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This collection consists of material which highlights the history of Oakham School. This includes monographs and research by various authors, as well as films and others audio and video recordings.

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.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Dr John Doncaster (1808-1846) and contains items created by the headmaster himself as well as items relating to the life at School in the early 19th century and Old Oakhamians, in particular James and Augustus Padley.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Rev William Spicer Wood (1846-1875) and contains items created by the headmaster himself as well as items relating to the life at School in the mid-19th century.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Rev Edward Vere Hodge (1879-1902) and contains items relating to the life at School in the late19th century, its staff and pupils. The series contains some of the earliest photographs of Oakham School's collection.

This file focusses on various items published under the headmastership of Rev Edward Vere Hodge in the late 19th century.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Walter Lee Sargant (1902-1929) and contains items relating to the life at School in the early 20th century, its staff and pupils.

This file focusses on various prospectuses published under the headmastership of Walter Lee Sargant in the early 20th century.

This sub-series focuses on the Dedication of the War Memorial Chapel on 29 October 1925.

This file focusses on admission prospectuses and various publications in the 1930s.