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An avenue without end : more poems by Gordon Burles

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Burles, Gordon
Publisher
Banff : Gordon Burles
Call Number
05.1 B92 2005 Oct PAM
Author
Burles, Gordon
Publisher
Banff : Gordon Burles
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
32p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Contents: (one copy signed by author); Incident for Jennifer Weston (p.3); A portrait in June (p.4); One portrait for Basil Roehampton-Northrup (p.5); Adventure for Natalia Von Humboldt (p.6); Sermon for Leander Oldstone (p.7); Tableau for Natalie Westbrook-Wassermann (p.7); Noctuary for Wyndham Saddington (p.8); Portrait of summer for Adrian (p.8); Portrait for Elmira Bracebridge (p.9); Tableau for Littleton Sundergaard (p.10); Portrait for Halliwell Dunn (p.10); Letter to Eleanor de Vavenarches (p.11); Noctuary for Ada Westfall (p.12); Portrait of a June morning (p.12); The elderly alpinist (p.13); Tableau for Ilya Gunning (p.14); Poem for householder (p.14); Memoir for Lathom Dunn (p.15); September dialogue (revision)(p.15); Tableau for Sandeman Westbrook (p.16); Another reckoning (p.16); One portrait for Lorna (revision)(p.17); The Cave and Basin (p.18); Long ago (for John) (p.18); Darkling meditation (p.19); One more narrative for Pelagia Sunderland (p.19); Larch Valley (for Judd) (p.20); Valencian interlude (p.21); Walter Phillips’ last dream (p.22); Life in three-quarter time (p.23); Noctuary for Alma Tidswell (p.24); Noctuary for Melinda Dunn (p.25); Tableau for Jackson Weston-Murtha (p.25); Plato’s last night-dream (p.26); Memoir for Jacob Boulton-Smith (p.26); Crossing that pass (p.27); Stewart Canyon adventure (p.28); Another portrait for Eva (revision) (p.29); Tableau for Jason, Greg and Wellington (p.30); Tableau for Jack Dunn-Bridgeman (p.31); The second portrait for Miyuki (p.32)
Cover: photograph by author of lane joining Otter street and Muskrat St. in 100 block; looking west from Otter street
Accession Number
7612 (2 copies)
Call Number
05.1 B92 2005 Oct PAM
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1880 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.21.1004
Description
Axe head marked “4” and “Gilpin.”
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Title
Axe
Date
1880 – 1950
Material
metal
Description
Axe head marked “4” and “Gilpin.”
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.21.1004
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Date
1880 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.21.1005
Description
Rectangular wedge with one pointed end. Remnant of handle in hole at centre of wedge.
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Title
Wedge
Date
1880 – 1950
Material
metal
Description
Rectangular wedge with one pointed end. Remnant of handle in hole at centre of wedge.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.21.1005
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0154
Description
A small cylindrical glass with a short stem and a round base.
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Title
Glass
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
10.5 cm
Description
A small cylindrical glass with a short stem and a round base.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0154
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Date
1880 – 1966
Material
stone
Catalogue Number
104.45.1001
Description
A thick stone disk with a hole through the centre.
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Title
Stone
Date
1880 – 1966
Material
stone
Description
A thick stone disk with a hole through the centre.
Subject
households
crafts
Credit
Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
104.45.1001
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Date
1880 – 1935
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.1070 a,b
Description
Bamboo flower holder.
  1 image  
Title
Flower Holder
Date
1880 – 1935
Material
wood
Description
Bamboo flower holder.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.1070 a,b
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal; wood
Catalogue Number
104.23.1007
Description
Small iron with nicely carved detachable wooden handle.
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Title
Flatiron
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal; wood
Description
Small iron with nicely carved detachable wooden handle.
Subject
households
Phyllis Cain
Credit
Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
Catalogue Number
104.23.1007
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.19.1061
Description
Counter height wooden icebox. There is a door on the front with a metal latch. The box has been painted white.
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Title
Icebox
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; metal
Description
Counter height wooden icebox. There is a door on the front with a metal latch. The box has been painted white.
Subject
households
Credit
Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
Catalogue Number
104.19.1061
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Date
2001
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.1040
Description
A simple flat copper bracelet folded under .50cm at each end. “HELEN LOVE GEORGE” is crudely engraved on the outside middle.
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Title
Bracelet
Date
2001
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.0 x 17.7 cm
Description
A simple flat copper bracelet folded under .50cm at each end. “HELEN LOVE GEORGE” is crudely engraved on the outside middle.
Subject
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of anonymous, 2001
Catalogue Number
103.01.1040
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0181
Description
A clear glass bowl with a star burst pattern cut into the bottom. The side of the bowl is decorated with a band of short vertical lines.
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Title
Dessert Bowl
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Description
A clear glass bowl with a star burst pattern cut into the bottom. The side of the bowl is decorated with a band of short vertical lines.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0181
Images
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