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- Source of title proper: Title based on content of the fonds.
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[ca. 1900], 1921-[194-], 1963-1993, predominant 1970-1992 (Creation)
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ca. 23 m of textual records
21 computer disks
ca. 5000 negatives
ca. 900 photographs
ca. 40,000 slides
1 videocassette
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Fonds consists of materials documenting William Dendy's personal life and career as an architectural historian. This includes materials relating to his university education, research materials for published works, research materials on the history of Canadian architecture, and other research projects such as the Forest Hill neighbourhood in Toronto, the city of Hamilton, architects Frank Darling and William Somerville, and the Massey family. Other materials relate to Dendy's teaching activities, walking tours of Toronto, and consultancy projects.
Also present are articles, article clippings, correspondence, electronic records, ephemera, manuscripts, maps, research card files, and typescript notes. Of note are approximately 5,000 negatives which include images of various neighbourhoods and buildings in Toronto taken by Dendy, and approximately 40,000 slides which include more than 17,000 images of Canadian architecture, urban space, and landscape. The slides were taken by Dendy and individually identified by him.
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Physical condition
Records originally in Princeton files have been rehoused and noted at the file level.
Immediate source of acquisition
Materials acquired from a donation by the Dendy estate in 1993 and an accrual from 2001.
Arrangement
Arranged in eleven series:
- 1. Biographical;
- 2. Personal and Professional;
- 3. Works by;
- 4. Research and Writing;
- 5. Research: Card Files;
- 6. Research: Electronic Files;
- 7. Research: Photographs and Negatives;
- 8. Slides;
- 9. Videocassettes;
- 10. Artifacts;
- 11. Graphic.
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Copyright of photographs and works by Dendy held by University of Waterloo Libraries.
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General note
Article "A Life's Work: The William Dendy Collection" by Adele Freedman about the donation appeared on Pages 11-15 of the Spring 1995 edition of the University of Waterloo Alumni Magazine.