CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7097
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 ENGL 242 lecture on "American poem" (Day 3) at Buffalo – S.U.N.Y. University on January 27, 1987
Title Source:
Recording and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Classroom recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Name:
Williams, William Carlos
Dates:
1883-1963
Name:
Dickinson, Emily
Dates:
1830-1886
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:
T00:47:27
Size:
51.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:33
Size:
52.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Notes:
Side two is blank
Dates
Date:
1987-01-27
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
Venue:
Buffalo – S.U.N.Y. (University at Buffalo)
Latitude:
42.9533
Longitude:
-78.8181
Notes:
We assume Buffalo on the j-card refers to the University at Buffalo in New York. The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly referred to as the University at Buffalo or SUNY Buffalo.
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
This tape was recorded during the ENGL 242 class he taught well on a temporary appointment at SUNY Buffalo. It's likely "Day 3" of the course, given this note on the j-card. Warren Tallman focuses on American poetry and the assignment that he wants students to do. He tries to clarify what exactly he'd like students to do. Meanwhile, he talks a bit about Emily Dickinson and William Carlos Williams.
It seems students are supposed to write on poems that have some images. Students are supposed to write about what those images might possibly tell them and about the poems
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