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Stretching back to the headmastership of Dr. Doncaster, this collection comprehensively covers the correspondence, publications, photographs and other ephemera of the headmasters of Oakham School up to the present day. For many of the headmasters, correspondence and rolls calls are a significant theme in their series.

This collection also contains an excellent record of speeches and sermons given by G. Talbot Griffiths and John Buchanan.

The final series on reports covers the headmaster's, deputy headmaster's and registers writings on the state of the school, including topics such as building and estate development, admissions, the curriculum, examination results, and Old Oakhamians.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Walter Lee Sargant (1902-1929) and contains items relating to the life at School in the early 20th century, its staff and pupils.

This file focusses on letters written or received by Walter Lee Sargant.

A letter from former Headmaster Walter Lee Sargant to Skevington regarding the latter's family, his brother, the death of miss Harrison and Sargant's plans.

This file focusses on publications, histories and articles, written by Walter Lee Sargant during his headmastership and his retirement. The items relate to the history of Oakham School and Oakham town.

A history titled 'Oakham Through the Centuries', written by former Headmaster W.L. Sargant. Contents: from prior to the Saxon occupation to the end of the 18th century. Hand-written note on the cover reading 'With best wishes for the new year, W.L.S.' Five double-pages A to E.

An article titled 'The Pattern of the Anglo-Saxon Settlement of Rutland' by W.L. Sargant, published in the journal 'Geography. Three pages A to C.

An account of Oakham School with illustrations written by the Headmaster, Walter Lee Sargant in the early 20th century. Contents: Preface; Foundation and Old School; Curriculum and Examinations; Boarders and Houses; Notes on School Life; The Junior House.

An update to an earlier publication on the history of Oakham School, titled 'Thirty Years' Work' by W.L. Sargant in Easter 1908. It was printed for private circulation only. Three pages A to C.

A group of four articles entitled the 'New light on Oakham History' by W.L. Sargant which were printed in a newspaper. The articles are based on research undertaken by Mr Sargant in the Muniment Room of Westminster Abbey and written whilst he lived in Sidmouth, therefore in the late 1940s-early 1950s. Four pages A to D.