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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.

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 relates to Hodge Wing, the pupils and staff and the history of the building. The series focuses on the early years as a boys' house.
Hodge Wing was a Boys’ day house, for Lower and Middle School. It became a girls’ house in the Winter term 1975, until the Spring term 1980 when the girls moved to Rushebrookes. Then it was re-opened for a small number of Seventh form girls in 1986.

This sub-series contains photographs of the boys in Deanscroft. It covers the whole history of the boarding since its inception in 1948, up to 1988 when the boys were transfered to the new Haywoods house.

This sub-series focuses on photographs of the Day Boys in Hodge Wing in the 1950s and 1960s.

This sub-series is made of various informal photographs of the boys in Deanscroft, especially in the 1960s. It also contains items related to the 50 years Anniversary celebration of Deanscroft & Haywoods House, including a tie designed for the special occasion.

This sub-series focuses on photographs of the Junior Boarding boys of Sargants House. The collection is complete from 1966 to 2010, missing only the years 1970 and 2009.

This series focuses on Peterborough House pupils and staff since its inception in 1966. Most of the series is made of house photographs, house magazines from the 1970s and various administrative documents.

A photograph of the Boarding boys in Peterborough House in the academic year 1992-1993 under the Housemaster Brian Welford. Names are written below the photograph.

Two photographs of the Boarding boys in Peterborough House in the academic year 1993-1994 under the Housemaster Brian Welford. Photograph A is mounted on a card board and names are written below the photograph. Photograph B has the number of print is written on the back: GG71/2L.