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Music School Photos

Two photographs (A and B) of the construction of the new Music School, next to the Barraclough Hall (theatre) as part of the Quatercentenary Development Campaign.

Roger Blackmore

Photographs

This file focusses on photographs of the Music School throughout the years.

Roger Blackmore

Music School

A collection of photographs and architectural plans of the Music School since its opening in 1984.

Roger Blackmore

Opening

This file focusses on the official opening of the Faculty of Social Sciences on 9 September 2017.

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Social Science Building

This sub-series is made of items relating to the new Johnsons building, Faculty of Social Sciences, opened on 09 September 2017.

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Merton

This sub-series focusses on the Merton building, erected on the site of the old Ashburton Dining Hall. It was in use on the first day of the 1991 Winter term and the official opening ceremony took place on 26 November. Michael McCrum, former Trustee and Master of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, opened the new block. It comprised “spacious corridors, staff rooms for each subjects and twenty-four comfortable and acoustically effective classrooms”. The building was named after OO Thomas Merton (‘32). The Headmaster, Graham Smallbone, planted a tree outside the entrance to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Diocese of Peterborough. This new building houses the English, Maths and History Departments.

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Science

A collection of documents relating to the various Science buildings and laboratories on campus throughout the years. It includes the Sargant Laboratories and further refurbishments, the Biology block and the Mehra Faculty of Science. The bulk of the sub-series is made of architectural plans and designs.

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Sanatorium and Medical Centre

A collection of photographs and art work of College House, formerly the Old Vicarage, which was the Sanatorium before becoming the first girls' boarding house in 1971. Also contains a large file on the architecture and history of the building.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Round House

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.

Alan Oliver

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