CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7072
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Warren Tallman Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 26
Source Collection Description:
Warren Tallman (7 November 1921 - 1 July 1994) was an American-born poetry professor who inspired the Canadian Tish movement and influenced the mid-20th century poetry scene in Canada. Born in Seattle attended the University of California, Berkeley on the G.I. Bill. There he met Ellen King; they married in 1951. In 1956, the Tallmans accepted teaching jobs in the English department at the University of British Columbia, where they helped Earle Birney and Roy Daniells to organize the creative writing department. In 1963, they hosted a poetry conference attended by Denise Levertov, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Margaret Avison, and Philip Whalen. The Tallman home itself also served as a poetry enclave of sorts. It was there that Jack Spicer gave some of his now legendary lectures. Two years later, they held another poetry conference in Berkeley, California. Sometimes criticized by Canadian literary nationalists for turning the Vancouver poetry circle into a California branch plant, Tallman embraced the Black Mountain school approach to poetry, and also was influenced from the Beats and other New American Poets. The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, teaching papers, personal and financial records, material pertaining to the Vancouver Poetry Centre, photographs, audiotapes, ephemera, etc.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Warren Tallman Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Warren Tallman reading the "Invitation" for Robert Creeley in Vancouver on April 8, 1990
Title Source:
J-card and Recording
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Name:
Creeley, Robert
Dates:
1926-2005
Notes:
Warren Tallman reading "The Invitation" for Robert Creeley
Name:
Karasick, Adeena
Dates:
1965-
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
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:
T00:47:46
Size:
53.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:48:24
Size:
55.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Notes:
It's blank
Dates
Date:
1990-04-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Recording
Notes:
Warren Tallman mentions another date at 4:23 on the first side. As he says, this date is the date when he wrote "Invitation" for Robert Creeley
Date:
[1990?]-03-04
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Recording
Notes:
As Warren Tallman says at on the first side, he plays part of Adeena Karasick's presentation on March 4 at the English department of York University.
He does not mention the date, but we assume it must've been in the same year when he recorded this tape
Date:
1990-04-08
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Recording and J-card
Notes:
Warren Tallman mentions the date at the beginning of side one saying that "Today is Sunday morning, just about 10:46 am, April 8, 1990
LOCATION
Address:
4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Venue:
York University
Latitude:
43.7737
Longitude:
-79.5038
Notes:
Adeena Karasick's presentation March 4 at the English department of York University
Address:
109, 88 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, [15L 1W7?]
Venue:
[Red Wallbarrow?]
Latitude:
49.28018
Longitude:
-123.10266
Notes:
The Url we get for 88 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC points to "Vancouver Film School". We are not sure, but the location where Warren Tallman named [Red Wallbarrow?] could be the current Vancouver Film School in 88 E Pender.
Here we put the latitude, longitude, and url of Vancouver Film School
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
Related Version
Note:
Version also exists in Adeena Karasick Fonds as ""Invitation" Tape for Robert Creeley, April 8, 1990" SWALLOW ID 7270
Type:
General
Note:
As Warren Tallman says at the beginning of the first side, he named the location of recording "109, 88 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC", Red Wallbarrow? after William Carlos Williams.
This invitation precedes the discussions and reading in honour of Robert Creeley at Western front in early June 1990, also among Tallman's recordings.
The Red Wallbarrow describes an apartment and office space Tallman rented during this period, located in Vancouver's Chinatown. Tallman's fonds contain a red plastic sign that bears this name.
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