Toc H Unofficial Papers: Papers of Michael Oxer

Letters and reports relating to the Rev Michael Oxer's period as Warden of the Toc H International Centre (formerly Toc H Mark I) at 24 Pembridge Gardens, Notting Hill. Correspondence covers March 1969 to October 1971. The papers include an 11 page report on the House covering October 1969 to April 1970. In addition, there is a print-out of a detailed blog post titled 'An Experiment in Notting Hill: how Mark I reinvented itself' by Steve Smith, dated 2021.

Michael Oxer was employed by Toc H as Warden of the Toc H International Centre (formerly Toc H Mark I) from October 1969 until February 1971. He was from Australia and his appointment was organised by the Notting Hill Methodist Ministry. Michael was a Presbyterian Minister. He returned to Australia where, as of April 2021, he still lives.

Sources: papers of Michael Oxer; information supplied by the depositor.

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Papers arranged and described by Mark Eccleston, April 2021, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; and in-house cataloguing guidelines.

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Papers presented to Steve Smith during the course of his research into the story of the Toc H International Centre for a blog entitled 'An Experiment in Notting Hill'.

The Cadbury Research Library holds the papers of Toc H (reference: TOCH)