About

About Us
The Appleby College Archives was established in October 1974 by a member of the Old Boy's Association. In 1979, Edith Baillie Serson (daughter of Sir Frank and Lady Edith Baillie), bequeathed funding to allow for the permanent establishment of the Archives in a small room within the school library. The Appleby College Archives hold the school's official corporate records and cultural assets from 1908 to the present, including associated community organizations. The Archives contains materials such as photographs, drawings, paintings, portraits, maps and plans of the campus, video and audio tapes, and computer media, as well as artifacts such as trophies, plaques, sports boards, medals, badges, pins, school and sports uniforms, and furniture. The Archives promotes the importance of Appleby’s institutional memory, providing access to students, alumni, employees and to the community at large.

The Archives contains images or language that may be discriminatory, offensive, racist, sexist or include stereotypes that are no longer used or appropriate today. The content is intended to serve as valuable evidence for analyzing and challenging the legacies of history both as it occurred and how it unfolds in the modern-day, rather than to perpetuate or endorse any discriminatory offensive attitudes or acts.

Visit the AC Archives
The Archives is located within the Barr Commons area of the school and is open during posted hours or by appointment. Please remember that archival materials are unique and irreplaceable, and therefore are non-circulating. All research is done on site, and while you can take notes with pencil while looking at records, copying is done by, and up to the discretion, of the archivist.

Contact the Archivist
Shelley Respondek, Archivist
Phone: 905-845-4681 ext. 128
E-Mail: archives@appleby.on.ca
Other: via Microsoft Teams

For more information, please visit the ACArchives page on the Appleby College homepage.

The Appleby College Archives' collection can be accessed online using the AtoM open source archival description application.