#ThrowbackThursday: The Opening

Posted: October 12, 2017 - 10:00 , by ROM
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In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.

To kick off the one-year count down to the ROM’s conference, Cloth Cultures (November 10-12, 2017), which will commemorate Dorothy Burnham’s many legacies, and to mark Canada’s approaching 2017 Sesquicentennial, we will be posting bi-weekly excerpts from Dorothy’s journal of Keep Me Warm One Night. We hope you will enjoy this unofficial glimpse into the bygone days of the ROM, and into the pioneering days of textile studies.

Facsimile of a page from Burnham's journal. See transcript below.

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Betty & Clair Stewart

Mr. Torno opens the Exhibition

"The Enclosure"!

Mr Merch and Mr & Mrs Torno

Facsimile of a page from Burnham's journal. See transcript below.

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The Tornos & the Burnhams.

Betty & John - 

Facsimile of a page from Burnham's journal. See transcript below.

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The Show's up - Display relaxes

Jerry - 

George

Facsimile of a page from Burnham's journal. See transcript below.

Transcript:
The crowds examine the coverlets & the food.