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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":["bp Nichol reading his poetry and performing with The Four Horsemen at Selkirk College on January 26, 1977"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Dutton, Paul","Barreto-Rivera, Rafael","McCaffery, Steve","Wah, Fred","Four Horsemen (Musical group)","Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)"],"creator_names_search":["Dutton, Paul","Barreto-Rivera, Rafael","McCaffery, Steve","Wah, Fred","Four Horsemen (Musical group)","Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/36999806\",\"name\":\"Dutton, Paul\",\"dates\":\"1943-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/16154730\",\"name\":\"Barreto-Rivera, Rafael\",\"dates\":\"1944-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/38243\",\"name\":\"McCaffery, Steve\",\"dates\":\"1947-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/1330211\",\"name\":\"Wah, Fred\",\"dates\":\"1939-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Donor\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/128949455\",\"name\":\"Four Horsemen (Musical group)\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/76350280\",\"name\":\"Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)\",\"dates\":\"1944-1988\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\",\"Performer\",\"Speaker\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[1977],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"Uploads/6953/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17f_46.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\":\"Wah2021-046-Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T01:02:35\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"67.3 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"Wah2021-046-Side B.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T01:02:08\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"66.5 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Performance of The Four Horsemen (bpNichol, Steve McCaffery, Rafael Barreto-Rivera, and Paul Dutton).\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1977-01-26\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"j-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/270034909\",\"venue\":\"Selkirk College\",\"notes\":\"Selkirk College (10th Street), formerly known as David Thompson University College.\",\"address\":\"College Selkirk College, 10th Street Campus, 11th Street, Fairview, Nelson, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, V1L 3C7, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.50554\",\"longitude\":\"-117.26734\"}]"],"Address":["College Selkirk College, 10th Street Campus, 11th Street, Fairview, Nelson, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, V1L 3C7, Canada"],"Venue":["Selkirk College"],"Note":["[]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670556240445440,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:00.560Z","score":4.1340313}]