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.
Oakham School
Part of Houses
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
Part of Chapel
A photograph of a group of pupils. On the back is a stamp for Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls photography.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
Part of Chapel
A photograph of a group of pupils.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
Part of Buildings and Estates
A photograph in black and white of College House, formerly the Sanatorium.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
Part of Buildings and Estates
L.R. Shipsides
The Queen Elizabeth Theatre (since 1984)
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of photographs of the QET since the transformation of the Barraclough Hall as part of the Quatercentenary Development Plan. The architect, W.O. Wilson, had designed a modern auditorium, with raked seating and a large stage below the audience, a gallery and a foyer facing the Music School lawn and purpose-built rooms for changing, costumes, scenery making and storage. It was equipped with a computerized lighting system and sophisticated sound equipment. The new Oakham Theatre was officially opened on 16 November 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II.
L.R. Shipsides
Part of Buildings and Estates
Three photographs (A to C) of Angela Crawford and Paul Kelly demonstrating their computer skills to Lord Kings Norton at the opening of the Computer Block on 11 July 1984. The photographs were taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and the numbers of print are written on the back: W262/6; W262/5; W262/4, respectively.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls