Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- William Carlos Williams recordings
- Dates:
- 1942-1962
- Creators:
- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 and Swigg, Richard, 1938-
- Extent:
- 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William Carlos Williams recordings (Collection 148). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of cassette tape recordings of William Carlos Williams issued by Keele University. Includes 15 audiocassettes and an accompanying booklet describing the recordings.
- Biographical / historical:
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Williams was born on September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey; MD, University of Pennsylvania, 1906; postgraduate study at University of Leipzig, 1909-10; intern, French Hospital and Nursery and Child's Hospital, New York City, 1906-09; private medical practice in Rutherford, 1910-51; visiting professor of English, University of Washington, 1948; became poet, playwright, and novelist; published works include: The tempers (1913), Spring and all (1923), Paterson (1946-1958), Selected poems (1949), and Pictures from Brueghel and other poems (1962), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1963; he died on Mar. 4, 1963 in Rutherford.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Richard Swigg 1992, 1994.
- Processing information:
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- Physical / technical requirements:
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CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Swigg, Richard, 1938-
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-08-03 18:04:16 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Portions of collection unprocessed. Audiovisual materials are unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William Carlos Williams recordings (Collection 148). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988