Oakham School Archives

HOU
Subfonds
1905 - 2024

This collection contains material relating to the history of the houses and their pupils. Each series is focused on a different house and many contain rich and detailed photographic records of houses year by year. Some houses are more detailed than others.

Other highlights of this collection include house handbooks, which help to induct a pupil into a house and its daily routine; photographs of daily life, including house events and leisure time; and administrative documents such as house diaries which record the calendar of house events, achievements of pupils, and accounts of incidents.

Included in this sub-fonds are houses which are no longer in existence such as Johnsons and Ruddles.

Oakham School

School list, Spring 1902

HEA-HEA/4-HEA/4/1-HEA/4/1/8
Item
1902

Part of Headmasters

A School list for the Spring term 1902 for School House, Red House and the Day Boys.

Oakham School

Dedication of the Chapel, 1925

CHA-CHA/2-CHA/2/2-CHA/2/2/1-CHA/2/2/1/4
Item
29/10/1925

Part of Chapel

A blank post card showing boys followed by staff procession in the School House quad in 1925, probably going to the dedication service of the Chapel. The post card was published by Heawood & Son, Melton Mowbray and Oakham.

Heawood & Son

Untitled

STF-STF/9-STF/9/2-STF/9/2/60-STF/9/2/60/7
Item
N/D

Part of Staff

Oakham School

JOK's life at Oakham

STF-STF/4-STF/4/3-STF/4/3/3
Item
03/2006

Part of Staff

Reminiscences of Jim O'Kane on his time working at Oakham School between 1973 and 2006. Four pages A to D.

James Jospeh O'Kane

School Campus

BES-BES/1-BES/1/27
Sub-Series
1863 - 2016

Part of Buildings and Estates

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.

Aerofilms Ltd

Aerial photographs of the School Campus

BES-BES/1-BES/1/27-BES/1/27/1-BES/1/27/1/2
Sub-File
1937

Part of Buildings and Estates

A collection of aerial photographs of the School taken by Aerofilms Ltd in 1937 as part of the 'Britain from Above' project.

Aerofilms Ltd

Photographs of the School Campus

BES-BES/1-BES/1/27-BES/1/27/1-BES/1/27/1/3
Sub-File
1937

Part of Buildings and Estates

A folder containing photographs of the School's buildings, facilities and campus, including a donation letter from Charles Hawes. The photographs were taken by Marshall, Keene and Co in 1937, probably commissioned by the Headmaster.

Marshall, Keene and Co

A photograph of School House