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Chapmans (Junior House)

  • HOU-HOU/7
  • Series
  • 1911 - 2010
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the Junior House/Chapmans pupils and staff since its opening in 1910. It first comprised the Junior Department with facilities for boys boarders and classrooms. The house was renamed Chapmans in September 1960, after Frank Emerson Chapman, first Housemaster of the Junior House; it became a Senior House. Most of the series is made of photographs, house photographs as well as more informal photographs.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/12-HOU/12/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1989 - 2000
  • Part of Houses

This sub-file contains various photographs of the girls and tutors of Stevens House since its opening in 1989. Most of the photographs were gathered in photograph albums by the Housemistress.

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The opening of Stevens House

  • HOU-HOU/12-HOU/12/2-HOU/12/2/8-HOU/12/2/8/2
  • Item
  • 16/10/1989
  • Part of Houses

A photograph of Simon Schanschieff giving a speech at the opening ceremony of Stevens, the new girls' boarding house, on 16 October 1989.

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Johnsons

  • HOU-HOU/6
  • Series
  • 1959 - 1997
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the Day boys' house of Johnsons, throughout its history (1959-1997). The collection is mostly made of house photographs and teams' photographs, as well as some administrative records.

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The opening of Stevens House

  • HOU-HOU/12-HOU/12/2-HOU/12/2/5-HOU/12/2/5/85
  • Item
  • 16/10/1989
  • Part of Houses

A photograph of Simon Schanschieff giving a speech at the opening ceremony of Stevens, the new girls' boarding house, in 1989.

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History

  • HOU-HOU/7-HOU/7/3
  • Sub-Series
  • 2010
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on the history of the Junior School, renamed Chapmans in 1961.

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Buchanans (Orchard Close)

  • HOU-HOU/9
  • Series
  • 1977 - 2011
  • Part of Houses

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.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Mary and Michael Stevens

  • HOU-HOU/12-HOU/12/2-HOU/12/2/8-HOU/12/2/8/1
  • Item
  • 16/10/1989
  • Part of Houses

A photograph of Mary and Michael Stevens in front of the plaque celebrating the opening of Stevens House, a boarding house for girls, on 16 October 1989.

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