CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7531
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 17
Source Collection Description:
The Fred Wah fonds collects materials from Vancouver-based poet Fred Wah, who was appointed as Canadau2019s fifth Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2011 and has published 25 books between 1965 and 2016. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Poetry Reading Event in Vancouver: Daphne Marlatt, Ann Mandel, Eli Mandel, Ed Dorn, and Lionel Kearns on June 21
Title Source:
Cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Dorn, Edward
Dates:
1929-1999
Name:
Mandel, Ann
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Notes:
He introduces all the reader at the beginning of side one
Name:
Marlatt, Daphne
Dates:
1942-
Notes:
She reads a piece form Hilda Doolittle, Trilogy; she also reads a poem from Adrienne Rich
Name:
Kearns, Lionel
Dates:
1937-
Notes:
He reads from Edward Lear and one from [John Keats?]
Name:
Mandel, Eli
Dates:
1922-1992
Notes:
He reads from Seed Catalogue book by Robert Kroetsch
Name:
New, W.H.
Dates:
1938-
Notes:
He is known as Bill New, and Eli Mandel mentions his name as one of his audience
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:
T00:44:47
Size:
59.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:44:44
Size:
59.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
06-21
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Latitude:
49.2608
Longitude:
-123.1139
CONTENT
NOTES
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