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News paper cutting from the Leicester Mercury reporting on the debate concerning the frescoes in Old School.

A CD containing recent drawings of the Oakham Design School.

Article by Alan Powers on the painter Phoebe Traquair and post-medieval mural painting.

This sub-series relates to the history of Old School, oldest building of Oakham School, in Cutts Close park. It is made of a collection of photographs and art work; of newspaper cuttings and letters, mostly relating to the debate concerning the refurbishment of the building and preserving the frescoes painted by Mary Sargant Florence.

This file focusses on various publication, mostly newspaper cuttings, related to the frescoes in Old School and the painter Mary Sargant Florence and post-medieval mural painting. This file is from the year 1993.

A collection of photographs and art work relating to the whole School Campus, in particular aerial photographs from 1937 of the School and the town, and a file of individual photographs of buildings around the campus. The oldest items in this sub-series date back to the 19th century.

A drawing from Doncaster Close with All Saints' church in the background.

A black, spiral bound album of prints of drawings of Oakham School buildings by Julia Roberts; including Old School, Peterborough House, Lincoln House, Buchanans, Rushebrookes, Oakham Canal, Wharflands, Chapmans, School House, Round House, the quad, College House, the Memorial Library, the Sargants Laboratories, the Wharton pavilion, the Buttercross, Deanscroft and the Chapel.

A collection of documents relating to Round House, the first purpose-built girls’ boarding house, built in 1972 on what was School House tennis court. The Architect, Tom E. Wilson, designed a building in the shape of a Dovecote, or a Birdcage. The builders were George Duxbury (OO, '34) and Sons. The new house contained thirty bed-sitters on three floors, built around a central spiral stairway. A common room linked the new building with the War Memorial Library. At the back of the Library were built a small flat and domestic offices. Sixty girls moved in from the beginning of the 1972 Winter term and the boarding house was officially opened on 28 October 1972 by Mrs Haywood.

This series is related to the buildings on the School campus and documents their history. Most of the collection is made of photographs and artwork, as well as architectural plans. Each sub-series focusses on a different building.