Poetry reading with commentary: William Carlos Williams on various dates in 1950 and 1951 #838

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5571
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Poetry reading with commentary: William Carlos Williams on various dates in 1950 and 1951 #838
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Swigg, Richard
Notes:
General Editor
Name:
Baker, Richard J
Notes:
Editor
Name:
Bradbury, Cliff
Notes:
Sound Engineer
Name:
pargeter, Mark
Notes:
Business Manager
Name:
Crick, Jeremy
Notes:
The program designed by him
Name:
Burke, Kenneth
Dates:
1897-1993
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/100257278
Role:
"Recordist"
Name:
Eyvind, Earle
Role:
"Recordist"
Name:
Williams, William Carlos
Dates:
1883-1963
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/92754332
Role:
"Reader", "Speaker"

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
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:
T00:48:17
Size:
63.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:49:56
Size:
66.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1950-11-16
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
From copies in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recording, Yale University library
Date:
1951-12-07
Type:
Publication Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Recording reproduced by the permission of The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, University Libraries, SUNY at Buffalo
Date:
1951-06-21
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
From copies in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recording, Yale University library. This date is announced to be June 18, 1951, on the audio.
Date:
1951-05-25
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Recoding by the Courtesy of The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

LOCATION

Address:
Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
Venue:
University at Buffalo
Latitude:
42.9532
Longitude:
-78.8181
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/68036581
Notes:
December 7, 1951
Address:
633 W 155th St, New York, NY 10032, United States
Venue:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Latitude:
40.83364
Longitude:
-73.94747
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2796837017
Notes:
May 25,1951
Address:
Andover, New Jersey, United States
Venue:
Kenneth Burke's home
Latitude:
40.9867
Longitude:
-74.7432
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/170929
Notes:
The Url, latitude, and longitude belong to Andover in New Jersey not the exact address of Kenneth Burke's home
Address:
Van Nuys, San Fernando valley, California
Venue:
Eyvind Earle's home
Latitude:
34.1870
Longitude:
-118.4489
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12378585
Notes:
The Url, latitude, and longitude belong to Van Nuys in San Fernando valley not the exact address of Eyvind Earle's home

CONTENT

Contents:
Side 1 : 16 November 1950 ; In Sisterly Fashion ; Tract ; Smell! ; Flowers by the Sea ; The Poor ; To Elsie ; This is Just to Say ; Impromptu : The Suckers ; All the Fancy Things ; It is a Living Coral ; Young Sycamore ; The Cod Head ; The Bull Poem (“As the cat”) ; Perpetuum Mobile : The City ; The Widow’s Lament in Springtime ; Arrival ; Great Mullen ; Queen-Anne’s Lace ; Overture to a Dance of Locomotives (incomplete the recording breaks off at the second syllable of line 11, “Covertly”) Side 2 : 21 June 1951 : The Desert Music ; The Cod Head ; Burning the Christmas Greens ; A Sort of a Song ; From Paterson I iii : “How strange you are, you idiot!” to “his mind drinks of desire” ; Tract ; Apres le Bain ; Spring is Here Again, Sir ; May 1st Tomorrow 25 1951 : William presents the Russell Loines Award for Poetry to John Crowe Ransom at the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Note:
Special Thanks to Richard Warren Jr and Robert J Bertholf are expressed.
Note:
Earle's wife, Alice, his mother Charlotte, and Mrs Florence Williams are also present in Eyvinds' home
Note:
The last 20 minutes of track two is empty.

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