Stretching back to the headmastership of Dr. Doncaster, this collection comprehensively covers the correspondence, publications, photographs and other ephemera of the headmasters of Oakham School up to the present day. For many of the headmasters, correspondence and rolls calls are a significant theme in their series.

This collection also contains an excellent record of speeches and sermons given by G. Talbot Griffiths and John Buchanan.

The final series on reports covers the headmaster's, deputy headmaster's and registers writings on the state of the school, including topics such as building and estate development, admissions, the curriculum, examination results, and Old Oakhamians.

A speech wanting to justify the act of remembrance and also to look back and find inspiration.

A speech by J. D. Buchanan for Remembrance Sunday. It asks what remembrance day is for as the two world wars slip into history. Asks whether the sacrifice of men was worth it?

A speech talking about remembrance Sunday, why we remember and the futility of war. Items A to H

A speech by J. D. Buchanan for Remembrance day. What is the meaning of Remembrance Sunday,, how everyone becomes a historian on that day, looking back on the past and thining aout what caused the fighting and what can we learn from it. Talks of the British Empire. Handwritten notes on the back.