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

This sub-file contains various photographs of the girls in their boarding house, as well as various items recording the every day life and events in Buchanans 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.

A photograph of three generations of Wharflands Housemasters an their wives: Val Harvey, John Barber and Malcolm Hardy.

A photograph of three generations of Wharflands Housemasters an their wives: Val Harvey, John Barber and Malcolm Hardy.

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.

A photograph of Peter Hurford sat at the organ, probably rehearsing for the dedication recital.

This photographic file focuses on the building of the new Peter Collins organ in the School Chapel in 1993 and the recital.

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.

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.