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Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 199"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["William Carlos Williams reading on June 6, 1954 #475"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Williams, William Carlos"],"creator_names_search":["Williams, William Carlos"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/29542054\",\"name\":\"Williams, William Carlos\",\"dates\":\"1883-1963\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]}]"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]}]"],"Performance_Date":[1954],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/6038/Reading in BC_MsC199_475.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"Second generation from Reel-to-Reel\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"Stereo\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"2 track\",\"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"],"playback_mode":["Stereo"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"475-Side-1.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:39:38\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"39.8 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\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"475-Side-2.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:23:35\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"23.4 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\":\"1954-06-06\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"content_notes":["SFU BC Readings formatting"],"contents":["Side\tTrack\tNo.\tComments\nOne\t\t000\t“To Daphne and Virginia” – (beginning cut off)\n\t\t041\t“The Orchestra”\n\t\t086\t“For Eleanor and Bill Menahan”\n\t\t135\t“The Yellow Flowers\n\t\t172\t“The Host”\n\t\t216\t“Asphodel, that Greeny Flower”\n\t\t232\t“The Botticellian Trees”\n\t\t245\t“Flowers by the Sea”\n\t\t253\t“The Yachts”\n\t\t295\t“The Catholic Bells”\n\t\t326\t“Smell!”\n\t\t344\t“It is the whales…”\n\t\t420\t“Yellow, yellow…”\n\t\t444\t“Spring and all”, XVIII\n\t\t484\t“Between Walls”\n\t\t489\t“On Gay Wallpaper”\n\t\t503\t“The Red Lily”\n\t\t522\tRecording ends\n\n\n\n\nSide\tTrack\tNo.\tComments\nOne\t\t000\t“To Daphne and Virginia” – (beginning cut off)\n\t\t041\t“The Orchestra”\n\t\t086\t“For Eleanor and Bill Menahan”\n\t\t135\t“The Yellow Flowers\n\t\t172\t“The Host”\n\t\t216\t“Asphodel, that Greeny Flower”\n\t\t232\t“The Botticellian Trees”\n\t\t245\t“Flowers by the Sea”\n\t\t253\t“The Yachts”\n\t\t295\t“The Catholic Bells”\n\t\t326\t“Smell!”\n\t\t344\t“It is the whales…”\n\t\t420\t“Yellow, yellow…”\n\t\t444\t“Spring and all”, XVIII\n\t\t484\t“Between Walls”\n\t\t489\t“On Gay Wallpaper”\n\t\t503\t“The Red Lily”\n\t\t522\tRecording ends"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670553759514624,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.173Z","score":1.0},{"id":"8212","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":["Kennetcook / Misc. readings"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the artifact"],"item_title_note":["Writing on aluminum disc. Accompanying paper from archivist describing cuts."],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Home recording"],"item_identifiers":["[111.6]"],"rights":["The Public Domain Mark (PDM)"],"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":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]}]"],"Performance_Date":[1954],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"7 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"Audiodisc\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"33 1/3 rpm\",\"sound_quality\":\"Poor\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Disc\",\"physical_composition\":\"Aluminum\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["Disc"],"physical_compositions":["Aluminum"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"AN_MsC_40.111.6\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"T00:15:20\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"252.79 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1954-10-17\",\"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 111.6\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"Hartland, New Brunswick\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"Venue":["Hartland, New Brunswick"],"content_notes":["- Cuts and repeats throughout the recording\n- References by Alden Nowlan to recording this tape for the school, indicates he is in Hartland NB when recording. "],"contents":["Alden Nowlan\n[00:00:05]\nPerforms selections from \"Anthony's funeral oration\" from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. \nAlden Nowlan\n[00:04:29]\nPerforms selections from \"Leaves of Grass\" by Walt Whitman.\nAlden Nowlan \n[00:05:33]\nPerforms Psalm 23 from the Bible.\nAlden Nowlan \n[00:06:43]\nPerforms \"Dreams\" poem [published in Arcture (?) magazine (North Hollywood, California)]. \nAlden Nowlan \n[00:07:39]\nAddresses  Hants County Folk School at Kennetcook in to 1955 [Pre-recorded].\nAlden Nowlan\n[00:12:12]\nSings.\nAlden Nowlan \n[00:13:27]\nReflects on recording. \nAlden Nowlan\n[00:14:55]\nQuotes Milton."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"Shakespeare, William, Julius Caesar. Whitman, Walt, \\\"Leaves of Grass\\\". Nowlan, Alden, \\\"Dreams\\\" (published in Arcture [?] magaine). 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