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A note from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Houses and Common Room Staff regarding an informal gathering for readings and meditation in Chapel, related to Henrietta Lea's tragic accident.

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 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.

A paper written by Graham Smallbone on the organ in Chapel, revised for the full meeting of Trustees following the Financial & General purposes Committee Meeting. Contents: Decline and Fall; Solutions, The Pipe Organ; The Alternative; and Conclusion.

This sub-series contains files and items related to Henrietta Lea. most of the collection is made of sympathy cards and letters from Parents and Staff to Jon and Kim Wills.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Graham Smallbone (1985-1996) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1980s and 1990s, its staff and pupils.

This file focusses on letters received/sent by the Headmaster Graham Smallbone during his headmastership (1985-1996).

This series focuses on the history of the organs in the School Chapel, from the first one installed in 1930 to the current instruments built in 1993.

This file focuses on the correspondence between Oakham School and organ builders, including Peter Collins Ltd, since 1990 and giving an insight as to the building and installation of the new organ in the School Chapel. Some letters were sent/ received between the Headmaster Graham Smallbone and the White and Lea families regarding an inscription in memory of David White and Henrietta Lea.

Four drafts of the inscription dedicated to Henrietta Lea and David White. Pages A to D.