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1707 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
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William Bruce Dendy, Canadian architectural historian, was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1948 to Merrill and Oliver Dendy. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1971, received a B.A. in Architectural History from Cambridge University in 1973, and in 1979 received two Masters degrees in architectural history, one from the University of Cambridge, and one from Columbia University in New York.
Dendy worked as an architectural historian for the Toronto Historical Board from 1973 until 1976, taught Canadian architectural history at the University of Toronto, at the University of Waterloo, at Carleton University in Ottawa, at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute in Toronto, and at the Toronto Urban Studies Centre. Dendy also worked on a consultancy basis as architectural historian to many Toronto-based architectural firms, developers, and government agencies, and also led architectural walking tours of Toronto.
Dendy's two published works, Lost Toronto (1978) and Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons, and History (1986), were both published by the Oxford University Press and both won Toronto Book Awards. In 1993 Dendy was awarded an honorary membership in the Ontario Association of Architects, and in the same year he was given an Allied Arts Award for his lectures and books on historical architecture.
Dendy died on May 29, 1993 in Toronto at the Casey House due to complications from HIV/AIDS.
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File consists of numbered sheets of negatives prepared for Lost Toronto (1978) or Toronto Observed (1986) and for walking tours of Toronto given by William Dendy, unidentified photocopied contact sheets, and miscellaneous handwritten research notes by Dendy. Each negative sheet is accompanied by a photocopy of its respective contact sheet and contains detailed caption information written by Dendy. This file also includes a three page document of handwritten notes by Dendy titled “Thesis questions” and “Gwendolyn Smith Building the dream” on respective pages.
Images consists of various buildings in Toronto, some of which span the following areas and notable sites:
- University of Toronto campus and the surrounding areas on Queen’s Park East
- residences and buildings in Rosedale, St. James Town, and Cabbagetown
- Yorkville
- Casa Loma
- Old Toronto
- Allan Gardens
- St. Michael’s Cathedral
- Grange Park
- Oakham House
- St. James War Memorial Church (King St. E)
- McNicol Hall (16 Spandina Rd W)
- St. James Cemetery
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Donated by the Dendy estate in 1993.
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English
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Copyright of photographs and works by Dendy held by University of Waterloo Libraries.
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Originally in a research binder.
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Housed over two files.
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- North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto