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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 Gerry Lea to Jon and Kim Wills thanking them for their and the girls' letters and for sharing their memories of Henrietta's time at Lincoln House.

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Sir Julian and Lady Lea after Henrietta's tragic death and sharing memories of her time at Oakham School.

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.

A letter from Gerry Lea to the Headmaster, Graham Smallbone, asking him to return any item that belonged to Henrietta directly to them.

A card from the Lea family to the Wills family and the girls at Lincoln House thanking them for their support, their gifts and cards, related to Henrietta Lea's accident.

A note containing directions from Oakham to, probably, the Lea's house.

A letter and a photograph from Gerry Lea to Rev Terence Treanor, Housemaster of Lincoln House, sent prior to Henrietta's coming into her new boarding house in September 1988.

A letter from Gerry Lea to Rev Terence Treanor giving him some family background information and details about Henrietta's character before she starts boarding in Lincoln house in September 1988.