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A letter (A) from Marion Hall to Nigel Webb, Second Master, thanking him for a visit to the School and enclosing a short piece (B-D) on Mary Sargant Florence. Four pages.

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to O.O. Henry Blagg regarding the press coverage of the debate concerning the frescoes in Old School and the plan for the restoration of the building.

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Dr Elizabeth Cumming regarding preserving the frescoes in Old School whilst trying to restore the historical building, and discussing the press coverage of the debate.

A letter from Bryan Waites, Geography teacher, to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding a plaque commemorating Archdeacon Robert Johnson (A). Enclosing the proposed plaque design (B).

A letter from Richard Veal, History teacher at Mill Hill School, to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding an article in The Independent and visiting Old School to see the frescoes.

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Lt Col the Lord Charteris of Amisfield regarding the history of Old School, and the restorations carried out by architects.

This file focusses on correspondence regarding the refurbishment of Old School in the late 1980s-early 1990s and the issue concerning the frescoes.

This sub-series relates to the history of Old School, oldest building of Oakham School, in Cutts Close park. It is made of a collection of photographs and art work; of newspaper cuttings and letters, mostly relating to the debate concerning the refurbishment of the building and preserving the frescoes painted by Mary Sargant Florence.