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Audio Recording An evening of readings to mark the retirement of Roy P. Basler readings by Richard Eberhart, Josephine Jacobsen, Reed Whittemore, and Arnold Moss in the Coolidge Auditorium, Dec. 9, 1974

An evening of readings to mark the retirement of Roy P. Basler : readings by Richard Eberhart, Josephine Jacobsen, Reed Whittemore, and Arnold Moss in the Coolidge Auditorium, Dec. 9, 1974

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Title

  • An evening of readings to mark the retirement of Roy P. Basler readings by Richard Eberhart, Josephine Jacobsen, Reed Whittemore, and Arnold Moss in the Coolidge Auditorium, Dec. 9, 1974

Names

  • Basler, Roy P. (Roy Prentice), 1906-1989
  • Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005
  • Jacobsen, Josephine
  • Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012
  • Moss, Arnold, 1910- prf
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1974.

Contents

  • Richard Eberhart reads: From Shifts of being: To Harriet Monroe -- From Collected poems 1930-60: At the Canoe Club -- From The quarry: To Bill Williams ; Worldly failure ; Lurch -- From Fields of grace: The young and the old ; Emily Dickinson -- Trying to hold it all together -- From Fields of grace: Despair ; Reading room, the New York Public Library -- Incidence of flight --- From Fields of grace: Gnat on my paper --
  • Josephine Jacobsen reads: From The shade-seller: The shade-seller ; When the five prominent poets ; Night patrol ; The planet ; Gentle reader -- Reed Whittemore reads: From Poems : new and selected: Today -- From An American takes a walk: Alfred Lord Tennyson -- From The mother's breast and the father's house: Haiku no. 1 ; The mother's breast and the father's house -- Arnold Moss reads selections from the writings of Roy P. Basler and Abraham Lincoln, and from William Shakespeare's The tempest.

Notes

  • -  Introduced by L. Quincy Mumford.
  • -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
  • -  Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 211.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 8233

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95770525

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Basler, Roy P, Richard Eberhart, Josephine Jacobsen, Reed Whittemore, Arnold Moss, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. An evening of readings to mark the retirement of Roy P. Basler readings by Richard Eberhart, Josephine Jacobsen, Reed Whittemore, and Arnold Moss in the Coolidge Auditorium, Dec. 9. 1974. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95770525/.

APA citation style:

Basler, R. P., Eberhart, R., Jacobsen, J., Whittemore, R., Moss, A., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1974) An evening of readings to mark the retirement of Roy P. Basler readings by Richard Eberhart, Josephine Jacobsen, Reed Whittemore, and Arnold Moss in the Coolidge Auditorium, Dec. 9. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95770525/.

MLA citation style:

Basler, Roy P, et al. An evening of readings to mark the retirement of Roy P. Basler readings by Richard Eberhart, Josephine Jacobsen, Reed Whittemore, and Arnold Moss in the Coolidge Auditorium, Dec. 9. 1974. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/95770525/>.