Undergraduates Collection

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Alfred Gouldings A Chump at Oxford (1939)
Laurel & Hardy

Girton College Lecture
A lecture at Girton College, Cambridge, a women-only college until 1977: the students concentrate and prepare to take notes

Women undergraduates of Lady Margaret Hall taking part in a hockey match. Date: 1920

A Varsity Trick, Smuggling In (colour litho)
7193282 A Varsity Trick, Smuggling In (colour litho) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Varsity Trick, Smuggling In)

Oriel Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631617 Oriel Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oriel Torpid, 1893)

Queens Association, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631613 Queens Association, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queens Association, 1892-3)

New College 1st Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631612 New College 1st Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New College 1st Torpid, 1893)

Lincoln Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631611 Lincoln Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lincoln Torpid, 1893)

Magdalen Rugby XV, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631610 Magdalen Rugby XV, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Magdalen Rugby XV, 1893)

Trinity College Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631598 Trinity College Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trinity College Torpid, 1893)

Wadham College Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631595 Wadham College Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wadham College Torpid, 1893)

Worcester College Torpid (b / w photo)
3631590 Worcester College Torpid (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Worcester College Torpid)

Hertford College Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631588 Hertford College Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hertford College Torpid, 1893)

Hertford College Association, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631587 Hertford College Association, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hertford College Association, 1892-3)

The Vice Chancellor conferring the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, Oxford, 1842 (litho)
5229983 The Vice Chancellor conferring the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, Oxford, 1842 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from A Cambridge Scrap-Book, 1859 - Paper on applied mathematics (engraving)
5999113 Page from A Cambridge Scrap-Book, 1859 - Paper on applied mathematics (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paper on applied mathematics)

Page from A Cambridge Scrap-Book, 1859. (engraving)
5999100 Page from A Cambridge Scrap-Book, 1859. (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for A Cambridge Scrap-Book (Macmillan, 1859)

Rector of the Prague University and Scholars of the Different Nations who studied in the same University (engraving)
1094604 Rector of the Prague University and Scholars of the Different Nations who studied in the same University (engraving) by French School

Attending Lectures (engraving)
2800922 Attending Lectures (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: Attending Lectures. Illustration for The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green An Oxford Freshman by)

College rooms (engraving)
2800921 College rooms (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: College rooms. Illustration for The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green An Oxford Freshman by Cuthbert Bede)

Show Sunday, A View in the Broad Walk, Christ Church Meadows, Oxford
3085916 Show Sunday, A View in the Broad Walk, Christ Church Meadows, Oxford, from " The English Spy", pub. 1824 (hand coloured engraving) by Cruikshank

The Vice Chancellor conferring the degree of Bachelor of Arts, at Oxford, 1842 (litho)
5229985 The Vice Chancellor conferring the degree of Bachelor of Arts, at Oxford, 1842 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Young Japanese women in their last year at the Womens University, Tokyo (b / w photo)
6015487 Young Japanese women in their last year at the Womens University, Tokyo (b/w photo) by Japanese Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Undergraduate female student tea party, December 1920
Female undergraduates at Somerville College, Oxford, enjoying a tea party hosted in the living quarters of one of the students

Female and male undergraduates in laboratory, July 1908
Undergraduate students of mixed gender working in one of many new chemical research laboratories at Leeds University, opened by the King on 7 July 1908

Undergraduate female students playing hockey 1920
Undergraduate female students playing a hockey match at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford on a field, with the college buildings in the background

On the way to Oxford (engraving)
2800926 On the way to Oxford (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the way to Oxford)

University College Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631625 University College Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: University College Torpid, 1893)

Balliol Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631623 Balliol Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Balliol Rugby XV, 1892-3)

Merton Association XI, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631620 Merton Association XI, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merton Association XI, 1892-3)

Exeter College Association, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631618 Exeter College Association, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exeter College Association, 1892-3)

Queens Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631615 Queens Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queens Torpid, 1893)

Queens Rugby, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631614 Queens Rugby, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queens Rugby, 1892-3)

Brasenose 1st Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631607 Brasenose 1st Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brasenose 1st Torpid, 1893)

Wadham Rugby, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631594 Wadham Rugby, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wadham Rugby, 1892-3)

Worcester College Rugby XV, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631589 Worcester College Rugby XV, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Worcester College Rugby XV, 1893)

General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers
The General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers manning the signal box at LMS Bletchley. 1926

The "Eumenides"of Aeschylus, performed by Undergraduates at Cambridge (engraving)
1041291 The " Eumenides" of Aeschylus, performed by Undergraduates at Cambridge (engraving) by Hall, Sydney Prior (1842-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mr Verdant Green furnishes the Subject for a Striking Frontispiece (engraving)
2800943 Mr Verdant Green furnishes the Subject for a Striking Frontispiece (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info)

Examinations (engraving)
2800930 Examinations (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: Examinations. Illustration for The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green An Oxford Freshman by Cuthbert Bede)

Cover illustration for The Further Adventures of Mr Verdant Green An Oxford Undergraduate (engraving)
2800937 Cover illustration for The Further Adventures of Mr Verdant Green An Oxford Undergraduate (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chapel (engraving)
2800918 Chapel (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chapel. Illustration for The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green An Oxford Freshman by Cuthbert Bede)

A punt on the Cherwell (engraving)
2800915 A punt on the Cherwell (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: A punt on the Cherwell)

University Association XI, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631627 University Association XI, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: University Association XI, 1892-3)

Balliol 1st Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631624 Balliol 1st Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Balliol 1st Torpid, 1893)

Balliol Association XI, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631622 Balliol Association XI, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Balliol Association XI, 1892-3)

Merton Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631619 Merton Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merton Rugby XV, 1892-3)

Brasenose Association, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631605 Brasenose Association, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brasenose Association, 1892-3)

Corpus Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631604 Corpus Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Corpus Torpid, 1893)

Corpus Association, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631601 Corpus Association, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Corpus Association, 1892-3)

St Johns Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631597 St Johns Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Johns Torpid, 1893)

Pembroke Association, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631592 Pembroke Association, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pembroke Association, 1892-3)

Americans in Oxford (litho)
3620781 Americans in Oxford (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Americans in Oxford. American ladies (bursting into an undergraduates room)

Annual examination in Trinity College, Cambridge, May 1842 (litho)
5229984 Annual examination in Trinity College, Cambridge, May 1842 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Annual examination in Trinity College, Cambridge)

Uncontrollable exuberance of the college student (b / w photo)
6002645 Uncontrollable exuberance of the college student (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Uncontrollable exuberance of the college student)

Punch cartoon: Oxford undergraduates living beyond their means (engraving)
5237215 Punch cartoon: Oxford undergraduates living beyond their means (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oxford undergraduates living beyond their means)

Oxford University Crew, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631629 Oxford University Crew, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oxford University Crew, 1893)

Exeter College Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631616 Exeter College Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exeter College Torpid, 1893)

Pembroke Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631591 Pembroke Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pembroke Torpid, 1893)

Merton College 1st Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631621 Merton College 1st Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merton College 1st Torpid, 1893)

Magdalen 1st Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631609 Magdalen 1st Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Magdalen 1st Torpid, 1893)

Wadham Association, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631593 Wadham Association, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wadham Association, 1892-3)

On the Isis (engraving)
2800923 On the Isis (engraving) by Bede, Cuthbert (1827-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Isis. Illustration for The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green An Oxford Freshman by Cuthbert Bede)

Protests in Cambridge about women entering higher education (b / w photo)
3099707 Protests in Cambridge about women entering higher education (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Little Mr Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green (engraving)
3099569 Illustration for Little Mr Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green (engraving) by Bradley, Cuthbert (1861-1943); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from A Cambridge Scrap-Book, 1859. (engraving)
5999098 Page from A Cambridge Scrap-Book, 1859. (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for A Cambridge Scrap-Book (Macmillan, 1859)

The Sirdar at Cambridge University, the Vice-Chancellor shaking hands with the New LLD (engraving)
1064045 The Sirdar at Cambridge University, the Vice-Chancellor shaking hands with the New LLD (engraving) by Duncan, John (1866-1945) after; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Rag (litho)
3096298 The Rag (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rag. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Illustration for Little Mr Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green (engraving)
3099561 Illustration for Little Mr Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green (engraving) by Bradley, Cuthbert (1861-1943); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Supplementary Ceremony, the Undergraduates chairing the Newly-made Doctor (engraving)
1047480 A Supplementary Ceremony, the Undergraduates chairing the Newly-made Doctor (engraving) by Hall, Sydney Prior (1842-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Supplementary Ceremony)

Amateur Navvies at Oxford, Undergraduates making a Road as suggested by Mr Ruskin (engraving)
1058640 Amateur Navvies at Oxford, Undergraduates making a Road as suggested by Mr Ruskin (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amateur Navvies at Oxford)

Varsity Sketches (litho)
3094432 Varsity Sketches (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Varsity Sketches. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Kings Chapel and Clare Chapel (colour litho)
3648942 Kings Chapel and Clare Chapel (colour litho) by Morley, Henry (1870-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kings Chapel and Clare Chapel)

Keble 2nd Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631632 Keble 2nd Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Keble 2nd Torpid, 1893)

University Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631628 University Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: University Rugby XV, 1892-3)

University College Association XI, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631626 University College Association XI, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: University College Association XI, 1892-3)

Magdalen Association XI, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631608 Magdalen Association XI, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Magdalen Association XI, 1892-3)

Brasenose Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631606 Brasenose Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brasenose Rugby XV, 1892-3)

Christ Church Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631600 Christ Church Rugby XV, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ Church Rugby XV, 1892-3)

Keble 1st Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631586 Keble 1st Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Keble 1st Torpid, 1893)

Christ Church 1st Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631603 Christ Church 1st Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ Church 1st Torpid, 1893)

Corpus Rugby, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631602 Corpus Rugby, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Corpus Rugby, 1892-3)

Christ Church Association XI, 1892-3 (b / w photo)
3631599 Christ Church Association XI, 1892-3 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ Church Association XI, 1892-3)

Jesus College Torpid, 1893 (b / w photo)
3631596 Jesus College Torpid, 1893 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus College Torpid, 1893)

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"Capturing the Spirit of Undergraduates: A Journey through Time" Step back in time to 1939, where Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy brought laughter and chaos to Alfred Goulding's film "A Chump at Oxford. " These iconic characters remind us of the timeless humor that has accompanied undergraduates throughout history. In 1920, Girton College Lecture witnessed a gathering of brilliant minds, as women undergraduates from Lady Margaret Hall showcased their skills in an exhilarating hockey match. Breaking barriers and defying societal norms, these trailblazing women paved the way for future generations. The clash between Town and Gown in Oxford is not just a physical fight but also a symbol of intellectual rivalry. This age-old tradition showcases the passion and competitive spirit that runs deep within undergraduate culture. With mischief abound, "A Varsity Trick, Smuggling In" captures the ingenuity who always find creative ways to bend the rules. The vibrant colors bring this playful scene to life, reminding us that even amidst academia's seriousness, there is room for fun. Traveling further back in time with black-and-white photographs from 1893 reveals snapshots of college life. Oriel Torpid shows rowers pushing their limits on the river while Queens Association brings together students united by shared interests. New College 1st Torpid displays teamwork and determination etched on determined faces. Magdalen Rugby XV reminds us that sports have long been an integral part of undergraduate life – fostering camaraderie and instilling values like discipline and resilience. Meanwhile, Trinity College Torpid highlights dedication as rowers glide across serene waters with unwavering focus. Wadham College Torpid takes us deeper into history - a glimpse into how traditions have evolved over time while still preserving their essence. Finally, Lincoln Torpid encapsulates moments frozen in time - capturing both triumphs and challenges faced by those who came before us.