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Chapel Oakham School Correspondence
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A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/19
  • Item
  • 28/07/1992
  • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to peter Collins, Organ builder, regarding the carvings, which are a gift from the Whites, and the open day and the Derbyshire Organist Association.

Peter Collins

A letter from Joe Spence to Paul Spicer

  • CHA-CHA/9-CHA/9/2-CHA/9/2/2
  • Item
  • 22/08/2007
  • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Joe Spence to Paul Spicer, in reply to CHA/9/2/1, regarding the music composed for 'A Living Stone' and dedicating the piece to Michael Deacon. Two pages A and B.

Dr Joe Spence

A letter from Joe Spence to Paul Spicer

  • CHA-CHA/9-CHA/9/2-CHA/9/2/4
  • Item
  • 16/10/2007
  • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Joe Spence to Paul Spicer regarding the rededication service, Music at Oakham School and other events and activities at school, and Paul's work.

Dr Joe Spence

Correspondence between Paul Spicer and Joe Spence

  • CHA-CHA/9-CHA/9/2
  • File
  • 2007
  • Part of Chapel

Four letters sent/ received by Joe Spence and Paul Spicer regarding the composition of 'A Living Stone' and the arrangements for the Rededication service in 2007.

Dr Joe Spence

Organ, 1993

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1986 - 1993
  • Part of Chapel

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.

Peter Collins

Organ

  • CHA-CHA/5
  • Series
  • 1930 - 1993
  • Part of Chapel

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.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Correspondence

  • CHA-CHA/9
  • Series
  • 1987 - 2007
  • Part of Chapel

This series gathers various correspondence regarding the Chapel throughout the years.

Oakham School