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A copy of the 1881 British Census for Oakham School, including names, ages, birthplaces, family and current addresses. Eight pages A to H.

Two post cards of Wharflands in the 1920s. Card A was written by Jack to Mrs Edna Robinson; card B is blank.

This sub-series focuses on the administration and everyday running of the Junior House/Chapmans.

Four photographs (A to D) of the model of the proposed Jerwoods Campus for the Lower School in the early 1970s.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Grosvenor Talbot Griffith (1935-1958) and contains items relating to the life at School in the mid-20th century, its staff and pupils.

A photograph of Wharflands in the 1970s, with four boys sat on a bench outside the house.

A collection of documents, chiefly photographs, of Wharflands, purchased by the then Headmaster Walter Lee Sargant in 1920. The property was converted into a boys’ boarding house for twenty-six boys, while the Old Stables were used for other school purposes. Extension work began in 1928, adding four new dormitories and a large dining hall. The O.T.C. established its headquarters in the new extension. With the boys now living in the extension, the Housemaster and his family could occupied the old house. The first floor was converted into some classrooms, for the teaching of Science and Maths. In 1960 and 1977, a series of improvement and refurbishment work started and changing rooms were modernised, while new rooms were added.

A collection of photographs of Wharflands house, documenting the improvements and changes of the boarding house since 1920.

Three informal photographs of the girls in Buchanans in the academic year 1980-1981 on the stone bridge. The two photographs (A and B) are in colour and slightly different. They were taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and the number of print is written on the back: R164/7 and R164/8, respectively. The photograph C is in black and white and the number of print is: R164/4.

This file focusses on photographs, of the Jerwoods Campus since its opening in 1974.