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A list of School buildings and their dates of construction and contractors compiled by R.E.M. Thomas, School Marshal, and other town buildings. Two pages A and B.

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.

A storage file with negatives of Roger Blackmore's photographs. Contents: Oakham Festival '90; Staff; Athletics and Sports Day; Speech Day guest; Lectures; Swimming; C.C.F.; Chess; Hockey; School Campus. Negatives A to JF.

Print-out of a photograph of C.C.F. officers in the Summer term 1966, with names attached.

A photograph of the south front of the Chapel soon after its completion. In the background, scaffolds and builders are visible outside the Sanatorium (College House). The photograph is kept in a protective paper jacket.

A photograph of the south front of the Chapel and College House, taken in 1977.

A headmaster's annual report for the academic year 1983-1984. Contents: Numbers and Recruitment; Discipline and Morale; Staff; Academic; Art/Design/Music/Drama; P.E./Sports/Games/Service/Activities; Chapel; Food/Health; Careers/A.V.A.; Oakhamian/School Council; Publicity and P.R.; 1984 and All That. Attached are A-Level results (appendix A), O-Level results (appendix B), Academic Scholarships and Exhibitions (appendix C). Nine pages A to I.

Two letters between Michael Yeld and the Headmaster Tony Little regarding the donation of a drawing of College House, made by Robert Norman Yeld when a pupil.

A letter from the Headmaster Tony Little to Michael Yeld regarding the donation of a drawing of College House by Robert Norman Yeld.

A speech given by Headmaster John Buchanan on Speech Day 1966, paying tribute to the Guest, Sir Thomas Armstrong, discussing the building programme and the Music School, the new innovation that is College House, and boarding matters. The speech is typed, with hand-written notations. Six pages A to F.