Records of the Circus Club

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. c. 526, d. 708-12
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1920-71
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 6 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Records of the Circus Club, consisting of:

  • Candidates' book, ca. 1920-56
  • Attendance books, 1920-71
  • Miscellaneous papers, including: printed pamphlet, War aims (London, n.d.); printed Rules of the Circus (London [1924]); xerographic copy of typescript account of the club by H.G. Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford, 1971; and typescipt list of members, 1959

Administrative / Biographical History

The Circus Club was a London dining club founded in 1920.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The papers were given to the Library in 1972.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 44140-5.

Subjects

Clubs

Corporate Names

Circus Club, London