Poetry reading with commentary: William Carlos Williams on various dates in 1950 and 1951 #838

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5571
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Reading in BC Collection
Source Collection ID:
MsC 199
Source Collection Description:
Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Poetry reading with commentary: William Carlos Williams on various dates in 1950 and 1951 #838
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Swigg, Richard
Notes:
General Editor

Name:
Baker, Richard J
Notes:
Editor

Name:
Bradbury, Cliff
Notes:
Sound Engineer

Name:
Crick, Jeremy
Notes:
The program designed by him

Name:
Burke, Kenneth
Dates:
1897-1993

Name:
Eyvind, Earle

Name:
Williams, William Carlos
Dates:
1883-1963

Name:
Pargeter, Mark
Notes:
Business Manager

CONTRIBUTORS



MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:48:17
Size:
63.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:49:56
Size:
66.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1950-11-16
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
From copies in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recording, Yale University library

Date:
1951-12-07
Type:
Publication Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Recording reproduced by the permission of The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, University Libraries, SUNY at Buffalo

Date:
1951-06-21
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
From copies in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recording, Yale University library. This date is announced to be June 18, 1951, on the audio.

Date:
1951-05-25
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Recoding by the Courtesy of The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

LOCATION

Address:
Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
Venue:
University at Buffalo
Latitude:
42.9532
Longitude:
-78.8181
Notes:
December 7, 1951

Address:
633 W 155th St, New York, NY 10032, United States
Venue:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Latitude:
40.83364
Longitude:
-73.94747
Notes:
May 25,1951

Address:
Andover, New Jersey, United States
Venue:
Kenneth Burke's home
Latitude:
40.9867
Longitude:
-74.7432
Notes:
The Url, latitude, and longitude belong to Andover in New Jersey not the exact address of Kenneth Burke's home

Address:
Van Nuys, San Fernando valley, California
Venue:
Eyvind Earle's home
Latitude:
34.1870
Longitude:
-118.4489
Notes:
The Url, latitude, and longitude belong to Van Nuys in San Fernando valley not the exact address of Eyvind Earle's home

CONTENT

Contents:
Side 1 : 16 November 1950 ; In Sisterly Fashion ; Tract ; Smell! ; Flowers by the Sea ; The Poor ; To Elsie ; This is Just to Say ; Impromptu : The Suckers ; All the Fancy Things ; It is a Living Coral ; Young Sycamore ; The Cod Head ; The Bull Poem (“As the cat”) ; Perpetuum Mobile : The City ; The Widow’s Lament in Springtime ; Arrival ; Great Mullen ; Queen-Anne’s Lace ; Overture to a Dance of Locomotives (incomplete the recording breaks off at the second syllable of line 11, “Covertly”) Side 2 : 21 June 1951 : The Desert Music ; The Cod Head ; Burning the Christmas Greens ; A Sort of a Song ; From Paterson I iii : “How strange you are, you idiot!” to “his mind drinks of desire” ; Tract ; Apres le Bain ; Spring is Here Again, Sir ; May 1st Tomorrow 25 1951 : William presents the Russell Loines Award for Poetry to John Crowe Ransom at the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Note:
Special Thanks to Richard Warren Jr and Robert J Bertholf are expressed.
Note:
Earle's wife, Alice, his mother Charlotte, and Mrs Florence Williams are also present in Eyvinds' home
Note:
The last 20 minutes of track two is empty.

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