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:
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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