Contains loose untitled materials in the form of clippings re Canadian and U.S. architects including Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg, Donald McKay, and Henry-Russell Hitchcock. These clippings also focus on architectural developments in Toronto and elsewhere. Also includes a clipping (1990) re Africville, a black settlement in the Maritime provinces. Another clipping focuses on an exhibition of the art works of Wiitasalo and Daniels at the Art Gallery of York University in 1993.

Seven prints and computer output of text for new plates to be inserted in the new edition of Lost Toronto.

Series consists of approximately 40,000 slides depicting architecture, urban space, and landscape in Canada and elsewhere. The total number of Canadian slides in this collection is 17,550 and the total number of American slides is 7,000. This represents sixty-one percent of the slides in the total collection. The remaining slides cover European countries (especially England), as well as Central and South America, the Far East and other places.
Eighty percent of these slides were taken by Dendy himself. The remaining slides are graphic in nature i.e. they depict plans, maps, old photographs, architectural drawings, paintings. Many of these slides have been taken from city archives and appear to be in the public domain.

Computer output of portions of typescript, extensively annotated and corrected. Includes contents, list of plates, galley proofs of notes, layout for plates, index (cut and uncut), and other portions of typescript.

Galleys 1-8, extensively annotated and corrected.

Computer output of portions of typescript.

Series consists of photographs, negatives, contact sheets and prints of images of Toronto architecture used by Dendy for research.

Seven prints

Galleys 1-8, extensively annotated and corrected.

Galleys 1-8, extensively annotated and corrected.

Galleys 1-8, extensively annotated and corrected.

Seven prints and computer output of text for new plates to be inserted in the new edition of Lost Toronto.

Series consists of framed and unframed graphic material owned by Dendy, including engravings and etchings, original artwork, posters, photographs, and illustrations cut out of Harper's Weekly and The Illustrated London News. These items reflect Dendy's interests in architectural history, but also in art, opera, theatre, and literature.

This series includes single original paintings by A.Y. Jackson and Nicholas Hornyansky; an original colour cartoon by E.W.Kemble; hand-coloured photographs by H. Marshall Gardiner and W. R. MacAskill; engraved work by A. Sterner.

Materials in this file relate primarily to Toronto's architecture. Materials include news clippings, ms. notes, a walking guide, the prospectus of a Toronto-based architectural firm, a calendar entitled "Our Toronto Calendar 1975", and issues of magazines.

Other items include research papers and essays written by Dendy's students at the University of Toronto. One paper relates to St. James Town while another relates to the Park System in Toronto. An information package re the City of Toronto's New Urban Design Awards (1992) is also included in this file, in addition to a media information package, photographs, and other materials relating to the Toronto Dome Stadium.

Includes correspondence received by Dendy from City Park Co-operative Apartments Inc. where Mr. Dendy was a resident. This correspondence relates to general members' meetings, to rent charges, as well as to other matters.

The majority of items in this file constitute Dendy's research materials on Forest Hill, Toronto. These materials include photographs, contact sheets (both originals and photocopies), photographic negatives, ts. notes re building file permit information on residences in Forest Hill, and photocopies of lists of electors in the Forest Hill area of Toronto. Photographs and a research report re the Forest Hill Collegiate Institute are contained in this file, in addtion to a report on the history of the Forest Hill Village.

Some materials in this file do, however, relate to other areas of Dendy's research and interests. These items include correspondence with the architects Page & Steele re research Dendy was conducting for a forthcoming book on Canadian Domestic Architecture. Other correspondence with Page & Steele relates to research which Dendy conducted on 74-76 York St. (W). Dendy's research on Frank Darling forms the subject of some other correspondence. Clippings re architectural developments in Toronto, photocopies of photographs from the Archives of Eaton's of Canada, as well as photocopies of journal articles relating to Canadian architecture are also contained in this file.

Series consists of research materials which relate to many different areas of Dendy's work in the field of architectural history. They include textual and graphic materials, as well as electronic information in the form of computer files stored on 3.5" floppy disks.

This includes the research materials acquired by Dendy during his studies at Cambridge University, England and probably at Columbia University in New York. These take the form of course handouts, ms. holograph notes, and photocopies of journal articles. A large number of the ms. holograph notes relate to the history of home building and residential architecture in Canada (this formed the subject of the thesis which Dendy wrote either for one of the Masters degree he received in Architectural History and/or for the PhD in Architectural History on which he was working).

Also included is material relating to topics studied by Dendy either at university or in his professional career. These research topics include: the architects Frank Darling, John Howard, and Oliver Hill; the architectural history of the city of Hamilton, Ont.; "The Smaller Houses of the American Suburbs", "The Houses of Indian Road", and "A Comparision of 504 Jarvis St. and 135 St. George St." (last three topics constitute research papers written by Dendy).

Other research materials contained in this file were gathered in the process of researching for Lost Toronto and for Toronto Observed. These research materials primarily take the form of planning information sheets, ms. lists of Toronto buildings/architects, tender information from the Toronto Globe (issues from the late 19th century), ms. holograph notes re Toronto building permit files, and some photographic materials. Some reviews of Lost Toronto can also be found in this series.

Other research materials relate to Dendy's extensive research on the residential area of Forest Hill and take the form of ms. holograph notes on Forest Hill building permit files. Photocopies of journal articles, ms. holograph notes and other materials, which appear to have been gathered and/or prepared for a proposed publication on the history of Canadian architecture, are also contained in this series.

Ms. research notes used by Dendy in preparation for Toronto walking tours led by him are also contained in this series, in addition to research materials used by him for projects he worked on in his capacity as consultant architectural historian to various architectural firms and government bodies.

Other files include information relating to projects Dendy worked on as architectural historian to the Property Restoration Branch of the Ontario Heritage Foundation from 1987-1989, and to work which he carried out for Tom Schwartz, President of Intraurban Projects, as well as to a study conducted by Dendy on CNR Railway Stations for the Architectural History Branch, Canadian Historic Sites Directorate of the Canadian Parks Service in 1991.

Materials in this file relate primarily to Toronto's architectural history. This includes materials relating to professional work which Dendy carried out in his capacity as architectural historian including the Heath Park project and a significance report re Belleville City Hall. Some other materials relate to the reprint of Lost Toronto in the early 1990's. Materials include news clippings, photocopies of journal articles and of extracts from books and other publications, ms. notes, reports, and some correspondence addressed to Dendy or sent by Dendy.

Also includes photocopies of architectural drawings and plans, as well as of illustrations, maps, and photographs. A small number of b&w 8" x 10" photographs depicting Eaton's, College Street, are also contained in this file. A photocopied ts. list of the inventory of the Douglas Kertland Architectural Drawings Collection is addtionally among the items in this file.

Series consists of correspondence received by Dendy over the period 1977-1991. Also includes some supporting documents in the form of clippings, photographs, and other items.

This award was presented to Dendy by the Mayor of Toronto in acknowledgement of the contribution made through his books Lost Toronto and Toronto Observed, as well as Dendy's other "efforts to maintain our interest in the past".

Certificate is signed by the Mayor of Toronto, and bears the seal of the City of Toronto, Office of the Mayor.

Series consists of materials relating to Dendy's university education and his career as an architectural historian.
These materials include the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree certificates received by Dendy in the 1970's from the University of Cambridge where he studied Architectural History as well as clippings, ephemera and portraits.

Contains miscellaneous materials relating to work which Dendy carried out on a consultancy basis in his capacity as an architectural historian. Titled and untitled file folders relating to different consultancy projects in which Dendy participated are contained in this file.

Other materials contained in this file include correspondence relating to Dendy's studies at Columbia University in New York, as well as correspondence relating to the planned reprint of the book Lost Toronto in the early 1990's.

Includes miscellaneous materials relating to various research and other interests of Dendy. The majority of materials, however, would seem to relate either to research Dendy conducted for publications he was working on or to consultancy work which he carrried out. Materials include correspondence, meeting agenda, issues of newsletters, ts. and ms. notes by Dendy, clippings, and ephemera. Other items include a photocopy of the finding aid to the J. Morris Woolfson collection at Public Archives Canada, as well as a catalogue of materials in the library of Ludwig Glaeser, and copies of reports re the terms of reference for Heritage Conservation District Studies of the Toronto Historical Board.

Poster by The Journal of Decorative Arts and Propoganda Arts, 1991. The source of the quote which forms the focus of this poster is identified as been taken from Andrija Maurovic's "The Mistress from Mars" which appeared in the newspaper Navosti in 1935.

Contains Ontario government publications. This includes publications of the National Capital Commission re the history of the parliament buildings in Ottawa, re heritage buildings in the National Capital Region of Canada, and re The Mile of History in Ottawa.

Other publications re the planning and design of commercial facade improvements by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing are also contained in this file. Another publication by the Ministry of Natural Resources focuses on the history of mining in Ontario. Publications by the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation include a publication on historic sites, museums, galleries, and plaques in Ontario, as well as a publication entitled Historic Sketches of Ontario.

Other items include publications of the Ministry of Culture and Communications re the Ontario Heritage Bridge Program and re built heritage in schools. The annual report (1985-1986) of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, as well as a copy of Bill 176 ("An Act to provide for the Conservation, Protection and Preservation of the Heritage of Ontario") are also contained in this file. Other miscellaneous items include a road map of Ontario and various tourist guides in the form of folded flyers.

Contains miscellaneous materials relating to work which Dendy carried out on a consultancy basis in his capacity as an architectural historian. Titled and untitled file folders relating to different consultancy projects in which Dendy participated are contained in this file.

Other materials contained in this file include correspondence relating to Dendy's studies at Columbia University in New York, as well as correspondence relating to the planned reprint of the book Lost Toronto in the early 1990's.

Includes originals and photocopies of an article about Dendy by Adele Freedman which appeared in The Globe and Mail on Sept. 14, 1991. Additionally includes photocopy of a clipping (1988?) which appeared in The Toronto Star which focused on Dendy's career as an architectural historian.
This file also includes a photocopy of a review of Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons, and History by Dendy and Kilbourn. This appeared in Books in Canada in May 1987. Invitations to the launching event for this publication from Oxford University Press in association with Ballenford Books are also among the items included in this file.

Finally this file includes a folded flyer listing the winners of the City of Toronto Book Awards in the period 1974-1991.Lost Toronto received this award in 1979, while Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons and History received this award in 1987.The program produced for the City of Toronto's Civic Honours Day 1979 is also included in this file. City of Toronto Book awards were presented to William Dendy and other authors as part of this program.

Includes untitled loose leaf material in the form of correspondence received by Dendy over the period 1977-1991.
A considerable amount of the correspondence in this file relates to Dendy's professional employment including his teaching work at the University of Toronto, at the University of Waterloo, at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, and at the Toronto Urban Studies Centre. Other correspondence relates to walking tours of Toronto given by Dendy, as well as to Dendy's proposed exhibition "The Architecture of Forest Hill" submitted to the Department of the City Clerk of the City of Toronto in 1991. Talks, presentations, and lectures given by Dendy at various universities, at public libraries, at the Toronto Historical Board, at the Architectural Conservancy Toronto, and at other places form the subject of some of the other correspondence contained in this file. Other correspondence, much of it with Oxford University Press Canada, relates to Dendy and Kilbourn's publication of Toronto Observed and to Dendy's proposed publication of a book re the history of architecture in Canada. The awards received by Dendy over the course of his life form another theme of this correspondence. These awards include the university scholarships awarded to Dendy by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation for his doctoral studies at Columbia University, New York, as well as his receipt of an Award of Merit from the Toronto Historical Board in 1988 for Toronto Observed. Finally, some letters relate to Dendy's activities as a member of various organisations including the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canda, the Society of Architectural Historians, and as a member of the City of Toronto Planning Advisory Committee.

Includes miscellaneous materials relating to various research and other interests of Dendy. The majority of materials, however, would seem to relate either to research Dendy conducted for publications he was working on or to consultancy work which he carrried out. Materials include correspondence, meeting agenda, issues of newsletters, ts. and ms. notes by Dendy, clippings, and ephemera. Other items include a photocopy of the finding aid to the J. Morris Woolfson collection at Public Archives Canada, as well as a catalogue of materials in the library of Ludwig Glaeser, and copies of reports re the terms of reference for Heritage Conservation District Studies of the Toronto Historical Board.

Includes serial publications (from 1960's and 1970's) re suburban housing design and vacation home designs. Additionally includes a section from The Toronto Star , 25 March 1989, entitled "New in Homes", as well as a publication of the Canadian Housing Information Centre (1991) listing the external research program reports published by this centre.

Contains material relating to Toronto's architecture and architects. Includes issues of periodicals, photocopies of journal articles (including an article by William Kilbourn), clippings, photocopies of photographs of buildings, ms. notes by Dendy, and photocopies of bibliographies. Additionally contains promotional literature from many Toronto-based architectural firms.

Other items include ts. research notes and research papers by Stephen Otto primarily re various architects including John Tully, Henry Bowyer Lane, John Harlock Elliot, Cyrus Pole Thomas and William Beaumont Leather. This file also contains photocopied documents (primarily correspondence) received by Dendy from the Archives at the Dalhousie University Library. These documents relate to Frank Darling.

Includes correspondence sent by Dendy to Tom Schwartz, President of Intraurban Projects re the 1070 Queen Street East project. It appears that Dendy worked as an architectural historian on this project.

Includes research papers written by Dendy's students at the University of Toronto? to meet course requirements. These research papers relate to the architectural history of specific buildings in Toronto or to the architecture of specific regions within Toronto. This file also contains a copy of an historical report written by Dendy for the North York Historical Board re The Dempsey Hardware Store.

Other items in this file include several publications. One focuses on the history of the Toronto islands, another on the history of Grace Church on-the-Hill between 1874 and 1964, and a third on Metropolitan Toronto. An issue of the Canadian Historical Review (1979) and of the magazine "The City" (1979) are also included in this file, in addition to photocopies of extracts from books relating to the University of Toronto Expansion Program. Some photocopies of journal articles are also contained in this file, in addition to ephemera in the form of maps of Toronto, and pamphlets and folded flyers re historic sites and buildings in Toronto.

Includes correspondence received by Dendy or sent by Dendy. This correspondence relates to Dendy's graduate studies at Columbia University in New York, and to Dendy's teaching work in the field of architectural history at the University of Toronto and at Carleton University in Ottawa. This correspondence also relates to research work which Dendy carried out on the Massey family and their architects.
Two titled file folders can also be found here. One contains correspondence written by Howard Moran to the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in connection with research he was conducting into the 1917 Halifax explosion. The second file includes correspondence, clippings, and other materials re the Co-Operative City Park Apartments where Dendy lived.
Other materials contained in this file include ephemera, clippings, ms. notes, and publishers' catalogues.

Contains materials primarily in the form of manufacturers' catalogues (dating from 1920's-1940's) re housing design and garden and greenhouse design. One publication was issued by the Ladies Home Journal and relates to bungalow design in the period pre World War II. Another item takes the form of a scrapbook compiled by Mary Eleanore Westley between 1921 and 1924 which includes clippings from magazines. These take the form of illustrations showing both exterior and interior home designs which were typical for the period. Manufacturers' catalogues include listings of home appliances, bathroom designs, greenhouse designs, and of roofing materials respectively.
One clipping (1989) contained in this file relates to plans for the new General Electric Building which is to be constructed using plastics along with other building materials.

Materials in this file consist primarily of tourist guides and other guides to historic sites and buildings, as well as to towns and regions in Ontario. They take the form of brochures, pamphlets, folded flyers, manuscripts, and booklets, and many of them have an architectural and/or historical focus. Maps, some correspondence to Dendy, and photocopies from periodicals and books are also contained in this file.

Includes maps of Quebec and areas within Quebec. Also contains tourist guides and brochures for the Quebec region. Additionally includes an issue of The Canadian Historical Review 52, no. 1 (March 1971) featuring a piece entitled "Religion and French-Canadian Mores in the Early Nineteenth Century" by Jean-Pierre Wallot.

File also includes several news clippings, one of which features the architect Ernest Cormier, and the other of which focuses on architecture in Montreal. Finally, this file includes an agenda paper by Mathilde Brosseau of the CIHB staff entitled "Second Group of Grand Trunk Railway Stations: Original Eastern Sections and Stations from c.1870 to c.1920".

Includes books, booklets, pamphlets, issues of journals, photocopies of journal articles, and folded flyers re historic buildings and sites in Toronto, re the history of Toronto or areas of Toronto, and re architectural developments in Toronto. Additionally includes guides and catalogues of art and/or of architectural exhibitions in Toronto. Other publications include a catalogue of the manuscript collection of the Toronto Board of Education.

Some correspondence (dated 1990) is also contained in this file and relates to discussions by the Neighbourhoods Committee of the Toronto Historical Board re the inclusion on the Inventory of Heritage Properties of 500 Lake Shore Blvd. W.

Includes correspondence received by Dendy or sent by Dendy. This correspondence relates to Dendy's graduate studies at Columbia University in New York, and to Dendy's teaching work in the field of architectural history at the University of Toronto and at Carleton University in Ottawa. This correspondence also relates to research work which Dendy carried out on the Massey family and their architects.
Two titled file folders can also be found here. One contains correspondence written by Howard Moran to the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in connection with research he was conducting into the 1917 Halifax explosion. The second file includes correspondence, clippings, and other materials re the Co-Operative City Park Apartments where Dendy lived.
Other materials contained in this file include ephemera, clippings, ms. notes, and publishers' catalogues.

Includes ms. holograph notes re building permit file details for some Toronto buildings. Also includes correspondence received by Dendy from Margo Welch, the Head of Exhibitions at the Royal Ontario Museum on May 25, 1990 re some exhibition proposals which Dendy had sent to the museum.

Materials contained in this file were collected by Dendy when he lived in the U.S.A or was visiting the U.S.A. They include maps, and many tourist guides in the form of pamphlets, folded flyers, and brochures. Many of these take the form of guides to museum and gallery exhibitions, while others take the form of walking tour guides or guides to historic buildings or regions within the U.S.A.

In particular guides to different areas of Chicago issued by the Commission on Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks are contained in this file. Other items include postcards, col. photographs, as well as clippings and issues of journals which relate primarily to the theme of architecture and/or art in certain areas of the U.S.A.

Includes 15 p. ts. (computer output) with some ms. additions. This is the text of a paper presented by Dendy entitled "The Background of Modernism in Toronto".

Contains untitled loose materials. This includes a photocopy of a document entitled "Inventory of Household Furniture, Furnishings, and Art Objects Belonging to the Estate of the Late Honourable G.T. Fulford Contained in Fulford Place, Brockville". The original document dates from Dec. 11, 1911. This file also includes photographs of the exterior and interior of Fulford Place.

Contains untitled loose materials. This includes photocopies of the finding aid produced by Public Archives Canada to serve as a guide to the materials contained in the collection donated by Iron Cat. Inc., Westmount, Quebec, an architectural firm and interior design atelier.

Includes building plans, plans for building lots and park lots, as well as plans of subdivisions of lots. Also includes road atlas plates. All of these materials cover the Toronto area and take the form of either originals or photocopies. Also includes ts. report by Dendy and other materials re the consultancy work carried out by Dendy on 74-76 York St. for Page and Steele Architects.

Contains untitled loose materials. This includes photocopies of journal articles from Western Homes & Living (issues date from 1950's) and photocopies from books and other publications many of which were received from the Provincial Archives in British Columbia. These materials relate to domestic architecture (both exterior and interior home designs) in West Coast Canada.

This file also includes photocopies of correspondence (dating from the 1950's) of the National Industrial Design Council re Perpetua Furniture Ltd. Also includes photocopies of sketches of furniture and other documentation.

Card files include information on building permit no. and year, address of building, description of building, and name of architect. Card files in A-Z section of this index are ordered alphabetically by architect.

Card files include information on building permit no. and year, address of building, description of building, and name of architect for Toronto.
Additionally includes card files containing bibliographic references to architectural publications.

Index of architects (H-Q) ordered alphabetically by name. Information provided on these index cards includes name of building, address of building, and year of construction?. In some cases a brief description of the building and/or a bibliographic reference to source of information for the building is contained on the card file also. Most of the buildings listed here were designed and built in the late nineteenth century or first half of the twentieth century.

Includes full listing of architects.

Index to Toronto buildings by street. Also includes description of building, name of architect, date of construction? Most of the buildings listed here were designed and built in the second half of the nineteenth century or first half of the twentieth century.

Index card file of listings of designs for buildings in Toronto and other parts of Ontario in the form of pencil drawings, prints, and photographs.

Includes miscellaneous card files re Toronto architecture. The majority of cards index Canadian architects, or street names in Toronto and other places in Ontario.

Includes index to architectural topics including Toronto architects (card files feature information on architects' works) and different regions of Toronto (card files contain information on historic buildings in indexed region).
Includes list of subject index terms.

Poster produced for the Landmarks Preservation Commission in New York.

Includes photocopies of articles from architectural journals (dating from 1920's and 1930's) re Canadian architecture, especially to the themes of architecture of banks, home building and design, and government buildings. Additionally includes photocopies of journal articles and ms. notes relating to gallery and museum architecture. Other file contents include clippings re the architecture of historic buildings in B.C., Canada as well as re Toronto architecture. Other items include photocopies of an extract from a German language publication re Nero's "Golden House" as well as illustrations and drawings of buildings (unidentified).

Contains untitled loose materials including photocopied articles from Country Life dating back to the early twentieth century. These articles relate to home building and designs including motor houses, country homes, and cottages. Also includes an article focusing on Marshcourt, Hampshire, the residence of Mr. Herbert Johnson.
This file also contains some photocopies from books relating to Italian architecture including the Palazzo del Te and Jacopo Strada's Mantuan Drawings.

Includes ms. holograph research notes on Hamilton's architecture. Additionally contains photocopies of photographs of many buildings in Hamilton from Public Archives Canada, as well as photocopies of the index cards for these photographs. Photocopies from the book Up and Down Hamilton by T. M. Bailey and C.A. Carter are also included in this file. File dividers are used to divide these materials in to separate sections according to the topic to which they relate. Many of the notes are taken from the Hamilton Times and the Hamilton Weekly Spectator and relate to tender calls in the 1840s, 1850s,1860s, and 1870s.

Includes ms. holograph notes, photocopies of articles from The Builder, and a ts. (computer output) research paper on the subject of Richard Cunningham Windeyer (1830? - 1900). Materials are subdivided according to the theme to which they relate. These research materials cover the period 1870 to 1879 and for each of these years materials can be found under the heading "Miscellaneous" and "Tender Calls" respectively.

Card files are subdivided into sections as follows:

• Bibliography: English (empty);
• Bibliography: American (empty);
• Sir C.H. Reilly;
• Related Armoles;
• Richard Norman Shaw;
• Frank Darling's Library;
• Massey Patronay (empty);
• York & Sawyer;
• A-Z index of Architects.

See also : Dendy Card File Listing by Rose Tzalmonas Nov. 1994. (updated by R. Koebel, Oct. 1996).