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Jon Wills Correspondence
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Deanscroft

  • HOU-HOU/10
  • Series
  • 1948 - 2017
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the boarding boys in Deanscroft, since its opening in 1948. The Headmaster himself was Housemaster, until 1971. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls. The boarding boys were moved to the newly built Haywoods House on Kilburn Road. The items include the complete set of house photographs and informal photographs showing boys around the house and on campus, as well as duty records.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Correspondence

  • HOU-HOU/10-HOU/10/4
  • Sub-Series
  • 2014 - 2017
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series contains letters concerning Deanscroft house and pupils.

Joanne Creighton

Correspondence

  • HOU-HOU/13-HOU/13/4
  • Sub-Series
  • 1957 - 2011
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on letters related to the history of Wharflands house, its pupils and staff.

Jon Wills

School House

  • HOU-HOU/4
  • Series
  • 1905 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on School House pupils and staff in the 20th century. Most of the series is made of house photographs, various informal photographs as well as records books and punishment books.

Oakham School

A letter from Simon Camamile to Jon Wills

  • HOU-HOU/4-HOU/4/4-HOU/4/4/3
  • Item
  • 15/05/2004
  • Part of Houses

A letter from Simon Camamile to Jon and Kim Wills thanking them for the visit to School House and naming the rooms after his family.

Simon Camamile

Oliver Richard Sylvester Bull

This series focusses on the headmastership of Oliver Richard Sylvester Bull (1977-1984) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1970s and 1980s, its staff and pupils. One of the files relates to Michael Stevens as Acting Headmaster for two terms in 1985.

Oakham School

A letter from Simon Bryant to Joe Spence

A letter from Air Vice-Marshal Simon Bryant thanking the Headmaster Dr Joe Spence for an enjoyable day at the C.C.F. Biennial Inspection on 5 May 2006.

Sir Simon Bryant

A letter from John Buckingham to Jon Wills

  • HOU-HOU/10-HOU/10/4-HOU/10/4/2
  • Item
  • 21/02/2017
  • Part of Houses

A letter from John Buckingham to Jon Wills regarding naming the Deanscroft house photograph of Summer 1963, enclosing list of names. Two pages A and B.

John Buckingham

An email from Jon Wills to Teaching staff

  • HOU-HOU/13-HOU/13/4-HOU/13/4/1
  • Item
  • 08/12/2011
  • Part of Houses

An email from Jon Wills to all teaching staff regarding the history of Buggy Jerwood's oar and the 1908 London Olympics in which Jerwood competed. Rev F.H. Jerwood became the first Housemaster of Wharflands in 1920. There is also a list of five Old Oakhmian Olympians.

Jon Wills

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