutes, accounts, correspondence and general papers of the Club.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Oxford University Mermaid Club was a small undergraduate society founded in 1902 for reading 16th- and 17th-century English drama. The Club went into abeyance during both World Wars and was 'revived' at various dates.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were given by Dr J.M. Thomas, New College, in 1989.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

Related Material

For the papers of the Club, 1902-13, see MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 204, d. 135-8, e. 150.