Photographs of historic buildings, taken while BHS members were preparing an Inventory of properties to be protected (as they hoped) under the 1975 Ontario Heritage Act, were the origins of the collection. It expanded with images and written records acquired during research for the Society's book publications and through donations of personal papers.
Thousands of archival images, from the BHS collection as well as private collections, have been digitally scanned and may be viewed online in at the Burlington Images Web site that we share with the Burlington Public Library.