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School Campus

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

Activities and Societies

  • ACS
  • Subfonds
  • 1905 - 2024

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.

Oakham School

Houses

  • 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

Sargants

  • HOU-HOU/21
  • Series
  • 1959 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the Junior Day boys' house of Sargants, since 1959. The main items are house photographs, photographs of the prefects and handbooks.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Administration

  • HOU-HOU/21-HOU/21/4
  • Sub-Series
  • 1959 - 1978
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on Sargants house daily running and administration since its opening in 1959. The sub-series contains a single item so far.

Oakham School

House Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/22-HOU/22/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1966 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on photographs of the Junior Boarding boys of Sargants House. The collection is complete from 1966 to 2010, missing only the years 1970 and 2009.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Peterborough House

  • HOU-HOU/22
  • Series
  • 1966 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on Peterborough House pupils and staff since its inception in 1966. Most of the series is made of house photographs, house magazines from the 1970s and various administrative documents.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Sargants, 1972

  • HOU-HOU/21-HOU/21/1-HOU/21/1/1
  • Item
  • 1972
  • Part of Houses

A photograph of the Day boys in Sargants House in the academic year 1971-1972 under the Housemaster Leslie Coleman.

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