Here are a collection of useful links to local resources and organizations which have ties to preserving and promoting history.
Historical Societies and Associations
- Aurora Historical Society and Hillary House National Historic Site
- Georgina Historical Society
- King Township Historical Society
- Newmarket Historical Society
- Ontario Historical Society
- Ontario Genealogical Society
City of Richmond Hill Resources
- Cultural Heritage Planning – City of Richmond Hill
- Richmond Hill Heritage Centre (Amos Wright House, 19 Church Street North)
- Online Artifact Collection – View over 10,000 artifact images through the City of Richmond Hill’s online artifact collection database. An ideal resource for students, researchers and history enthusiasts.
- Museum of the Streets – Richmond Hill’s Museum of the Streets is a free, self-guided tour of our community’s heritage sites. Green and tan signs will guide you through the streets of Old Richmond Hill.
- Richmond Hill Culture Map – The Culture Map is a tool that you can use to search for cultural organizations, creative businesses and festivals and events.
Richmond Hill Public Library
- Richmond Hill Public Library Digital Archive – This digital archive contains records for both digitized and non-digitized items in our local history collections. Digitized items may include photographs, letters, documents, maps, pamphlets, postcards, ephemera, books, newsletters and more. Our physical archives, all found in the Mary-Lou Griffin Local History Room at Central Library, include vertical files, maps, land records, correspondence, microfilms, family histories and more.
- Richmond Hill Historic Newspaper Archive (digitized local newspapers from 1857-1979)
- Early Days in Richmond Hill: A History of the Community to 1930 by Robert Stamp (1991) – also available to borrow from RHPL
- Later Days in Richmond Hill: A History of the Community from 1930 – 1999 by Marney Beck Robinson and Joan M. Clarke (1999)
- Jerry Smith, Richmond Hill’s Master Watchmaker: A Man in His Time by Mary Jane Celsie and Audrey Koenig
- Mary-Lou Griffin Local History Room (located on the 4th Floor of Central Library, 1 Atkinson Street)
Other Historical Institutions
Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum
Community Groups
Richmond Hill/GTA Then and Now Facebook Group – follow this great Facebook page where the group’s administrator and members of the community share their memories of Richmond Hill. Filled with photographs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera, it offers some great memories of Richmond Hill’s past. This group was given the 2024 Bert Hunt Heritage Award from the Richmond Hill Historical Society.
Burr House Spinners and Weavers Guild
Other Online Resources
War of 1812 Bicentennial Graveside Recognition Project
York Region “Built to Last” Canada 150 Historical Mapping and Heritage Properties
No Stone Left Alone – No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation is dedicated to honouring and remembering Canada’s veterans. Their unique ceremony provides students and youth with an authentic experience that creates knowledge, understanding and appreciation of those who serve and of the sacrifice of Canada’s fallen.
Notable Authors
The following websites and publisher’s pages are for authors who have presented at RHHS Meetings. We encourage you to visit and check out their writings.
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