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A letter from Alwyne Westmoreland to the Headmaster, John Buchanan, apologizing for not being able to participate in the next Development Campaign. Two pages A and B.

This sub-file focusses on two letters bet the Headmaster, John Buchanan, and O.O. Alwyne John Westmoreland ('32) regarding Oakham School winning the Ashburton Shield in 1966.

A letter from O.O. Alwyne Westmoreland to the Headmaster, John Buchanan, regarding Oakham School winning the Ashburton Shield, captained by Chris Frame, in 1966.

This file focusses on photographs and artwork of John Buchanan, during his Headmastership (1958-1977) and various visits to the School in the 1980s and 1990s.

A photograph of former Headmaster John Buchanan giving a speech in Oakham Castle, in the late 1980s.

A photograph of John Buchanan at his desk in the late 1950s.

A collection of letters received after the publication of J.L. Barber's "The Story of Oakham School".

This series focuses on the boarding boys in Deanscroft, since its opening in 1948. The Headmaster himself was Housemaster, until 1971. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls. The boarding boys were moved to the newly built Haywoods House on Kilburn Road. The items include the complete set of house photographs and informal photographs showing boys around the house and on campus, as well as duty records.

This sub-series contains photographs of the boys in Deanscroft. It covers the whole history of the boarding since its inception in 1948, up to 1988 when the boys were transfered to the new Haywoods house.

This series focuses on the boarding girls in Orchard Close (built in 1929), later Buchanans House. It became a girls' boarding house in early October 1975 and Michael Stevens was its first Housemaster. It was renamed Buchanans House in Summer 1977, following the retirement of Headmaster J.D. Buchanan. Work was completed on Buchanans house in 1982 and the extension was ready for occupation in January 1983. The house was first a Seventh Form house and transitioned to a Middle School house in the 1980s.