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Forest Hill research : building permit files : Permit #3 to Permit #4887 with gaps.

Includes tss. (computer output) listing building permit file information for the Forest Hill area. This takes the form of a street-by-street listing. Ms. holograph notes containing building permit file information for Forest Hill (spanning the permits #3 to #4887 with some gaps) is also contained in this file.
Additionally, this file contains one ts. (computer output) with some holograph corrections which constitutes Dendy's research on the architectural history of Forest Hill. Ms. holograph notes on the subject of "The Home Between the Wars" are also contained in this file.

Dendy, William

Dendy backup disks : binder 2.

Includes five high density 3.5" backup disks. Files are stored in one of three directories: "BILLSDIS", "LOSTTOR" and "SWARTZ". This includes files with research relevant to Lost Toronto (probably the new edition of 1993), as well as files relevant to the projects which Dendy worked on as architectural historian to the Property Restoration Branch of the Ontario Heritage Foundation between 1987-1989 (see "BILLSDIS" directory). Files contained in the "SWARTZ" directory relate to work Dendy carried out for Tom Schwartz, President of Intraurban Projects re the 1070 Queen St. E. Project. Some programming files are also contained on the disks in this file.

Dendy, William

West Coast domestic architecture.

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.

Dendy, William

Consulting.

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.

Dendy, William

City Park Co-operative Apartments Inc.

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.

Dendy, William

Consulting.

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.

Dendy, William

Canada at home : the Canadian house and its furnishings, 1945-1967 : exhibition proposal by Dendy for the Royal Ontario Museum.

Contains untitled loose materials. This includes a copy of the proposal Dendy wrote for an exhibition on the Canadian Home and its Furnishings over the period 1945-1967. Other materials in this file include research materials which Dendy received from the archives of the University of British Columbia re work which he was carrying out in preparation for this proposed exhibition. These research materials take the form of copies of inventories of materials in the Melva Dwyer collection, the Binning Manuscript collection, and the collection of the Council of Forest Industries of B.C. at the archives of the University of British Columbia.

Dendy, William

Personal and professional : miscellaneous.

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.

Dendy, William

Forest Hill research : building permit files : archive notes : Permit #2888 to Permit #3332.

Includes ms. holograph notes including details of Forest Hill Permit files (Permit #2888 - Permit #3332). Some photocopies of architectural drawings and plans are also contained in this file and the permit no. to which each one relates is indicated. Other materials contained in this file include some items of correspondence relating to the Forest Hill properties listed in this file.

Dendy, William

Personal and professional : miscellaneous.

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.

Dendy, William

Sample microfiche : Avery Library, Columbia University.

Includes sample microfiche from the Avery Library, Columbia University in the form of a catalogue of furnishings for the home (original dates back to 1918) produced by Aladdin Company, and in the form of Sweet's Architectural Trade Catalog File (original dates back to 1906).

Dendy, William

South Pacific.

Promotional poster produced by CBS Inc. for the musical South Pacific staring Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Sarah Vaughan, and Mandy Patinkin.

Dendy, William

Clippings.

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.

Dendy, William

Programs on Toronto Architecture for CBLT MORNING, Toronto.

These videocassettes include programs re the architectural history of Toronto shown on CBLT MORNING. Dendy was a regular contributor in the fields of architecture and architechtural history for CBLT MORNING between 1985-1986.

The first program (ca. 10 mins. in duration) is entitled "Lost Horizons" and focuses on the history of the development of high rise buildings in Toronto especially commercial architecture. Dendy provides extensive commentary during this program.

The second item (about 5-10 minutes in duration) forms part of a program re Wytchwood Park which also includes commentary by Dendy re the architectural history of this neighbourhood.

These two pieces of film footage are repeated multiple times on each of these two videocassettes.

Dendy, William

Videocassettes.

This series includes two videocassettes (copy 1 and copy 2). Each videocassette show the same film footage.They both include programs re the architectural history of Toronto shown on CBLT MORNING. Dendy was a regular contributor in the fields of architecture and architechtural history for CBLT MORNING between 1985-1986.

The first program (ca. 10 mins. in duration) is entitled "Lost Horizons" and focuses on the history of the development of high rise buildings in Toronto especially commercial architecture. Dendy provides extensive commentary during this program.

The second item (about 5-10 minutes in duration) forms part of a program re Wytchwood Park which also includes commentary by Dendy re the architectural history of this neighbourhood.

Dendy, William

Clippings.

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.

Dendy, William

The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs.

Includes photocopies from The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs. This is a "bi-monthly publication suggesting the architectural uses of white pine and its availability today as a structural wood". Included in this file are photocopies of this publication from 1916-1923.

Dendy, William

Fulford Place, Brockville.

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.

Dendy, William

Building permits, 1905-1906.

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.

Dendy, William

Building permits etc. : untitled, 1889-1904.

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.

Dendy, William

Architects and their works : H-Q.

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.

Dendy, William

Toronto by street.

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.

Dendy, William

Plans, drawings : untitled.

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.

Dendy, William

Miscellaneous : untitled.

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

Dendy, William

Toronto architecture : subject index.

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.

Dendy, William

Country Life : articles.

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.

Dendy, William

Hamilton research.

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.

Dendy, William

Toronto research : tender information from the Toronto Globe, 1870-1879.

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.

Dendy, William

Toronto walking tours.

Includes ms. notes, b&w photographs (originals and photocopies), photocopies from books and other publications, and clippings. These materials are divided into separate file folders according to the building, street, or area of Toronto to which they relate. While some of these materials constitute Dendy's research for walking tours of Toronto, other materials (especially photographs and manuscripts) were used or prepared for the revised edition of Lost Toronto which was published in 1993.

Dendy, William

Bibliographies.

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).

Dendy, William

Architects and their works : R-Z.

Index of architects (R-Z) 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.

Dendy, William

Architect and subject index, A-Z.

Cards filed alphabetically by name of architect, author name, publication title, or architectural topic. These cards take the form of bibliographic references to publications. Cross references to other cards within this card index also appear on some cards.

Dendy, William

Contact sheets.

Contact sheets (both originals and photocopies), numbered on the verso. The numbers correspond to shhets of negatives in files 439-441. These photographs were taken in the process of researching for Toronto Observed and for walking tours of Toronto given by Dendy.

This file also includes a small number of photographic negatives (both 35 mm and large format negatives) which depict the exterior of Toronto buildings in addition to the interiors of an unidentified historic home.

Dendy, William

Negatives : sheets 101-142.

Photographic negatives contained in numbered transparent holders. The photographs appear to have been taken in the process of researching and gathering materials for the publication Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons, and History.

Dendy, William

Photographs for book(s) : Toronto architecture.

B&w photographs of varying sizes (primarily 8" x 10") which were taken or gathered in the process of researching for Toronto Observed and possibly for other publications by

Captions (handwritten on back of photographs) are provided in some cases. A considerable number of these photographs are reproductions obtained from Public Archives Canada, from the Ontario Archives, from the City of Toronto Archives, and from the Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives.

This file additionally includes some photocopies and photographs depciting floor plans and architectural drawings (many of these are from the Massey Collection at Public Archives Canada).

Dendy, William

Toronto research : building permit files I.

Includes ms. holograph notes re building permit file details for some Toronto buildings. Additionally contains photocopies of an architectural drawing of a sign designed for O'Hagan Landscape Co. at Eglington and Bathurst St. in Toronto, as well as photocopies of the architectural plans drawn up for Charles Baker Ltd., 1356 Bathhurst St. in Toronto.

Dendy, William

Toronto research : tender information from the Toronto Globe, 1852-1860.

Includes ms. holograph notes containing Dendy's research on Toronto architecture from the Toronto newspaper The Globe during the period 1860-1865. For each year during this period these materials are divided into two separate sections: 1. Miscellaneous; 2. Tenders. This file also contains photocopies from books, journals and other publications re architects (Henry Bowyer Lane and William Hay) and architectural developments in Toronto in the mid-nineteenth century. Also includes some items of correspondence re Dendy's research into this period of architectural history.

Dendy, William

Toronto research : tender information from the Toronto Globe, 1860-1862.

Includes ms. holograph notes containing Dendy's research on Toronto architecture from the Toronto newspaper The Globe during the period 1860-1862. For each year during this period these materials are divided into two main topics: 1. Miscellaneous; 2. Tender Calls. This file also contains some photocopies from the architectural journal The Builder.

Dendy, William

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