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This series focuses on various dedication and rededication services since the opening of the School Chapel. Most items are orders of services.

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 sub-file contains post cards related to the building and dedication of the War Memorial Chapel. Three post cards show the service of the laying of the foundation stone on Speech Day 1924. Four post cards show the dedication service on 29 October 1925. All post cards were published by Heawood & Son.

A re-print/ facsimile of an Oakhamian Magazine supplement. Includes photographs of the new Chapel, the order of service for the dedication on 29 October 1925, a report on the ceremony and a brief history of the building.

The sub-series include three large scrapbook containing news paper cuttings of every of the First World War, research booklets, a book donated to the school and several photographs.

An Oakhamian Magazine supplement. Includes photographs of the new Chapel, the order of service for the dedication on 29 October 1925, a report on the ceremony and a brief history of the building. The item belonged to E. Puckering-Clark. Six double pages A to F.