Ezra Pound file, 1945-1958.

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Ezra Pound file, 1945-1958.

Summary of parts 1-9, and parts 10-14 with deletions, of record of FBI investigation of treason charges against Ezra Pound. Accompanied by letters from Clarence M. Kelley, FBI director, to Milo G. Nelson, University of Idaho Library (Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, 1974), and a letter from Doris D. Blazek to Nelson asserting an interest of the Pound estate in the files (Jan. 16, 1975).

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University of Idaho Library

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Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American l...

Blazek, Doris D.

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...