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The Waterloo County domestic hof.

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

RS 100: Spiritual Quest.

Notes and outlines for RS 100: Spiritual Quests taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.

Bird, Michael

Bucks County fraktur.

Research on fraktur, including images, correspondence and notes, with a particular emphasis on the stylistic relationship between Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Ontario.

Bird, Michael

Lectures and Exhibits

Materials relating to lectures and exhibits given by, organized, or attended by Michael Bird.

Bird, Michael

Secret arithmetic of the soul.

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

Fresh finds in Fraktur.

Images, notes and ephemera relating to an exhibit and accompanying talk given by Michael Bird on fresh finds in fraktur at the Joseph Schneider Haus.

Bird, Michael

Language and Communuty .

Copy of a lecture given by Michael Bird for St. Bede’s Lenten Series at Church of the Holy Saviour titled “Language and Community: Seven Words that Define Spiritual Relatedness.” Also includes notes and research for the speech.

Bird, Michael

Corrections to Hallowed Timbers.

Proofs from the editor with corrections for Michael Bird and Susan Hyde’s book “Hallowed Timbers: the Wooden Churches of Cape Breton.”

Bird, Michael

Cross County Canada.

Article by Michael Bird in the October 1994 issue of Century Home titled “Cross Country Canada” on his book Canadian Country Furniture.

Bird, Michael

Baseball as Spiritual Metaphor.

Speech, notes, ephemera, and correspondence relating to Michael Bird’s lecture “In the Big Inning: Baseball as a Spiritual Metaphor” given as part of Renison College’s St. Bede Series of lectures.

Bird, Michael

Doukhobor essay.

One essay plus notes and photographs on Doukhobor furnishings as well as correspondence from Koozma Tarasoff.

Bird, Michael

RS 294: Religion in the Canadian Context.

Notes and outlines for a course taught by Michael Bird as part of the St. Jerome’s annual Institute for Studies in Theological Renewal summer programme on religion in the Canadian context.

Bird, Michael

Painted furniture.

Notes for a talk given by Michael Bird at Joseph Schneider Haus on painted furniture.

Bird, Michael

Correspondence: Country Furniture.

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

Margareta Riehl fraktur.

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

Ontario Historical Society talk.

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

Manitoba Mennonite furniture.

Two photographs of Manitoba Mennonite furniture. One is of a clock with floral decoration and the other of an open chest.

Bird, Michael

Furniture research.

Research notes, photocopies and clippings kept by Michael Bird on Canadian country furniture.

Bird, Michael

Taking it and Leaving it: Fraktur Art in Waterloo County.

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

ENGL: 308H.

Lecture notes from a course taken by Michael Bird on Arthurian Legends taught by Dr. Warren Ober at the University of Waterloo.

Bird, Michael

Book notices and reviews.

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

Gifts and possessions.

Notes by Michael Bird on writings by A.S. Byatt, Lewis Hyde, Gregory Cook, and Chaim Potok.

Bird, Michael

Nova Scotia Folk Art.

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

Laughter and After.

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

Symbols.

Notes by Michael Bird on symbols in art.

Bird, Michael

Book covers.

Photocopies of covers of publications by Michael Bird.

Bird, Michael

Music notes.

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

Ontario German gravemarkers.

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

Doukhobor photos.

Slides and photographs of Doukhobor furniture, arts, textiles and architecture.

Bird, Michael

Slides.

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

Folk art.

Photographs of folk art by artists including Eli Whiteway; Joe Norris; Gordon Lux; Fred Moulding; P. Boutilier; Don Boudreau; Pierre Corriveau; Mereille Corriveau; Sid Howard; George Cockayne; C. Eisenhauer; Gladys Johnston; Jahan Maka; Don Manzer; Edward Mondaggio; Emery Nowlan; Eugene Poulin; Randall Smith; Charles Tanner; John Sharpe; D. Stryjek; Joseph Sleep.

Bird, Michael

Art on the Road to Santiago.

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

Film as Hierophany.

Article by Michael Bird titled “Film as Hierophany” by Michael Bird. Also accompanied by an item of correspondence indicating that the article was accepted for publication in the Journal of the College Theology Society.

Bird, Michael

Treasures on Tour.

Article by Michael Bird from the February-March 1987 issue of Canada Century Home on Nova Scotia folk art.

Bird, Michael

Canadian Studies 101.

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

Elizabeth Warren visit.

Notes and correspondence relating to a visit by Elizabeth Warren, curator of the Museum of American Folk Art, to Waterloo.

Bird, Michael

Folk Art on Walls.

Article by Michael Bird on painted interiors from the July-August 1984 issue of The Upper Canadian.

Bird, Michael

Folk art.

Article by Michael Bird accompanying an exhibit at the Gallery & Library, Cambridge.

Bird, Michael

Renison University College history.

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

Doukhobor research.

Research on Doukhobor arts and furniture making. Includes correspondence between Bird and Jim Mcleod, Koozma Tarasoff and Mark Mealing. Also includes research notes, images of furniture, and essays on Doukhobor decorative arts and the folk artist Wasyl Evanovich Zubenkoff.

Bird, Michael

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