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).
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A letter from Nigel Lashbrook to Greg Andrews
Part of Headmasters
A letter from the Headmaster Nigel Lashbrook to Greg Andrews regarding John Buchanan's letter to his friend Edward Leigh.
Nigel Lashbrook
Part of The World Wars
Captain R.J. Allen
Part of Staff
Jon Wills' school report in Winter term 1969.
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Part of Staff
Jon Wills' school report in Easter term 1970.
Oakham School
Part of Staff
Jon Wills' school report in Winter term 1970.
Oakham School
Part of Staff
Jon Wills' school report in Spring term 1972.
Oakham School
A letter from Graham Smallbone
Part of Houses
A letter from Graham Smallbone, Headmaster, to staff asking them to return any items that belonged to Henrietta Lea to her parents or Jon Wills.
Graham Smallbone
Part of Houses
Some notes by Jon Wills reflecting on the best course of action following an accident involving pupils.
Jon Wills
This collection contains material relating to the history of the houses and their pupils. Each series is focused on a different house and many contain rich and detailed photographic records of houses year by year. Some houses are more detailed than others.
Other highlights of this collection include house handbooks, which help to induct a pupil into a house and its daily routine; photographs of daily life, including house events and leisure time; and administrative documents such as house diaries which record the calendar of house events, achievements of pupils, and accounts of incidents.
Included in this sub-fonds are houses which are no longer in existence such as Johnsons and Ruddles.
Oakham School