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John Barber and The Story of Oakham School

A collection of documents related to John Barber's book, "The Story of Oakham School". The sub-series includes photographs, letters received by the author, press cuttings advertising the publication and the book.

John Lewis Barber

An Oakham Overture to Poetry

  • REF-REF/2-REF/2/2
  • Item
  • 1985
  • Part of Reference

Copy of An Oakham Overture to Poetry by John Buchanan, owned by the OO club. Covers imagery of words, human comedy, place, wine, women, song, school. War, seasons.

John Buchanan

Operation Oakham

  • REF-REF/2-REF/2/3
  • Item
  • 1984
  • Part of Reference

Operation Oakham by John Buchanan. It tells the story as to how Oakham became an independent school and allowed access to girls. Lists on expansion and revenue.

John Buchanan

A draft obituary of J. D. Buchanan

  • HEA-HEA/8-HEA/8/1-HEA/8/1/1
  • Item
  • 04/09/2005
  • Part of Headmasters

A draft obituary with handwritten notes for the headmaster J. D. Buchanan. Written by Michael Stevens.

Michael Stevens

A letter to Mr Spence from Anthony Earl

  • HEA-HEA/8-HEA/8/1-HEA/8/1/12
  • Item
  • 30/07/2005
  • Part of Headmasters

A letter to Mr J Spence from Anthony Earl concerning the death of J. Buchanan. The idea of creating an album of souvenirs. Items A and B

Anthony James Earl

A letter to Dr. Spence from Judith Buchanan and a reply

  • HEA-HEA/8-HEA/8/1-HEA/8/1/17
  • Item
  • 01/08/2006
  • Part of Headmasters

A letter to Dr. Spence from Judith Buchanan, apologising for not writing before and thanking them for the effort they put into the memorial service. Attached is a reply to Judith, dated 7/8/2006, from Joe Spence thanking Judith for her letter and that he is glad the efforts of Oakham School helped the family.

Judith Buchanan

A letter from JDB to Old Oakhmians

  • HEA-HEA/8-HEA/8/2-HEA/8/2/10
  • Item
  • 05/1971
  • Part of Headmasters

A letter from the Headmaster, John Buchanan, inviting all Old Oakhamians who entered the School before September 1935 to lunch at Oakham.

John Buchanan

A photograph of J. D. Buchanan.

  • HEA-HEA/8-HEA/8/3-HEA/8/3/5
  • Item
  • c.1988
  • Part of Headmasters

A photo graph of JDB reading a speech in a hall. There are large horseshoes in the top right hand corner

Roger Blackmore

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