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Miscellaneous chess photos - 14 items

A selection of photographs (colour and black and white) including group photos, annual Jerwood International Youth Chess Tornament, Sports Hall and a selection of pupils playing chess.

Roger Blackmore

A Chess event, 1992

This file contains photographs and negatives of a chess event in the Barraclough Dining Hall in 1992.

Roger Blackmore

Various press cuttings

A copy of six newspaper articles reporting on the Oakham School International Chess Tournament held in March 1994.

The Guardian

Activities and Societies

  • ACS
  • Subfonds
  • 1905 - 2024

A collection which charts the various societies and activities available to pupils at Oakham School. Documents include photographic records and correspondence for different societies. Topics include chess, CCF/OTC, scouts, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Oligoi , Exploratory Society, and trips and expeditions.

The multiple series contain administrative documents for the various societies and certain series, such as Duke of Edinburgh Award and CCF/OTC have excellent photographic record of formal or informal events.

There is a particularly detailed series on Chess and the event of Gary Kasparov's visit to the school.

There is a good collection of shooting medals and trophies, kindly donated by Henry Blagg.

Oakham School

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