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Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian collection, circa 1961-1988

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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
Subseries 9: Various sound recordings (continued)
748 / dub for Bruce Jackson, November 4, 1960 (continued)
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0561 748 / dub for Bruce Jackson, November 4, 1960
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0571 895 / Arthur Boose: WOB spiel / Von Schmidt: Garfield
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
"WOB" may refer to the Wobblies.
1. Arthur Boose, Portland, Oregon; recorded by B.A. Botkin and Stewart Holbrook, August 31, 1950
2. Eric von Schmidt: James A. Garfield
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0576 LF3 [?]
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
The writing on the tape box is indistinct.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0577 735 / Amarillo Holiness Church, July 1967
1 sound tape reel : analog, 1 7/8, quarter track, mono ; 5 in.
J.B. Smith sent this tape to Jackson. According to Jackson's note on the tape box: "part is service, with some good singing, part prayer meeting."
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0615 Utah Sings! / "The Working Class Hero" / Part 1, possibly 1977
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
This may be Utah Phillips.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0627 736 / Calypsos, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
Side 1 recorded in San Juan by Bill Sylvester; first [?]; boys from St. Thomas singing. Further details on the tape box.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0636 816 / "ASS" LP master tape / AA. Jackson, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
Bruce Jackson Toast LP, Side A. The title for this LP in the LC catalog is "Get your ass in the water and swim like me!" : narrative poetry from the Black oral tradition (edited by Bruce Jackson; produced in conjunction with the Center for Studies in American Culture, SUNY Buffalo and the Society for Traditional Music). Originally released 1998.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0637 817 / "ASS" LP master tape / AA. Jackson, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
Bruce Jackson Toast LP, Side B. See notes for SR0636.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1148 A5 or 45, undated
1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0840 Vincent Gange / 1970 / English 383, 1970
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
According to the tape box back: "This tape was prepared by Vincent Gange in the Fall of 1970 for English 383 [class]. It accompanies other, written materials on the Seneca Indians on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, near Gowanda, N.Y. It includes a recording of 'The Feather Dance,' performed at Seneca ceremonies."
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0902 Use [the only word on the back of the tape box not crossed out], undated
1 sound tape reel : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0908 Black Narr [narrative?], undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0927 [No information on the tape box], undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0940 10/20/1976, October 20, 1976
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Handwriting on the tape box is too faded to read. The recording is assumed to be related to SR0941.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0942 Doc Gary Galetta / Mark Donahue / Steve Hassett, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0943 Gary Galetta / Interview with Jo Watson / Robert Weiss, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0955 I Spanish G[?], undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Modest amount of information on the tape box has faded.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0956 HHH, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
No other information on the tape box.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0957 386-389 / Oversize - in case 3, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
No other information on the tape box.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR0958 Judy / Samples / For the Jacksons [DF-207], circa 1970s
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, two track ; 7 in.
A sampler of folk music recorded in Illinois, Indiana, and Arkansas, by Judy McCulloh.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1220 Tom Pickard Soundtrack, undated
1 sound cassette (60 min.) : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1234 7 / Jim - interview, undated
1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1235 8, undated
1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1236 9, undated
1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1237 10, undated
1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1238 11, undated
1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1258 #90 / Thursday 11-12, undated
1 sound cassette : analog
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1259 #92 / Thursday 1-2 / 222 Scully, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog, 10 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1260 #93 / Thursday 12-1 / 224 Scully, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog, 10 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/009: SR1261 #94 / Thursday 10-11, undated
1 sound tape reel : analog, 10 in.
Series 3: Graphic Materials
BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Photos, undated
3 black-and-white photos : 5 x 6 in. and smaller
BOX-FOLDER 4/11 "Painted Post Country," undated
10 color slides : 35 mm
Series 4: Moving Images
Processing work in progress. The list of projects minimally processed so far reflects only the contents of this collection, and is not exhaustive. Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian have collaborated on the following films: Death Row, Robert Creeley: Willy's Reading, William August May, Out of Order, Creeley, and Robert Creeley: The Persistence of Verse (a conversation between Robert Creeley and Bruce Jackson, 2001). Both directed, edited, and produced these films. Jackson did the cinematography and Christian recorded the sound. Running times for all films are approximate. Descriptions of these films, and other film highlights from the collection, appear below.
"Hard Language," 1974
Jackson and Christian organized this symposium at SUNY-Buffalo (now University at Buffalo). Participants included: Leslie Fiedler (American critic), Angus Fletcher (literary scholar), Frederick Jameson (critic), René Girard (literary theorist), Neville Dyson-Hudson (anthropologist), William Bossert (mathematical biologist), Roger Abrahams (folklorist), Richard Macksey (literary scholar), Nathan Lyons (photographer and photo historian), Jackson, and Christian.
Death Row, 1979
Jackson conducted extensive interviews with inmates on death row at Ellis Unit, in Texas. The film documents the daily lives of the inmates, from work to recreation, from mealtimes to their personal thoughts about their lives and imminent fate. Some employees of the prison are also interviewed. 60 min.
Services Rendered, 1979
Jackson produced, did sound, and some camera for this film, which was directed by Andy Ferullo. Approximately 15 vignettes of working people in Buffalo, at work and talking about their work. 60 min.
I Found a Feather, 1980
A short fiction film Jackson did not finish. He shot the footage near Buffalo, in the Alabama Swamp Complex, part of the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (with its headquarters located in Alabama, New York).
Robert Creeley: Willy's Reading, 1982
In this film Creeley reads drafts of a poem he wrote to honor the birth of Willy, his son. 16 min.
William August May, 1982
A documentary about William August May, a lifelong deep water fisherman, and the changes to the California environment he has observed. 18 min.
Michael McClure, 1982
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