CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6943
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:
bp Nichol reading from The Martyrology at SFU on July 8, 1983 Tape 1 of 3 - DUPLICATE 1 of 2
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Name:
Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)
Dates:
1944-1988
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:
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:
T00:47:12
Size:
50.1 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:
T00:47:42
Size:
51.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1983-07-08
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Venue:
Simon Fraser University
Latitude:
49.2767
Longitude:
-122.9178
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 Roy Miki introduces bp
020 bp talks about the origins of The Martyrology
045 Begins reading from Book One – The geneology
060 From the chronicals of Narn
070 From the writings of St. And
083 Martyrology of St. And
155 Scenes from the lives of the Saints
234 Reads from “St. Reat and the 4 winds of the world” – 4th section of Book One
286 Beginning of Book 2. “Speech – each to each”
292 Book of Common Prayer
373 The Clouds
570 Ends
Two 000 “It is the minute haunts you”
030 “This morning there are no clouds anywhere”
059 From the folk-tales of the Saints
082 Suns and divinations – 4th section of Book Two
150 Friends and footnotes – closing poem
193 Book Three – beginning – “Carrots, celery…”
298 “The book of Oz”
366 “Ellie and me”
505 Ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
Related Version
Note:
This tape is the duplicate of Fred Wah fonds "bp Nichol reading from Martyrology at SFU on July 8, 1983 Tape 1 of 3 - DUPLICATE 1 of 2" (SWALLOW ID 6957) and from Readings in BC collection: bp Nichol reading from "The Martyrology" at SFU on July 8, 1983 part 1 of 3 #413 (SWALLOW ID 5663). Original not determined
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