Earle Birney reading poems for CANUSA Readings

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
8368
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Title:
Earle Birney fonds
Source Collection ID:
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Earle Birney reading poems for CANUSA Readings
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Title Note:
Writing on front and back of container. Label of recording title and included poems taped to box.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Persistent URL:
https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/index.php/earle-birney-fonds
Identifiers:
[8.5]

Rights

Rights:
The Public Domain Mark (PDM)

CREATORS

Name:
Birney, Earle
Dates:
1904-1995
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/97679781

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:
Scotch
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Duration:
T00:08:51
Size:
145.89 MB

Dates

Date:
1967-08
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
Dates taken from container and/or accompanying material.

LOCATION

Address:
200, University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Venue:
Department of English, University of Waterloo
Latitude:
[43.4701994]
Longitude:
[-80.54524293779451]
URL:
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/details.html?osmtype=R&osmid=11680616&class=amenity

CONTENT

Contents:
Earle Birney [00:00:54] Reads "Ellesmereland". Earle Birney [00:01:26] Reads "Pacific Door". Earle Birney [00:03:40] Reads "Billboards Build Freedom of Choice". Earle Birney [00:06:13] Reads "Plaza de Inquisicion". Earle Birney [00:07:02] Reads "Irapuato". Earle Birney [00:07:45] Reads "From the Hazel Bough".
Notes:
Handwritten note on container: Earle Birney reading & commenting on 6 of his poems at University of Waterloo August 1967. Paper noting poems read and the time they begin on the recording included inside container, printed on Lord Elgin Hotel notepaper. Title based on contents of file. Contents of file handwritten on container in addition to label. - Seven poems from Selected Poems (1966). – Ellesmereland is two poems. - Birney is recording this while the Centennial Writer-in-Residence at the University of Waterloo. - “Billboards”: Driving down the coastal highway in Oregon. - “Irapuato”: Takes place in a little town in Mexico in 1955 - “Hazel”: Written in military hospital 1945. Has nothing to do with the military but with the basic themes of love and death.

NOTES

RELATED WORKS

Citation:
Selected Poems, 1940-1966 (McClelland and Stewart, 1966)

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