Showing 39 results

Archival description
Oakham School Roger Blackmore Oakham, Rutland
Print preview View:

Buchanans (Orchard Close)

  • 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

Cricket pavilions

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

Oakham Festival

This file focusses on the organisation of various Oakham Art Festivals in the early 1990s.

Oakham School

Organ, 1993

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1986 - 1993
  • Part of Chapel

This sub-series focuses on the history of the 1993 Organ in the School Chapel. After the 1930 organ expired and was replaced by a computer organ in the 1980s, the headmaster Graham Smallbone commissioned for a new organ to be built. Some items highlight the various proposals, the correspondence focuses on the building and installation of the organ and the photographic file finally shows the organ in Chapel.

Peter Collins

School Campus

A collection of photographs and art work relating to the whole School Campus, in particular aerial photographs from 1937 of the School and the town, and a file of individual photographs of buildings around the campus. The oldest items in this sub-series date back to the 19th century.

Aerofilms Ltd

Staff

  • STF
  • Subfonds
  • 1878 - 2021

This collection focuses on the staff who have worked for Oakham School over the years. Material focuses on not only training and teaching, but staff wellbeing, pay and benefits.

There are two series which focus on notable members of staff from the school's history: Jon Wills and Brian Welford. Material for these staff members have been collected by themselves and other members of staff.

Recruitment series includes jobs descriptions for various positions, both teaching and support staff, in the school.

There is a strong collection of policies an guidance for teachers in completing the many administrative and teaching jobs expected.

Oakham School

The Oakhamian Magazine, Vol. 196, Winter and Spring Terms 2014-2015

The Oakhamian Magazine and The Old Oakhamian Magazine, recording the Winter term 2014 and Spring term 2015. Contents: News; Features; Academic; Trips and Tours; Performing Arts; Pastoral; Community Activities; Staff News; Sport; Beyond Oakham; Old Oakhamian; Foundation.

Oakham School

The Oakhamian, Vol. 142, Winter Term 1994

The Oakhamian Magazine, recording the Winter term 1994. Contents: Farewells & Choir; Library; Houses; Lab-Oratory; Duesbury-Bowes Lecture; Art News; Performing Arts & Languages; Girls Sports; Sports Results; Boys Sports; Old School.

Oakham School

The Oakhamian, Vol. 143, Spring Term 1995

The Oakhamian Magazine, recording the Spring term 1995. Contents: DofE; Music; English; Drama; Languages; Science; Girls Sport; Sport; Boys Sport; Miscellany; Houses; Art & Design.

Oakham School

The Oakhamian, Vol. 145, Winter Term 1995

The Oakhamian Magazine, recording the Winter term 1995. Contents: History; Science; English; Miscellany; Performing Arts; Art; Sport; Farewells; Music; Gap Years; Houses.

Oakham School

Results 1 to 10 of 39