Records of the Oxford Canning Club

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 Dep. c. 724-30, d. 781-9, e. 334-5
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1882-1987
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 18 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

The records include an incomplete run of minute-books, with some correspondence and printed papers.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Oxford Canning Club, a university club to promote and discuss Tory principles, was founded in 1861.

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 deposited by the secretary of the Club in 1980 and 1987.

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

See also the Papers of the Oxford Canning Club (Dep. b. 251, c. 782-3, e. 382). For further correspondence relating to the annual dinner of the Oxford Canning and Chatham Clubs, 1870-1954 and Canning Club committee accounts, 1883-1951, see MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 666-7, d. 733.