{"id":870,"date":"2020-05-25T15:42:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T22:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amplab.ok.ubc.ca\/?p=870"},"modified":"2021-11-23T18:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T02:30:55","slug":"in-the-archive-the-charles-olson-memorial-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amplab.ok.ubc.ca\/index.php\/2020\/05\/25\/in-the-archive-the-charles-olson-memorial-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Archive: The Charles Olson Memorial Recording"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Archive: The Charles Olson Memorial Recording<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Megan Butchart (Undergraduate Research Assistant, SpokenWeb)<\/p>\n

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One of the primary challenges in compiling metadata for recordings within the SoundBox collection<\/a> is the informal and amateur nature of most of the recordings. Unlike an official reading series containing complete and professional recordings with appropriate metadata, the SoundBox collection primarily consists of sets of poets\u2019 and professors\u2019 personal recordings. Given the tendency for such tapes to be erased and reused, the metadata connected to such artifacts is not always accurate; this makes listening a central imperative to the processing of the collection.<\/p>\n

For example, one reel within the SoundBox collection contains a recording of a memorial event for American poet Charles Olson held on March 14, 1970 at the St. Anselm\u2019s Church<\/a> on the UBC campus in Vancouver. The recording was digitized in June 2019 by Craig Carpenter (UBCO MA candidate) and features a series of primarily Vancouver-based poets giving readings in honour and memory of Olson. While the accompanying contextual material to the Olson Memorial recording is remarkably complete, based on the metadata included, the tape only contains the first and last 30 minutes of the recorded event at St. Anselm\u2019s Church. Whether the middle section of the memorial was erased from this tape, never dubbed, or was contained on another reel which became separated from the one now in the SoundBox collection is a question we are still exploring.<\/p>\n

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“Charles Olson Memorial” recording. Tallman fonds, SoundBox Collection, UBC Okanagan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last week, however, SpokenWeb<\/a> PI Jason Camlot<\/a> shared a table containing SFU\u2019s metadata for their copy of the Olson Memorial at St. Anselm\u2019s Church. It reveals in more detail those sections missing from the UBCO copy and what poems the missing poets read. Yet, based on the UBCO recording, the SFU copy is also<\/i> a partial recording. Specifically, the UBCO copy contains an introduction by Warren Tallman and readings by three additional poets after Roy Kiyooka which are not indicated within the metadata on the SFU tape.<\/p>\n

The metadata for the SFU and UBCO copies is included below, as well as SFU\u2019s table of contents for the recording with additions in red based on the metadata associated with the UBCO recording. While such additions would need to be confirmed by listening to SFU\u2019s recording, what this comparative reconstruction of the event based on two surviving recordings exemplifies is the fruitful potential of sharing metadata and resources across collections<\/b>. As the metadata contributed to Swallow\u2014SpokenWeb\u2019s custom metadata ingest system\u2014continues to grow, the ability to fill in such gaps will no doubt continue.<\/p>\n

For more information about his recording, listen to the SoundBox Signals podcast episode \u201cIs Robin Here?\u201d<\/a> in which Karis Shearer<\/a> (Associate Professor, UBCO), Amy Thiessen<\/a> (BA Honours English), Emily Murphy<\/a> (Assistant Professor, UBCO) and Hannah McGregor <\/a>(Assistant Professor, SFU) discuss Warren Tallman\u2019s introduction to this event.<\/p>\n

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SFU metadata:<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Title of Series: \u00a0 St. Anselm Memorial Service<\/li>\n
  2. Accession Number:\u00a0 12<\/li>\n
  3. Donor:\u00a0 Randy Enomoto<\/li>\n
  4. Person(s) reading:\u00a0 see below<\/li>\n
  5. Date:\u00a0 Mar. 14, 1970<\/li>\n
  6. Location:\u00a0 Vancouver \u2013 St. Anselm Church<\/li>\n
  7. Number of tapes: 1<\/li>\n
  8. Reel to reel: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 x\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Size: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Speed:\u00a0 1 7\/8. 1 \u00bd hr.\/side @900 ft., one hour 30 min. side 1<\/li>\n
  9. Cassette:<\/li>\n
  10. Other information:\u00a0 Of the many writers who read on this occasion, only a number of them identified themselves.\u00a0 Thus, the following list of poems and readers will remain tentative until further identification is possible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

    UBCO SoundBox Collection metadata:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Collection:\u00a0 Warren Tallman collection<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Accession number:\u00a0 2012.002.006<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Donor:\u00a0 Jodey Castricano<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Date:\u00a0 March 14, 1970<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Location:\u00a0 St. Anselm\u2019s Church, Vancouver B.C.<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Number of Tapes:\u00a0 1<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Reel to reel:\u00a0 x\u00a0 \u00a0 Size:\u00a0 7\u201d\u00a0 Tape Brand:\u00a0 Charter Magnetic Tape 1.5 Mil Mylar<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Other Information:<\/span>\n
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      1. Writing on front of box: \u201cRoberts Tape Recorders. Speakers AR3 not AR3A. Commercial Elect: Sony Integrated Amplifier – 300\/400. Consumers report for [illegible] on Speakers – Apr-May – 70. Richard Sommer [address] Montreal, Quebec.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Written on back of box: \u201cCharles Olson Memorial Poetry Reading – 14 March 1970 \/ (Recorded: Richard Sommer) St. Anselm\u2019s 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\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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         <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
        Side<\/b><\/td>\nTrack<\/b><\/td>\nNo.<\/b><\/td>\nComments<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[3 min of introductions by Warren Tallman]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        One<\/b><\/td>\nB<\/b><\/td>\n000<\/b><\/td>\nRobin Blaser reading scripture from St. John<\/del> [KJV Revelations 1:4-20]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nTape recording of Charles Olson reading As the Dead Prey Upon Us \u2013 extract from his reading at the Vancouver Poetry Conference in 1963 [Referenced by Tallman, but cut from UBCO recording]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nJudith Copithorne reading:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Judith Copithorne:]<\/span> \u201cOn the roof the ferry\u2026\u201d [\u201cBush in town…[?]\u201d, \u201cGet up white stove…\u201d, \u201cSit beside the quick, silver sea…\u201d]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Peter Quartermain:]<\/span> \u201cWhat happens when the father\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nLionel Kearns reading Language Dreams<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nReader ? [Jim Brown:]<\/span> \u2013 \u201cThe garden was unguarded and they went in at the gate\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[George Stanley:] \u201cAn Ode for Garcia Lorca\u201d [by Steve Jonas]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[George Stanley:] \u201cLove, the poem, the sea and other pieces examined by me\u2026\u201d [by Steve Jonas]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[UBCO recording cuts] [Missing all following recordings until Roy Kiyooka reading]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Stan]<\/span> Persky reading from Maximus Poems-Bk ii <\/i>chapter 37*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nReading Saturday Feb. 14 [?]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Roy Cartlidge]<\/span> Roger Cartledge reading \u201cWhen you heard he\u2019d died\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nBrian Fawcett reading from Maximus Poems<\/i>*<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nReading \u201cMaximus Letter # Whatever\u201d*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nReading A Story Told To Me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nReading Is It These White Bones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nScott Lawrence? Reading The Day Before Christmas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nReading Anima<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nRalph Maud reading \u201cMaximus to Gloucester\u201d*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nRe-reads it*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Richard Sommer?, Doug Walker?]<\/span> Reading Honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Richard Sommer?, Doug Walker?]<\/span> Reading The Trouble<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Richard Sommer?, Doug Walker?]<\/span> Reading Sycamore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Doug Walker?]<\/span> Reading \u201cA man opens a door, steps out\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nMaxine Gadd reading “Apollo is also dead\u2026”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Mark Cacchioni?]<\/span> ? reading \u201cCharles Olson, I want to know you\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Either Mark Cacchioni or Ebbe Borregaard?]<\/span> ? reading \u201cWe are Olson\u2019s children\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Either Mark Cacchioni or Ebbe Borregaard?]<\/span> ? Reading?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Ebbe Borregaard?]<\/span> ? Reading \u201cHow to be a poet\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[UBCO recording resumes]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nRoy Kiyooka reading Olson\u2019s \u201cAt Yorktown\u201d*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nRoy Kiyooka reading [\u201cMerce of Egypt.\u201d*]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nRoy Kiyooka reading Margaret Avison\u2019s poem \u201cThe Earth That Falls Away\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Roger Field: \u201cA Poem on a Yellow Envelope.\u201d]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Jon Furburg: \u201cOlson with his eien[?] in the rock…”]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        \u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n[Robin Blaser: \u201cIn Cold Hell, In Thicket\u201d*]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

        * Charles Olson\u2019s poems<\/span><\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

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