CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7184
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Warren Tallman Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 26
Source Collection Description:
Warren Tallman (7 November 1921 - 1 July 1994) was an American-born poetry professor who inspired the Canadian Tish movement and influenced the mid-20th century poetry scene in Canada. Born in Seattle attended the University of California, Berkeley on the G.I. Bill. There he met Ellen King; they married in 1951. In 1956, the Tallmans accepted teaching jobs in the English department at the University of British Columbia, where they helped Earle Birney and Roy Daniells to organize the creative writing department. In 1963, they hosted a poetry conference attended by Denise Levertov, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Margaret Avison, and Philip Whalen. The Tallman home itself also served as a poetry enclave of sorts. It was there that Jack Spicer gave some of his now legendary lectures. Two years later, they held another poetry conference in Berkeley, California. Sometimes criticized by Canadian literary nationalists for turning the Vancouver poetry circle into a California branch plant, Tallman embraced the Black Mountain school approach to poetry, and also was influenced from the Beats and other New American Poets. The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, teaching papers, personal and financial records, material pertaining to the Vancouver Poetry Centre, photographs, audiotapes, ephemera, etc.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Warren Tallman Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Robert Creeley Special on Co-op Radio Program produced and edited by Paul Mutton in honor of Robert Creeley. (Broadcast or copyright August 12, 1990)
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Creeley, Robert
Dates:
1926-2005
Name:
Mutton, Paul
Notes:
Robert Creeley Special program is produced and edited by Paul Mutton in the studios of Co-op radio in Vancouver; he is also the commentary for this program
Name:
Bull, Hank
Dates:
1949-
Notes:
Music is by Hank Bull
Name:
Kearns, Lionel
Dates:
1937-
Notes:
He talks at The Western Front on June 2nd.
Name:
Little, Billy
Dates:
1943-
Notes:
Known as Zonko
He talks at The Western Front on June 2nd.
Name:
Kroetsch, Robert
Dates:
1927-2011
Notes:
He talks at The Western Front on June 2nd.
Name:
Tallman, Warren
Dates:
1921-1994
Name:
Niechoda, Irene
Notes:
She talks at Warren Tallman's house on June 1st.
Name:
Kamboureli, Smaro
Notes:
She talks at Warren Tallman's house on June 1st.
Name:
Karasick, Adeena
Dates:
1965-
Notes:
She talks at Warren Tallman's house on June 1st.
Name:
Miki, Roy
Dates:
1942-2024
Notes:
He talks at Warren Tallman's house on June 1st.
Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
Notes:
He probably talks at Warren Tallman's house on June 1st.
Name:
Watts, Charles
Notes:
He talks at Warren Tallman's house on June 1st.
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
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:
T00:57:29
Size:
52.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T01:03:35
Size:
58.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1990-08-12
Type:
Publication Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
This date is written in front of Paul Mutton copyright
Date:
1990-06-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Event at The Western Front
Date:
1990-06-01
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Warren Tallman's armchair discussion at his house
Date:
1990-06-03
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Warren Tallman's armchair discussion at his house
LOCATION
Address:
303 E 8th Ave E, Vancouver, BC V5T 1S1
Venue:
The Western Front
Latitude:
49.26392
Longitude:
-123.09869
Address:
370 Columbia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 4J1
Venue:
Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM
Latitude:
49.28181
Longitude:
-123.10203
Notes:
Where the tape was edited
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
Related Version
Note:
Tape 172 SWALLOW ID7171 is a duplicate of the interview of side one on tape #185 SWALLOW ID 7184
Type:
Related Version
Note:
Tape 194 SWALLOW ID 7193 is a duplicate of parts of Tape 185 SWALLOW ID 7184, sides one and two. Tape 194 SWALLOW ID 7193 includes the full original recording of the group conversation at Tallman's house.
Type:
Related Version
Note:
Tape 195 SWALLOW ID 7194 is a duplicate of parts of Tape 185 SWALLOW ID 7184, sides one and two. Tape 195 SWALLOW ID 7194 includes the full original recording of the group conversation at Tallman's house.
Type:
Related Version
Note:
Tape 197 SWALLOW ID 7196 is a duplicate of parts of Tape 185 SWALLOW ID 7184, sides one and two. Tape 197 SWALLOW ID 7196 includes the full original recording of the group conversation at Tallman's house.
Type:
Related Version
Note:
Tape 196 SWALLOW ID 7195 is a duplicate of parts of Tape 185 SWALLOW ID 7184, side two. Tape 196 SWALLOW ID 7195 includes the full original recording of the Robert Creeley Tribute event held at the Western Front on June 2, 1990.
Type:
General
Note:
This tape is a Co-op Radio program produced by Paul Mutton with Warren Tallman's assistance. On the first side (Part 1), Mutton asks Creeley a couple of questions about Black Mountain College and education in general, and they discuss the theme of place with Warren Tallman. This was recorded on June 1st or June 2nd, 1990. The piano intro music is played by Hank Bull.
On the second side, we hear Robert Creeley's live event at the Western Front (June 2, 1990), followed by a discussion led by Warren Tallman with a group of friends at Tallman's house. The live event broadcast on Co-op Radio includes readings by Lionel Kearns, Billy Little, Robert Kroetsch, Warren Tallman, and Robert Creeley. George Bowering is the emcee. The conversation at Tallman's home includes Creeley, Tallman, Irene Niechoda, Smaro Kamboureli, Adeena Karasick, and Roy Miki. (Miki features prominently).
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