A letter from the Headmaster, John Buchanan, to Parents regarding the events of the Spring term 1958, including the hockey season, the works on the Sargant Laboratories, the raising of the minimum age of boarding and Speech Day. Two pages A and B.

A letter from Jon Wills, Chairman of the Old Oakhamian Club, to Lewis Moody ('97) regarding attending the opening of a room named after him in School House.

A letter from the Headmaster Richard Bull and the Chairman of Trustees T.C.S. Haywood to Parents regarding the building of a new Biology Block, including plans, and the pre-payment of fees scheme III. Two pages A and B.

A photograph of a dorm in School House. The photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the print number is stamped at the back: 862841.

A photograph of The Duke of Gloucester opening the door of the newly built War Memorial Library in May 1955, used in John Barber's "The Story of Oakham School".

A print-out of a photograph of the opening of the Jerwoods Campus, used in john Barber's "The Story of Oakham School".

This series focuses on the boarding girls in Orchard Close (built in 1929), later Buchanans House. It became a girls' boarding house in early October 1975 and Michael Stevens was its first Housemaster. It was renamed Buchanans House in Summer 1977, following the retirement of Headmaster J.D. Buchanan. Work was completed on Buchanans house in 1982 and the extension was ready for occupation in January 1983. The house was first a Seventh Form house and transitioned to a Middle School house in the 1980s.

This file focusses on letters sent by Headmaster Richard Bull during his headmastership (1978-1984). The bulk of the collection is made of letters sent to Parents.

A photograph showing Upper School boys leaving the Deanscroft Studies, probably in the 1960s.

A photograph of Upper School boys standing outside the Deanscroft Beach Studies, probably in the 1960s.