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A photograph of James Atlay

A photograph of a painting of the Right Reverend James Atlay, Bishop of Hereford (1868-1894), used in John Barber's "The Story of Oakham School".

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Negatives

A group of negatives used as the illustrations in "The Story of Oakham School".

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Press Cuttings

A group of press cuttings published in various local newspaper advertising the publication of John Barber's "The Story of Oakham School".

Leicester Mercury

Beer with the school dinners

A press cutting regarding the daily life at Oakham School in the 1840s, based on James Padley's letters home and regarding John Barber's article "Oakham School 140 years ago".

Leicester Mercury

Tests of merit

A print out of a press cutting regarding school histories, including "The Story of Oakham School" by John Barber and "Operation Oakham" by John Buchanan.

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Pre-publication stages

This file focuses on correspondence asking/ giving John Barber permission to use certain material in his book.

John Lewis Barber

A letter from Frederick H.G Percy to John Barber

A letter from Frederick H.G. Percy, Honorary Archivist of Whitgift School, to John Barber, regarding old School Houses in various school and enclosing his research on Schoolhouses' dimensions in English schools.

Frederick H.G. Percy

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