Library & Archives Contact Details
For any non-library and archives’ related college enquiries, please contact the porters on 01865 276000 or click here.
Libraries
All current Magdalen members can use the Longwall Library 24 hours a day.
Members of other colleges and academic researchers can read unique items in our collections by making an appointment via library@magd.ox.ac.uk. All library hours for visitors are 09:30–12:30 and 14:00–16:30. The Longwall Library can be visited any weekday, and books from the Daubeny or McFarlane collections may be consulted in the Longwall Library. The Old Library can usually only be visited on Thursdays and Fridays. Please note that enquiries relating to the College’s early-printed and manuscript book collections should be addressed to the Library (library@magd.ox.ac.uk) and not the Archive.
Telephone: 01865 276045
E-mail: library@magd.ox.ac.uk
Address: The Library, Magdalen College, Oxford OX1 4AU
Librarian: Dr Lucy Gwynn
Deputy Librarian: Ms Anne Chesher
Assistant Librarian: Mr William Shire
Library Assistant: Mrs Maggie Wainwright
Graduate Trainee: Tilly Guthrie
Archives
The Archives can be consulted by making an appointment in advance via the Archivist. Visiting hours are usually 10:30 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 16:30 on Mondays and Tuesdays (not Thursdays and Fridays as was previously the case for many years). Most items will be consulted in the Old Library but please check with the Archivist beforehand.
Note that any enquiries relating to the College’s early-printed and manuscript book collections should be addressed to the library in the first instance (library@magd.ox.ac.uk), as these do not form part of the archive collections.
Telephone: 01865 276088
Email: archives@magd.ox.ac.uk
Address: The Archives, Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford OX1 4AU
College Archivist & Records Manager: Dr Charlotte Berry (full-time; post vacant from 2 Aug 2021 until successor is appointed)
Wilson Project Archivist (Apr 2020-Mar 2023): Dr Lucy Smith
Graduate trainee: Tilly Guthrie (2 days a week; post vacant from 1 Sep 2021 until Archives Assistant is appointed)
Paintings and objects
The College has a large collection of paintings and associated objects (known as Chattels). Please contact Rachel Mehtar for any enquiries relating to the chattels, including image requests and enquiries relating to permission to publish: Rachel.Mehtar@magd.ox.ac.uk
Some of the College’s paintings have been digitised and are available at Art UK: https://artuk.org/visit/collection/magdalen-college-university-of-oxford-1749
Many of the College’s best-known objects, archival and library items feature in the publication Hidden Magdalen (2008), compiled by David Roberts and edited by David Roberts and Richard Sheppard (Oxford: Magdalen College).
