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Selected poems, 1940-1966
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4210
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53se
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 222p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 2000
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53se
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The creative writer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4407
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Call Number
- 05.5 B53
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 85p
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Notes
- Bibliographical notes
- Accession Number
- 841
- Call Number
- 05.5 B53
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Near False Creek mouth : new poems by Earle Birney
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4207
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1964
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53n
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1v. (unpaged) : maps
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53n
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ice cod bell or stone : new poems by Earle Birney
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4206
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53i
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 62p
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Leonard Leacock fonds
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- Part Of
- Leonard Leacock fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. I.A. Photography: negatives; B. I.C. Photography: transparencies, 35mm; C. I.D. Photography: prints; D. I.B. Photography: lantern slides. Fonds consists mainly of scenic transparency views arising from Leacock's climbs, hikes, horse and car trips in the Can…
- Date Range
- 1924-1992
- Reference Code
- M372 / S24 / V353
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Leonard Leacock fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 372
- S 24
- V 353
- Sous-Fonds
- M 372
- S 24
- V 353
- Accession Number
- 2568, 3451, 6501, 6502, 6503, 6507, 6580, 6756, 7091, 2022.36
- Reference Code
- M372 / S24 / V353
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1924-1992
- Physical Description
- ca.5100 photographs (ca.4450 transparencies, ca.575 negatives, ca.90 prints). -- 17 cm of textual records (including several volumes). -- 4 sound recordings
- History / Biographical
- Leonard Henry Leacock, 1904-1992, was a musician and educator at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Leacock was born in England and raised in Banff, Alberta. He was educated in Banff and Boston and through the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and the Royal School of Music, London, England. Leacock joined the staff of Mount Royal College, Calgary as a piano teacher in 1924 and retired from teaching ca.1989. His music career also included performing, composing and adjudicating. Throughout his life, Leacock was an avid mountaineer and photographer. He took numerous hiking and horse trips in the Banff, Jasper and Yoho areas and sometimes worked in trail camps or as a guide.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. I.A. Photography: negatives; B. I.C. Photography: transparencies, 35mm; C. I.D. Photography: prints; D. I.B. Photography: lantern slides.
- Fonds consists mainly of scenic transparency views arising from Leacock's climbs, hikes, horse and car trips in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks from the Crowsnest Pass through Jasper National Park, ca.1939 to 1984. Also included are travels in Yukon, Canada and the United States, including Alaska. Negatives date from 1925 to 1940? and pertain to Assiniboine, Lake Louise, Banff, Banff-Jasper, Columbia Icefield and other mountain areas; also natural history, including wildflowers and wildlife. A small number of negatives are accompanied by prints. Other prints pertain to Leacock, family, events and scenic views.
- Textual records include letters, 1926-1986, 1 cm; diaries, 1930-1934, 1943, 2 items; scrapbooks and clippings, 1931-1936, ca.6 cm; manuscript scores of vocal and instrumental music, before 1985, 8 cm; concert programmes for which Leacock wrote the notes, 1962-1969, 37 items; other concert programmes, [ca.1945]-1986, 2 cm; writings, 1924, 1928, n.d., 4 items; other material, 1931-1987, 8 items. Diaries pertain to Leacock's personal life, giving details of musical, writing, artistic and dramatic activities; teaching and tour guiding; hikes and climbs in the Canadian Rockies; and friends, including Herbert Hahn and Stewart Cameron. Some letters are from Earle Birney, 1926-1978.
- Sound recordings are interviews with Leacock re his career in music, including performing, composing and teaching; also music played by Leacock. Also includes one cassette recording [ca.1985-1992] of Doug Hawkes interviewing Leacock re: a pack trip he went on around 1931 between Gleichen and Jasper and back; cassette includes a story of a camp trip at Castlegar.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Music
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- file description
- electronic inventory
- summary and reference copy recording for audio interview
- Creator
- Leacock, Leonard
- Category
- Arts
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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