CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5511
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
The Berkeley Poetry Conference Part 14: Ed Dorn lecture on July 21st, 1965 #525
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Dorn, Ed
Dates:
1929-1999
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Creeley, Robert
Dates:
1926-2005
Role:
"Speaker"
Notes:
Introduction by Robert Creeley
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Very Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:38:08
Size:
38.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:38:07
Size:
36.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1965-07-21
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Berkeley, California, USA
Latitude:
37.8705
Longitude:
-122.2826
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 Introduction by Robert Creeley
056 Dorn introduces his lecture’s “meaningless” title
064 Describes his recent trip from Nevada with Leroy Lucas; talks about the land claims of the Shoshoni Indians, his and Lucas’ experiences dealing with them
118 “I always question what I am, who I am, where I am…”; Dorn describes the futility of introducing himself to the Indians as a poet, or even as an American
150 The difficulty of trying to be “Indian” in modern America
175 Shoshini speaking Indians around Fort Hall, Idaho; the Western Shoshini around Death Valley; some history of the Shoshini; their lack of “cute” attractiveness to tourists of the poor Fort Hall Shoshoni
247 Western Shoshoni “richer” than those at Fort Hall, Pocatello; more assimilated
297 Isolation of the Shoshoneans makes them especially interesting to Dorn
308 Describes some Indians they met at Mountain City; how these Indians’ perceptions of world events was outdated (they still referred to the Korean War as the Korean “conflict”); the “rowdy crowd”
418 The “Rowdy crowd” wanted their pictures taken, unlike the more conservative Indians, but even they did not want to admit this; taking pictures is “doing something dirty”’ Dorn and Lucas argued about the propriety of their taking pictures of drunken Indians doing dangerous stunts
490 Dorn feels he is, like the Indians, a member of the “fourth world”
508 A “bourgeois Indian”
560 Meeting the “bourgeois” Indian’s ancient and ailing grandparents
696 Dorn wonders why the “bourgeois” Indian sent him and Lucas to see his destitute grandparents
753 Dorn begins to talk abou the life inside of a nation
784 Side one ends
Two 000 Dorn lecture resumes; the United States citizenry as a “vast constabulary”
013 The difference between Indians on reservations and those around small towns living in hovels; the unlikelihood that the non-reservation Indians will soon be able to organize and better their condition
076 A poet must involve himself in some arena of life, must strive to “be there” in order to create the “force” of a poem
109 The uselessness of national boundaries; the irrelevance of the state
163 Lecture ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
The Berkeley Poetry Conference Part 14 July 21st, 1965
Ed Dorn Lecture: The Poet, The People, The Spirit
Side 1 37:20 min
Side 2 31:45 min
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