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- Gordon Burles fonds
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- File contains 8 pages of typed poems (photocopies) by Gordon Burles; includes 2 copies of “With Mr. Sanson” (one labeled “earlier version”), 2 copies of “Bill Peyto Old” (one labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “The Old Alpinist”, 1 copy of “Mrs. Stone Remembers”, 1 copy of “Lane Returns to Banff…
- Date Range
- [1982 - 1984]
- Reference Code
- M196 / II / 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II : Prose and research
- Reference Code
- M196 / II / 7
- Date Range
- [1982 - 1984]
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File contains 8 pages of typed poems (photocopies) by Gordon Burles; includes 2 copies of “With Mr. Sanson” (one labeled “earlier version”), 2 copies of “Bill Peyto Old” (one labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “The Old Alpinist”, 1 copy of “Mrs. Stone Remembers”, 1 copy of “Lane Returns to Banff, 1918” (labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “Lane Johnson Returns to Banff, 1918”; dates on poems 1982-1984; poems are signed by author
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- Gordon Burles fonds
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- File contains the following poems: 101. The mining camp, 1986—subject: abandoned mining camp—original and revision present 102. For Katherine Mansfield, 1986, 1987—subject: author Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), a New Zealander 103. Stewart Canyon, 1986—subject: Stewart Canyon, near Lake Minnewan…
- Date Range
- 1986 - 1987
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I : Poetry Manuscripts
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 3
- Date Range
- 1986 - 1987
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File contains the following poems: 101. The mining camp, 1986—subject: abandoned mining camp—original and revision present 102. For Katherine Mansfield, 1986, 1987—subject: author Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), a New Zealander 103. Stewart Canyon, 1986—subject: Stewart Canyon, near Lake Minnewanka 104. Inglismaldie Creek, 1986—subject: creek flowing down from between Mt. Inglismaldie and Mt. Girouard; creek name is unofficial 105. Old Miss Hastings and the Rockies, 1986—subject: old age and nature 106. Poet’s night out, 1986—subject: poet 107. September dialogue, 1986—subject: love poem; later revised 108. At Bankhead, 1986—subject: Bankhead musings 109. Mountain awakening, 1986—subject: nature 110. To my wife, 1986—subject: love poem 111. A sunny day in October, 1986—subject: nature 112. Sleeping and waking, 1986—subject: sleep fantasy 113. Sundance Pass, 1986—subject: nature musings; original and revision present 114. The winter garden, 1986—subject: garden in winter—inspired by Cascade Gardens 115. The revelation, 1986—subject: nature musings 116. By Forty-Mile Creek, 1986—subject: love poem 117. Dawn judgment, 1986—subject: aged poet 118. The “Titanic”, 1986—subject: the shipwreck; revised later 119. The encounter, 1986—subject: poet’s father 120. The mountain traveler, 1986—subject: travel musings 121. Conrad Kain musing, 1986—subject: Conrad Kain 122. On Tunnel Mt. Drive, 1986—subject: childhood memory of Tunnel Mt. Drive 123. Winter near Fairholme, 1987—subject: musings near Fairholme Ranch site 124. Summit reverie in youth, 1987—subject: fantasy from Mt. Bourgeau 125. On Otter Street, 1987—subject: Otter Street musings 126. On the west road, 1987—subject: musings along Vermilion Lakes Road 127. After the movie, 1987—subject: memories of walking home from a movie with mother about 1956; movie was “Around the World in Eighty Days” 128. Changes, 1987—subject: nonsense poem 129. Chinook, 1987—subject: marital poem 130. Remembering, 1987—subject: memories of youth 131. After the “Titanic”, 1987—subject: lost love 132. Love story, 1987—subject: nonsense poem 133. The waterfall, 1987—subject: crane love poem 134. Mrs. Stone on the seventh day, 1987—subject: Mt. Eon tragedy 135. Early spring chinook, 1987—subject: chinook musings 136. Betrayal, 1987—subject: love lost 137. Dawn reverie, 1987—subject: dawn; rhyming poem 138. The flower of the deeper self, 1987—subject: nature musing; rhyming poem 139. The program tonight, 1987—subject: nonsense poem 140. Where Kathleen lives, 1987—subject: love poem 141. At the guest lodge, 1987—subject: guest lodge; revised later; inspired by Assiniboine Lodge 142. Blindness, 1987—subject: blind lady 143. At the cliff base, 1987—subject: climbing accident 144. Conquest on the meadow, 1987—subject: fantasy; rhyming poem 145. After the murder, 1987—subject: fantasy 146. Lover’s promise, 1987—subject: love poem 147. Love’s power, 1987—subject: love poem 148. Dream horse, 1987—subject: fantasy; rhyming poem 149. Our love, 1987—subject: love poem 150. September, 1987—subject: autumn musings
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- Poetry
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- Gordon Burles fonds
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- File contains the following poems: 401. On Edward Thomas, 1988—subject: based on English poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917) 402. Reality, 1988—subject: rememberings 403. By a glade, 1988—subject: crossing a stream horseback 404. Near Skoki, 1988—winter near Skoki Lodge 405. Ectopia, 1988—subject: nons…
- Date Range
- 1988
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I : Poetry Manuscripts
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 9
- Date Range
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File contains the following poems: 401. On Edward Thomas, 1988—subject: based on English poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917) 402. Reality, 1988—subject: rememberings 403. By a glade, 1988—subject: crossing a stream horseback 404. Near Skoki, 1988—winter near Skoki Lodge 405. Ectopia, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 406. Life’s logolithos, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 407. Against the night, 1988—subject: random musings 408. Cemetery, 1988—subject: children at a grave 409. A school for the heart, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 410. Moments alone, 1988—subject: mountain musings 411. A patchwork mausoleum, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 412. Soldier, 1988—subject: Saxon times 413. Melancholy, 1988—subject: nature fantasy 414. That breathless vision, 1988—subject: nature metaphor; original and revision present 415. Wigmore Creek, 1988—subject: based on ram’s horn suspended from small cliff just north of Wigmore Creek on the Cascade fire road 416. The old uncle, 1988—subject: based on story told of his uncle by Mac Moir, poet 417. Banff, 1900, 1988—subject: Victorian house imagined 418. Before dawn, 1988—subject: night musings 419. Now, dear Leander, 1988—subject: based on Bourgeau Lake 420. Mt. Brewster at night, 1988—subject: remembering attempted ascent of Mt. Brewster (northeast of Banff) in teenage years with Herb MacAulay 421. The knight, 1988—subject: nonsense poem in which Cemetery Tea House appears for the first time; original and revision present 422. The valley, 1988—subject: vision 423. The lynx, 1988—subject: vision based on Banff Springs Hotel 424. Saturday, 1988—subject: Saturday night 425. Waking, 1988—subject: cutting of birches; original and revision present 426. Schoolboy’s lament, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 427. Flowers for allosaurs, 1988—subject: nonsense poem based on early reptiles 428. Two friends, 1988—subject: based on author and Tor Brattland wandering around Bankhead 429. Near sunset, 1988—subject: musings based on Edward Thomas poem, “The Bridge” 430. Palliser Range, 1988—subject: musings based on Palliser Range seen from Banff 431. City, 1988—subject: vision of big city 432. In early May, 1988—subject: spring 433. Ballerina, 1988—subject: based on photo of Bea Lefroy seen in 1983 at her house on Buffalo Street, near cemetery; see poem # 41 434. Good morning, sir, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 435. What I saw, 1988—subject: interment, based on interment author witnessed in Old Banff Cemetery 436. Ambition, 1988—subject: wishful musings 437. Athenian girl, 1988—subject: imagining Greek statue 438. Vernal beauty, 1988—subject: spring evening 439. During the war, 1988—subject: Bill Peyto 440. Note to her, 1988—subject: author’s wedding in 1986; original and revision present 441. Fantasizing, 1988—subject: imagining success 442. Fairholme ridge, 1988—subject: musings 443. Hermione’s rodeo, 1988—subject: nonsense poem; original and two revisions present 444. Near Banff, 1946, 1988—subject: imagining young man hitchhiking to Calgary 445. The boulder, 1988—subject: quartzite boulder 446. Ordeal, 1988—subject: Mrs. Stone on Mt. Eon; see poems 134 and 43 447. Coelacanth, 1988—subject: “living fossil”, the coelacanth 448. The discovery, 1988—subject: finding fossil coelacanth 449. The cherry tree, 1988—subject: based on poster of cherry tree in blossom 450. Welcome back, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
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- Gordon Burles fonds
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- File contains the following poems: 1. The heron, 1970 – Subject: Nature. – Published in: Malahat Review, Number 20, October 1971; Around You Anthology, 1972 prize; Hints’n’prods Canadian Authors Association Magazine, 1976 2. When she walked by, 1970 – Subject: Love poem—published in Around You a…
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1984
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I : Poetry Manuscripts
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 1
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1984
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File contains the following poems: 1. The heron, 1970 – Subject: Nature. – Published in: Malahat Review, Number 20, October 1971; Around You Anthology, 1972 prize; Hints’n’prods Canadian Authors Association Magazine, 1976 2. When she walked by, 1970 – Subject: Love poem—published in Around You anothology, 1972 3. Biskobad changes, 1971 – Subject: Fantasy poem—published in Around You anthology, 1972 4. Striving stone, 1971 – Subject: Garden fantasy – published in Around You Anthology, 1972 5. The children on the hill, 1971- subject: fantasy- published in Around You Anthology, 1972 6. The old cabin, 1972—subject: backcountry—published in Crag and Canyon, unknown date 7. Vision for vision, 1972—subject: fantasy—published in Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975 8. With her, 1972—subject: love poem—published in Hints ‘n’ Prods, Canadian Authors Association , Calgary, 1976; revision and early version both present—published in Around You anthology, 1972 9. Rural roads, 1972—subject: love poem—published in Dandelion magazine, Calgary, 1977 10. Bill Peyto alone, 1972—subject : Bill Peyto—published in : Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975; Canadian Alpine Journal, vol. 58, 1975; Western Profiles (textbook), Edmonton, 1979; Tales of the Canadian Rockies, Brian Patton ed., 1984 11. After the funeral, 1973—subject: love poem—published in Harbinger (OFY project), Calgary, 1973 12. Old Antophon remembers, 1973—subject: classical Greek—published in Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975 13. A dream of moonlight, 1973—subject: fantasy—published in Hints ‘n’ Prods, Canadian Authors Association magazine, Calgary, 1976; Hon. Mention, Poets of Alberta contest, 1974 14. Night and day, 1974—subject: backcountry fantasy—published in The Whole Apple, U of Calgary, 1974 15. The road home, 1974—subject: love poem 16. She goes away, 1974—subject: love poem—published in Storm Warning 2, Al Purdy ed., 1975; also in A Sense of Place (textbook), Edmonton, 1979 17. Love lesson, 1974—subject: love poem—Hon. Mention, Poets of Alberta contest, 1974 18. We sat here, 1975—subject: hiking 19. The hike, 1978—subject: hiking—published in Dandelion magazine, Calgary, 1977 20. Reunion, 1978—subject: love poem—published in : CVII, spring 1983; Writing the Terrain anthology, U of Calgary Press, 2005; printed as Reunion (for Eleonora) in Those Grand Poplars 21. Plato in the twilight, 1982—classical Greek—published in CVII, spring 1983 22. The horsemen, 1982—subject: backcountry—revised in 2003; both versions present 23. Funeral, 1982—subject: funeral 24. Bill Peyto old, 1982—subject: Bill Peyto 25. Spring, 1982—subject: Spring 26. Testament to a lover, 1982—subject: love poem 27. A promise of mountain days, 1982—subject: love of mountains—part of Exceptional Pass art show at Whyte Museum 1982; written for that show 28. Banff, 1982—subject: Banff area 29. After the concert, 1982—subject: experience in winter—revised before publication in Lords of Many Orchards, 2003 30. Mountain camp, 1982—subject: backcountry camping—written for Skyline Hikers competition after camp at Sunset Pass; got honourable mention 31. New love, 1982—subject: love poem 32. The wedding, 1982—subject: wedding fantasy—revised before self-publication later 33. Old age, 1982—subject: Helen Wells of Banff 34. Seeing Mt. Cascade from the Spray River, 1982-- subject: wilderness 35. Lane Johnson returns to Banff, 1919, 1983—subject: war veteran 36. With Mr. Sanson, 1983—subject: Norman Sanson 37. The old alpinist, 1983—subject: old alpinist—published in Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 58, 1975 38. Meeting a former love, 1983—subject: love poem 39. Among the poplars, 1983—subject: nature 40. Daybreak, 1983—subject: dawn 41. The ballerina, 1983—subject: death—inspired by photo in house of Bea Lefroy on Buffalo Street 42. The first snow, 1983—subject : nature—revised for self-publication later; both versions present 43. Mrs. Stone remembers, 1984—subject: Mt. Eon tragedy 44. Summer moments, 1984—subject: summer 45. Old Mrs. Wheeler’s garden, 1984, 1985—subject: old age—inspired by Walter Painter’s widow; revised many times 46. At the Banff Springs Hotel, 1984—subject: evening at Banff Springs Hotel 47. Plato dying, 1984—classical Greece 48. Snowfall, 1984—subject: evening in winter 49. The hermit, 1984—subject : the hermit of Johnson’s Lake 50. At the Chateau Lake Louise, 1984—subject: experience at Chateau Lake Louise
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Motion Pictures
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Various views from Harmon’s travels in China. Subjects include a palace and stone barge, labourers at docks, harbour scenes, sampans, sloops, junks, warships, market waterfront, business areas, beggars, rural scenes, water buffalo, village pagoda, huge barge, ploughing fields, Mrs. Pearl Harmon and…
- Date Range
- [ca.1926]
- Reference Code
- V263 / VI / NF - 11
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- V263 / VI / NF : Motion Pictures
- Accession Number
- 3005
- Reference Code
- V263 / VI / NF - 11
- Date Range
- [ca.1926]
- Physical Description
- 1 Motion Picture: 16 mm (1 film reel, ca.400', 11 min): acetate, b&w; silent.
- Scope & Content
- Various views from Harmon’s travels in China. Subjects include a palace and stone barge, labourers at docks, harbour scenes, sampans, sloops, junks, warships, market waterfront, business areas, beggars, rural scenes, water buffalo, village pagoda, huge barge, ploughing fields, Mrs. Pearl Harmon and sampan rowers, waterfront scenes.
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- Title based on content of series
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- [Harmon] “Peking #2” accn 3005 B&W [Harmon - “Peking No 2”]
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