New College Archive

Using our online Archives Catalogue, browse sections of the New College Archive. Alternatively, you will find most of the older administrative records of New College described in Francis Steer’s The Archives of New College, Oxford: A Catalogue (London: Phillimore, 1974), while for additional information concerning papers accrued since the 1960s, you may also contact the Archivist & Records Manager. All documents relating to individual members of the college are subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (2018).

In outline, the college’s archive covers the following main activities:

Founder, Statutes, Regulations
- Founder
- Immunities and Privileges
- Statutes
- Bylaws
- Regulations and Policies
- Visitor
- Amicabilis Concordia

Governance and Committees
- Warden & Fellows
- Stated General Meetings
- Audit
- Estates
- Benefice
- Tuition
- Choir
- Library

Warden (college head of house)
- Wardens general
- Each separate warden

Officers/Departments
- Bursar
- Home Bursar
- Land Agent
- Clerk of Works
- Dean
- Academic (including Senior Tutor)
- Chaplain (including chapel services)
- Organist (including choir)
- Precentor
- Development/Benefactions
- Library
- Chattels and Pictures
- Archives
- Steward of Hall and Chef
- Porters

College Administration
- Accommodation
- Benefices
- Benefactions
- Bonds
- Buildings
- Chapel
- Correspondence
- Food and Drink
- General and Financial Business
- Law Suits
- Library
- Literary Miscellaneous
- Members
- Miscellanea
- Pensions and Portions
- Publications
- Testamentary

College Groups and Societies
- Members (SCR, MCR, JCR)
- Sports Clubs
- Societies and Interest Groups
- Extra College

Estates General
- Estate Accounts
- Counties Composite Records
- Early Deeds
- Estate Records General
- Composite Manorial Records
- New College Progresses
- Registers and Extracts from Records
- Tithes