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A collection of material from Anna Bentley's office including some school trophies, specially produced Oakham School dictionaries, entry books for the school, financial accounts, exam results, and correspondence. Most of the material in this collection relates to work completed in the marketing, administrative and foundation departments of the school.

A small piece of paper with the list of Ancaster Chess teams, captained by Claudia Fischer, probably for an interhouse competition.

A collection which charts the various societies and activities available to pupils at Oakham School. Documents include photographic records and correspondence for different societies. Topics include chess, CCF/OTC, scouts, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Oligoi , Exploratory Society, and trips and expeditions.

The multiple series contain administrative documents for the various societies and certain series, such as Duke of Edinburgh Award and CCF/OTC have excellent photographic record of formal or informal events.

There is a particularly detailed series on Chess and the event of Gary Kasparov's visit to the school.

There is a good collection of shooting medals and trophies, kindly donated by Henry Blagg.

A photograph of former Headmaster John Buchanan attending a chess tournament in the Sports Hall in 1984.

A blue photo album containing photographs of the opening of Schanschieffs, retiring teachers, sports teams, the school orchestra, Oxbridge entrants, the 50th anniversary of Deanscroft/Haywoods, the Harvest Party, the Row Across Channel challenge, Sports Day and the visit of Garry Kasparov.

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.

A letter from the Headmaster Tony Little to Parents regarding a review of the Summer events, before the start of Winter term 1999. Contents: Timings of the first day of term; Expeditions; Maintenance work; Public Examination Results.

A letter from the Headmaster Tony Little to Parents regarding a review of the Summer term 2001. Contents: Speech Day; Sporting achievements; Trips; Examinations results; Curriculum and Subject choices; Changes of Staff; Beginning of term dates; Dates further into the future.

A letter from Roger Blackmore to Alan Grieve, Chairman, regarding OSEL accounts in 1985. Two pages A and B.

A letter from Roger Blackmore to Alan Grieve regarding the latest minutes of OSEL meeting and discussing five points relating to catering.