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Oakham School Houses
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School House

  • HOU-HOU/4
  • Series
  • 1905 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on School House pupils and staff in the 20th century. Most of the series is made of house photographs, various informal photographs as well as records books and punishment books.

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Houses

  • HOU
  • Subfonds
  • 1905 - 2024

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.

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Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/4-HOU/4/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1905 - 2004
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focusses on various photographs of the pupils and staff of School House as well as various documents related to the history of the house.

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Chapmans (Junior House)

  • HOU-HOU/7
  • Series
  • 1911 - 2010
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the Junior House/Chapmans pupils and staff since its opening in 1910. It first comprised the Junior Department with facilities for boys boarders and classrooms. The house was renamed Chapmans in September 1960, after Frank Emerson Chapman, first Housemaster of the Junior House; it became a Senior House. Most of the series is made of photographs, house photographs as well as more informal photographs.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Wharflands

  • HOU-HOU/13
  • Series
  • 1920 - 2011
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on Wharflands pupils and staff since its opening in 1920. Most of the series is made of house photographs, various photographs of Housemasters and administration documents.

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Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/7-HOU/7/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1920 - 1960
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series contains various items related to Junior House/Chapmans. The bulk of the sub-series is informal photographs of everyday life in the boarding house in the 1950s/1960s.

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Administration

  • HOU-HOU/7-HOU/7/4
  • Sub-Series
  • 1939
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on the administration and everyday running of the Junior House/Chapmans.

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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

Administration

  • HOU-HOU/4-HOU/4/3
  • Sub-Series
  • 1949 - 1970
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focusses on the every day running of School House. The bulk of the sub-series is punishment books and record books from the 1950s and 1960s.

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Housemasters of School House

  • HOU-HOU/4-HOU/4/2-HOU/4/2/13
  • Item
  • 1951 - 2001
  • Part of Houses

A list of the Housemasters of School House from 1951 to 2001.

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