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4 photographs in black and white of Eddie Willows's retirement: on a bike amongst staff, during Trevor Case's speech

A photo of pupils during a cricket match.

A collection of photographs and art work of the Barraclough Dining Hall. It was opened on 28 September 1987 by Lord Forte. It contained two dining halls on the ground floor and a staff dining hall, bar and common room above. It was named Barraclough Hall, in memory of Norman Barraclough (OO, 1883) and his widow, Mrs Barraclough, a great benefactor to the school.

Black and white photos and negatives of various pupils playing chess during matches and of the chess teams.

A selection of chess photos (black and white and colour), taken in Easter 1993. Shows chess teams and pupils playing matches.

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.

This series focusses on Chess International tournaments at Oakham School and School teams competing in National Championships. A large sub-series relates to Garry Kasparov visiting the School in 1997.

1 photograph in colour of Charles Foster

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.

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.