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
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Fax: 812-855-3143
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Creator
Pound, Dorothy.
TitlePound 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 RestrictionsPrior 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