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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

Activities and Societies

  • ACS
  • Subfonds
  • 1905 - 2024

A collection which charts the various societies and activities available to pupils at Oakham School. Documents include photographic records and correspondence for different societies. Topics include chess, CCF/OTC, scouts, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Oligoi , Exploratory Society, and trips and expeditions.

The multiple series contain administrative documents for the various societies and certain series, such as Duke of Edinburgh Award and CCF/OTC have excellent photographic record of formal or informal events.

There is a particularly detailed series on Chess and the event of Gary Kasparov's visit to the school.

There is a good collection of shooting medals and trophies, kindly donated by Henry Blagg.

Oakham School

Costume and Objects

  • COB
  • Subfonds
  • 1919 - 2018

This collection consists of the mainly the non-paper aspects of the archives collection. The collection is random in its make up but has a good material collection which highlights the changing nature of the school's uniform.

Items in this collection range in material type and stem from a variety of sources such as the Quatercentenary celebrations or items that were once used daily on the school grounds (such as building plaques or clock hands).

Oakham School

School Theatres

A collection of photographs of the School theatres, the Barraclough Hall and the QET.

Photo-Reportage Ltd

The Old Oakhamian, No.16, 1954

The Old Oakhamian Magazine, published in 1954. Contents: Editorial; Annual General Meeting; Annual Dinner; Regional Meetings; War Memorial Fund; O.O. Fund; Barraclough Hall; School News; O.O. Notes; Life in Kenya; Presidents of the Club; Engagements, Births, Marriages & Deaths; Obituaries; New Members; Changes of Address; Jobs for the (Old) Boys; Notices; Correspondence; Golf. Ten double-pages A to J.

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