Part of Headmasters
A prospectus' for the school including staff list, trustees, the history of the school, information on the timetable, uniform, holidays, chapel, boarding, curriculum, Libraries, games, admission, scholarships, day boys and pocket money. Includes some photographs of the school; with a list of corrections inserted and an admissions form. Items A to C
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Photographs used within J.L.Barber's The story of Oakham School
Part of History of the School
A collection of photographs used within J.L.Barber's The story of Oakham School.
John Lewis Barber
Letter to Mr Welford from Wilfred. J. Thompson
Part of Staff
A letter from Mr Thompson (OO) concerning information about rugby matches he was involved in and various old oakhamians who played in the rugby team in the 20s. Items A to D
Wilfrid Jansen Thompson
A letter from JDB to Old Oakhmians
Part of Headmasters
John Buchanan
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.
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