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A note from the Personal Assistant to the Headmaster to Graham Smallbone regarding a message from Mr Ronald Dudley on the Court opening, the performance of the choir and Sir John Owen's grandfather attending Oakham School.

A note from the Personal Assistant to the Headmaster to Graham Smallbone regarding the catering arrangement for the group performing 'Cabaret' on 21 June 1992.

An invitation from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to local dignitaries to the launch of the Oakham '93 appeal, held in the QET on 17 April 1993.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Tony Little (1996-2002) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1990s and early 2000s, its staff and pupils.

Two letters regarding the catering arrangements for the matinee performance of Cabaret on 21 June 1992, as part of the 1992 Oakham Festival.

A group of letters related to the visit of the National Youth Chamber Orchestra to Oakham School in August 1993.

Three letters between the Headmaster Graham Smallbone and Mrs Vera Furner regarding the donation of O.O. Maurice Kingham's autograph book to the School in 1995.

Seven letters regarding the opening of the Rutland Crown Court in Oakham Castle on 13 January 1992.

Nine letters between Graham Smallbone, Bryan Waites, Stephen Garnett and Nicholas Bomford regarding the 450th anniversary of the birth of Archdeacon Robert Johnson.

Stretching back to the headmastership of Dr. Doncaster, this collection comprehensively covers the correspondence, publications, photographs and other ephemera of the headmasters of Oakham School up to the present day. For many of the headmasters, correspondence and rolls calls are a significant theme in their series.

This collection also contains an excellent record of speeches and sermons given by G. Talbot Griffiths and John Buchanan.

The final series on reports covers the headmaster's, deputy headmaster's and registers writings on the state of the school, including topics such as building and estate development, admissions, the curriculum, examination results, and Old Oakhamians.