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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
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- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Scope & Content
- CD-ROMs contains Digital typeset copies of published poems by Gordon Burles, the following poems: 1. Lords of many orchards : selected best poems of Gordon Burles 2003 Oct 2. Those grand poplars : a later selection of poems of Gordon Burles 2004 June 3. That trellis of tombs : further selected poe…
- Date Range
- 2003 - 2018
- Reference Code
- M196 / III / 1 to 52
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III: Digital typeset copies of published poems
- Reference Code
- M196 / III / 1 to 52
- Date Range
- 2003 - 2018
- Physical Description
- 52 CD - ROMs (textual records)
- Scope & Content
- CD-ROMs contains Digital typeset copies of published poems by Gordon Burles, the following poems: 1. Lords of many orchards : selected best poems of Gordon Burles 2003 Oct 2. Those grand poplars : a later selection of poems of Gordon Burles 2004 June 3. That trellis of tombs : further selected poems of Gordon Burles 2004 Mar 4. Much like a dream : more poems by Gordon Burles 2005 Jan 5. The jagged harmony : more poems by Gordon Burles 2005 Mar 6. An avenue without end : more poems by Gordon Burles 2005 Oct 7. All the universe of sight : more poems by Gordon Burles 2006 April 8. That perfect elsewhere : new poems and revisions by Gordon Burles 2006 Aug 9. The orchard of humanness 2006 Dec 10. The closing of many doors : more poems by Gordon Burles 2006 May 11. Pangs of yesterday : more poems 2007 July 12. Light and dark remain : more poems 2007 Mar 13. The logic of light and dark : new poems and old favourites 2007 Oct 14. The glory in a fossil: new poems and old favourites 2008 April 15. Laneways of humanness : new poems and revisions 2008 Feb 16. The joy of poetry : new works by Gordon Burles plus some favourites from other authors 2008 July 17. If there were gods : more poems 2008 Nov 18. The dolorous rain : some favourite Cemetery Tea House poems 2008 Sep 19. The sublimity of a gate : new poems and old favourites 2009 April 20. That tyrant sun : new poems and old favourites 2009 Dec 21. Music which lasts forever : more poems by Gordon Burles plus poems by Edward Thomas 2009 Feb 22. The universe of dreams : more poems 2009 Jan 23. An ammonite amid flowers : new poems and old favourites 2009 June 24. The poignancy of being : new poems and old favourites 2009 Oct 25. The lilies of the sea : new poems and old favourites 2010 Dec 26. Death will be his bailiwick: new poems and old favourites 2010 Feb 27. That venerable honeysuckle: new poems and old favourites 2010 May 28. World without end : new poem and revisions 2010 Nov 29. The mystery in experience : new poems and revisions 2010 Sep 30. Strange plenitudes : new poems and old favourites 2011 Jan 31. Lengthening shadows : new poems 2011 June 32. Halcyon summers : revisions and old favourites 2011 Mar 33. The furious plenitude : new poems and revisions 2011 Nov 34. Wreathed in sadness : new poems 2012 Apr 35. The magic of experience : new poems 2012 Aug 36. Love and malice spent : new poems and revision 2012 Jan 37. Steal moments from the gods : new poems and revision 2013 Jan 38. The teeming world : new poems 2013 Jun 39. Summer’s remnants : new poems 2014 Apr 40. The hornet in the orchard : new poems 2014 Jan 41. The adoration of reality : new poems 2014 Jun 42. Past where all roads end : new poems 2014 Nov 43. Grand unknowingness: new poems 2014 Sep 44. Lichens persist triumphant : new poems and revisions 2015 Aug 45. The eternity within us : new poems and revisions 2015 Dec 46. Open upon eternity : new poems 2015 Jun 47. That adjacent pony wall : new poems and revisions 2015 Mar 48. Extravagant love : new poems and revisions 2016 Jun 49. Timeless moments : new poems and revisions 2016 May 50. Fine weather predicted : new poems 2017 Jan 51. A View Into the Past 2017 Aug 52. Fleeting Summer 2018 Feb
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