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  • The Appleby College Archives was established in October 1974 by alumni and member of the Old Boys' Association, Randy Smye. It was approved at the Oct. 8, 1974 Board of Governors Meeting for the purpose of collecting and organizing college memorabilia that up to that point, been stored in a variety of locations.
  • In 1979 Mrs. Edith Baillie Serson donated funding to establish a permanent home for the Archives in a small room within the school library. They were able to purchase a desk and shelving.
  • Michael DesRoches spearheaded the reestablishment of the school Archives in 1985-1986 and started an Archives Club with students assisting in sorting through records and writing histories. The club ran for five years. At some point the Archives moved to the basement of Powell's House residence.
  • On May 31, 2002, the Executive Committee of Appleby College Board of Governors endorsed and approved that the Appleby College Archives would function as the official repository to preserve the institutional memory of the school.
  • In 2005, the Archives prepared its first 5-year plan to identify the appropriate steps required to develop an archives program in the anticipation of the school’s centennial in 2011-12.
  • Michael DesRoches acted as school Archivist until the hiring of the first professionally trained Archivist in Aug. 2007. The school has continued to have a professionally trained Archivist on staff since this date.
  • In 2007 the Archives moved to the new library and was provided with a small room for an office, small reference area and some storage. Most of the collection remained scattered throughout the campus.
  • In early 2021, the Archives switched places with the Student Success Centre, which was located in a central area of one of the buildings outside the lecture hall and below the Design Lab. This location was too loud for the Student Success Centre who requested the switch so that they could have the quieter space in the library, where the Archives was located. In the summer of 2022, the Archives space underwent extensive renovations for the construction of a climate controlled storage vault with gas fire suppression, mobile shelving, artifact and art racking.

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            Quarterly 2010_SUMMER
            Quarterly 2010_SUMMER
            Item · Summer 2010
            Part of Appleby College Fonds

            Item consists of the Summer 2010 edition of the Appleby Quarterly magazine. It includes articles on the fundraising gala auction, Appleby's commitment to community outreach and community service, the retirement of Head of School Dr. Michael Pierce as well as The Wars project in the Appleby Archives.
            The Appleby Hound - December 8, 2017
            The Appleby Hound - December 8, 2017
            Item · December 8, 2017
            Part of Appleby College Fonds

            Item consists of a copy of The Appleby Hound newsletter. Articles discuss technology, Powell's House, dining hall cutlery, an interview with the Archivist, Christmas and other holidays, Christmas movies and music, surviving Academic Week, keeping healthy, the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle, and responses to the question: "Can money buy you happiness?"