Charles Olson Memorial Poetry Reading - 14 March 1970 (Recorded: Richard Sommer) St. Anselm's Church, Vancouver

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
4548
Partner Institution:
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Source Collection Label:
Warren Tallman fonds
Sub Series:
Warren Tallman fonds

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Charles Olson Memorial Poetry Reading - 14 March 1970 (Recorded: Richard Sommer) St. Anselm's Church, Vancouver
Title Source:
Title taken from back of box
Title Note:
Additional writing on front of box: "Roberts Tape Recorders. Speakers AR3 not AR3A. Commercial Elect: Sony Integrated Amplifier - 300/400. Consumers report for [illegible] on Speakers - Apr-May - 70. Richard Sommer 3757 Draper Montreal, Quebec." Written on back of box: "Charles Olson Memorial Poetry Reading - 14 March 1970 (Recorded: Richard Sommer) St. Anselm's Church, Vancouver. Readers: Judy Copithorne, Peter Quartermain, Lionel Kearns, Jim Brown, George Stanley (San Francisco), Stan Persky, Roy Cartlidge (England), Brian Fawcett, Scott Lawrence, Ralph Maud, Richard Sommer, Doug Walker, Maxine Gadd, Mark Cacchioni, Ebbe Borregaard (San Francisco), Roy Kiyooka, Roger Field, Jon Furburg, Robin Blaser"
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Copithorne, Judith
Dates:
1939-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/63020479
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Quartermain, Peter
Dates:
1934-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/34534588
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Kearns, Lionel
Dates:
1937-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/30784380
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Brown, Jim
Dates:
1943-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/60325134
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Kiyooka, Roy
Dates:
1926-1994
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/30784426
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Also officiating the memorial.
Name:
Field, Roger
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Furburg, Jon
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Blaser, Robin
Dates:
1925-2009
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/17240199
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Sommer, Richard
Dates:
1934-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/46769463
Role:
"Recordist"
Name:
Stanley, George
Dates:
1934-
Role:
"Reader"

CONTRIBUTORS

Name:
Persky, Stan
Dates:
1941-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/57448780
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Cartlidge, Roy
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Fawcett, Brian
Dates:
1944-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/35890
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Maud, Ralph
Dates:
1928-2014
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/66537561
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Lawrence, Scott
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Walker, Doug
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Gadd, Maxine
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/75225856
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Cacchioni, Mark
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Borregaard, Ebbe
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/43263290
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Attended event as reader and is listed as such on box, but is not present on this particular recording.
Name:
Avison, Margaret
Dates:
1918-2007
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/79128508
Role:
"Author"
Notes:
Her poem "The Earth that Falls Away" is read by Roy Kiyooka at memorial.
Name:
Olson, Charles
Dates:
1910-1970
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/27091190
Role:
"-1"
Notes:
Subject of memorial event.

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Reel to Reel
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/4 inch
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Sample Rate:
96,000
Duration:
T01:04:57
Size:
2.26 GB
Bitrate:
24

Dates

Date:
1970-03-14
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
Date listed on box.

LOCATION

Address:
5210 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Venue:
St. Anselm's Church
Latitude:
49.2630752
Longitude:
-123.230414029594
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/682591080

CONTENT

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
Readings by poets Stan Persky, Roy Cartlidge, Brian Fawcett, Scott Lawrence, Ralph Maud, Richard Sommer, Doug Walker, Maxine Gadd, Mark Cacchioni, and Ebbe Borregaard are not featured on this recording despite being listed so on the box.
Type:
General
Note:
Item ID: 2012.002.006
Type:
General
Note:
Digitization complete. Transcription complete.

RELATED WORKS

Citation:
Revelations 1:4-20. King James Version.
URL:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A4-20&version=KJV
Citation:
Copithorne, Judy. "On the roof of the ferry..."
Citation:
Copithorne, Judy. "Later."
Citation:
Copithorne, Judy. "Bush in town...[?]."
Citation:
Copithorne, Judy. "Get up white stove..."
Citation:
Copithorne, Judy. "Sit beside the quick, silver sea..."
Citation:
Quartermain, Peter. "What happens when the father can see no father..."
Citation:
Kearns, Lionel. “Language Dreams”
Citation:
Brown, Jim. “The garden was unguarded but they went in at the gate…”
Citation:
Jonas, Steve. “An Ode for Garcia Lorca.”
Citation:
Jonas, Steve. “Love, the poem, the sea and other pieces examined by me…”
Citation:
Olson, Charles. "At Yorktown."
Citation:
Olson, Charles. "Merce of Egypt."
Citation:
Avison, Margaret. “The Earth That Falls Away”
Citation:
Field, Roger. “A Poem on a Yellow Envelope.”
Citation:
Furburg, Jon. “Olson with his eien[?] in the rock…”
Citation:
Olson, Charles. “In Cold Hell, In Thicket.”

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