HERITAGE RESOURCES

Libraries and Archives

Toronto Public Library

• Digital Archive Digitized books, pictures and maps.
  
  
• Toronto Local History New books, databases for historical Toronto newspaper databases, library programs, virtual exhibits, etc.
  
  
• Toronto neighbourhoods
  Use the map to find digital and in-library resources
• Beach (Toronto, Ont.)
• Upper Beach (Toronto, Ont.)
• Danforth (Toronto, Ont.), includes some items from beyond the local area



• Toronto city directories available digitally (1834-1969) and in-library (1833-2001)
  
  
• Toronto architecture and buildings
  
  
• Toronto maps and fire insurance plans (available digitally and in-library)
  
  
• Beaches Branch Local History Collection
  
  

• Toronto Mapping Historical Photographs. An open-source map created by Sidewalk Labs that provides block-by-block browsing of more than 30,000 historic Toronto photographs from the City of Toronto Archives.
  
  
• Malvern Red and Black Society

Community newspapers

• Beach Metro Community News
• Beach-East York Neighbourhood Voice
• Beaches Life
• Beaches Living Guide

Heritage Conservation Districts

• Kingswood Road South
• Lyall Avenue

Online local history books

• Beach in Pictures
• Danforth in Pictures (includes some information beyond the local area)
• Historical Walking Tour of Kew Beach by Mary Campbell and Barbara Myrvold

War service

For King and Country is a project to transcribe the war memorials inside TDSB schools. Neighbourhood schools included in this project to date are:

• Adam Beck Public School
• Balmy Beach Public School
• Blantyre Avenue Public School
• Bowmore Road Public School
• Coleman Avenue Public School
• Courcelette Public School
• Earl Beatty Public School
• Earl Haig Public School
• Gledhill Public School
• Kew Beach Public School
• Kimberley Street School
• Malvern Collegiate Institute
• Norway Public School
• Williamson Road School

Updated November 2, 2016.