John Jenkins Espey Papers, 1926-1979

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John Jenkins Espey Papers, 1926-1979

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John Jenkins Espey (1913- ) taught at Occidental College (1938-48) and at UCLA (1948-73). The collection consists of correspondence, a copy of a reprint, and two programs. Includes correspondence between Espey and Ezra Pound. The collection also includes a copy of a reprint by Espey, the epigraph to T.S. Eliot's Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein With a Cigar.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 1 oversize box

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Biography Cox was born Jan. 5, 1926 in Fresno, CA; BA, political science, Stanford, 1949; associate for Bill P. Wreden, antiquarian book dealer, San Francisco; MLS, UC Berkeley, 1954; began working at the UCLA library in 1954, serving in gifts and exchange, as head of the Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77); compiled and donated Albright library bibliography; Acting Assoc. University Librarian for Public Services, UCLA, 1977-79...

Espey, John Jenkins 1913-

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Espey was born on Jan. 15, 1913 in Shanghai, China; AB, Occidental College, 1935; BA (1937), B. Litt (1938), MA (1941), Oxford Univ.; served from instructor to assoc. professor, Occidental College, 1938-48; taught as asst. professor to professor (1948-73), then became emeritus professor of English, UCLA; published works include Tales out of school (1947), Ezra Pound's Mauberly : a study in composition (1955), The empty box haiku (1980), and Minor heresies, major departures : a China mission boyh...