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• In 1969, Old Boy John Smith "Jock" Gairdner donated the funds to build what is today the J.S. Gairdner Arena. The Architects were Canadian Mitchell Associates Limited and the contractors were Inducon. The arena officially opened on February 6, 1970 with a Varsity versus Old Boys' game. The Old Boys' won 8-4. The building of the arena put an end to boys walking to the Oakville Arena on Rebecca Street for practices and games.

• 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.

Use for: Appleby Cubs, School Cub Pack, Cubs, School Pack, Wolf Cub pack, The Wolf Cubs, Appleby Wolf Cubs

Use for: Quarterly, Appleby Quarterly

Use for: open house

Use for: Brown Cottage

• At the May 1, 1930 Board meeting, E.V. Brown’s proposal that he would like to build a cottage for himself and his family at Appleby School, which he would provide advance capital and the school would pay him back. The plan was approved, and construction began in the summer of 1930. At the October 1931 Board meeting, it was decided that Bonds be given to Mr. Brown as collateral security for his indebtedness for building the new cottage. The architect for the cottage was Dyce Saunders Jr. who designed the building as an Arts and Crafts cottage. The dwelling was featured in May 1932 ‘Construction’ magazine, which shows the floor plans. Of note, the grey stucco building had a maid’s room on the first floor, with three bedrooms upstairs. There was a washroom on both the first and second floor. It was constructed “with fir floors and pine trim, battened doors and ‘barn-door’ hardware.” “The fire place in the living room was built of flagstones picked up along the lakeshore, not far from the property.” Unfortunately, E.V. Brown did not live in the dwelling very long, as he left Appleby in June 1932. Of note, in the October 1933 Board minutes, it is reported that the debt with Mr. Brown had been settled, but that the school never did issue a bond to secure the indebtedness, as had been recorded in the Oct. 1931 minutes. The Brown cottage would go on to house several other faculty and their families over the years, including Bert and Bunny Hardwick, Francis and Sue Richardson, Jim and Sonia Washington and Michael and Rosalind Nightingale. In 1989 it was decided to renovate the cottage and turn it into administrative office space. In April 1990 it opened and Development and Communications, Alumni Relations, and Admission offices were moved there. In addition, the Women’s Association (later Parent’s Association) used space in the basement. The house was renamed ‘Alumni House’ at this time as the Alumni Relations department was located here.

Use for: alumni event, alumni pub night

Use for: Annual dinner, annual dinner, Old Boys annual dinner, Annual May dinner

• See also the terms 'Old Boy' and 'Old Boys'.