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This series is related to the buildings on the School campus and documents their history. Most of the collection is made of photographs and artwork, as well as architectural plans. Each sub-series focusses on a different building.

A photograph of Haywoods house in the 1990s.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Graham Smallbone (1985-1996) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1980s and 1990s, its staff and pupils.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Grosvenor Talbot Griffith (1935-1958) and contains items relating to the life at School in the mid-20th century, its staff and pupils.

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.

This series focuses on the boarding boys in Deanscroft, since its opening in 1948. The Headmaster himself was Housemaster, until 1971. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls. The boarding boys were moved to the newly built Haywoods House on Kilburn Road. The items include the complete set of house photographs and informal photographs showing boys around the house and on campus, as well as duty records.

This series focuses on Stevens House pupils and staff since its opening in 1989 after the conversion of Deanscroft, a former boys' boarding house. Most of the series is made of photographs, house photographs as well as more informal photographs focussing on house events.

This series focuses on the pupils and staff of Haywoods, a boys' boarding house opened in 1989. This series is uncomplete. We are missing all the house photographs and are hoping to build up this collection.

This series focuses on the boarding girls in Rushebrookes house. It was named after the first School Headmaster, Robert Rushbrooke. The first girls moved in in the Spring term 1980 but the building was officially open only on 22 November 1980. This series contains items related to the daily life of the girls in school and in house, as well as house photographs, mostly from the 2010s.

This series focusses on the pupils and staff of Hodges House. This series has been recently created and only contains one house photograph.