Photographs and personalia of Fred Oakley (1892-fl 1922), former student of University College Nottingham, 1912-1959

Examples of student clothing are present in the collection. These include black hoods with brown seams, which were part of the formal dress for college students c.1921 (MS 520/1), together with University College Nottingham hockey and cricket club caps, identified as representing 'UCNCC 1920', 'UCNCC 1921', and 'UCNHC 1919-1920', 1919-1921 (MS 520/2).

Colour and black and white slides of archaeological sites are present. These appear to record activities in which Oakley participated, c. 1950-1970s, but the sites are not identified (MS 520/3).

A number of black and white photographs illustrate University College Nottingham staff and students. Only the 1912-1913 first eleven football team is identified. The remaining subjects appear to be college staff and students. Other items show people gathering hay, a man in clerical garb, and a woman in medical attire, c.1912-1921 (MS 520/4).

Fred Oakley was born on 26 August 1892 and educated at Queen Elizabeth School, Mansfield between 1906 and 1912. He passed the Cambridge senior local matriculation examination in 1911 and entered University College Nottingham in 1912 to undertake an intermediate arts teacher training course. The college archive report on his school practice (Reference: UE 1/6) states that he was 'a smart, well spoken teacher' who could be 'highly recommended'. Oakley qualified as a teacher in 1914.

Oakley returned to University College in 1919 to study for a history degree. He joined the committee of the Students' Union in 1920 and became president a year later. He was joined at college by his sister Ruth (born c.1900) in 1922, and brother John Brailsford (born c.1908) in 1923. Fred Oakley's career after he left the college in 1922 is not recorded here.

The collection has been divided by document type into series. Within these series, items have been arranged chronologically.

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LANGUAGE: English

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The collection was acquired by The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in October 1989.