Bucks County, Pennsylvania Fraktur.
- SCA331-GA428-3-123
- File
- April 1998
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Cory M. Amsler from the April 1998 issue of Antiques magazine.
Bird, Michael
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Bucks County, Pennsylvania Fraktur.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Cory M. Amsler from the April 1998 issue of Antiques magazine.
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
Germanic Fraktur and Calligraphy.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Entry from the Canadian Encyclopedia written by Michael Bird and Terry Kobayashi.
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.
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
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
Nancy-Lou Patterson: The Canadian Years: 1962-1995.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and ephemera relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson’s exhibit “Nancy-Lou Pattersion: The Canadian Years: 1962-1995” at Homer Watson House & Gallery.
Bird, Michael
Private Meditations: A Selection of Personal Works of Nancy-Lou Patterson.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials relating to the exhibit Private Meditations: A Selection of Personal Works of Nancy-Lou Patterson, held at Wilfred Laurier University.
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
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 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
Ontario Fraktur: Some Reflections 20 Years Later.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Text of a lecture given at the Joseph Schneider House on research in Fraktur art over the past 20 years.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes for a talk given by Michael Bird at Joseph Schneider Haus on painted furniture.
Bird, Michael
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
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
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
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
Fraktur talk for 10th anniversary symposium at Joseph Schneider Haus.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes by Michael Bird on fraktur for a talk given for the 10th anniversary symposium at Joseph Schneider Haus.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
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
Heritage Center of Lancaster County loan form.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
A loan form from the Heritage Center of Lancaster County for items loaned by Michael Bird for the exhibit “German and English Tastes Meet in Lancaster County.”
The Heritage Center of Lancaster County
Kitchener Public Library Monday noonhour lectures.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Information on the Kitchener Public Library Monday noonhour lecture series and a talk given by Michael Bird at it on his paper “Bush Garden…”
Bird, Michael
Folk Treasures of Historic Ontario exhibit.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Slides, notes on images and ephemera relating to the exhibit Folk Treasures of Historic Ontario.
Bird, Michael
Germanic Folk and Decorative Arts in Canada: Perpetuation and Adaptation in New Cultural Contexts.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials for a lecture given by Michael Bird at the Royal Ontario Museum on “Germanic Folk and Decorative Arts in Canada: Perpetuation and Adaptation in New Cultural Contexts.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials relating to the creation of the exhibit “Images of Spirituality Religious Folk Art” curated by Michael Bird at the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum.
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
All Things Common: Mennonite and Hutterite Decorative Arts in Canada.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials relating to the creation of the exhibit “All Things Common: Mennonite and Hutterite Decorative Arts in Canada” which was held at Canada House, London, England. Also includes 98 slides showing pieces that were in the exhibit.
Bird, Michael
Beyond Time and Circumstance: Art as a Spiritual Vision.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials relating to the creation of the exhibit “Beyond Time and Circumstance: Art as a Spiritual Vision” held at the Lynnwood Arts Centre.
Bird, Michael
Cookies and Folk Art exhibition.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes, slides, and information relating to an exhibit at Schneider Haus on Cookies and Folk Art.
Bird, Michael
Definition, Act Image: Some Religious Directions in Canadian Folk Art.”
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and outlines for a talk given by Michael Bird titled “Definition, Act, Image: Some Religious Directions in Canadian Folk Art” for the annual conference of the Universities Art Association of Canada.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and correspondence relating to a visit by Elizabeth Warren, curator of the Museum of American Folk Art, to Waterloo.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Master copy of the catalogue for Folk Art of Nova Scotia: A Traveling Exhibition of 20th Century Folk Art of Nova Scotia.
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Baseball as Spiritual Metaphor.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
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
Behind the Face: Interpreting Portraits through their Background Elements.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and outlines for a talk given by Michael Bird titled “Behind the Face: Interpreting Portraits through their Background Elements” give at the Canadian Antique Dealers Association antiques fair.
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
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
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.
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
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
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 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.
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
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Materials relating to lectures and exhibits given by, organized, or attended by Michael Bird.
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
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Western Civilization at the University of Iowa.
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
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 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
Outside the Mainstream: Aspects of Canadian Folk Painting in the 20th Century.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One article by Michael Bird titled “Outside the Mainstream: Aspects of Canadian Folk Painting in the 20th Century.”
Bird, Michael
Paradiesgartlein: Waterloo County Gardens in the Germanic Tradition.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “Paradiesgartlein: Waterloo County Gardens in the Germanic Tradition.” A note included indicates that the essay is unpublished and requests that Bird provide advice on changes.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
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
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
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
Pennsylvania-German Parallels: Decorative Arts of Lancaster County and Ontario.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird titled “Pennsylvania-German Parallels: Decorative Arts of Lancaster County and Ontario” published in Canadian Antiques and Art Review.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article on religious folk art written for The Upper Canadian magazine.
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
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
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 essay by Michael Bird titled “Newfoundland Furniture.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Unpublished manuscript with notes on Jesus in world art by Michael Bird.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for a course at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
Luther and Aquinas on Justification.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Paper written by Michael Bird for his course History of Theology at the University of Iowa.
Bird, Michael
Mennonite and Amish Painting on Glass.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article from The Mennonite Quarterly Review.
Beck, Ervin
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article on Joseph Schneider Haus by Nancy-Lou Patterson and Susan Burke.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Mosaic: Themes in Canadian Folk Art.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and correspondence for a proposed book on Canadian folk art.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay titled “An Analytical Review of Heiko Oberman’s The Harvest of Medieval Theology” written by Michael Bird for the course 16:124 Reformation History.
Bird, Michael
Isaac Ziegler Hunsicker: Ontario Schoolmaster and Fraktur Artist.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article from unknown publication.
Good, E. Reginald
Mennonite Folk Art of Southern Ontario.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Unpublished manuscript by Michael Bird, Nancy-Lou Patterson, and J. Winfield Fretz titled “Mennonite Folk Art of Southern Ontario.”
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “Mennonite Gardens.”
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Ontario Fraktur: The Northern Manifestation of a Pennsylvania-German Tradition.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article titled “Ontario Fraktur: The Northern Manifestation of a Pennsylvania-German Tradition” by an unknown author.
Bird, Michael
Ontario-Germanic Decorative Arts.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird accompanying an exhibit at the Joseph Schneider Haus on folk art in Waterloo County.
Bird, Michael
Outside the Mainstream: A Canadian Folk Art Sampler.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Mock up of the text of what would become the published book “Out of the mainstream : folk art in Canada.”
Bird, Michael
Johann Adam Eyer: Lost Fraktur Writer of Hamilton Square.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Earl F. Robacker on Johann Adam Eyer, a fraktur artist from Monroe County, New York.
Robacker, Earl F.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird on what has been learned about fraktur since the 1970s.
Bird, Michael
Ontario fraktur art, a decorative tradition in three Germanic settlements.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird on fraktur in Waterloo County, Markham Township and the Niagara Peninsula from the December 1976 issue of the Ontario Historical Society’s publication Ontario History.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird from Antiques magazine.
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
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Teruko Kobayashi titled “Folk Art in Wood” on the life of David B. Horst.
Kobayashi, Teruko
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird on painted interiors from the July-August 1984 issue of The Upper Canadian.
Bird, Michael
Fraktur and show towel: An Ontario Germanic Folk Arr Tradition.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird accompanying an exhibit at the Joseph Schneider Haus on fraktur art in show towels.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Notes and correspondence relating to the editing process of the work “Image and Likeness” which Michael Bird co-edited.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Article by Michael Bird accompanying an exhibit at the Gallery & Library, Cambridge.
Bird, Michael
Fraktur article for Upper Canada.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One article by Michael Bird on Fraktur written for the publication Upper Canada.
Bird, Michael
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
Research and an article on Fraktur in Markham Township by Michael Bird. The article was printed in the July/August 1977 issue of an unknown publication.
Bird, Michael
From Sheepskin Coat to Blue Jeans: A Brief History of Ukrainians in Canada.
Part of Michael Bird fonds.
One essay by Frances Swyripa titled “From Sheepskin Coat to Blue Jeans: A Brief History of Ukrainians in Canada.”
Swyripa, Frances