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Sports

  • SPO
  • Subfonds
  • 1860 - 2020

This collection covers the multitude of sports that pupils can do at Oakham School. Sports include cricket, rugby, hockey, athletics, netball and swimming as some of the richest in terms of items in the sub-series.

Most sub-series have a good photographic record of first teams, alongside comprehensive fixture and team lists. Some sub-series will contain correspondence, programmes and administrative documents.

There is an extensive collection of trophies and shields awarded to pupils and Old Oakhamians for their sporting achievements.

Oakham School

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.

Oakham School

Fixtures and Results

  • STF-STF/12-STF/12/1
  • File
  • 1919 - 1988
  • Part of Staff

This file focusses on Rugby fixture and results.

Oakham School

Rugby Fixtures

  • STF-STF/12-STF/12/1-STF/12/1/2
  • Item
  • 1919 - 1922
  • Part of Staff

Three photocopies (A to C) of rugby fixtures from 1919 to 1922, with hand-written annotations of scores and statistics.

Oakham School

A letter from J.A.S. Taylor to Brian Welford

  • STF-STF/12-STF/12/3-STF/12/3/5
  • Item
  • 14/08/1988
  • Part of Staff

A letter from O.O. J.A.S. Taylor to Brian Welford regarding his sporting career and some school memories; enclosed are photocopies of pages from Mr Taylor's scrapbook containing cuttings on his rugby career in the 1930s. Nine pages A to I.

J.A.S. Taylor

Brian Welford

  • STF-STF/12
  • Series
  • 1932 - 1988
  • Part of Staff

This series focusses on documents relating to Brian Welford' career at Oakham School as Master-in-charge of Rugby in the 1970s and 1980s. Also contains documents relating to the history of rugby and Old Oakhamians, kept by Mr Welford in his personal files.

Brian Welford

Ephemera

  • STF-STF/12-STF/12/5
  • File
  • 1950 - 1979
  • Part of Staff

This file focusses on various documents relating to Sports at Oakham School.

Leicester Mercury

Rugby Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/6-HOU/6/2-HOU/6/2/4
  • File
  • 1962 - 1987
  • Part of Houses

This photographic file is made of photographs of Johnsons' Rugby teams, mostly in the 1980s.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/6-HOU/6/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1962 - 1988
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on various photographs of the Day boys in Johnsons House in the 1980s. Most of the collection is made of House sports teams.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Sixteen England Caps on Wing

  • STF-STF/12-STF/12/5-STF/12/5/2
  • Item
  • c.1970
  • Part of Staff

A photocopy of a newspaper cuttings reporting the death of O.O. William Henry Weston who won 16 caps for England Rugby. And a hand-written list of O.O. who played rugby for County and England.

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