Hershey Community Archives is established. The M.S. Hershey Foundation hires archival consultant Richmond D. Williams to establish a community-wide archival program. Each of the Hershey Entities agrees to support the archival project and to appoint corporate representatives to serve on the Archives Task Force. Under the guidance of the Foundation, the Archives is charged with collecting, processing, preserving, and making available for research essential historical materials of institutions in Hershey and Derry Township.

Hershey Community Archives begins operating in the basement of One Chocolate Avenue. [Specific date is unknown.  Event occurred in February 1985.]

Hershey Community Archives moves to High Point Mansion.

Hershey Foods Corporation produces a Collector’s series of trading cards, featuring materials and artifacts from the Hershey Community Archives and Hershey Museum collections. [Specific date is unknown.  Event occurred in 1995.]

The Hershey Community Archives moves from High Point Mansion to the old Orchard Barn off of Hersheypark Drive.

The Hershey Community Archives relocates from the old Orchard Barn off of Hersheypark Drive to the M.S.Hershey Consolidated School Building

Milton Hershey School (MHS) announces that Hershey Trust Company has purchased 14 East Chocolate Avenue from The Hershey Company for $6.5 million. The former Community Building will provide offices and meeting spaces for both MHS and Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning (CHS). In the future, it is anticipated that the Hershey and MHS Archives will be moved to the same building, and there will be opportunities for community uses such as events and meetings.