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A print-out of a photograph of Charlie Boland winning a cup on Sports Day in June 2006.

Some notes by Jon Wills reflecting on the best course of action following an accident involving pupils.

This collection contains material relating to the history of the houses and their pupils. Each series is focused on a different house and many contain rich and detailed photographic records of houses year by year. Some houses are more detailed than others.

Other highlights of this collection include house handbooks, which help to induct a pupil into a house and its daily routine; photographs of daily life, including house events and leisure time; and administrative documents such as house diaries which record the calendar of house events, achievements of pupils, and accounts of incidents.

Included in this sub-fonds are houses which are no longer in existence such as Johnsons and Ruddles.

The Emergency procedure carried out by Jon Wills after Henrietta Lea's accident.

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 Graham Smallbone, Headmaster, to staff asking them to return any items that belonged to Henrietta Lea to her parents or Jon Wills.

A photograph of the guests, staff and former staff, attending the celebration of the 50 years of Deanscroft/Haywoods in 1998.

This series focuses on the boarding boys in Deanscroft, since its opening in 1948. The Headmaster himself was Housemaster, until 1971. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls. The boarding boys were moved to the newly built Haywoods House on Kilburn Road. The items include the complete set of house photographs and informal photographs showing boys around the house and on campus, as well as duty records.

This sub-series contains letters concerning Deanscroft house and pupils.

This series focuses on School House pupils and staff in the 20th century. Most of the series is made of house photographs, various informal photographs as well as records books and punishment books.