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A collection of photographs of the QET since the transformation of the Barraclough Hall as part of the Quatercentenary Development Plan. The architect, W.O. Wilson, had designed a modern auditorium, with raked seating and a large stage below the audience, a gallery and a foyer facing the Music School lawn and purpose-built rooms for changing, costumes, scenery making and storage. It was equipped with a computerized lighting system and sophisticated sound equipment. The new Oakham Theatre was officially opened on 16 November 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II.

The Oakhamian Magazine, recording the Spring term 1967 (published in Summer term 1967). Contents: Editorial; School News; Avete; Occasion of State; Term's Eye View; K.R.B.; C.J.D.; Drama; Music; Technology; Around the Societies; Careers; Cambridge; Leeds; La Mode à Paris; Today and Sergeant Pepper; The Hungry Sixties; We Pay our Respects to; Poetry; Destination Poperinghe; Gold Award Expedition; The Combined Cadet Force; Games; Letters to the Editor; O.O. News; Valete.

The Oakhamian Magazine, recording the Winter term 1952 (published in Spring term 1953). Contents: School News; Cricket Fixtures; John Story; Music Notes; Badminton; The Coronation; Scout Notes; Cub Notes; Geographical Society; Field Society; O.P.R.S.; Art Society; The Debating Society; The Barraclough Hall; Puppets; Film Review; Agamemnon; The Museum; Athletics Match; Fives; Football; Hockey; C.C.F.; Shooting; Cross-Country Running; The Sports; Boxing; O.O. News. Eight double-pages A to H.

The Oakhamian Magazine, recording the Winter term 1951 (published in Spring term 1952). Contents: School News; O.P.R.S. Notes; C.C.F.; Shooting; Field Society; Scout Notes; Cub Notes; The T.A. and National Service; Mock Parliament; British Columbia; Oakham School Fifty Years Ago; Debating Society; Geographical Society; Film Review; Music Notes; Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure; Sparks from the Torch; Rugby Football; Hockey; Cross Country Running; O.O. News; Correspondence. Eight double-pages A to H.

A group of slides of the school during John Buchanan's era, with an index of the slides. Collected by David Morgan and the Photographic society for the Headmaster to take to the United States to promoted the school overseas.

This series contains files of slides, taken at different time and by different creators, all showing the everyday life at Oakham School.

A collection of photographs of the School theatres, the Barraclough Hall and the QET.

This sub-file contains photographs of the C.C.F. cadets in Market Place, Oakham at the proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II by the High Sheriff of Rutland in February 1952.

A group of original photographs and print-outs used as illustrations in John Barber's "The Story of Oakham School".

This sub-file focusses on photographs of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre since its refurbishment and opening in 1984.