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Sauder, Ben - Interview

Item number (ISN):

466484

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1960/1969 ?

Item number (ISN):

466484

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

ALLAN, Andrew

Accession:

1975-0087

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1960/1969 ?

Production credit:

interviewer, Andrew Allan; George Salverson

Description:

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Interview of Ben Sauder, Mennonite poet laureate, at his home in St. Jabobs, Waterloo County, Ontario, by Andrew Allan and George Salverson. He speaks about: Ben Sauder; his family background; selling his farm during the Depression of the 1930s; his career as a poet; the influence of Walt Mason on his poety; education; changing attitudes towards education; the subject matter of his poetry; population; the population explosion; agriculture; the difficulties of the small family farm; ethnic groups; Mennonites; Mennonite farmers; Mennonite customs and traditions; towns; the town of Elmira in Ontario; pollution; the noise pollution created by the urban lifestyle; the peace and quiet of rural living; poetry; modern poetry; his style of poetry; his philosophy expressed in poetry; his Mennonite friends; religion; the celebration of Christmas and marriage in the Mennonite religion; and the structure of the Mennonite religion. Sauder recites the following poems: The Good Appetite; The Auctioneer; Our High Education (recited in German dialect); The Automobile (in German dialect) and The Saviour's Calling. Sauder hums a tune to accompany the poem The Saviour's Calling. Various background noises are heard during the recording. <1h 30mn>

Language:

English / German

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Vault ISN:

601407

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00589

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

1978-0087
FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

642559

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0087/3

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22003

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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