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A poster advertising an Oakham School Medical Society event with Old Oakhamians discussing Medicine careers held in the Wilson Auditorium on 23 March 2022.

A letter from Roger Blackmore to Alan Grieve responding to the memorandum AB/26/13/21 and giving feedback from an OO Committee meeting regarding the Dinner on 24 November.

A fixture card for the school cricket club in the summer term including 1st, 2nd, Senior Colts, Vairous Colts teams, Old Oakhamians and Jerwood teams. Some manuscript notes of resutls.

A fixture card for the school cricket team season. Manuscript hand writing on the top.

A fixture card for the school cricket team season. Manuscript notes inside and on the reverse.

A fixture card for the school cricket team season. Manuscript notes throughout.

A fixture card for the school cricket team season.

A photograph from the competition of the winning team holding the shield.

This collection covers the multitude of sports that pupils can do at Oakham School. Sports include cricket, rugby, hockey, athletics, netball and swimming as some of the richest in terms of items in the sub-series.

Most sub-series have a good photographic record of first teams, alongside comprehensive fixture and team lists. Some sub-series will contain correspondence, programmes and administrative documents.

There is an extensive collection of trophies and shields awarded to pupils and Old Oakhamians for their sporting achievements.

This collection covers the history of all the libraries of Oakham School as well as the creation and daily working of the archives.

The Library series has material relating to each regeneration of the library (Smallbone, War Memorial). There is a rich photographic record of the opening and daily running of the Smallbone Library accompanied by administrative documents such as catalogues.

Under the Archives series, material cover correspondence with external readers and research into the history of the school and its pupils. There are also archive committee meeting minutes which show the evolution of the archives from its inception in 2010.