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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-PH01-0798 · Item · [1922]
Part of Archives Photograph Collection

Item consists of a black and white photograph of Mr. Whittington with a pipe in his mouth, standing beside an unknown man. They are outside and Powell's House residence can be seen in the distance.

F16-S01-PH01-0472 · Item · March, 1923
Part of David Guest fonds

Item consists of a black and white photograph depicting the cast of The Boy Comes Home school play on stage in costume. Inscriptions near the photograph reads "The Boy Comes Home - A.A. Milne," "Mr. P. Wickens - Stuart Cantlie - Pud Green," and "Tyge Rothe - Mr. E.W. Whittington".

McLaren and Mr. Whittington
F11-S01-PH01-0074 · Item · 1912-1913
Part of Alastair Walker fonds

Item consists of a black and white photograph of Appleby Student McLaren dressed in his cricket uniform standing with Mr. Whittington.

E.W. Whittington
F11-S02-PH01-0037 · Item · [1916-1924]
Part of Alastair Walker fonds

item consists of a black and white photograph of E.W. Whittington with a pipe in his mouth while mowing the lawn.

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
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'.