An Inventory of Her Audio Recordings at the Univesity of
Manitoba
Collection Summary
Repository:
University of Manitoba Archives & Special
Collections
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Creator:
Dorothy Livesay
Title:
Dorothy Livesay Tape
Collection
Dates:
1965-1992
Quantity:
3 cm of textual
material, 2 reels, 54 tapes
Identification:
TC 31 (A.04-110)
English
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Biography of Dorothy Livesay
Livesay was born in Winnipeg in 1909 and moved to Toronto with her parents at the age of ten. Her father J.F.B. Livesay was the first general manager of the Canadian Press, a war correspondent during World War I, and author of Canada's Hundred Days (1919). Her mother, Florence Randal Livesay, was a poet of distinction and a pioneer in the field of translating verse from Ukrainian into English. Dorothy studied at the University of Toronto and the Sorbonne, afterwards becoming a welfare worker, then a newspaper reporter, and finally a teacher. She taught canadian literature at the University of Victoria for two years. At the University of Alberta she taught canadian literature and creative writing. She also taught in the United States and Zambia, in the latter as a UNESCO field specialist. Known chiefly as a poet, Dorothy Livesay won the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1947 for distinguished service to canadian literature. During the 1940s she was twice honoured with the Governor-General's Award for Poetry. Some of her best-known poetry publications include Green Pitcher (1928), Call My People Home (1950), Ice Age (1975), Right Hand Left Hand (1977), The Woman I Am (1977), The Phases of Love (1983), and Journey With My Selves: a Memoir, 1909-1963 (1991). She died on December 29, 1996.
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of audio tapes of poetry readings, memoirs, interviews, music, and recordings of CBC programs.
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Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged into three series
- 1. Reels
- 2. Tapes
- 3. Commercial Tapes
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Custodial History
2004 accession was donated to the Archives & Special Collections by Jay Steward.
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Other Finding Aids
Mss 37 - Manuscript Collection
PC 43 - Photograph Collection
TC 31 - Tape Collection
A.92-21, 1992 Accession
A. 02-36, 2002 Accession
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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TC 31, A.04-110 Reel-to-Reel Tapes 1965-1973 |
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Reel #1
1973 |
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Barbara Pentland - news; Phyllis Mailing with Vancouver Chamber Orchestra Simon Streatfeild, conductor - CBC
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Barbara Pentland's letter to D. Livesay,
1976 |
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Reel #2
1965-66 |
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Peter Livesay - classical guitar - folk songs; John Scott - guitar
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Literary Periodicals |
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includes D. Livesay's poem Three Men Four Women, in Border Crossing, Fall 1985
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Cassette Tapes
1958-1992 |
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Tape #1 |
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Livesay Songs - Raymond Luedeke
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Tape #2-3,
September 24, 1991 |
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Livesay fonds -Mss 37, Box 39-41 (correspondence)
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poor sound
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Tape #4
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Four Songs; Dream; Old Song - Music by Ray Luedeke; Text by Dorothy Livesay
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Tape #5
July 8, 1985 |
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How they grew old: sketch re: Livesay's parents
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Tape #6 |
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D. Livesay - thoughts on feminism (memoirs)
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Tape #7 |
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D. Livesay - memoirs - Canadian women; CBC - re: Susan Allison
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Tape #8 |
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D. Livesay - poetry -Vancouver
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Tape #9
1958-59 |
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Dictation
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Tape #10
1970-1976 |
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Disasters of the Sun (1970); Trance for Flute & Harp (1976)
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Tape #11
January 23, 1977 |
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Disasters of the Sun - introduction, interview; Disasters of the Sun - poems read by D. Livesay, music by Barbara Pentland
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Tape #12
1981 |
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D. Livesay's trip to Orlando - diary notes, Music by Bartok
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Tape #13 |
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Florence Livesay -diary
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Tape #14
July 1983 |
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D. Livesay - Diary
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Tape #15
March 1983 |
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Disasters of the Sun - introduction, interview; Disasters of the Sun - poems read by D. Livesay, music by Barbara Pentland
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Tape #16
1985 |
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D. Livesay - a letter to her son - hospital experiences - Birth poem; Gzowski - UN Peace Disarnament
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Tape #17
October - November, 1985 |
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Livesay on Riel; Livesay interview with Ian Alexander - producer of Arts National re: Peace-Write
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Tape #18
1985 |
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Livesay on Riel; Livesay interview with Ian Alexander - producer of Arts National re: Peace-Write
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Tape #19
November 1985 |
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D. Livesay - Prophet of the New World
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Tape #20
May 1986 |
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D. Livesay - CBC interview
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Tape #21
May 8, 1986 |
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D. Livesay - CBC - AM, interviewed Paul Grant
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Tape #22
January 29-30, 1987 |
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The Lake - one act opera (1952), music by Pentland, libretto by D. Livesay
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Tape #23
October 11, 1987 |
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D. Livesay - Ice Age, CBC FM
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Tape #24
May 8, 1988 |
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D. Livesay - State of the Arts - CBC
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Tape #25
Spring 1988 |
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D. Livesay - State of the Arts - CBC, interviewed by Paul Grant
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Tape #26 |
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D. Livesay - Music in my life
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Tape #27
1988 |
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D. Livesay - CBC Friday Night
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Tape #28 |
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D. Livesay - Lives, women; Music Bartok, viola
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Tape #29
1989-90 |
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D. Livesay interviwed by Erika Ritter; D. Livesay -The Women I am, music by M. Alexander
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Tape #30
April 6, 1990 |
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D. Livesay at RZBZ Books
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Tape #31
April 18, 1990 |
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D. Livesay speaking - Transcribed
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Tape #32
January 2, 1987 |
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D. Livesay - Early Edition
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Tape #33 (2 tapes)
1984 |
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D. Livesay - memoirs
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D. Livesay - Keep up the poetry
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Tape #34
1984 |
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D. Livesay - poem reading "Riding the dark"; D. Livesay - feminism
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Tape #35
1990 |
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Emma Goldman; Transcribe for D. Livesay - E. Birney
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Tape #36
February 1984 |
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Evelyn Roth's poems for D. Livesay
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Tape #37
1981 |
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Music - Bartok (Joe Plaskett), re: Martin Hunter - Tamara (play)
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Tape #38 |
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Timothy Findly, CBC - re: Margaret Lawrence
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Tape #39 |
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Barker (age 83) - Group of Seven
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Tape #40 |
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Folk Music, Saskatchewan - Martin (folk songs, Denmark)
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Tape #41 |
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Music - Barbara Pentland
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Tape #42 |
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Music - Barbara Pentland
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(poor sound)
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Tape #43-44 |
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Ballad of the Pedal Pushers
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Tape #45 |
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CBC - Ideas - re: Women & Family
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Tape #46 |
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CBC - 2 New Hours, pt.1
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Tape #47 |
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CBC - 2 New Hours, pt.3
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Tape #48
March 1992 |
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"Magic Breath" by Helen Greenberg, G. Anderson - voice, N. Antonocci - piano
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Commercial tapes |
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Tape #49 |
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Music - Marc Blitzstein - Songs
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Tape #50 February 27, 1987 |
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Fine Lines (University of Victoria), Side Two: D. Livesay, interviewed and reading poetry from Self-Completing Tree
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Tape #51
1988 |
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Music - Windows - B. Prevedoros and M. Reher
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Tape #52
1986 |
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Music - Like grass through the pavement By Ernie Manera
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Tape #53
1988 |
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Continental Hug : Canadian Poetry set to Chilian Music
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