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1936 Prizegiving Ceremony
F05-S01-PH01-0007 · Item · 1936
Part of Wentworth Dillon Walker fonds

Item consists of a black and white photograph of the 1936 Prizegiving ceremony. Left to Right: Wentworth Walker, Sir Thomas White, Percival Wickens, unidentified, and H.C. Hardwick.

W. James photographer of Toronto
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-PH01-1352 · 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.

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].

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.

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
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.

Hardwick, H.C.
F01-S04-SS05-FL10 · File · 1957 - 1982
Part of Appleby College Fonds

File consists of biographical information about H.C. Hardwick, who taught French and English at Appleby from 1929 to 1964. His publication, 'Some Essentials of English Grammar and notes on Composition', is also included along with some other works of literature and poetry.

File includes a digital and paper copy of "Miscreants anthology of salutary verse" / by H.C. Hardwick

F01-S04-SS03-FL03-01 · Item · 1968
Part of Appleby College Fonds

Item consists of a scrapbook created for Rev. John Bell on his retirement in June 1968. It contains photographs that show his life, though predominately while at Appleby College. It includes photographs PH01-0802 - PH01-0818.