CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
8365
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Label:
Earle Birney fonds
Sub Series:
Earle Birney fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Earle Birney reading short stories
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Title Note:
Writing on back of container. Label of recording title. Label of contents: "Waiting for Queen Emma (Published as Enigma in Ebony in MacLean's, October 15, 1953). Box stamped ?? 0X8.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Identifiers:
[8.2-2]
Rights
Rights:
The Public Domain Mark (PDM)
CREATORS
Name:
Birney, Earle
Dates:
1904-1995
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Reel to Reel
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/4 inch
Playing Speed:
7 1/2 ips
Tape Brand:
CBC Radio - Canada
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Duration:
T00:27:55
Size:
460.13 MB
Dates
Date:
1966
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
Dates supplied through research for copyright.
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Earle Birney
[00:00:00]
Reads "Waiting for Queen Emma".
Notes:
Title based on contents of file. Contents of file handwritten on container in addition to label. "Waiting”: short story published in Maclean’s in 1950. The editor gave it the title “Enigma in Ebony.” Takes place in Curacao, Dutch West Indies, where Birney first visited as a sailor in the 1930s.
NOTES
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