RS 360: Religion and the Arts.
- SCA331-GA428-1-21
- File
- 1981
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Course outline and notes for the course “RS 360: Religion and the Arts” taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
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RS 360: Religion and the Arts.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Course outline and notes for the course “RS 360: Religion and the Arts” taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
RS 461/RS 361: Sacred and Profane in Art.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Course outline and bibliography for the course “RS 461/RS 361: Sacred and Profane Art” taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and research for a proposed article on Russell Harper.
Bird, Michael
Sacred Imagery: Religious Folk Art in Canada.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and images for an apparently unpublished work on religious folk art in Canada.
Bird, Michael
Saskatchewan Mennonite furniture.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Four photographs of Saskatchewan Mennonite furniture including two wooden chests, a cradle and a wardrobe.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials relating to work at Schneider Haus, including artefact loans, proposals for purchases and and notes on exhibits and artists.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
55 negatives of items at Joseph Schneider Haus.
Bird, Michael
Secret arithmetic of the soul.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One copy of an article written for the journal Kinema titled “Secret Arithmetic of the Soul: Music as Spiritual Metaphor in the Cinema of Ingmar Bergman.” Also includes two pieces of correspondence with the editor of the journal.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “See the Vernal Landscape Glowing: The Symbolic Landscape of the Swiss-German Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County.”
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes, articles and photographs about Sharon Temple the former site of the Children of Peace Quaker sect.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
112 negatives of show towels.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Slides on the topics of: Folk Art at Bill & Pauline Hogans’; At Zalma Ami & Ann Sutherland’s October 26, 1989; At Ruth & Jamie Stalker’s October 26, 1989; Silverberg; Douax Box; Redware; mixed folk art; Fryfogel exhibit; Alexander McNeilledge; show towels; Gemeinhardt; birdhouses; Doukhobor; Native paintings JSH exhibit; OHF exhibit BJ Bungle; OHF exhibit Karl Schoen Creche; Ontario-German painted furniture; At Seitl’s; Markham fraktur; gameboards; yard art 1984 Atwater-Hallatt RR#! Morpeth (near Rondeau Provincial Park); lawn art at Tom Bremner’s June 1989; yard art; Geroge Laithwaite; fraktur; Pennsylvania German parallels; barge board and folk art around Rockwood; misc. decorated articles; Jacobi potery; Christian R. Gerber; rugs; Emmanual Soehner; Peter Van Ee; painted room Drayton (Reindeers); Fred Hoffman; Judith Humphries Songbook; Leah Daum; Anna Weber; Gerber furniture; stencils Isaac Moyer; John K. Lemp 1860-1938; Byer apple peeler; samples Ontario-German; decorated farm implements; Toronto walking stick; Ploethwer-Pletsch furniture; pieced comforter.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes for a talk given by Michael Bird on spiritual images in film for the Parkmister United Church lecture series.
Bird, Michael
St. Thomas Aquinas and the Government of Free Men.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Theology of Thomas Aquinas at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Five stereograms. Two depict humorous marital scenes, one a child putting on makeup, one a humorous scene involving a misunderstanding of the term undressed, and one showing Ontario’s contribution to Canada’s fruit exhibition at the Pan America Exposition.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Catholic Church after 1500 at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird on folk art in Canada.
Bird, Michael
Symbolism: Cross and Crucifixions.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and research on the cross and crucifixions in art.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes by Michael Bird on symbols in art.
Bird, Michael
Taking it and Leaving it: Fraktur Art in Waterloo County.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials relating to a lecture given by Michael Bird on fraktur art in Waterloo County for the Pennsylvania German Symposium, held at Joseph Schnedier Haus, July 4-7 1991. Includes research notes, correspondence, a copy of the lecture and accompanying slides.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials relating to the teaching career of Michael Bird. Includes his time as a professor at Renison University College teaching in fine arts and religious studies, as well as teaching summer courses at Cape Breton University.
Bird, Michael
Teutonic Paganism Confronts Medieval Christianity: A Problem Study.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for his course Survey of German Literature at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
The Buddha and the Christ in art.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and research on the Buddha and Christ in art.
Bird, Michael
The Church and the Sacraments.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Essay by Michael Bird titled “The Church and the Sacraments” written for a course.
Bird, Michael
The Discovery of Thomas MacDonald: Canada’s Elusive Portrait Painter.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird and Terry Kobayashi from the Winter 1988 issue of The Clarion.
Bird, Michael
The Dutch German Mennonite Tradition in Waterloo County, Ontario.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “The Dutch German Mennonite Tradition in Waterloo County, Ontario.”
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
The Folk Image: Symbols and Subjects in North American Folk Art.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Michael Bird titled “The Folk Image: Symbols and Subjects in North American Folk Art.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “The Iron Cross and the Tree of Life: Germanic-Alsatian Gravemarkers in Waterloo Region and Bruce County Roman Catholic Cemeteries.”
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Western Civilization at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
The Question of Authority in Kierkegaard.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for his course The Thought of Soren Kierkegaard at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
The Religious Voice: The Artistic and Imaginative Landscape.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Lecture given by Michael Bird for the Institute for Studies in Theological Renewal titled “The Religious Voice: The Artistic and Imaginative Landscape.” Also includes slides that accompanied the lecture.
Bird, Michael
The Significance of the Liturgy in the Church.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Introduction to Catholicism at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
The Swedenborgian Community in Waterloo County: Two Religious Approaches to Culture.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird on the history of Swedenboriganism in Waterloo County.
Bird, Michael
The Traditional Folk Arts of Lunenburg County.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes, research and correspondence by Michael Bird relating to an article and exhibit on the folk art of Lunenburg County.
Bird, Michael
The Unknown Furniture Master of Waterloo County.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by S.K. Johannesen titled “The Unknown Furniture Master of Waterloo County.”
Johannesen, S.K.
The Waterloo County domestic hof.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Lecture given by Michael Bird at the Joseph Schneider Haus on the concept of the hof, the hof at the Schneider haus, and on butter making and butter molds. Includes slides from the lecture.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Michael Bird’s thesis proposal for his PhD at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
11 negatives of the works of Thomas MacDonald.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Research notes on Thomas MacDonald, including essays, clippings, photocopies of works, correspondence and more. There is also some material relating to Joseph. H. Davis.
Bird, Michael
Thomas Sartory: The Church and the Churches.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Essay by Michael Bird titled “Thomas Sartory: The Church and the Churches” written for a course.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Three tintypes of unknown people collected by Michael Bird. Two show the same two men in formal wear, posed in front of a backdrop of Niagara Falls, and the third shows two men in more casual clothing in front of a backdrop of a rushing river. The tintypes include the original paper mats.
Bird, Michael
Toasts and Roasts for Ian [Campbell].
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Two cassettes recording the retirement celebration for Ian Campbell, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird from the February-March 1987 issue of Canada Century Home on Nova Scotia folk art.
Bird, Michael
Trees and Chimneys: Conflicting Images of the Waterloo Landscape.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Michael Bird. This copy is a photocopy from a publication but which publication is unclear.
Bird, Michael
Ukrainian, Indigenous, Doukhobor, Hutterite.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Slides of Ukrainian, Indigenous, Doukhobor and Hutterite folk art, furniture and architecture, primarily from the West Coast of Canada.
Bird, Michael
University of Iowa transcript.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Transcript from the University of Iowa from when Michael Bird was completing his PhD.
University of Iowa
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Wooden upholstery webbing stretcher used in chair making.
Bird, Michael
War and Peace: Current Trends in Catholic Thought.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for the course History of Christian Ethics at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
When Furniture Becomes Folk Art: Cabinetmaker John P. Klempp.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Michael Bird titled “When Furniture Becomes Folk Art: Cabinetmaker John P. Klempp.”
Bird, Michael
When Originality is not a Virtue: Sources and Influences in Folk Art.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird on similarities in folk art.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
35 negatives of the works of Wilbur Lepp.
Bird, Michael
Wreath and Bough: Decorative Arts of Amish-Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “Wreath and Bough: Decorative Arts of Amish-Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County.”
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Essays, books, and articles written by Michael Bird and others. Topics include folk art, fraktur, religious imagery and film.
Bird, Michael