CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7223
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 recording for Allen Ginsberg's eighth visit to Vancouver in October, 1989 and Charles Alexander talking about bpNichol's book "Art Fact" on November 2, 1990
Title Source:
J-card and Recording
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Ginsberg, Allen
Dates:
1926-1997
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Name:
Alexander, Charles
Dates:
1954-
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:
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:
T00:23:53
Size:
25.8 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:
T00:38:40
Size:
43 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1990-11-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Charles Alexander Art Fact tape
Date:
1989-10
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Warren Tallman mentions this date at 5:40 on the first side; he refers to this date as the time when Allen Ginsberg comes to Vancouver for the eighth time.
LOCATION
Address:
Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Latitude:
49.2595
Longitude:
-123.1142
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Warren Tallman talks about Allen Ginsberg's various visits to Vancouver on side one. On side two, Charles Alexander talks about bpNichol's book called "Art Fact" that he published; he gives details how the collaboration shaped between them; he also reads the letter that bp had with the final version of the book as he finished it.
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