CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7128
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 Birthday Collage for Adeena recorded at Red Wallbarrow in June 1990 with Tallman reading his Robert Creeley introduction at The Western Front on June 1, 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:
Karasick, Adeena
Dates:
1965-
Notes:
Warren Tallman is recording this tape on the occasion of her birthday
Name:
Creeley, Robert
Dates:
1926-2005
Notes:
Warren Tallman reads his introduction for Robert Creeley at The Western Front
Name:
McCaffery, Steve
Dates:
1947-
Notes:
Warren Tallman reading Steve McCaffery's "North of Intention: Critical Writings 1973-1986" on the second side
Name:
Miki, Roy
Dates:
1942-2024
Notes:
Roy Miki introduce Warren Tallman in the beginning of this event at The Western Front
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:
T00:47:32
Size:
64.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:44
Size:
62.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1990-06-01
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Recording
Notes:
Warren Tallman is reading his "Robert Creeley introduction" as Western Front birthday gift
Date:
1990-06-04
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Recording
Notes:
Side one at 35:19 refers to the date when Adeena's birthday was over. Warren Tallman is at [Red Wallbarrow on E. Pender?] reading a letter
LOCATION
Address:
303 E 8th Ave E, Vancouver, BC V5T 1S1
Venue:
The Western Front
Latitude:
49.26392
Longitude:
123.09870
Notes:
Warren Tallman's Robert Creeley introduction for his Friday his reading on June 1 in 1998 at The Western Front
Address:
109, 88 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, [15L 1W7?]
Venue:
[Red Wallbarrow?]
Latitude:
49.28018
Longitude:
-123.10266
Notes:
According to what Warren Tallman says in tape 60, [Red Wallbarrow?] is located at "109, 88 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, [15L 1W7?] and named after William Carlos Williams by Warren Tallman. The Url we get for 88 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC points to the current "Vancouver Film School". We are not sure, but this location could be the current Vancouver Film School in 88 E Pender.
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
Related Version
Note:
Tapes 61, 62, 126, and 127 have duplicate part of Warren Tallman's introduction for Robert Creeley at The Western Front on June 1, 1990
Type:
General
Note:
What's written on the j-card is irrelevant to the content of the audio files
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