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This collection consists of material which highlights the history of Oakham School. This includes monographs and research by various authors, as well as films and others audio and video recordings.

This sub-series focuses on photographs of boys, living in Wharflands since its inception in 1920. The bulk of the collection gathers photographs from the 1960s to 1980s.

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.

A portrait photograph of John Barber. Date is unknown.

This series focusses on the headmastership of John David Buchanan (1958-1977) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1960s and 1970s, its staff and pupils. The bulk of the series consists of books, publications, letters, speeches and sermons written by Mr Buchanan himself.

This sub-file contains various photographs of John Barber, History Teacher, Wharflands Housemaster and School Archivist.

Two letters, from Trevor Case and Roger Blackmore to John Barber regarding the sums produced by the sales of signed copies of "The Story of Oakham School" to the Quatercentenary Appeal.

A press cutting from the Stamford Mercury regarding the publication of John Barber's "The Story of Oakham School".

Notes from John Barber to Michael Stevens regarding the celebrations of the 450th anniversary of the birth of Archdeacon Robert Johnson.

Two notes from the Appeal Office to the Bursar (A) and the Headmaster (B), regarding the celebration of John Barber's birthday and the Barber Archive Room.