Poetry reading with commentary: William Carlos Williams at Princeton University on March 19, 1952 #840

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5573
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 at Princeton University on March 19, 1952 #840
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:
Huff, M Wells

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:
T00:48:51
Size:
46.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:04
Size:
45.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1952-03-19
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
Carnegie Center, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, 08540, United States
Venue:
Princeton University
Latitude:
40.3396
Longitude:
-74.6582

CONTENT

Contents:
Side 1 : 19 March 1952 : Portrait of Lady ; El Hombre ; Tract ; Pastoral (“The little sparrows”) ; Smell! ; Queen-Anne’s Lace ; Great Mullen ; Waiting ; The Hunter ; Arrival ; The Widow’s Lament in Springtime ; To Elsie ; The Red Wheelbarrow ; This is Just to Say ; Poem (“As the cat”) ; Flowers by the Sea ; to a Poor Old Woman ; The Catholic Bells ; The Sea-Elephant ; A Unison Side 2 : 19 March 1952 : Reading and commentary continued ; The Desert Music
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Note:
Special thanks are expressed Stratis Haviaras for making this recording available and to John M Blaine for restoring the original recording.

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