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Oakham School Walter Lee Sargant Oakham School
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Administration

  • ADM
  • Subfonds
  • 1871 - 2021

This collection focuses on the administrative side of the school including admissions and trustees.

There is a rich collection of admissions books dating back to the 19th century alongside detailed notes of Trustees' committee minutes and development plans.

School inspections undertaken by external bodies are represented in this sub-fond and include some of the 19th century schemes which helped to found the school as one independent from Uppingham.

ADM/4 contains policy documents outlining the health and safety measures in the school.

Oakham School

Buildings and Estates

  • BES
  • Subfonds
  • 1802 - 2020

A collection which focuses on the history of the school campus and buildings. There is an excellent photographic record of the school campus including the development of both houses and teaching buildings.

The collection contains architectural plans for buildings and press releases/ photographs of the opening of new additions to the school campus.

This sub-fonds contains general policy documents more relevant to the estates and IT daily functions.

The three series divide this sub-fonds amongst buildings, campus services, and IT.

Oakham School

Chronology of School Campus

  • HEA-HEA/7-HEA/7/3-HEA/7/3/3
  • Item
  • 1929 - 1938
  • Part of Headmasters

A list of improvements to the School premises in the 1930s, compiled by Headmaster G. Talbot Griffith for Old Oakhamians. Enclosed are photographs of buildings. Five pages A to E.

Grosvenor Talbot Griffith

Class lists, Summer 1915

  • HEA-HEA/5-HEA/5/3-HEA/5/3/14
  • Item
  • 1915
  • Part of Headmasters

A School list of staff and pupils for the Summer term 1915. Contents: Trustees; Teachers; Forms VI to I; Honours List; List of Exhibitions and Prizes gained during the year; Royal Drawing Society.

Oakham School

Dedication, 1925

  • CHA-CHA/4-CHA/4/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 29/10/1925
  • Part of Chapel

This sub-series focuses on the Dedication of the War Memorial Chapel on 29 October 1925.

Oakham School

Dedications and Rededications

  • CHA-CHA/4
  • Series
  • 1925 - 2007
  • Part of Chapel

This series focuses on various dedication and rededication services since the opening of the School Chapel. Most items are orders of services.

Oakham School

Finance Committee

This series relates to the Finance Committee of the Trustees, in particular minutes of their meetings.

Trustees

Headmasters

  • HEA
  • Subfonds
  • 1818 - 2023

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.

Oakham School

History of the School

  • HIS
  • Subfonds
  • 1587 - 2017

This collection consists of material which highlights the history of Oakham School. This includes monographs and research by various authors, as well as films and others audio and video recordings.

Oakham School

Memorial service

  • HEA-HEA/5-HEA/5/6-HEA/5/6/1
  • Item
  • 22/09/1956
  • Part of Headmasters

Order of service for a memorial service for Walter Lee Sargant in the School Chapel on 22 September 1956.

Oakham School

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