[{"id":"7848","cataloger_name":["Mozhgan,Nourafkan"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Fred Wah Fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Fred Wah Fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_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."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 17"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["Thomas Wharton reading parts of \"Icefields\" and \"Rain\" at Alberta University of the Arts on October 16, 1997 "],"item_title_source":["Cassette and J-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Butling, Pauline","Wharton, Thomas"],"creator_names_search":["Butling, Pauline","Wharton, Thomas"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/44560494\",\"name\":\"Butling, Pauline\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Pauline Butling introduces Thomas Wharton\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/19845769\",\"name\":\"Wharton, Thomas\",\"dates\":\"1963-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\",\"Speaker\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[1997],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"Uploads/7848/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17 g_97.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\":\"J-card\",\"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-97 Side A\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:45\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"52.6 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-97 Side B\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:35\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"59.8 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\":\"1997-10-16\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/46788766\",\"venue\":\"Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts) \",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"1407 14 Ave NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4R3\",\"latitude\":\"51.06203\",\"longitude\":\"-114.09150\"}]"],"Address":["1407 14 Ave NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4R3"],"Venue":["Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts) "],"City":["Calgary, Alberta"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"The general quality of this tape is low; however, Thomas Wharton's voice is heard well.\",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"The genre of this tape is reading non-fiction. Thomas Wharton also talks about his early ideas of writing these books and resources he used. He also talks about the character of his books and changes he would apply if he had the chance to write them all over again. \\nHe talks about the authors who had an influence on him and his way of writing.\\nHis drawing and painting experience was also a topic he briefly talked about.    \",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"Thomas Wharton reading parts of his books named Icefields and The Book of Rain at Alberta University of the Arts on October 16, 1997 \",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670557242884096,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:01.509Z","score":6.7320375}]