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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
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- 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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- Gordon Burles fonds
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- File contains 2 photocopies of typed poem, “Bill Peyto Alone” by Gordon Burles; handwritten photocopy of some information about publication of poem; poem dated May 1972; information sheet on publication written after 1976
- Date Range
- [1972 - 1976]
- Reference Code
- M196 / II / 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
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- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II : Prose and research
- Reference Code
- M196 / II / 5
- Date Range
- [1972 - 1976]
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File contains 2 photocopies of typed poem, “Bill Peyto Alone” by Gordon Burles; handwritten photocopy of some information about publication of poem; poem dated May 1972; information sheet on publication written after 1976
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Gordon Burles fonds
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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
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- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Machine-readable data file
- Private record
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- 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
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- Burles, Gordon
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
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- 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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