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Pound mss. III, 1910-1972

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu

Creator
Pound, Dorothy.

Title
Pound mss. III,1910-1972

Collection No.
LMC 1868

Extent
2,225 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
The Pound mss. III, 1910-1972, consist of letters between Dorothy Shakespear Pound, 1886-1973, and Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972, from the time of their first meeting until his death.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic and one of the leaders of the early modernist movement. Born in Idaho, he attended the University of Pennsylvania and went on to teach briefly at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana before traveling overseas and living in London, Paris, and Italy, then returning to the States in 1945. He was charged with treason for activities during the war, yet was found mentally ill and spent 13 years in St. Elizabeths Hospital before released in 1958. Pound went back to Italy that year and died in Venice in 1972.

Dorothy Shakespear Pound, born in Britain, became a vorticist painter of distinction. She met Ezra Pound in 1909, and they were married in 1914. She remained married to Pound despite his political views, his incarceration, and his 50-year affair with Olga Rudge, a musician from Youngstown, Ohio. Shakespear Pound lost much of her family's wealth by investing in the government of Benito Mussolini on the advice of her husband, an admirer of the dictator. (His Mussolini scrapbook is in the collection.) She lived the last years of her life in London apart from her husband, and died in London in 1973.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence: 1910-1972; undated; II. Additional Correspondence: 1960-1972; III. Miscellaneous.

Scope and Content Note

Most correspondence is between Dorothy Shakespear Pound and Ezra Loomis Pound.

Related Material

See Pound mss. I, Pound mss. II, Pound mss. IV, Pound mss. V, Pound mss. VI, Pound mss. VII,, also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Purchase. Omar S. Pound, Princeton, New Jersey. 1988
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Pound mss. III, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing Information
Processed by staff.
Series: Box 1 I. CORRESPONDENCE: 1910-1972  UNDATED. 
1910 
Undated [1910/1914?] D.P.
Undated  [1910/1914?] fragments
20 Apr. 1911 
June 1911 
July 1911 
Aug. 1911 
Sept. 1-15, 1911 
Sept. 16-30, 1911 
Oct. 1911 
Nov. 1911 
Dec. 1911 
Jan.-Mar. 1912 
Apr. 1912 
May 1912 
June 1-15, 1912 
June 16-20, 1912 
June 21-30, 1912 
July 1912 
Aug. 1912 
Sept. 1-15, 1912 
Sept. 16-30, 1912 
Sept. 1912 
Oct. 1912 
Nov. 1912 
Dec. 1912 
1912 
Jan. 1913 
Feb. 1913 
Mar. 1913 
Apr 1-20, 1913 
Apr. 21-30, 1913 
May 1-10, 1913 
May 11-31, 1913 
June 1913 
Aug. 1913 
Sept. 1913 
Oct. 1913 
Nov. 1913 
Dec. 1913 
Jan. 1-12, 1914 
Jan. 13, 1914 
Feb. 1914 
Mar. 1-10, 1914 
Mar. 11-Jun. 30, 1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921-1923[?] 
July 1921 
Aug. 1921 
Oct.-Nov. 1921 
Dec. 1921 
Jul. 1-20, 1922 
Jul. 21-31, 1922 
Aug. 1-15, 1922 
Aug. 16-30, 1922 
Sept. 1922 
[before 1923], undated 
Mar. 1-15, 1923 
Mar. 16-25, 1923 
Mar. 26-31, 1923 
Apr.-June, 1923 
July, 1923 
Aug.-Oct. 1923 
Nov. 1-15, 1923 
Nov. 16-30, 1923 
July 1924 
Aug.-Sept. 1924 
1925 
Oct.-Dec. 1926 
Feb.-May, 1927 
Jun. 1-15, 1927 
Jun. 16-30, 1927 
Box 2 1927, July-[Aug.] 
1927, Sept.-[Nov.] 
1927, Dec. 
1927 
1928, [Jan.]-Apr. 
1928, May 1-15 
1928, May 16-31 
1928, June-[July] 
1928, Aug.-[1929, Feb.] 
1929, Mar.-Aug. 
1929, Sept. 
1929, Oct.-Nov. 
1929, Dec. 
1929 
1930, Jan.-[Apr.] 
1930, May 1-10 
1930, May 11-15 
1930, May 16-31 
1930, May 
1930, June 1-15 
1930, Jun. 16-30 
1930, July 
1930, July 1-15 
1930, July 16-31 
1930 
1931, Jan.-Apr. 20 
1931, Apr. 21-30 
1931, May 1-10 
1931, May 11-31 
1931, Aug. 
1931, Sept. 1-11 
1931, Sept. 12-18 
1931, Sept. 19-25 
1931, Sept. 26-30 
1931, Oct. 1-10 
1931, Oct. 11-20 
1931, Oct. 21-30 
1931, Nov. 
1931 
1932, May 
1932, Aug. 1-20 
1932, Aug. 21-31 
1932, Sept. 1-15 
1932, Sept. 16-30 
1932, Oct. 1-15 
1932, Oct. 16-Nov. 
1932, Dec. 
1932 
1933, Jan.-Mar.-[Apr.] 
1933, May 
1933, June 1-15 
1933, June 16-30 
1933, July 1-15 
1933, July 16-31 
1933, Aug.-[Sept.] 
1933, Oct.-[Dec.] 
1934, June 
1934, July 1-15 
1934, July 16-31 
1934, Aug. 1-15 
1934, Aug. 16-31 
1934, Sept. 
1934 
1935, Jan-Jun. 
1935, July 1-10 
1935, July 11-20 
1935, July 21-31 
1935, Aug. 1-15 
1935, Aug. 16-25 
1935, Aug. 26-31 
1935, Sept. 
1935, Oct. 
1935, Nov. 1-15 
1935, Nov. 16-30 
1935 
1936, July 
1936, Aug. 1-10 
1936, Aug. 11-20 
1936, Aug. 21-31 
1936, Sept. 1-10 
1936, Sept. 11-20 
1936, Sept. 21-30 
1936, Oct. 1-15 
1936, Oct. 16-Dec. 
Box 3 1937, Jan. 26 
1937, July 
1937, August 1-15 
1937, August 16-31 
1937, Sept. 1-15 
1937, Sept 16-30 
1937, Oct. 
1937 
1938, June 9-July 20 
1938, July 21-30 
1938, Aug 1-10 
1938, Aug. 11-22 
1938, Aug. 23-31 
1938, Sept. 
1938, Oct. 1-25 
1938, Oct. 26-31 
1938, Nov. 1-10 
1938, Nov. 11-30 
1938, Dec. 
1938 
1939, Jan.-Apr. 
1939, May 1-20 
1939, May 21-31 
1939, June 
1939, July 
1939, Aug. 1-20 
1939, Aug. 21-31 
1939, Sept. 
1939, Oct. 1-10 
1939, Oct. 11-15 
1939, Oct. 16-Nov. 
1939, Dec. 
1939 
1940, Jan. 
1940, Feb.-Apr. 
1940, Aug. 1-15 
1940, Aug. 16-31 
1940, Sept. 13-20 
1940, Sept. 21-25 
1940, Sept. 26-Oct. 
1941, Jan. 
1941, Feb. 
1941, Mar. 
1941, Apr. 
1941, May 17-20 
1941, May 21-31 
1941, July 
1941, Aug. 15-25 
1941, Aug. 26-31 
1941, Sept. 1-10 
1941, Sept. 11-30 
1941, Oct. 1-5 
1941, Oct. 6-10 
1941, Oct. 11-31 
1941, Nov. 23-30 
1941, Dec. 1-5 
1941 
Misc. 1941[?] 
1942, Jan. 10-15 
1942, Jan. 16-31 
1942, Mar. 13-20 
1942, Mar. 21-31 
1942, May 7-15 
1942, May 16-31 
1942, June 5-14 
1942, July 23-Aug. 1 
1942, Oct. 22-31 
1942, Nov. 2-7 
1942, Dec. 8-18 
1942 
1943, Jan. 26-31 
1943, Feb. 2-5 
1943, Mar. 15-20 
1943, Mar. 21-27 
1943, May 4-10 
1943, May 11-27 
1943, May 
1943, June 18-25 
1943, June 26-30 
1943, July 28-31 
1943, Sept. 6-15 
1943, Oct. 14 
1943, Nov. 23-30 
1943, Dec. 2-10 
1943, Dec. 12-17 
1943 
[1944?] Oct. 15 
Box 4 1945, May 
1945, Sept. 
1945, Oct. 2-10 
1945, Oct. 11-20 
1945, Oct. 21-31 
1945, Nov. 
1945, Dec. 
1945 
1946, Jan. 1-15 
1946, Jan. 16-31 
1946, Feb. 1-15 
1946, Feb. 15-28 
1946, Mar. 1-15 
1946, Mar. 16-31 
1946, Apr. 
1946, May 1-20 
1946, May 21-31 
1946, June 
1946, July 
1946, Aug.-Dec. 
1946 
1947 
1947[?] 
1948 
1951-1953 
1954, May 
1954, Sept. 
1955[?] 
1956, Oct. 
1957-1958 
1960, Jan. 
1960, Feb. 
1960, Mar.-May 
1961, Mar.-May 
1962 
1963, Feb.-Aug. 
1963, Sept.-Dec. 
1964 
1965-1967 
1968-1972 
Box 5 Undated 

(50 folders)

Series: II. ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE: 1960-1972 
Box 6 Dorothy Pound to Ezra Pound, 1960-1967 
Dorothy Pound to Ezra Pound, 1962-1972 

(2 folders)

Dorothy Pound to Ezra Pound, Envelopes
Series: III. MISCELLANEOUS. 1960-1972 
No box Benito Mussolini Scrapbook, 1948 1948 
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