CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6916
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 17
Source Collection Description:
The Fred Wah fonds collects materials from Vancouver-based poet Fred Wah, who was appointed as Canadau2019s fifth Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2011 and has published 25 books between 1965 and 2016. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Fred Wah Poetry Reading with Stuart McLean on CBC's Vinyl Cafe - Live at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary on June 2, 2002
Title Source:
item, j-card, recording
Title Note:
Liner notes: see the photo in material description
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939–
Name:
McLean, Stuart
Dates:
1948–2017
Notes:
Host of "Vinyl Cafe"
Name:
Crane, Ben
Notes:
Member of "Spur of the Moment" band
Name:
Hill, James
Dates:
1980–
Name:
Peters, Jake
Name:
Bird, Bill
Notes:
Host on the CBC
Name:
Rasmussen, Greg
Notes:
CBC reporter
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Excellent
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:57:00
Size:
54.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
2002-06-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
item, j-card
LOCATION
Address:
1415 – 14 Ave NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1M4
Venue:
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Latitude:
51.06258
Longitude:
-114.09256
CONTENT
Notes:
Side 1: Fred Wah appearance between T00:28:20 — T00:31:55. Vinyl Cafe program ends at T00:53:59. Recording includes beginning of CBC news programming
Side 2: Blank
NOTES
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