Papers of the Oxford University Opera Club

Scope and Content

Papers of the Oxford University Opera Club comprising:

  • papers relating to productions, 1974-86, including detailed correspondence and papers for the productions of 'Orfeo ed Euridice', 1982-3, and correspondence and papers for the productions of 'The Magic Flute', 1986
  • correspondence concerning the club's 50th anniversary celebrations
  • production papers, 1986-8, including committee minutes and membership lists, 1986-8
  • papers relating to a fundraising drive, 1987, using lists of sponsors of past productions (1974-86)
  • card index of senior members of the club, ca. 1980-8.

Administrative / Biographical History

Oxford University Opera Club.

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.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Given to the Library in 1988 and 1990.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Material

Records of the Oxford University Opera Club (MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 783-6, d. 990-1) and MS. Photogr. c. 8, fols. 69-71.