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Roger Blackmore Oakham, Rutland Correspondence
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Oakham Festival

This file focusses on the organisation of various Oakham Art Festivals in the early 1990s.

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A letter from David Loveday to Roger Blackmore

A letter from David Loveday, Chairman of the 1993 Oakham Festival, to Roger Blackmore regarding his role to spear-head the publicity side of Oakham Festival.

David Loveday

Shooting

This series relates to the History of Shooting at Oakham School. The collection is made of team photographs, score books and ephemera relating to successes at Bisley. The collection spans from the 1950s to 1980s.

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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

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

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

Staff

  • STF
  • Subfonds
  • 1878 - 2021

This collection focuses on the staff who have worked for Oakham School over the years. Material focuses on not only training and teaching, but staff wellbeing, pay and benefits.

There are two series which focus on notable members of staff from the school's history: Jon Wills and Brian Welford. Material for these staff members have been collected by themselves and other members of staff.

Recruitment series includes jobs descriptions for various positions, both teaching and support staff, in the school.

There is a strong collection of policies an guidance for teachers in completing the many administrative and teaching jobs expected.

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