Ezra Pound papers, 1915-1959

Creator:: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
Extent:: 1 linear feet 2 boxes
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Manuscripts and correspondence. The typescript of THE PISAN CANTOS contains almost all of the Cantos 74-80, and 84, and part of 83. There is a carbon of the corrected version of parts of Cantos 74, 76-77, and 79-80. Included are galley proofs of Cantos 74-84 and galley and page proofs of Canto 77, the latter for the "Rocky Mountain Review." The collection contains two typescripts for CANTOS ET POEMES CHOISIS. One typescript bears corrections and notations by Pound, the other by the translator René Laubiès. Included is correspondence with Benjamin De Casseres, Daniel Dodson, Peter Loving, Dudley Fitts, Ronald Duncan, Orrick Johns, and a Mr. Thring.
Biographical / historical:: Poet.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift purchase.

Letter to Mr Thring: Source of acquisition--293. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--05/20/92. Accession number--M-92-05-20.

EP letter to Benjamin De Casseres: Source of acquisition--293. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--06/03/92. Accession number--M-92-06-03.

Gift of Daniel B. Dodson, 1955.

Gift of John Unterecker, 1958.

Processing information:

Papers Entered in AMC 11/27/90.

Letter to Mr Thring Cataloged HR 06/10/92.

EP letter to Benjamin De Casseres Cataloged HR 06/24/92.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Alternative form available:

The entire collection except for the letters from Pound to Benjamin De Casseres, Orrick Johns, and to Mr. Thring, as well as some of the printed materials in Box 2, is available on microfilm. See MN# 81-6019.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ezra Pound papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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