CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5577
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 University of California on May 19, 1955 #845
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:
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:
Excellent
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:
T00:31:23
Size:
30.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:31:43
Size:
30.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1955-05-19
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Berkeley, North Street, Panoramic Hill, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, 94720-1076, United States
Venue:
University of California
Latitude:
37.86422
Longitude:
-122.24753
CONTENT
Contents:
Side 1 : 19 May 1955 : Spring and All ; The Plot of Flowers ; Rain ; The Botticellian Trees ; To a Mexican Pig-Bank (two readings) ; To a Poor Old Woman ; The Catholic Bells ; A poem for Norman Macleod ; Danse Russe ; The late Singer ; At the Faucet of June ; The Avenue of Poplars ; The Sun ; A sort of a Song ; The Dance (“In Brueghel’s great picture”) ; The Gentle Rejoinder ; Seafarer
Side 2 : 19 May 1955 : May 1st Tomorrow ; A Unison ; The Descent ; To Daphne and Virginia ; The Orchestra ; Asphodel, That Greeny Flower I (excerpt : “I speak in figures: to “die at peace in his bed/besides”)
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Note:
Special thanks are expressed to Laura Moriarty, archivist, American Poetry Archive, San Fransisco State university
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