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Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Speech, notes, outlines and jokes for a talk given by Michael Bird titled “Laughter and After” on the connection between religion and humour.
Bird, Michael
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Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Speech, notes, outlines and jokes for a talk given by Michael Bird titled “Laughter and After” on the connection between religion and humour.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Speeches, notes, correspondence, and ephemera relating to talks given by Michael Bird. Includes a copy of his talk “Sacred Banquet.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes for a talk given by Michael Bird at Joseph Schneider Haus titled “Nova Scotia Folk Art” as well as information on the Ballem Tapestries.
Bird, Michael
Pennsylvania-German Folk Art in Canada.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes for a talk given by Michael Bird at The Pennsylvania German Society on Pennsylvania-German Folk Art in Canada.
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
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
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
ISS 240/ARTS 241: Art and Society.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Course outline and test for the course “ISS 240/ARTS 241: Art and Society” taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
Religion 32:35: Religion in Human Culture.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Lecture notes, assignments and exams from the correspondence course Religion 32:35: Religion in Human Culture taken by Michael Bird through the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and outlines for RS 100: Spiritual Quests taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
RS 266 and RS 267: Film and the Quest for Meaning.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and outlines for a course taught by Michael Bird RS 266 and RS 267: Film and the Quest for Meaning (parts I and II) at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
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
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.
Two essays and ephemera relating to the dance Aaloka: The Eternal Dance of Spring.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Clippings and notes created and collected by Michael Bird in preparation for his article “Bush Garden or Little Paradise: Reconsideration of a Canadian Landscape Image in Waterloo County, Ontario.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and research on Canadian folk art.
Bird, Michael
Canadian Museum of Civilization 100th centennial of the Doukhobors.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes, correspondence and research for an article written for the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s exhibit on the 100th centennial of the Doukhobor’s arrival in Canada. Correspondents include Val Burkitt and Koozma Tarasoff.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
25 negatives of gravemarkers in Blair.
Bird, Michael
Cemeteries - Martin Meeting House.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
6 negatives of gravemarkers at the Martin Meeting House.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
5 negatives of gravemarkers in St. Agatha.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
23 negatives of gravemearkers at St. Clements.
Bird, Michael
Cemeteries - Unionville and Heise Hill.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
29 negatives of gravemarkers at Unionville and Heise Hill.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
18 negatives of gravemarkers at Wilmot Centre.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
130 negatives of the works of David Horst.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
217 negatives of Doukhobor art, architecture, artefacts and textiles.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
173 negatives of the works of John Gemeinhardt.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
18 negatives of the works of Katie Metzger.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
6 negatives of the works of Nicholas Durer.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
15 negatives of the works of Orvie [Orville] Schantz.
Bird, Michael
Photography in 19th century art.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and research by Michael Bird for a course he took on photography in 19th century art taught by J. Kirk T. Varnedoe at New York University.
Bird, Michael
Research for a talk on images of the family in the visual arts.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Research and notes for a talk on images of the family in the visual arts for a lecture given by Michael Bird at the Orangeville High School summer course programme.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and research for a proposed article on Russell Harper.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
55 negatives of items at Joseph Schneider Haus.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes by Michael Bird on symbols in art.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
11 negatives of the works of Thomas MacDonald.
Bird, Michael
Aspects of Religion Folk Art: The Cross.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird from the January-February 1990 issue of Upper Canadian.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Photocopies of covers of publications by Michael Bird.
Bird, Michael
Correspondence: Country Furniture.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Correspondence between Michael Bird and others including publishers, colleagues, museums and more relating to the research, writing, and publication of his work “Canadian Country Furniture.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay plus notes and photographs on Doukhobor furnishings as well as correspondence from Koozma Tarasoff.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Documents relating to Michael Bird’s rationale for writing a book on folk painting in Canada.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article from The Mennonite Quarterly Review.
Yoder, Don
Grassroots and Mainstreams: Some Considerations on Folk Art in Canada.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Michael Bird. It is unknown where or if it was published.
Bird, Michael
Heuresis: The Mother-Daughter Theme in A Jest of God and Autumn Sonata.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird.
Bird, Michael
Marc Chagall as a religious artist.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Michael Bird titled “Marc Chagall as a Religious Artist.” This appears to be an essay written while Bird was a student.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One short essay by Michael Bird on the Magareta Riehl birth and baptismal certificate. Also includes photocopies of the certificate and a translation into English from German.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Michael Bird titled “Newfoundland Furniture.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and a response to writings by Harold Coward on the topic of religious tolerance and intolerance.
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
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
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
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Western Civilization at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Michael Bird’s thesis proposal for his PhD 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.
Clippings, brochures and ephemera relating to museum and art gallery exhibits either curated by Michael Bird or that he had an interest in. Includes exhibits of religious art, folk art, handschriften, Abraham Latschaw, John Gemeinhardt, the painting of Anu Banerji, works by Nancy-Lou Patterson, fraktur, love spoons, quilts, wine, pottery, and more.
Bird, Michael
Folk Art and Religious Expression: An Illustrated Lecutre.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and outlines for a talk given by Michael Bird titled “Folk Art and Religious Expression: An Illustrated Lecture” for the Religious Studies Faculty Colloquim of Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
Is there a distinctly Canadian religious art?
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes for a talk given by Michael Bird for the St. Jerome’s Centre for Catholic Experience lecture series on is there a distinctly Canadian religious art.
Bird, Michael
Long range plans for the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Report from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Director of History Sites on the long range plan for the Joseph Schneider Haus museum.
Bird, Michael
Ontario Historical Society talk.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes created by Michael Bird relating to talk given at the Ontario Historical Society conference titled “From Folk Art to Fine Art : Local Artists at Work” with Judith Nasby.
Bird, Michael
Purchase of Canadian Hertiage Collection.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Documents relating to the purchase of Michael Bird's "Canadian Heritage Collection" by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Kings Landing in New Brunswick.
Bird, Michael
32:183 Religious Thought in the 19th Century.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and outlines for a course taught by Michael Bird on religious thought in the 19th century.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and outlines for a course taught by Michael Bird in the Canadian Studies programme at the University of Waterloo on the theme of landforms and mindscapes.
Bird, Michael
FINE 248/255: Film as Social Criticism.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Course outline and notes for the course FINE 248/255: Film as Social Criticism, taught by Michael Bird at Renison College.
Bird, Michael
FINE 318: Canadian Folk Art/Canadian Ethnic and Traditional Art.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Lecture notes, tests, slides and more created and accumulated by Michael Bird for teaching his course “FINE 318: Canadian Folk Art/Canadian Ethnic and Traditional Art” at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
Renison University College history.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Information on the history of Renison University College, including annual reports of the principal to the board of governors, founders day programmes, Renison reports newsletter, and reports relating to the proposed establishment of a Bachelor of Social Work programme.
Bird, Michael
RS 263: Religion and Politics.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Course outline and notes for the course RS 263: Religion and Politics taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
A Sampler of Canadian Country Furniture.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One notebook with notes by Michael Bird for his book on Canadian country furniture.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and research on angels in art.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes for a course taken by Michael Bird on Art on the Road to Santiago through University of Toronto continuing education taught by Susan Marcus.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Research on fraktur, including images, correspondence and notes, with a particular emphasis on the stylistic relationship between Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Ontario.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
54 negatives of gravemarkers at Hagey.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
42 negatives of gravemarkers at Maryhill.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
13 negatives of gravemarkers at New Hamburg.
Bird, Michael
Cinema and spirituality conference.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and correspondence relating to a conference on cinema and spirituality organized by Micheal Bird and others at Renison University College.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Clippings relating to Michael Bird’s work, as well as to topics that he was interested in.
Bird, Michael
Correspondence with Mihailo Markovic.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Correspondence between Michael Bird and Mihailo Markovic, a professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of Michigan. The correspondence pertains to thoughts on Marxism.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes, correspondence and photographs all relating to Bird’s research on Doukhobor art and furniture. Correspondents include Jim McLeod and Mary Zuhenkoff.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Lecture notes from a course taken by Michael Bird on Arthurian Legends taught by Dr. Warren Ober at the University of Waterloo.
Bird, Michael
English Architecture 1170-1270.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes by Michael Bird from a course taken at York University on English architecture 1170-1270 taught by Malcolm Thurlby.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes, clippings, research and writings on Fraktur art in Ontario. Includes information on Anna Weber and Christian L. Hoover among others.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
351 negatives of fraktur art.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes by Michael Bird on humour and religion.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes on music, music and philosophy and from a course on classical music. It is unclear if Bird taught or attended the course.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Images of Ontario German gravemarkers from Markham; Heise Hill; Martin Meeting House; Kinzie-Bean; Breslau; Hagey; Strasburg; Blair; Maryhill; St. Clements; St. Agatha; Formosa; Mildmay; Carlsruhe; Hespeler; Unionville; Eub; Goschenhoppen; St. Matthew’s Lutheran.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes by Michael Bird on Pennsylvania-German folk art.
Bird, Michael
Proposal for the purchase of the former Wettlaufer home.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
A proposal created by Tim Mosher to purchase and renovate the former Wettlaufer home in Sebastopol.
Mosher, Tim
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
112 negatives of show towels.
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
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Wooden upholstery webbing stretcher used in chair making.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
35 negatives of the works of Wilbur Lepp.
Bird, Michael
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
A Critical Analysis of The Crime of Galileo.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for his course Western Civilization at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article from Mennonite Life on Waterloo fraktur artist Anna Weber.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Advertising ephemera, correspondence, research, and articles relating to the publication and review of books written by Michael Bird. These books include “Canadian Country Furniture,” “Hallowed Timbers,” “Art and Interreligious Dialogue,” “Fraktur and Spirituality in Pennsylvania Folk Art,” “Canadian Folk Art: Old Ways in a New Land,” “A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists,” “Ontario Fraktur: A Pennsylvania-German Folk Tradition in Early Ontario,” “A Splendid Harvest: Germanic Folk and Decorative Art in Canada,” “Folk Treasures of Historic Ontario,” and “Out of the Mainstream: Folk Art in Canada.” There are also reviews by Michael Bird of “The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis,” “Film and Fiction: The Dynamics of Exchange,” “The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture,” “Waterloo Portfolio: Woldemar Neufeld’s Painting and Block-Prints of Waterloo, Ontario,” “Early Ontario Potters: Their Craft and Trade,” “The Stations of the Cross: A Calculated Trap?” and “A Reflection on Fleming’s Painted Furniture of French Canada.”
Bird, Michael
Bucks County, Pennsylvania Fraktur.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Cory M. Amsler from the April 1998 issue of Antiques magazine.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One article by Michael Bird titled “Bush Garden or Little Paradise: Reconsideration of a Canadian Landscape Image in Waterloo County, Ontario.”
Bird, Michael
Canadian Folk Art: The Extraordinary Art of Ordinary People.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One article by Michael Bird titled “Canadian Folk Art: The Extraordinary Art of Ordinary People.”
Bird, Michael
Christian Alsdorff, the Earl Township Artist.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by David R. Johnson on fraktur art by Christian Alsdorff from Earl Township, Pennsylvania from Volume 20, no 2 of rthe Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society.
Johnson, David R.
Corrections to Hallowed Timbers.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Proofs from the editor with corrections for Michael Bird and Susan Hyde’s book “Hallowed Timbers: the Wooden Churches of Cape Breton.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird in the October 1994 issue of Century Home titled “Cross Country Canada” on his book Canadian Country Furniture.
Bird, Michael