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- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- 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
1 Electronic Resource
- 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
- 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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- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various glaciers and surrounding regions within the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Illecillewaet Glacier (Abbott Ridge, Avalanche Crest), Peyto Glacier, Bonney Glacier, Biddle Glacier, Fay Glacier, Yoho Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Dawson…
- Date Range
- 2002
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / A / NA - 1 to NA - 165
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
165 images
- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- V794
- Series
- V794 / I : Legacy in Time
- Sous-Fonds
- V794
- Accession Number
- 2018.9008
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / A / NA - 1 to NA - 165
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.
- Date Range
- 2002
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 165 Photographs : negatives; b&w
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various glaciers and surrounding regions within the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Illecillewaet Glacier (Abbott Ridge, Avalanche Crest), Peyto Glacier, Bonney Glacier, Biddle Glacier, Fay Glacier, Yoho Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Dawson Glacier, Bow Glacier and Daly Glacier.
- Name Access
- Vaux, Henry Jr.
- Subject Access
- Glacier
- Landscapes
- Scenery
- Conservation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Henry Vaux Jr.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting lakes and surrounding landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Consolation Lake, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.
- Date Range
- 2002
- 2008
- 2010
- [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010]
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / D / NA - 1 to NA - 75
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Negative
- Photograph
75 images
- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- V794
- Series
- V794 / I : Legacy in Time
- Sous-Fonds
- V794
- Accession Number
- 2018.9008
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / D / NA - 1 to NA - 75
- GMD
- Negative
- Photograph
- Responsibility
- Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.
- Date Range
- 2002
- 2008
- 2010
- [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010]
- Physical Description
- 75 Photographs: negatives; b&w
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting lakes and surrounding landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Consolation Lake, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.
- Name Access
- Vaux, Henry Jr.
- Subject Access
- Lake
- Landscapes
- Photography
- Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Henry Vaux Jr.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 135 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various mountain scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Mt. Assiniboine, Wonder Peak, Mt. Lefroy, Cathedral Mountain, Mt. Stephen, Tower of Babel, Mt. Burgess and Mt. Robson.
- Date Range
- 2002
- 2004
- 2009
- 2013
- [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010)
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / B / NA - 1 TO NA - 135
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
135 images
- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- V794
- Series
- V794 / I : Legacy in Time
- Sous-Fonds
- V794
- Accession Number
- 2018.9008
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / B / NA - 1 TO NA - 135
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.
- Date Range
- 2002
- 2004
- 2009
- 2013
- [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010)
- Physical Description
- 135 Photographs: negatives; b&w
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 135 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various mountain scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Mt. Assiniboine, Wonder Peak, Mt. Lefroy, Cathedral Mountain, Mt. Stephen, Tower of Babel, Mt. Burgess and Mt. Robson.
- Name Access
- Vaux, Henry Jr.
- Subject Access
- Mountain
- Photography
- Landscapes
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Henry Vaux Jr.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 60 photographs depicting various figures from the Canadian Rockies region. People depicted include: Guy Clarkson, Guide and Interpreter; CPR Foreman John Gaffney; Mr. J. Simpson (young Trainman); Photographer Craig Richards; and Pierre Lemire, Guide.
- Date Range
- [ca. 2000 - ca. 2010]
- 2002
- 2008
- 2010
- 2011
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / E / NA - 1 to NA - 60
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
60 images
- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- V794
- Series
- V794 / I : Legacy in Time
- Sous-Fonds
- V794
- Accession Number
- 2018.9008
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / E / NA - 1 to NA - 60
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.
- Date Range
- [ca. 2000 - ca. 2010]
- 2002
- 2008
- 2010
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 60 Photographs: negatives; b&w
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 60 photographs depicting various figures from the Canadian Rockies region. People depicted include: Guy Clarkson, Guide and Interpreter; CPR Foreman John Gaffney; Mr. J. Simpson (young Trainman); Photographer Craig Richards; and Pierre Lemire, Guide.
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Guiding
- Helicopters
- Photography
- Travel
- tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Henry Vaux Jr.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 60 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various waterfalls and surrounding landscapes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Daly Glacier, Takakkaw Falls, Twin Falls, Laughing Falls and Wapta Falls.
- Date Range
- 2002
- 2005
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / C / NA - 1 to NA - 60
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
60 images
- Part Of
- Henry Vaux Jr. fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- V794
- Series
- V794 / I : Legacy in Time
- Sous-Fonds
- V794
- Accession Number
- 2018.9008
- Reference Code
- V794 / I / C / NA - 1 to NA - 60
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.
- Date Range
- 2002
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 60 Photographs: negatives; b&w
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 60 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various waterfalls and surrounding landscapes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Daly Glacier, Takakkaw Falls, Twin Falls, Laughing Falls and Wapta Falls.
- Name Access
- Vaux, Henry Jr.
- Subject Access
- Photography
- Waterfalls
- Landscapes
- Glacier
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Henry Vaux Jr.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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