CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7079
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's retirement speech at UBC on November 27, 1986, and his lecture on "Primary Stress" and the poetics of "Childhood Passage"
Title Source:
Recording and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Name:
[Stevens, Don?]
Notes:
Warren Tallman mentions his name at the end of side two as a speaker who leaves a comment reagrding Tallman's speech
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:
T00:47:58
Size:
54.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:48:09
Size:
54.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1986-11-17
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Recording
Notes:
It's the date when Warren Tallman makes his announcement about this tape explaining the propose and the topic
Date:
1986-12-14
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Recording
Notes:
Warren Tallman mentions this date at the beginning of the first side explaining that he is going to make an announcement what this tape is going to be about. He also says where he is sitting and what he is being surrounded with. It seems, it's the date when Warren Tallman put this tape together
Date:
1986-11-27
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
It's the date When Warren Tallman's retirement speech is happening at UBS
LOCATION
Address:
6398 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Venue:
University of British Columbia
Latitude:
49.2586
Longitude:
-123.2452
Notes:
Warren Tallmna's retirement speech happening on November 27 in 1986
Address:
3504 Bella Vista in East Vancouver V5N 3W9
Venue:
Warren Tallman’s House
Latitude:
49.25312
Longitude:
-123.07054
Notes:
This is where Warren Tallman is making his announcement about this tape; in the '70s(?) he moved to 3504 Bella Vista in East Vancouver V5N 3W9 and lived there till his death.
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Tallman's speech given at UBC Faculty Club on the occasion of his retirement, entitled "How to Play Career and Win."
At 20:17 on the second side, after Warren Tallman finishes his speech, for the remaining part of the tape he focuses on the poetics of passages in another text that he's written: concentrating on childhood square (Childhood passage)
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