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A collection of photographs of the QET since the transformation of the Barraclough Hall as part of the Quatercentenary Development Plan. The architect, W.O. Wilson, had designed a modern auditorium, with raked seating and a large stage below the audience, a gallery and a foyer facing the Music School lawn and purpose-built rooms for changing, costumes, scenery making and storage. It was equipped with a computerized lighting system and sophisticated sound equipment. The new Oakham Theatre was officially opened on 16 November 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II.

Three photographs of the opening ceremony of Stevens house, a new boarding house for girls, after the conversion of Deanscroft.

A collection of photographs of the Barraclough Hall since its construction in 1946. Once a warehouse at the terminus of the Canal on Ashwell Road, later converted into stables, the Barraclough Hall was named in honour of Mrs Barraclough, benefactor to the school, and in memory of her late husband, Norman Barraclough (OO, 1883). At the west end was the stage and the theatre would seat about three hundred and fifty people. Other features included a traditional long hall, raked stage and Proscenium Arch. The opening ceremony took place on 20 June 1953.

This file focusses on works by Headmaster G. Talbot Griffith, in particular sermons he read in Chapel.

This file focusses on various speeches given by John Buchannan during his headmastership and later. The bulk of the file is an almost complete collection of his Speech Day speeches.

A group of slides of the school during John Buchanan's era, with an index of the slides. Collected by David Morgan and the Photographic society for the Headmaster to take to the United States to promoted the school overseas.

A group of 430 slides taken by Jim Bride for the project "Sights and Sounds of Oakham School" between 1975 and 1976. Slides show staff and pupils in houses, on campus and in lessons, buildings, sporting events and other aspects of everyday life at school.

This file focusses on admission prospectuses published throughout G. Talbot Griffith's headmastership.

This file focusses on photographs of the Computer block throughout the years.

This file focusses on photographs of the Chinese garden, built in front of the Barraclough Dining Hall.