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Jon Wills Houses
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School House

  • HOU-HOU/4
  • Series
  • 1905 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on School House pupils and staff in the 20th century. Most of the series is made of house photographs, various informal photographs as well as records books and punishment books.

Oakham School

Houses

  • HOU
  • Subfonds
  • 1905 - 2024

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

Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/4-HOU/4/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1905 - 2004
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focusses on various photographs of the pupils and staff of School House as well as various documents related to the history of the house.

Oakham School

House Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/4-HOU/4/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1946 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on photographs of boys in School House since the 1940s.

Tempest Photography

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

Correspondence

  • HOU-HOU/13-HOU/13/4
  • Sub-Series
  • 1957 - 2011
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on letters related to the history of Wharflands house, its pupils and staff.

Jon Wills

Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/10-HOU/10/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1960 - 1998
  • Part of Houses

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.

Oakham School

Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/9-HOU/9/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1970s - 2011
  • Part of Houses

This sub-file contains various photographs of the girls in their boarding house, as well as various items recording the every day life and events in Buchanans House.

Oakham School

Lincoln

  • HOU-HOU/20
  • Series
  • 1988 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This series relates to Junior Boarding girls of Lincoln House. The house was built in 1974, as part of the new Jerwoods Campus for the Lower School. Most of the collection is made of the House photographs, as well as informal photograph of the girls in house events and sports competition, and programmes of some house events.

Oakham School

Henrietta Lea

  • HOU-HOU/20-HOU/20/5
  • Sub-Series
  • 1988-09 - 1990-01
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series contains files and items related to Henrietta Lea. most of the collection is made of sympathy cards and letters from Parents and Staff to Jon and Kim Wills.

Oakham School

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