Finding Aid for the Avant-Garde Poetry Tape Recordings, 1966
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Finding Aid for the Avant-Garde Poetry Tape Recordings, 1966
Collection number: 961
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© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Avant-Garde Poetry Tape Recordings,
Date (inclusive): 1966
Collection number: 961
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
2 cartons (2.0 linear ft.)
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[Identification of item], Avant-Garde Poetry Tape Recordings (Collection 961). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Collection consists of 42 reel-to-reel tapes recorded by Michael Silverton for an avant-garde poetry series for New York radio
station WNYC in 1966, and another for radio station WBAI in 1967. Interviewees include: Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, Allan
Kaplan, Jerome Rothenberg, Michael Benedikt, Russell Edson, Kenward Elmslie, Ted Berrigan, Joseph Ceravolo, Sotere Torregian,
Lorenzo Thomas, John Perreault, Aram Saroyan, Jim Brodey, Peter Schjeedahl, Dick Gallup, Kathy Frazer, Tony Towle, Frank O'Hara
(memorial), A. Schweiner, David Antin, Ted Greenwald, Lewis Warsh, Anne Waldman, Shelley Slater, Frank Kuenstler, Frank Lima,
Gerald Hopman, Paul Blackburn, Joe Brainard, Stanley Moss, Michael O'Brien, Tom Clark, Ron Padgett, Don Gardner, Michael Brownstein,
Milton Gilman, Robert Gilman, and Barton Midwood.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Poets, American--20th century--Audiotapes.
Online resources.
Container List
Poetry of the Avant-Garde. New York, Radio Station WNYC, Radio Station WBAI, 1966-1967
Physical Description: 42 reels.
Scope and Content Note
WNYC: 19 reels (10.5) 7.5 per second. Tape.
WBAI: 23 reels (7 and 10.5) Tape.
19 reels recorded by Michael Silverton for a series of radio broadcasts entitled,
Poetry of the Avant Garde.
Contents:
- Reel 1: Ted Berrigan
- Reel 2: John Ashbery
- Reel 3: Allan Kaplan
- Reel 4: Jerome Rothenberg
- Reel 5: Michael Benedikt
- Reel 6: Russell Edson
- Reel 7: Kenward Elmslie
- Reel 8: Ted Berrigan
- Reel 9: Joseph Ceravolo
- Reel 10: Sotere Torregian
- Reel 11: Lorenzo Thomas
- Reel 12: John Perreault
- Reel 13: Aram Saroyan
- Reel 14: Jim Brodey
- Reel 15: Peter Schjeedahl
- Reel 16: Dick Gallup
- Reel 17: Kathy Frazer
- Reel 18: Tony Towle
- Reel 19: Frank O'Hara Memorial
23 reels recorded by Michael Silverton for a series of broadcasts entitled, New York Poets.
Contents:
- Reel 1 (10.5): A. Schweiner
- Reel 2: Russell Edson
- Reel 3: David Antin
- Reel 4: Ted Greenwald
- Reel 5: Lewis Warsh
- Reel 6: Anne Waldman
- Reel 7 (10.5): Shelley Slater
- Reel 8: Frank Kuenstler
- Reel 9: Frank Lima
- Reel 10: Gerald Hopman
- Reel 11: Paul Blackburn
- Reel 12: Kenward Elmslie
- Reel 13: Joe Brainard
- Reel 14: Stanley Moss
- Reel 15: Michael O'Brien
- Reel 16: Tom Clark
- Reel 17: Ted Berrigan
- Reel 18: Ron Padgett
- Reel 19: Don Gardner
- Reel 20: Michael Brownstein
- Reel 21: Milton Gilman
- Reel 22: Robert Kelly
- Reel 23 (10.5): Barton Midwood