This white 5 × 7-inch note pad features a top-centered gray Apple logo and gray lines. The pad is approximately 5/16-inch thick. I have two of these note pads in my collection.
Apple Logo Notepad (c. 2020)
Apple Unified School System notepads (c. 1988)
These Apple Unified School System notepads feature the logotype for the Apple Unified School System at the bottom center with a yellow-gold logo above that depicts a highly stylized image of a three houses with people (perhaps students and teachers) above represented by a combination of shapes and whitespace. The top of the notepads have a black Apple logo.
I have been unable to date these notepads specifically, but an Apple Corporate Timeline on the Mac Mothership website reports that in March 1987, Apple Marketing introduced “the Apple Unified School System and Apple’s Education Purchase Program (EPP) in a shared commitment with educators to integrate computers into the learning process.”
Each notepad measures 8.5 x 11 inches and is bound with a tearaway edge.
My research has not yielded much specific information on the Apple Unified School System. The OAC (Online Archive of California) contains a listing for an Apple Unified School System report at Stanford, but it is not available online (and the report is undated). An online history of the 1985 “edutainment” software Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? claims that the Apple Unified School System helped popularize this game when Apple’s “nationwide computer-in-the-classroom infrastructure” was implemented in the late 1980s.
Sources: Mac Mothership, OAC, Wikipedia
Apple Learning Series notepads (c. 1988)
These Apple Learning Series notepads feature the logotype for the Apple Learning Series at the bottom center with a three-color logo above that depicts a highly stylized image of a person in front of a monitor. The top of the notepads have a black Apple logo.
I have been unable to date these notepads specifically, but the term “Apple Learning Series” has been used in different forms for at least the past 30 years. When I added them to my collection, they were paired with a set of similarly designed notepads for the Apple Unified School System that was introduced in 1987.
Each notepad measures 8.5 x 11 inches and is bound with a tearaway edge.
Sources: Mac Mothership
Apple Distinguished Educator notepad (c. 2007)
This notepad measures 5 x 7 inches and features the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) logo at the top center. I received this notepad while attending an ADE event.
Note Pad (white, green logo)
This white 4×6-inch note pad features a bright green Apple logo in the upper-left corner. I have two of these note pads in my collection.
Notebook, Executive Briefing Center (black, black logo)
This black nylon notebook has a black Apple logo on the front and holds a full 8.5×11-inch pad of paper. The outside has a pocket on one side, and the inside features a large pocket, a zippered pocket, five spaces for business cards (including one with a clear window), a loop for a pen, and a square pocket approximately the size of a 3.5-inch floppy disk.
This notebook came from the Executive Briefing Center in Cupertino, California (when it was located in the Infinite Loop Campus). The custom-printed pad of paper is printed with a black Apple logo and the logotype Executive Briefing Center in red in the Apple Garamond font. The entire notebook can be zipped closed. The manufacturer is Gemline.
Apple maintains a few Executive Briefing Centers worldwide for the purpose of hosting current and potential customers to discuss and provide training on Apple products and services and/or host various groups and individuals who use Apple products and services. One Executive Briefing Center is located in Cupertino, California, at Apple’s main campus (formerly Infinite Loop, now at the main “spaceship” campus), and another is located in Chicago’s Loop, overlooking the Apple Store at Michigan Avenue on the riverfront.
Apple sometimes provides Briefing Center attendees with pens and/or notebooks, depending upon the nature of the meeting.
Notebook (white, dark gray)
This small notebook has a white cardboard cover with a dark gray Apple logo. It measures 7.125×5.25 inches and is bound with a silver wire spiral.
