CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6932
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:
Gerry Gilbert poetry reading at Selkirk College on November 28, 1974 Tape 1 of 2
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Gilbert, Gerry
Dates:
1936-2009
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Poor
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:
T00:30:34
Size:
29.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:54
Size:
29.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1974-11-28
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
College Selkirk College, 10th Street Campus, 11th Street, Fairview, Nelson, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, V1L 3C7, Canada
Venue:
Selkirk College
Latitude:
49.50554
Longitude:
-117.26734
Notes:
We assume this poetry reading is recorded at Selkirk College since it's the first part of Gerry Gilbert's talk at Selkirk College on November 28 in 1974, and the location (Selkirk College) is written on the tape's 15 j-card.
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
The quality of the tape is not good at the beginning; however, it improves after the first 6 minutes. The quality of side two is not good either, but it's audible.
Type:
General
Note:
Side one begins with a kid's [Jeff?] voice, singing a very short song about having read a book and is ready to read another book soon.
Gerry Gilbert's speech begins at 3:11 on the first side. The quality of the tape is poor at the beginning; however, it improves after the first 6 minutes.
Type:
General
Note:
Tapes 15 and 16 look as if they belong to the same event as this tape, however, they are blank, and it is impossible to confirm that. The information for that tape is taken from this tape anyway.
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