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An invitation from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone and his wife Dorothea to Peter Witchell at a service in the School Chapel on 24 May 1986.

This collection contains material relating to the history of the houses and their pupils. Each series is focused on a different house and many contain rich and detailed photographic records of houses year by year. Some houses are more detailed than others.

Other highlights of this collection include house handbooks, which help to induct a pupil into a house and its daily routine; photographs of daily life, including house events and leisure time; and administrative documents such as house diaries which record the calendar of house events, achievements of pupils, and accounts of incidents.

Included in this sub-fonds are houses which are no longer in existence such as Johnsons and Ruddles.

A headmaster's annual report for the academic year 1985-1986. Contents: The School Year; Second Master's Report; Registrar's Report; Registrations/Entry Numbers; Director of Studies' Report; Scholarship Report; Christopher Dixon Prize; University Entries; A- and O-Level results; The Departments; Prep Schools Liaison Report; The Houses; Examination Administration; Drama and the Theatre; Careers; The Chaplaincy; A.V.A. Centre; Ashburton Hall; The Sanatorium; Library; The School Council; The Oakhamian; Old Oakhamian Club; Nursery School; Playing Fields; The Sports Centre; Afternoon Activities and Societies; Exploration Society; The Teaching Staff; OSEL/Public relations/Appeals; Conclusion. Attached are A-Level results (appendix C), O-Level results, Scholarship Awards (appendix A), Bursaries, University Entries (appendix B). Thirty pages A to AD.

A headmaster's annual report for the academic year 1984-1985. Contents: Some Thoughts on 1984/1985; Registrations/Entry Numbers; The Houses; Oakham Nursery School; Staff; General Academic; Examination Administration; University Entrance; Afternoon Activities; Sport Centre; Chapel; Food; Sanatorium; A.V.A. Centre; Careers Advice/ISCO Tests; Preparatory Schools Liaison/13+ Entry; Publicity/OSEL/Prospectus etc: The Queen Elizabeth Theatre; New Zealand Tour/Kenya Expedition; School Library; Old Oakhamian Club; House Names; Housemasters/Housemistresses; Conclusion. Attached are replies to a questionnaire for prospective parents (appendix A), some additional comments by Michael Stevens, a questionnaire for prospective parents, Overseas Universities Entries (appendix B), A-Level results (appendix C), O-Level results (appendix D), University entrance (Appendix F), a summary on Fastnet. Twenty-Seven pages A to AA.

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.

A photograph of the Headmaster Graham Smallbone conducting the orchestra. Date is unknown.

Notes by the Headmaster Graham Smallbone on the future needs of the School for a discussion in January 1986. Two pages A and B.

This series relates to the Finance Committee of the Trustees, in particular minutes of their meetings.

This series focuses on various dedication and rededication services since the opening of the School Chapel. Most items are orders of services.

A programme for the inaugural recital by Peter Hurford on 26 June 1993 and the Service of Dedication by the Right Reverend William Westwood on 27 June 1993, including a brief history of the organs of Oakham School Chapel, a biography of Peter Hurford, and a description of the new Peter Collins organ.