The William Dendy Library consists of more than 3,500 books and 2,500 periodical issues. For the most part, the collection focuses on the history of architecture, but other topics, such as music and literature, are featured as well.
File consists of original and reproduction negatives and prints prepared during the research process of Toronto Observed (1986). This includes prints of the inserted plates in Toronto Observed (1986) which contain markings and notes by William Dendy indicating the print’s sizing for publication. The original prints consists of images of buildings in Toronto the majority of which correspond to negatives in files 443-445.
The reproduction prints consists of historical images of buildings and notable sites in Toronto, some of which contain detailed annotations and caption information from Dendy. Most of the reproduction prints are reproduced from the Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives, City of Toronto Archives, Public Archives Canada and its Massey Collection, and the Ontario Archives. Of note are two photographs of Dendy likely with his cohort at the University of Toronto during his Bachelor’s degree.
Dendy, WilliamPhotocopy of the front page of the Globe October 10, 1903.
Includes 15 p. typescript (computer output) with some manuscript additions in red ink. This is the text of a paper presented by Dendy entitled "The Background of Modernism in Toronto".