Guild Library Archive – general information about the Archive website and contents

This Archive contains images of the primary documents of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers: Annual Reports; Guild AGM and Committee meeting minutes and related papers; the Guild’s newsletter Odd Bob; documents such as meeting minutes from the Guild's 15 branches; and a selection of other notable documents.

The various types of document are given as links (in red) on the Archive home page, each link leading to an appropriate breakdown of that type of document. A link to the Archive home page is given at the top right of each page. A link to the main ODG website is given at the top right of the Archive home page.

Please note the content of the archive is in the process of being built. The following is a summary of what is currently available:

  Guild minutes:
      Minutes book for 1880 - 1917 [currently to page 50]
      Minutes book for 1981 - 1993

  Annual Reports:
      1881-1883
      1893, 1894, 1896, 1899
      1904-1909
      1910-1919
      1922
      1935-1939
      1940-1949
      1950-1958/59
      1962/63 ; 1964 ; 1964/65 ; 1966 ; 1966/67 ; 1968 ; 1968/69
      1970-1979
      1980-1982
      1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
      2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

  Odd Bob:
      Issues 1-19 (1982 - July 1988) ; 78 (May 2008) - 108 (May 2023)

  Other records:
      Photographs of the Guild Memorial Book
      List of Guild members elected Oct. 1990 - Oct. 2021


 





Guild library and archive information

Guild library catalogue lists the contents of the library as at August 2020

The Archive Development Page lists the various topics and issues raised during the development of the electronic archive.