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Gordon Burles fonds

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Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of poems by Gordon Burles, 1970-2017. Manuscripts contain about twenty-seven hundred poems, mainly in free verse, some with revisions. Poems are numbered in chronological order. About 2016 Burles stopped numbering each poem. The year of creation is indicated with each poem.…

Date Range: 1970-2017, 2022

Reference Code: M196 / V103

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Machine-readable data file; Private record

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Part Of: Gordon Burles fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 196; V 103

Sous-Fonds: M 196; V 103

Accession Number: 1199, 1367, 1414, 1674, 2061, 2212, 2239, 2890, 3233, 3769, 3874, 5526, 5689, 5903, 6347, 6487, 6927,7215, 7483, 7486, 7612

Reference Code: M196 / V103

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Machine-readable data file; Private record

Date Range: 1970-2017, 2022

Physical Description: ca. 36.5 cm textual records + 9 CD-R (textual records). -- 7 photographs : prints, negatives.

History / Biographical: James Gordon Burles, b.1949, is a poet, surveyor and civil servant at Banff, Alberta, Canada. A native of Banff, Burles is a student of the Canadian Rockies. In Burles' own words, much of his poetry is inspired by four environments: the life and history of Banff National Park, the town of Banff, the Okanagan Valley, and Calgary.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of poems by Gordon Burles, 1970-2017. Manuscripts contain about twenty-seven hundred poems, mainly in free verse, some with revisions. Poems are numbered in chronological order. About 2016 Burles stopped numbering each poem. The year of creation is indicated with each poem. Some poems pertain to mountain personalities such as Bill Peyto, Norman Sanson, Margaret Stone, Walter D. Wilcox, Walter J. Phillips, Conrad Kain, and Georgia Engelhard. Many are surrealist or nonsense poems and many deal with the Cemetery Tea House, an imaginary teahouse frequented by various characters.; Fonds consists of three series: I : Poetry Manuscripts; II : Prose and research; III: Digital typeset copies of published poems; Some poems deal with Burle's parents and family. The collection also holds fifty-three books and booklets, self-published by the author from 1984 to 2017. The books published from 2003 to 2017 contain all the poems which the author considers worth preserving. Some in one book have been revised in a later book. Some poems were revised more than once. The three books published in 1984, 1986, and 1990 are considered by the author as early works. Only the poems in those books that the author considered worth publishing have been republished in the 2003-2017 books. Names in the poem titles are usually made up.; Some titles are tongue-in-cheek. There were so many poems that the author resorted to names like "Portrait for Bertrand Clerihew-Guggenheim" to make it easier. Some titles, of course, are obviously connected to the content of the poem. Many titles were long enough to preclude the difficulty of getting the graphic designer to centre the title over the poem! Also included are manuscripts, research materials, articles, and notes etc. regarding Bill Peyto, the Copper Mountain Mine, Banff National Park museum, logging roads in the Johnson Lake area, and the Sanson-Bethune connection.; Photographs pertain to remains of hay rake and wagon in the Third Vermilion Lake area (1975) and remains of the Queen of the Hills Mine, above Silver City (1977).; CD-ROMS's contain typeset copies of manuscripts by Gordon Burles in Pagemaker, In Design and .pdf file formats. Manuscripts include "The Jagged Harmony," 2005, "An Avenue Without End," 2005, "That Perfect Elsewhere," n.d., "Much Like A Dream," 2004, "All the Universe of Sight," 2006, "Those Grand Poplars," 2004, "Lords of Many Orchards: Selected Best Poems of Gordon Burles," 2003, "That trellis of tombs: Further Selected Poems of Gordon Burles," 2004, "The Closing of Many Doors: More Poems by Gordon Burles," 2006.; II : Prose and research includes "Life story of James Gordon Burles," 2022

Notes: Books of poetry published by Gordon Burles are located in the Whyte Museum Archives Library 05.1/B92. In 2018 Gordon Burles compiled a listing of the original poems that were edited and re-published. This list is in the M196 document file, and is also a PDF attached to the fonds level record

Name Access: Burles, Gordon

Subject Access: Arts

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: file level descriptions with inventory

Creator: Burles, Gordon

Category: Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

Electronic Resources

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The adoration of reality : new poems

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2014

Author: Burles, Gordon

Publisher: Banff : Gordon Burles

Call Number: 05.1 B92 2014 Jun PAM

Author: Burles, Gordon

Publisher: Banff : Gordon Burles

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 8p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Contents: Portrait for Lucinda (p.2); Recollection in June (p.3); Vision for Nigel (p.4); Memoir for Denise (p.5); Tableau for Erin (p.6); Toward the adoration of reality (p.7); Memoir for Laetitia (p.8); Cover: photograph of (left to right) Bill Ward, Annie Ward, and Kay Ward (the author’s mother) on the summit ridge of Sulphur Mountain about 1920; weather station in background; object above weather station is dirt on photo

Accession Number: 2015.8397 (2 copies)

Call Number: 05.1 B92 2014 Jun PAM

Collection: Archives Library

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Amaryllis #6

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour sumi-e on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.59

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Amaryllis #6

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour sumi-e on rice paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 22.8 cm

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.59

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Amaryllis #9

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.69

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Amaryllis #9

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour on rice paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.7 cm

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.69

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Banff's first museum

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1992

Author: Burles, Gordon

Call Number: 08.3 B22b Pam - TRANSFERRED to M196

Author: Burles, Gordon

Published Date: 1992

Physical Description: 3 p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff Park Museum National Historic Site; Buildings; MacLeod, George; Restaurants

Accession Number: 7285

Call Number: 08.3 B22b Pam - TRANSFERRED to M196

Collection: Archives Library

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Calla One

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.67

Description: Two white calla lily blooms on the right of a circular space, with a long leaf in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top of the circle.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Calla One

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper

Dimensions: 42.4 x 42.4 cm

Description: Two white calla lily blooms on the right of a circular space, with a long leaf in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top of the circle.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.67

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Calla Two

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.68

Description: One white calla lily bloom on the right of a circular space, with a several green leaves in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top and side of the circle.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Calla Two

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper

Dimensions: 61.1 x 61 cm

Description: One white calla lily bloom on the right of a circular space, with a several green leaves in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top and side of the circle.