Abstract:

The publication of a high school annual, or yearbook, is a tradition in most secondary schools in the
United States. The yearbook exists as a physical document designed to represent a year in the life of
an educational institution to its constituents. The creation, distribution and activation of this document
correspond to the power of the archive defined in Jacques Derrida?fs work Archive Fever: A Freudian
Impression. In many ways the yearbook demonstrates the role of the Derrida?fs archon from the early
stages of its design to its nostalgic preservation by those who receive it.