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File consists of materials relating to Joseph Schneider Haus, in particular the folk artist-in-residence Karen Wadsworth.

Clipping, notes, photocopied drawings.

Report from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Director of History Sites on the long range plan for the Joseph Schneider Haus museum.

Exhibition catalogue & ephemera, clippings, handwritten notes and working papers regarding the exhibit "The gift to be simple: the art of Nancy-Lou Patterson." Includes photographs.

Contains correspondence, a flyer, and two clippings re Seniors' Day at the Joseph Schneider Haus. Nancy-Lou Patterson was among those who gave a presentation at this event.

Notes by Michael Bird on fraktur for a talk given for the 10th anniversary symposium at Joseph Schneider Haus.

Correspondence, ephemera.

55 negatives of items at Joseph Schneider Haus.

Contains catalogue of an exhibition held at Joseph Schneider Haus in which one of Nancy-Lou's liturgical banners appeared. Kitchener, Ont.: Joseph Schneider Haus, [1995?]

Portfolio prepared for a writing workshop at [Joseph Schneider Haus?]

Invitation to the September 13, 1981 opening of Joseph Schneider Haus.

Correspondence, registration for this annual show and sale at Joseph Schneider Haus.

Article on Joseph Schneider Haus by Nancy-Lou Patterson and Susan Burke.

Draft handwritten copy of and working papers for exhibition catalogue.

Clipping, handwritten notes, portfolio prepared for a writing workshop at [Joseph Schneider Haus?]

Correspondence regarding this exhibit at Joseph Schneider Haus of the work of its artists-in-residence.

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

Ephemera, handwritten outline for a lecture given at Joseph Schneider Haus in Kitchener, Ont.

Article by Michael Bird accompanying an exhibit at the Joseph Schneider Haus on fraktur art in show towels.

Brochures, clippings, agreements, ephemera regarding this exhibit at Joseph Schneider Haus of the work of its artists-in-residence.

Article by Michael Bird accompanying an exhibit at the Joseph Schneider Haus on folk art in Waterloo County.

Ephemera, handwritten notes, working papers for an exhibition at Joseph Schneider haus in Kitchener, Ont., curated by nancy-Lou Patterson.

Materials relating to the creation of the exhibit “Images of Spirituality Religious Folk Art” curated by Michael Bird at the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum.

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.

30 p. typed (photocopy) of an unpublished essay to accompany an exhibition at Joseph Schneider Haus in Kitchener, Ont., curated by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

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.

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.

Exhibition catalogue & ephemera, clippings, handwritten drafts and working papers re the exhibit and slide show "White on white: decorated needlework" held at Joseph Schneider Haus. Includes negatives.

File consists of materials relating to the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario : North Waterloo Region Branch annual general meeting for 2009. Also includes information on Joseph Schneider Haus where the meeting was held.

Contains a letter received by Nancy-Lou Patterson from John G. Neu, 1st Vice President of the Probus Club of Cambridge re an address she will be giving to this club on the topic of her recent showing at the Joseph Schneider Haus called "Open Secrets".

Contains exhibition guide to an exhibition entitled "The State of The Art: Quilting Today in Waterloo County" by Kathleen Bissett. This booklet serves as a guide to the quilts displayed in this exhibition. It appears that Nancy-Lou Patterson designed the Pentecost Quilt which was displayed in this exhibtion. Also includes a flyer for the Quilting Bee at the Joseph Schneider Haus which took place in May 1995.

File consists of press clippings relating to the history of The Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company and members of the Pequegnat family. Includes clippings from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and photocopied articles from the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. File also includes ephemera relating to exibitions of Pequegnat clocks at the Joseph Schneider Haus (Kitchener, 1984) and the National Museum of Science and Technology (Ottawa, 1975).

Contains 177 p. original typescript. Also includes a letter dated Sept. 23, 1997 sent to Susan Burke, curator at the Joseph Schneider Haus from Sandra Woolfrey, Director at Wilfrid Laurier University Press. This letter contains critical commentary on The Tramp Room and also relates to the matter of who should publish this novel. This letter appears to have been forwarded to Nancy-Lou Patterson by Susan Burke.

File consists of one binder of slides labelled "2000 and 2001 Oktoberfest Slides." This binder has a Table of Contents and slides are sorted and labelled by topic, housed in 38 slide pages numbered A-D, 1-30, [1 unnumbered], 31-32, [1 unnumbered], as follows: Promotional slides (69 slides); Children's activities (69 slides); Downtown Kitchener (155 slides); Entertainment: dance groups and bands (24 slides); Events: great Barrel Race (12 slides); Events: Joseph Schneider Haus (12 slides); Events: K-W Oktoberfest opening and closing (24 slides); Events: lumberjack show ( 4 slides); Events: Oktoberfest Family Pancake Breakfast (12 slides); Events: Strongman Challenge ( 16 slides); Events: misc. (32 slides); Festhallen (36 slides); Parade (204 slides, 1 index print, 23 negatives); Miscellaneous (55 slides). Slides are individually numbered with year, category letter and slide number. Many are labelled with photographer's name (Conestoga College students).

CVs, departmental review updates, teaching reviews, information on promotions and tenure, and a report titled “Some Reflections on My Areas of Exploration, Writing, Teaching.”

Administrative and research materials relating to the course “FINE 109: Canadian Ethnic and Traditional Arts” taught by Michael Bird at the University College of Cape Breton.

Notes and outlines for the course Music 100: Introduction to Music taught by Michael Bird at Conrad Grebel

Correspondence and documentation relating to Michael Bird’s salary and promotion to rank of Associate Professor.

Course outlines and notes for the courses RS 161 Religious Movements Toward the Kingdom and Religion and Culture taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.

Notes and outlines for a course taught by Michael Bird on religion and literature at Renison University College.part of the St. Jerome’s annual Institute for Studies in Theological Renewal summer programme on 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.

9 negatives of gravemarkers at Breslau Mennonite Church.

6 negatives of gravemarkers at Hespeler.

18 negatives of gravemarkers at Kinzie-Bean.

18 negatives of gravemarkers at Zurich.

Notes and research on the life and passion of Christ in art.

Clippings relating to Doukhobor and more generally Western Canadian folk art and furniture.

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.

Research and notes on Fraktur art.

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

Glass lantern slides with humorous children’s cartoons.

26 negatives of the Hunsicker fraktur art.

155 negatives of the works of John P. Klempp.

Notes by Michael Bird taken at the Medieval studies conference.

Notes on religious folk art.

Notes and research on the cross and crucifixions in art.

Research notes on Thomas MacDonald, including essays, clippings, photocopies of works, correspondence and more. There is also some material relating to Joseph. H. Davis.

Paper written by Michael Bird for his course Genius of American Protestantism at the University of Iowa.

Correspondence from the University of Toronto Press to Michael Bird with read reviews of his book “Compendium of Folk Artists in Canada.” Also includes two matted slides of folk art.

Correspondence between Michael Bird and others. Correspondents include Stan K. Johanneson; Nany-Lou Patterson; Rt. Rev. Gerald O’Keefe, Bishop, Diocese of Davenport; Rt. Rev. Monseigneur M.J. Dingman; Monseigneur Meinberg; Rev. Mather; Robert F. Kennedy; Dr. Roberts (Parsons College); Julian Blackwell (Blackwells Booksellers); Selective Services Board; Institute for Freedom in the Church; Sister Mary Barbara (Mount Mercy College); Wyn Rees (Renison University College); Senator Jack Miller. Topics of correspondence include interfaith prayer services; Vietnam War peace; ecumenical questions; Indigenous poverty; the civil rights movement; establishing a college in Tama-Toledo; teaching requests; and and anti-ballistic missiles.

Essay by Michael Bird titled “Doukhobor Furnishings: Design, Decoration, and the Transformation of the Ordinary.”

Correspondence between Michael Bird and others primarily relating to the loaning of pieces for the exhibit Folk Treasures of Historic Ontario.

One article and research by Michael Bird on gravestone symbolism in St. Boniface Cemetery, Maryhill, Ontario.

Correspondence between Michael Bird and John Hearn, a journalist who wrote on Canadian antiques. He published a column on Bird’s book on Ontario fraktur art.

Article by Michael Bird on what has been learned about fraktur since the 1970s.

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.

Article by Michael Bird from Antiques magazine.

Article by Michael Bird titled “Pennsylvania-German Parallels: Decorative Arts of Lancaster County and Ontario” published in Canadian Antiques and Art Review.

Article on religious folk art written for The Upper Canadian magazine.

Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Catholic Church after 1500 at the University of Iowa.

Article by Michael Bird on folk art in Canada.

Paper written by Michael Bird for his course Survey of German Literature at the University of Iowa.

Paper written by Michael Bird for the course History of Christian Ethics at the University of Iowa.

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.

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.

Slides, notes on images and ephemera relating to the exhibit Folk Treasures of Historic Ontario.

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.”

Information on the Kitchener Public Library Monday noonhour lecture series and a talk given by Michael Bird at it on his paper “Bush Garden…”

Text of a lecture given at the Joseph Schneider House on research in Fraktur art over the past 20 years.

Course outline and test for the course “ISS 240/ARTS 241: Art and Society” taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.

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.

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

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.

Course outline and notes for the course “RS 360: Religion and the Arts” taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.

Two essays and ephemera relating to the dance Aaloka: The Eternal Dance of Spring.

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.”

Notes and research on Canadian folk art.