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Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1885-10-30 - 1972-11-01

Ezra Pound (1885-1972), expatriate American poet and critic.

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and draft of "Means of distribution exist", 1934-1948

 Part of Collection — Box: 110, Folder: 20
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript draft, signed, with autograph corrections, of Pound's essay "Means of Distribution Exist". Includes two typescript letters, signed, with autograph manuscript additions, from Pound to H. R. Hays, discussing contemporary Italian literature and politics. Also includes a letter from D. [R?]. Pearce to Hays, thanking Hays for letting Parker copy Pound's letters, and discussing Pound's economic views. Pound's letters are with envelopes.
Dates: 1934-1948

Correspondence with Oswald P. Backus, 1927 February 15, undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 104, Folder: 10
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter from Backus telling Pound about his life since they met as students at Hamilton College. With envelope. Also includes an autograph letter, signed, from Pound while he was institutionalized at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. Pound inquires about Backus's son and unidentified people living in Rochester, New York.
Dates: 1927 February 15, undated

Letter : 5, Holland Place Chambers, Kensington. W., to Ellen [Thayer], 1916 Nov 16

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS written on behalf of a "Miss Barney" and mentioning the Baronne de Brimont.
Dates: 1916 Nov 16

Letter : 5, Holland Place Chambers, Kensington, W. to Orrick Johns, undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 110, Folder: 21
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter, signed, with autograph manuscript corrections and postscript, regarding the writings of Sadakichi Hartmann.
Dates: undated

Letter : 5, Holland Place Chambers, Kensington. W., to W. R. Garnett, 36 John Street, Bedford Row, W.C., 1918, undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 110, Folder: 24
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter, signed, from Pound to Garnett saying that he now exclusively writes letters and poems with a typewriter. Pound also says that he has enclosed typescript copies of two poems that were printed in his book Lustra; and tells Garnett where he can purchase editions of specific books. Includes a typescript copy, with manuscript corrections in Pound's hand, of Rosoriu’s poem “Old Idea of Choan”, which was translated into English by Pound. With envelope.
Dates: 1918, undated

Letter : Il Mare, Rapallo, Italy, to Francis Picabia, undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 102, Folder: 37
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter, signed, telling Picabia that he needs to have a room at the Venice Biennale.
Dates: undated

Letter : Notre Dame des Champs, Paris, to Mr. Thring, undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 104, Folder: 12
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter regarding a legal matter and payments owed.
Dates: undated

Letter : Rapallo, to Jay B[radley], [1939] August 1

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: TLS, on Pound's pictorial letterhead, with numerous annotations, explaining his requirements for organizing a literary page.
Dates: [1939] August 1

Letter : Rapallo, to Llewellyn Jones, 1925 November 15

 Part of Collection — Box: 102, Folder: 36
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter, signed, from Pound discussing his work being published in London.
Dates: 1925 November 15

Letter : Rapallo, to René Taupin, Presses Universitaires de France, 49 Boulevard St. Michel, Paris, France, 1932 Nov 25

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-13
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: One TLS on personal letterhead, with autograph manuscript correction, concerning various literary matters. With envelope.
Dates: 1932 Nov 25

Letter : Rapallo, Via Marsala, 12 Int. 5, to D. R. Young, [1927 Jan]

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: TLS, signed with initials, regarding payment for his new magazine The Exile, mentioning [John] Rodker, "Marianne," [D. H.?] Lawrence, Mr. Collins, and a good poem he has found for No. 2., "not by Eliot or myself."
Dates: [1927 Jan]

Letter : Rapallo, Via Marsala, 12 Int. 5, to [D. R.] Young, 1927 Jan 21

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: TLS, signed with initials, regarding publicity for The Exile, mentioning John Rodker and J. M. Price, his American agent.
Dates: 1927 Jan 21

Letter : Österreichischer Hof, Rotenthurmstrasse, Wien, to [René Taupin], undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-15
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Long autograph letter in French, corrected and initialedsigned, discussing literary matters. Pages are numbered 1 and 3-17, with no page 2.
Dates: undated

Letter : to Fritz René Vanderpyl, 1916 October 5

 Part of Collection — Box: 104, Folder: 13
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter, signed, saying that he would like to translate Vanderpyl's article "Marsden Stanton à Paris" into English.
Dates: 1916 October 5

Letter : to Gladys Hynes, undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 104, Folder: 11
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter discussing an article Hynes wrote for Imagi magazine.
Dates: undated

Letter : to Mme. H. Aldington, 1953 July 5

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-17
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter from Pound to H.D. on air letter, posted from Washington, D.C. with address "Hotel de la Paix, Lausanne," Switzerland, struck out, and "Sanatorium [Brumer?], Küsnacht, Zch" added in an unidentified hand. Letter concerns literary matters.
Dates: 1953 July 5

Letter : Via Marsala 12-5, Rapallo, to Orioli, n.y. Jul 25

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: TLS concerning the distribution of the circular "TO," just printed in Toulon by Oppen; mentions an article about Objectivists.
Dates: n.y. Jul 25

Letter : Via Marsala, 12 Int. 5, Rapallo, to Francis Picabia, la Maison Rose, le Tremblay s/ Mauldre, S. et O., 1926 Feb 25

 Part of Collection — Box: 30, Folder: GROUP 511, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: TLS written jointly with Ernest Walsh, including two separate messages in French to Picabia; initialled by Pound and signed by Walsh, with a note in English from Pound to Walsh. Both messages request a contribution to the third number of Walsh's journal This Quarter, and Walsh offers to send a copy of the second number if Picabia doesn't have it.
Dates: 1926 Feb 25