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

A list of families of Oakham School teaching and admin staff in 1985, with names of staff, their spouse, and their children. Six pages A to F.

Two letters from the Headmsater, Graham Smallbone, to, respectively, Mr and Mrs Ham (A) and Mr and Mrs Wilkinson (B), related to Henrietta Lea's accident.

Two letters (A and B) from Graham Smallbone, Headmaster, and John Buchanan and Rev Terence Treanor asking Old Oakhamians to support the construction of the new library as part of the 1993 Development Plan. One letter was sent to O.O. who left in 1965 or earlier; one letter was sent to O.O. who left in 1966 or later.

An invitation from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone and his wife Dorothea to Peter Witchell at a service in the School Chapel on 24 May 1986.

A headmaster's annual report for the academic year 1985-1986. Contents: The School Year; Second Master's Report; Registrar's Report; Registrations/Entry Numbers; Director of Studies' Report; Scholarship Report; Christopher Dixon Prize; University Entries; A- and O-Level results; The Departments; Prep Schools Liaison Report; The Houses; Examination Administration; Drama and the Theatre; Careers; The Chaplaincy; A.V.A. Centre; Ashburton Hall; The Sanatorium; Library; The School Council; The Oakhamian; Old Oakhamian Club; Nursery School; Playing Fields; The Sports Centre; Afternoon Activities and Societies; Exploration Society; The Teaching Staff; OSEL/Public relations/Appeals; Conclusion. Attached are A-Level results (appendix C), O-Level results, Scholarship Awards (appendix A), Bursaries, University Entries (appendix B). Thirty pages A to AD.

A headmaster's annual report for the academic year 1984-1985. Contents: Some Thoughts on 1984/1985; Registrations/Entry Numbers; The Houses; Oakham Nursery School; Staff; General Academic; Examination Administration; University Entrance; Afternoon Activities; Sport Centre; Chapel; Food; Sanatorium; A.V.A. Centre; Careers Advice/ISCO Tests; Preparatory Schools Liaison/13+ Entry; Publicity/OSEL/Prospectus etc: The Queen Elizabeth Theatre; New Zealand Tour/Kenya Expedition; School Library; Old Oakhamian Club; House Names; Housemasters/Housemistresses; Conclusion. Attached are replies to a questionnaire for prospective parents (appendix A), some additional comments by Michael Stevens, a questionnaire for prospective parents, Overseas Universities Entries (appendix B), A-Level results (appendix C), O-Level results (appendix D), University entrance (Appendix F), a summary on Fastnet. Twenty-Seven pages A to AA.

Stretching back to the headmastership of Dr. Doncaster, this collection comprehensively covers the correspondence, publications, photographs and other ephemera of the headmasters of Oakham School up to the present day. For many of the headmasters, correspondence and rolls calls are a significant theme in their series.

This collection also contains an excellent record of speeches and sermons given by G. Talbot Griffiths and John Buchanan.

The final series on reports covers the headmaster's, deputy headmaster's and registers writings on the state of the school, including topics such as building and estate development, admissions, the curriculum, examination results, and Old Oakhamians.

A photograph of the Headmaster Graham Smallbone conducting the orchestra. Date is unknown.

Notes by the Headmaster Graham Smallbone on the future needs of the School for a discussion in January 1986. Two pages A and B.