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Oakham School Series
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Staff Leavers

  • STF-STF/4
  • Series
  • 1972 - 2021
  • Part of Staff

This series focusses on staff leavers, including list of staff changes, invitations to Leavers' events and booklets celebrating staff's time at Oakham School

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Red Books

  • RED-RED/1
  • Series
  • 1959 - 2024
  • Part of Red Books

A complete collection of Red Books - School lists and Calendars since 1959. Red books give information regarding pupils, tutor groups, teaching and support staff, school calendar and events, school rules, future trips and dates. Only two Red Books were never published, Summer term 2020 and Spring term 2021 as the UK was in lockdown (COVID-19) and pupils were not at School and had lessons online.

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Francis Cecil Doherty

This series focusses on the headmastership of Francis Cecil Doherty (1929-1935) and contains items relating to the life at School in the early 20th century, its staff and pupils.

Francis Cecil Doherty

Buchanans (Orchard Close)

  • HOU-HOU/9
  • Series
  • 1977 - 2011
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the boarding girls in Orchard Close (built in 1929), later Buchanans House. It became a girls' boarding house in early October 1975 and Michael Stevens was its first Housemaster. It was renamed Buchanans House in Summer 1977, following the retirement of Headmaster J.D. Buchanan. Work was completed on Buchanans house in 1982 and the extension was ready for occupation in January 1983. The house was first a Seventh Form house and transitioned to a Middle School house in the 1980s.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Deanscroft

  • HOU-HOU/10
  • Series
  • 1948 - 2017
  • Part of Houses

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.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Hambleton

  • HOU-HOU/16
  • Series
  • 1997 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the Day girls' house of Hambleton, founded in 1997. The main items are informal photographs of house events and house diaries, planning and detailing the house routine throughout the years.

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Round House

  • HOU-HOU/3
  • Series
  • 1972 - 2018
  • Part of Houses

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.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Buildings

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.

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