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Buildings

This series is related to the buildings on the School campus and documents their history. Most of the collection is made of photographs and artwork, as well as architectural plans. Each sub-series focusses on a different building.

Oakham School

Dining Hall (Barraclough)

A collection of photographs and art work of the Barraclough Dining Hall. It was opened on 28 September 1987 by Lord Forte. It contained two dining halls on the ground floor and a staff dining hall, bar and common room above. It was named Barraclough Hall, in memory of Norman Barraclough (OO, 1883) and his widow, Mrs Barraclough, a great benefactor to the school.

Roger Blackmore

Organ

  • CHA-CHA/5
  • Series
  • 1930 - 1993
  • Part of Chapel

This series focuses on the history of the organs in the School Chapel, from the first one installed in 1930 to the current instruments built in 1993.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Organ 1993

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1986 - 1993
  • Part of Chapel

This sub-series focuses on the history of the 1993 Organ in the School Chapel. After the 1930 organ expired and was replaced by a computer organ in the 1980s, the headmaster Graham Smallbone commissioned for a new organ to be built. Some items highlight the various proposals, the correspondence focuses on the building and installation of the organ and the photographic file finally shows the organ in Chapel.

Peter Collins

Ephemera

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1
  • File
  • 1993
  • Part of Chapel

Photographs, negatives and an order of service connected to the inaugural performance and dedication of the new chapel organ.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Graham Smallbone

This series focusses on the headmastership of Graham Smallbone (1985-1996) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1980s and 1990s, its staff and pupils.

Graham Smallbone

Photographs

  • HEA-HEA/10-HEA/10/1
  • File
  • 1985 - 1996
  • Part of Headmasters

This file focusses on photographs of Graham Smallbone, during his Headmastership (1985-1996) and various visits to the School in the 1980s and 1990s.

Roger Blackmore

Graham Smallbone conducting

  • HEA-HEA/10-HEA/10/1-HEA/10/1/7
  • Item
  • N/D
  • Part of Headmasters

A photograph of the Headmaster Graham Smallbone conducting the orchestra. Date is unknown.

Roger Blackmore

Richard Bull

This series focusses on the headmastership of Oliver Richard Sylvester Bull (1977-1984) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1970s and 1980s, its staff and pupils. One of the files relates to Michael Stevens as Acting Headmaster for two terms in 1985.

Oakham School

Negatives

The series contains negative files produced by Roger Blackmore, showing pupils, staff, school campus and buildings, drama productions, sports competitions and other activities.

Roger Blackmore

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