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A black and white photo of the school's foundation charter.

This sub-file relates to the ordering of the first Hambleton house photographs in 1997.

A collection of documents, mostly photographs, relating to the Chinses garden and heron sculpture in front of the Barraclough.

Four photographs of the girls and staff in Stevens in the academic year 1992-1993 under the Housemistress Mary Hoyle. The photographs A and B are in colour and are slightly different and the number of print is written on the back: FF63/9 and FF63/8, respectively. The photographs C and D are in black and white and are slightly different and the number of print is written on the back: FF63/1 and FF63/2, respectively.

3 informal black and white photographs of Buchana girls on a bridge.

A collection of documents, mainly photographs, of Jerwoods, the Lower School Campus. In 1962 the School purchased the old vicarage on Burley Road, named Peterborough House. In 1967, the Junior boys moved into their new boarding house. In 1974, new houses were erected around Peterborough House. The duo-decagonal Lincoln House for boarding girls was designed by Tom E. Wilson and built by George Duxbury and Sons, the architect and contractors of Round House. Behind it was built the Coleman Building, named after Leslie Coleman, into which Sargants (Day boys) and Ancaster (Day girls) moved in 1975. On 14 May 1974, John Jerwood unveiled the foundation stone and the Junior School was officially opened on 23 November. The houses comprised small dormitories with bunk beds, common rooms, a junior library and playing areas. The Coleman Building was linked to Lincoln House and Peterborough House.

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

This series focusses on the history of Oakham School Nursery, established for staff children. Most of the items are photographs from 1987 to 2001, when the Nursery was closed.

This series focuses on the history of the organs in the School Chapel, from the first one installed in 1930 to the current instruments built in 1993.

This sub-series focuses on the history of the 1993 Organ in the School Chapel. After the 1930 organ expired and was replaced by a computer organ in the 1980s, the headmaster Graham Smallbone commissioned for a new organ to be built. Some items highlight the various proposals, the correspondence focuses on the building and installation of the organ and the photographic file finally shows the organ in Chapel.