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A blank post card showing boys followed by staff procession in the School House quad in 1925, probably going to the dedication service of the Chapel. The post card was published by Heawood & Son, Melton Mowbray and Oakham.

A blank post card showing clergymen entering the School Chapel before the dedication service. The post card was published by Heawood & Son, Melton Mowbray and Oakham.

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.

This file focuses on the correspondence between Oakham School and organ builders, including Peter Collins Ltd, since 1990 and giving an insight as to the building and installation of the new organ in the School Chapel. Some letters were sent/ received between the Headmaster Graham Smallbone and the White and Lea families regarding an inscription in memory of David White and Henrietta Lea.

A letter from Eileen Tomes, at Nesbit Bros. Ltd, to Rev Brian McAvoy regarding the details of the transport booking to Launde Abbey.

A blank post card showing the south front of the Chapel, published by Heawood & Son, Melton Mowbray and Oakham.

A blank post card showing Masters and clergymen in the School House quad in 1925, probably going to the dedication service of the Chapel. The post card was published by Heawood & Son, Melton Mowbray and Oakham.

A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding some preliminary proposals for the new school organ in the Chapel. Two pages A and B.

A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding the progress on the new organ and the amount of interest he received in a previous open day, including a request from the Derbyshire Organists Association to visit the workshop.

A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding the carvings on the organ and finishing the organ on time for the 'big day'.