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Sub-file consists of 1 photo album that contains 5 pages of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Images include swimming events, the youth camp where the students stayed, track and field events, and the streets and countryside of Berlin. Photographs also include images from England, where they stayed prior to heading to the Olympic games. Photograph numbers: PH01-0819 - PH01-0845.

File consists of records pertaining to the Appleby College Coronation Choir. The school Chapel Choir, under the direction of Choir Master E. Leslie Bott, was invited to perform at the Commonwealth Youth Movement Service as part of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. Appleby College was one of a select few Canadian groups invited to attend this event. In addition to performing at the June 7, 1953 Coronation Service at Westminster Abbey, which was recorded, the choir performed a total of nineteen full concerts during their six weeks in Great Britain.

In addition to this, they sang at Services in nine Parish Churches, performed in five Public Schools and made two appearances on the BBC. The Appleby College Coronation Choir performed at the Cathedrals of Winchester, Chichester, St. Mary's (Edinburgh), Yorkminster and St. Albans and also sang a special Service of Dedication for Commonwealth Youth - At St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on June 1st.

In between singing, the group was able to tour around England and Scotland, and were in the stands during the actual Coronation ceremony on June 2nd, 1953. The group was also invited to attend the Changing of the Guard ceremony in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace on the day the Canadian Regiments took over.

Thirty years after the Choir performed, they held a reunion in 1983 at Appleby College and performed as a group once again.

File consists of the following sub-files: Correspondence; Itinerary and Financial Statements; Travel Documents; Performances; Coronation Memorabilia; Newspaper Clippings; Reunion Material.

Sub-file consists of documents pertaining to the Coronation ceremony for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953 and includes two tickets to the ceremony and information on where to sit as well as souvenir books about the Coronation.

Sub-file consists of correspondence pertaining to the Appleby College Coronation Choir and includes information about the Coronation ceremony, congratulatory letters, thank you letters for various performances, and planning letters for the trip to England.

Sub-file consists of the final trip report written by Choirmaster E. Leslie Bott and outlines how the trip went and were the choir performed during their trip to England.

Sub-file consists of proposed and planned itineraries for the Coronation Choir trip to England, lists of clothing and personal items to bring, budgets and financial reports. It also includes the Order of Service for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953.

Sub-file consists of newspaper clippings about the Appleby College Chapel Choir being chosen to perform in England as part of the Commonwealth Youth Movement celebrations for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Articles discuss the choir, their performances and their travel arrangements.

Sub-file also consists of newspaper clippings about the 1983 reunion of the Appleby College Coronation Choir group.

Sub-file consists of documents pertaining to the Appleby College Coronation Choir performing in England, as well as a few performances in Canada. It includes programmes, scripts for productions that the choir was part of, tickets to various concerts.

Sub-file includes the Coronation Programme for the Commonwealth Youth Movement listing all Canadian performers and includes photographs and a schedule of events, as well as a menu for the visit to Royal Festival Hall on June 3rd, 1953, the programme for Empire Youth Sunday on May 17, 1953 and the Saint Paul's Cathedral Empire Youth Service on May 17th, 1953.

Sub-file also includes postcards showing the different cathedrals and schools that the Appleby Coronation Choir performed at in England.

Sub-file also includes posters advertising concerts and includes the Chichester Cathedral recital poster, the Concert in the Congregational Church, the concert at St. George's Cathedral at Windsor Castle and a Coronation Concert at St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

File consists of records pertaining to rugby at Appleby College and includes the 1983 New Zealand Tour booklet and the 1993 UK Tour booklet. Each booklet includes photographs and biographies of the players who went on tour, as well as brief histories of rugby.

Students and Faculty listed in the 1983 New Zealand Tour booklet include: David Paul, Jim Washington, Stephen Mann, Steve Allen, Mark Appleby, Mark Barr, Christian de Josselin de Jong, John Durdan, John Easson, Jeff Fairholm, Michael Habib, Chris Humeniak, Chris King, Paul Lewitt, Peter McConnell, Gavin McCulloch, Doug McCutheon, Paul McMenemy, Karl Reimer, Richard Schooling, David Steele, Rodney Taylor, Fred Wanklyn.

Students and faculty listed in the 1993 U.K. tour booklet include: Andrew Cockwell, NIgel Tam, Will Raham, Andrew Schwarz, Christopher Trace, Nicholas Feroze, Ryan Chelak, Manny Brar, John-kin Jock, Rob Hammerschmidt, Jeff Kogut, Ian Urquhart, Casey Sinclair, Robert Froom, Cameron Hurst, David Millar, Sean Chapman, Greg Vipond, Randy Warrington, Jerry Finelli, Daniel Ling, Paul Kim, Kevin Stevens, Matt Bowles, Brian Whalen, Andrew Grieve, Steve Cundill, Scott Patterson, Donald Stewart, David Paul, Andrew Blakelock.

Sub-file consists of documents pertaining to travelling to England for the Coronation and includes the Group Certificate of members of the Appleby College Chapel Choir which includes a photograph of each student as well as personal details. This item is RESTRICTED.

Sub-file consists of a railway ticket, the ship manifest/passenger list, postcards and documentation relating to the ships that the choir travelled on to and from England, 'Empress of Australia' and the 'Columbia'.

Sub-file also includes a theatre ticket, a day pass into Westminster Abbey, as well as permits for visiting Buckingham Palace.