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A photograph of the unveiling of the commemorative plaque in the entrance of the Merton Building by Michael McCrum on 26 November 1991. Also present were the Chairman of the Trustees, Simon Schanschieff, and the Headmaster, Graham Smallbone.

Two bound copies (A and B) of several Oakhamian Magazines from May 1991 to May 1993.

Correspondence relating to prospective major donors and contacting them about the 1993 Development Plan appeal.

This is focussing on Oakham School Enterprises LTD, since its creation. This file is chiefly made of legal documents and letters.

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 sub-series focusses on the Merton building, erected on the site of the old Ashburton Dining Hall. It was in use on the first day of the 1991 Winter term and the official opening ceremony took place on 26 November. Michael McCrum, former Trustee and Master of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, opened the new block. It comprised “spacious corridors, staff rooms for each subjects and twenty-four comfortable and acoustically effective classrooms”. The building was named after OO Thomas Merton (‘32). The Headmaster, Graham Smallbone, planted a tree outside the entrance to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Diocese of Peterborough. This new building houses the English, Maths and History Departments.

This series relates to the Finance Committee of the Trustees, in particular minutes of their meetings.

Four photographs of five people posing in front of the new Peter Collins organ in the School Chapel. They are (L to R): Peter Collins (Builder), David Woodcock (Head of Music), Peter Hurford (Organist), Graham Smallbone (Headmaster) and Simon Schanschieff (Chairman of the Trustees). The photographs are all slightly different (A to D).

A book compiling the minutes of the Trustees' Financial Committee meetings.

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.