[{"id":"8373","cataloger_name":["Leah,Van Dyk"],"partnerInstitution":["University of Calgary"],"collection_source_collection":["Alden Nowlan fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Alden Nowlan fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_id":[""],"persistent_url":["https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/alden-nowlan-fonds"],"item_title":["Gardens of the wind"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the artifact"],"item_title_note":["Two pieces of paper, notes from archivist."],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[111.1]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"rights_notes":["Enters Public Domain at the end of 2040"],"creator_names":["Nowlan, Alden"],"creator_names_search":["Nowlan, Alden"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/61671170\",\"name\":\"Nowlan, Alden\",\"dates\":\"1933-1983\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\",\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Springford, Ruth","Scott, John","Davidson, Richard","Allan, Andrew"],"contributors_names_search":["Springford, Ruth","Scott, John","Davidson, Richard","Allan, Andrew"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Springford, Ruth\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Scott, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Davidson, Richard\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Allan, Andrew\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"performer_name":["Springford, Ruth","Scott, John","Davidson, Richard","Allan, Andrew"],"Performance_Date":[1970],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"Brentwood\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"3 3/4 ips\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Reel to Reel\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["Reel to Reel"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"AN_MsC_40.111.10\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"T01:04:06\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"1.03 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1970-03-07\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"Date taken from creation dates listed for item level descriptions in archival finding aid for the Alden Nowlan fonds Item number 111.10\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"content_notes":["Cassette recording of reel also in folder, labeled \"LP's 40.111.10\".\n- [00:00:00] Alden Nowlan talking about getting a particular level, news put on and volume adjusted. Radio program indicates its 11:03pm, and the introduction to CBC Radio Anthology series plays.\n- Last of six “Poems for Voices” commissioned by Anthology.\n- [00:01:18] Introduction to Alden Nowlan\n- [00:01:48] “Gardens of the wind” read by female voice; - [00:02:37] transitions to male voice; - [00:04:12] various voices together; - [00:05:00] .\n- Quotations from various wartime speeches and literature (i.e., “We Shall Fight on the Beaches”), quotations from famous literature and the Bible, and musical accompaniments (military/nationalist—drums, God Save the Queen, parade music).\n- [00:08:04] “There is no order except that which the mind confers” (Jostein Gaarder); - [00:08:17] apocrypha\n- Recurrent image of a prisoner in a court room; inclusion of the “local news” of 1940; RCAF, war planes, and other industries of war related to Canada in the Great War; “we were all children”\n- Poem ends at - [00:15:23] .\n- [00:15:25] Credits for production.Voices of Ruth Springford, John Scott, Richard Davidson, and Andrew Allan.\n- [00:16:04] “Between Ourselves” radio program (with Alan Anderson) discussion of St. John’, Newfoundland. Interviewing locals.\n- [00:43:12] Poem about St. John called “Incident”.\n- [00:50:16] Another poem “Where’s the port of grey St. John…”\n- [01:02:36] credits for radio program."],"contents":["Alden Nowlan \n[0:00] \nDiscusses audio levels and volume, introduction to CBC Radio Anthology series plays. \nUnknown [multiple voices]\n[00:01:48]\nRead \"Gardens of the wind\".\nAnthology series Team [Ruth Springford, John Scott, Richard Davidson, Andrew Allan]\n[00:15:23]\nAnnounces credits for production of show."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"Poem commissioned for this radio programme.\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558524243976,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.734Z","score":6.819496}]