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A paper folder containing all the photographs from Marshall, Keene and Co, taken around School, around 1937. On the inside cover is a note listing the photographs and their references, with costs.

A memo from Roger Blackmore to Jane [?] regarding the costs of photographs.

A letter (A) from Roger Blackmore to Alan Grieve regarding a selection of photographs to be used in a brochure to promote the Activity Holidays. Attached is a sheet (B) of comparable charges between Oakham, Marlborough and Taunton for the year 1985.

A letter from Robert Gregory congratulating John Barber on his book "The Story of Oakham School" and asking to be credited for his photograph.

A card from Charles Hawes to Jon Wills, donating the folder of photographs taken by Marshall, Keene and Co in 1937.

A CD of aerial photographs of the School by Commission Air.

This series focuses on the Millennium celebration which took place in the School Chapel, with an emphasis on the candelabras (objects and photographs) designed and made by the Art & Design Department for the special occasion.

This series relates to Hodge Wing, the pupils and staff and the history of the building. The series focuses on the early years as a boys' house.
Hodge Wing was a Boys’ day house, for Lower and Middle School. It became a girls’ house in the Winter term 1975, until the Spring term 1980 when the girls moved to Rushebrookes. Then it was re-opened for a small number of Seventh form girls in 1986.

A collection of documents, chiefly photographs, of Wharflands, purchased by the then Headmaster Walter Lee Sargant in 1920. The property was converted into a boys’ boarding house for twenty-six boys, while the Old Stables were used for other school purposes. Extension work began in 1928, adding four new dormitories and a large dining hall. The O.T.C. established its headquarters in the new extension. With the boys now living in the extension, the Housemaster and his family could occupied the old house. The first floor was converted into some classrooms, for the teaching of Science and Maths. In 1960 and 1977, a series of improvement and refurbishment work started and changing rooms were modernised, while new rooms were added.

A collection of documents, mainly photographs, of Jerwoods, the Lower School Campus. In 1962 the School purchased the old vicarage on Burley Road, named Peterborough House. In 1967, the Junior boys moved into their new boarding house. In 1974, new houses were erected around Peterborough House. The duo-decagonal Lincoln House for boarding girls was designed by Tom E. Wilson and built by George Duxbury and Sons, the architect and contractors of Round House. Behind it was built the Coleman Building, named after Leslie Coleman, into which Sargants (Day boys) and Ancaster (Day girls) moved in 1975. On 14 May 1974, John Jerwood unveiled the foundation stone and the Junior School was officially opened on 23 November. The houses comprised small dormitories with bunk beds, common rooms, a junior library and playing areas. The Coleman Building was linked to Lincoln House and Peterborough House.