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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."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 17"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["Free Exchange Graduate Conference at University of Calgary on March 23 and 24 in 2001: Natalie Natalie and Steve McCaffery reading"],"item_title_source":["Cassette and J-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Simpson, Natalie","Butling, Pauline","McCaffery, Steve","Samuels, Ian"],"creator_names_search":["Simpson, Natalie","Butling, Pauline","McCaffery, Steve","Samuels, Ian"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/78142389\",\"name\":\"Simpson, Natalie\",\"dates\":\"1975-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/44560494\",\"name\":\"Butling, Pauline\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]},{\"url\":\" http://viaf.org/viaf/38243\",\"name\":\"McCaffery, Steve\",\"dates\":\"1947-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\",\"Reader\",\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/43642637\",\"name\":\"Samuels, Ian\",\"dates\":\"1975-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[2001],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"Uploads/7900/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17 g_135.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"Black and white clear jewel case with J-card\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MsC17g-135 Side A\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T01:00:23\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"83.5 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MsC17g-135 Side B\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:58:12\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"85.3 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"2001-03-23\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"2001-03-24\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4814074\",\"venue\":\"University of Calgary\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\" 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4\",\"latitude\":\"51.07837\",\"longitude\":\"-114.12832\"}]"],"Address":[" 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4"],"Venue":["University of Calgary"],"City":["Calgary, Alberta"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Natalie Simpson and Steve McCaffery both read their poetries.\\n\\nSide two of this tape happens on March 24; the person who introduces Steve McCaffery is unknown; Steve McCaffery on this side reads his paper titled \\\"Parapoetics and the Architectural Leap\\\"\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670557249175556,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:01.509Z","score":5.270354}]