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This series focuses on Round House pupils and staff since its opening in 1972 as the first purpose-built girls' boarding house. Most of the series is made of photographs, house photographs as well as more informal photographs focussing on house events.

This sub-series focuses on photographs of boys, then girls, living in College House in the 1960s and 1970s.

This sub-series focuses on photographs of the Junior Day girls of Ancaster House from its opening in 1974. This sub-series contains all the photographs from 1974 to 2005.

A black and white photo of the first girls in college house in 1971.

This series relates to College House, the pupils who lived there and the history of the building.
College House was built c.1320 and used to be a priest’s house for clergy sent to the town by Westminster Abbey. Oakham School bought College House from the Church in 1736. It served as the school’s Sanatorium until 1965, when College House was then converted into a boarding house for a dozen potential Oxbridge candidates.
In 1971, College House became the first girls’ boarding house. In 1982, it was converted to be used as a Seventh Form Study Centre.
Since 2007 College House has been converted into offices. The Foundation and Marketing moved in and the Senior Deputy Heads use the wing as their private residence. The Barber Rooms, housing the School Archives, opened in 2010 on the first floor and the Old Oakhamian Club is now on the ground floor.

The diary for Ancaster House including information on the pupils (pastoral), everyday goings on in the house, and inserts of events involving the house and its pupils.

This series relates to Junior Day girls of Ancaster. The house was built in 1974, as part of the new Jerwoods Campus for the Lower School. Most of the collection is made of the House photographs since the first year of Ancaster, as well as informal photograph of the girls in house events and sports competition.

This sub-series focuses on the everyday running of Lincoln House. It contains reviews of the terms and the girls' achievements, as well as house lists an address lists.

A photocopy of a photo of College House girls. Writing on reverse.

A photo of Ancaster House.