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F01-S13-SS01 · Sub-series · [200-]
Part of Appleby College Fonds

Sub-series consists of photocopies of the military service files from Library and Archives Canada (LAC) of the following Appleby alumni and faculty who served in World War 1: Aubrey Turquand; John Magee, Geoffrey Machell, Alex Gillespie, William Crawley, Sinclair Adams, John Laird, Frank Griffin, Donald Macdonald, Vernon Powell, Thomas Colley.

F02-PH01-1364 · Item · May 13, 1939
Part of Archives Photograph Collection

Item consists of a black and white oversize photograph of members of faculty with alumni who attended the Old Boy's Reunion on May 13, 1939. They are standing in front of the chapel.

Back row: Mr. Hardwick is in the back row, 8th from the right.
Front row: L-R:, ?, Mr. Dewar, Mr. Colley, ?, Rev. Bell, ?, ?, Mr. Whittington,

F02-PH01-1353 · Item · 1948 - 1949
Part of Archives Photograph Collection

Item consists of a black and white panoramic photograph of the students and staff at Appleby College in 1948 - 1949. They are sitting outside and Powell's House is visible in the background. The photograph is taken by E.J. Powell of Cayuga.

Staff are seated in the front row in the middle. Sergeant Major S. Clarke is in hat and military uniform, Mr. Hardwick is to his right. Mr. Leslie Bott is second to his right. Mr. Dewar, Rev. Bell, Mr. Colley, are seated in the middle.

The female staff are at the far right of the staffing row are (left to right): Miss Chamberlain, Miss Lightbourn, Miss Mona Niblett (the school nurse), [possibly Miss Rose James], [possibly Miss Kathleen Marsden].

F02-PH01-1352 · Item · 1947 - 1948
Part of Archives Photograph Collection

Item consists of a black and white panoramic photograph of the students and staff at Appleby College in 1947 - 1948. They are sitting outside and Colley House is visible in the background. The photograph is taken by E.J. Powell of Cayuga.

Staff are seated in the front row in the middle. Mr. Dewar, Rev. Bell, Mr. Colley, Mr. Hardwick are in the middle. Mr. Leslie Bott is the second person to the right of Mr. Hardwick. The female staff are (left to right): Miss Lightbourn, the school nurse Miss Mona Niblett, and possibly Miss Rose James.

T.B. Colley
F11-S02-PH01-0040 · Item · [1920-1924]
Part of Alastair Walker fonds

Item consists of a black and white photograph of Faculty member T.B. Colley relaxing and lying down on the sports field.. Note written on verso: "The great Thom Colley. Classical scholar - ancient history and Horace. Mr. Guest taught Casesar and Virgil. Just and loyal, faithful, and a friend---no one like me. Appleby patriot and powerful speaker on loyalty to Appleby. Alastair Walker 1992".

Colley, Thomas
F01-S13-FL18 · File · 1915 - 1919
Part of Appleby College Fonds

File consists of correspondence between Thomas Colley and Mr. Guest after he enlisted to participate in World War 1 (one). There are also several letters written after the end of The War.

Colley, T.B.
Colley, T.B.
F01-S04-SS05-FL07 · File · 1914 - 1951
Part of Appleby College Fonds

File consists of biographical information about Thomas B. Colley, who was a teacher at Appleby from 1914-1915 and again from 1919 to 1949. He was House Master of School House and the building was renamed Colley House in his honour upon his death in 1949.

File includes correspondence between Mr. Guest and Thomas Colley regarding employment contracts and wages, as well as housing. There is also correspondence upon the death of Thomas Colley and his estate.

File contains RESTRICTED information.

Employee obituaries
F01-S07-SS01-FL02 · File · 1938; 1949; 1951; 1981; 2001; 2004; 2005
Part of Appleby College Fonds

File consists of newspaper clipping obituaries of Appleby College employees and includes the following last names: Wickens, Colley, Whittington, Francis, Scott, Ahern, Wethey.

F08-AV-01-Track 2 · Item · [1974]
Part of Audio Visual Collection

Item consists of a sound recording of an oral history interview between faculty member Mr. H.C. Hardwick who taught English and French from 1929 and 1964, and alumni's Randy Smye '63 and Michael DesRoches '62. They discuss life at Appleby College including quite a bit about corporal punishment and discipline.

It includes discussion of faculty member Mr. Colley and various incidents during World War 2. There is discussion about Mr. Wickens both as a teacher and later as a headmaster, life at Appleby during the Depression years and the economic difficulties the school faced; how Mr. Hardwick came to be at Appleby College as a languages teacher; how Mr. Whittington and Mr. Wickens oversaw the dramatic society.
Mr. Hardwick talks about the publication of his books as well as the school play 'How Lancelot came to Camelot'.
Other topics include: tug of war teams, inter-house battles, new gym, junior school, chapel - the opening and the organ, E.V. Brown and the building of his house; female staff including Miss James and Miss Niblett; founder Mr. Guest; the electrical system at the school, floods; facilities man Bert Halsey; different teachers and some of the stories about them and their personal lives; lists various early students and their personalities and how they were punished when they were bad.

F08-AV-01 - Track 1 · Item · August 1974
Part of Audio Visual Collection

Item consists of a sound recording of an oral history interview between faculty member D.M. 'Skin' Dewar and alumni Randy Smye '63 discussing life at Appleby College as an English teacher and football coach between 1934 and 1974. Topics discussed include the 1936 trip to Berlin Olympics; Weis Memorial window; Headmasters John Guest, Percival Wickens, Rev. Bell, staff including Mr. Colley, Alastair Walker; Mr. Whittington, Sgt. Sam Clarke, Miss Niblett and Miss James, Bruce Lockhart, John Page, Lesley Bott. Subjects include football, chapel, covered rink, Brown House, electrical system on campus, buildings around campus, Town of Oakville, golf course on campus, carving roasts at dinner, The Depression, World War 2. See attached transcription for more details.

Smye, Randy
Quarterly 1976_SPRING
Item · Spring 1976
Part of Appleby College Fonds

Item consists of the Spring 1976 edition of Appleby Quarterly magazine. It includes an article about faculty member T.B. Colley.

Argus 1943 Jun
Item · June 1943
Part of Appleby College Fonds

Item consists of the June 1943 Argus yearbook.

There is an article about the history of Appleby College and the origins of the school, including brief biographies of staff and faculty members.

Argus 1961 Jun
Item · June 1961
Part of Appleby College Fonds

Item consists of the June 1961 Argus yearbook. It provides a history of the school on the 60th anniversary and includes an article recalling what the school was like in the first years (1911-1913), including the barn fire.

It also includes articles on field trips to the General Mills Company, Continental Can Company and aboard the 'Gordon C. Leitch'.