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Essays, books, and articles written by Michael Bird and others. Topics include folk art, fraktur, religious imagery and film.

One essay by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “Wreath and Bough: Decorative Arts of Amish-Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County.”

35 negatives of the works of Wilbur Lepp.

Article by Michael Bird on similarities in folk art.

One essay by Michael Bird titled “When Furniture Becomes Folk Art: Cabinetmaker John P. Klempp.”

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

Wooden upholstery webbing stretcher used in chair making.

Transcript from the University of Iowa from when Michael Bird was completing his PhD.

Slides of Ukrainian, Indigenous, Doukhobor and Hutterite folk art, furniture and architecture, primarily from the West Coast of Canada.

One essay by Michael Bird. This copy is a photocopy from a publication but which publication is unclear.

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

Two cassettes recording the retirement celebration for Ian Campbell, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Renison University College.

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.

Essay by Michael Bird titled “Thomas Sartory: The Church and the Churches” written for a course.

11 negatives of the works of Thomas MacDonald.

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

Michael Bird’s thesis proposal for his PhD at the University of Iowa.

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.

One essay by S.K. Johannesen titled “The Unknown Furniture Master of Waterloo County.”

Notes, research and correspondence by Michael Bird relating to an article and exhibit on the folk art of Lunenburg County.

Article by Michael Bird on the history of Swedenboriganism in Waterloo County.

Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Introduction to Catholicism at the University of Iowa.

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.

Paper written by Michael Bird for his course The Thought of Soren Kierkegaard at the University of Iowa.

Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Western Civilization at the University of Iowa.

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.”

One essay by Michael Bird titled “The Folk Image: Symbols and Subjects in North American Folk Art.”

One essay by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “The Dutch German Mennonite Tradition in Waterloo County, Ontario.”

Article by Michael Bird and Terry Kobayashi from the Winter 1988 issue of The Clarion.

Essay by Michael Bird titled “The Church and the Sacraments” written for a course.

Notes and research on the Buddha and Christ in art.

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

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.

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.

Notes by Michael Bird on symbols in art.

Notes and research on the cross and crucifixions in art.

Article by Michael Bird on folk art in Canada.

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

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.

Paper written by Michael Bird for the course Theology of Thomas Aquinas at the University of Iowa.

Notes for a talk given by Michael Bird on spiritual images in film for the Parkmister United Church lecture series.

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.

112 negatives of show towels.

Notes, articles and photographs about Sharon Temple the former site of the Children of Peace Quaker sect.

Article by Nancy-Lou Patterson titled “See the Vernal Landscape Glowing: The Symbolic Landscape of the Swiss-German Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County.”

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.

55 negatives of items at Joseph Schneider Haus.

Materials relating to work at Schneider Haus, including artefact loans, proposals for purchases and and notes on exhibits and artists.

Four photographs of Saskatchewan Mennonite furniture including two wooden chests, a cradle and a wardrobe.

Notes and images for an apparently unpublished work on religious folk art in Canada.

Notes and research for a proposed article on Russell Harper.

Course outline and bibliography for the course “RS 461/RS 361: Sacred and Profane Art” taught by Michael Bird 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.

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.

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 263: Religion and Politics 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.

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.

Course outline and research for the course RS 160: The Religious Quest: Men and Women in Search of God taught by Michael Bird at Renison University College.

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

Notes and a response to writings by Harold Coward on the topic of religious tolerance and intolerance.

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.

Research files for Michael Bird, including his research on folk art, fraktur, religious iconography, film, and more.

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.

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

Notes on religious folk art.

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.

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.

A proposal created by Tim Mosher to purchase and renovate the former Wettlaufer home in Sebastopol.

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

Materials relating to the exhibit Private Meditations: A Selection of Personal Works of Nancy-Lou Patterson, held at Wilfred Laurier University.

Six formal portraits of Michael Bird.

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.

Short booklet with recipes on food in Waterloo County.

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

Notes for a talk given by Michael Bird at The Pennsylvania German Society on Pennsylvania-German Folk Art in Canada.

Notes by Michael Bird on Pennsylvania-German folk art.

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.

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

One article by Michael Bird titled “Outside the Mainstream: Aspects of Canadian Folk Painting in the 20th Century.”

Mock up of the text of what would become the published book “Out of the mainstream : folk art in Canada.”

15 negatives of the works of Orvie [Orville] Schantz.

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

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.

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.

Article titled “Ontario Fraktur: The Northern Manifestation of a Pennsylvania-German Tradition” by an unknown author.

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

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.

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.

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.

6 negatives of the works of Nicholas Durer.

One essay by Michael Bird titled “Newfoundland Furniture.”

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

Notes and ephemera relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson’s exhibit “Nancy-Lou Pattersion: The Canadian Years: 1962-1995” at Homer Watson House & Gallery.

Notes on music, music and philosophy and from a course on classical music. It is unclear if Bird taught or attended the course.

Notes by Michael Bird on the topic of music as social protest.

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

Notes and correspondence for a proposed book on Canadian folk art.

Materials relating to the professional life of Michael Bird. Covers his time teaching at Renison University College, as well as his research and publications on folk art, fraktur, religious imagery and film.