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Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Roger Blackmore English
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Richard Bull

This series focusses on the headmastership of Oliver Richard Sylvester Bull (1977-1984) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1970s and 1980s, its staff and pupils. One of the files relates to Michael Stevens as Acting Headmaster for two terms in 1985.

Oakham School

Shooting

This series relates to the History of Shooting at Oakham School. The collection is made of team photographs, score books and ephemera relating to successes at Bisley. The collection spans from the 1950s to 1980s.

Oakham School

Buildings

This series is related to the buildings on the School campus and documents their history. Most of the collection is made of photographs and artwork, as well as architectural plans. Each sub-series focusses on a different building.

Oakham School

Deanscroft

  • HOU-HOU/10
  • Series
  • 1948 - 2017
  • Part of Houses

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.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/3-HOU/3/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1972 - 2015
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on photographs of girls, living in Round House since its inception, as well as well Leavers photographs of both School house and Round House pupils since the 2000s.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Stumps/ BAFS

A collection of documents, including photographs and commemorative plaques, relating to the School's cricket pavilions on Doncaster Close since the 19th century.

L.R. Shipsides

Music School

A collection of photographs and architectural plans of the Music School since its opening in 1984.

Roger Blackmore

Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/9-HOU/9/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1970s - 2011
  • Part of Houses

A box of ephmera from Buchanan's House.

Oakham School

Buchanans

  • 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

Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/9-HOU/9/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1977 - 2003
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on photographs of girls in Orchard Close and Buchanans House, mostly in the 1990s and early 2000s. It also contains photographs of the Sixth Form cohort.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

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