Photographic and Art Collection
A collection of photographs and artworks of the school campus and buildings, and pupils and staff.
There is one series dedicated to a large collection of photographic negatives which show the campus, daily life at school, and special events. These cover the period 1978 - 1988.
One series focus on the frescoes painted by Mary Sargant Florence in Old School and is rich in research about the frescoes and the artist.
Oakham School
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 Staff
A photograph in black and white of J.L. Barber
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Part of Staff
A portrait photograph of John Barber
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
Part of Staff
Photographs of John Barber, Headmaster of Wharflands
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
A photograph of the excavations at Oakham Castle
Part of Staff
A photograph of John Barber leading the excavations at Oakham Castle by three pupils. Date is unknown.
P.A.-Reuter Photo Ltd
Part of Staff
A photograph of Oakham School staff in the early 1960s, under Headmaster John Buchanan. Names are taped on top.
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Part of Staff
This sub-file contains an almost complete group of Jon Wills' school reports from Form 3 to Form 7.
Oakham School
Part of Photographic and Art Collection
An envelop containing 1 slide, 1 letter from Beatrice Townrow to David Morgan, 81 photographs, including the Royal visit, CCF training, boys around campus, construction of Chapmans, the swimming pool.
David Morgan