Scrapbook relating to Ezra Pound, 1933-1985.

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Scrapbook relating to Ezra Pound, 1933-1985.

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The scrapbook documents Jordan's interest in Ezra Pound and is centered on Pound's visit to the United States in 1939. Accompanied by 6 pen-and-ink drawings of scenes featuring Pound, Jordan's detailed narrative includes Pound's discussion of his marriage and of Olga Rudge; his reactions to museums and plays while in New York; his appreciation of music; and social events with friends including John Slocum, Tibor Serly, and Louis Zukofsky. There are 4 photographs of Pound taken during that year; 4 photographs of Susan Jordan; and newspaper and magazine clippings about Pound, principally concerning his political views and confinement in St. Elizabeth's. In addition, the scrapbook contains 6 letters by Pound to Jordan; 3 written in 1939, 1 in 1940, 1 in 1941, and 1 in 1952. The letters contain advice on a musical career, comments on political journalism, and report Italian shortages of coffee and peanut butter. The 1952 letter, written from St. Elizabeth's, discusses scorpion bites. Accompanied by "Impression of Ezra Pound, June 1944", an oil-on-canvasboard portrait of Pound surrounded by allegorical figures representing his political and artistic interests. Signed by Susan Jordan.

1 box (2.0 linear feet)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8259032

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript 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...

Serly, Tibor

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Composer, conductor, and instrumentalist. From the description of Letters from Tibor Serly to Henry Pleasants, 1931-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435462 From the guide to the Tibor Serly letters to Henry Pleasants, 1931-1951, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Composed 1931. First performance Budapest, 13 May 1935, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in 3 movements...

Slocum, John J.

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John J. Slocum (1914-1997) was a Foreign Service officer, rare book and manuscript collector, and bibliographer of James Joyce. He was introduced to Ezra Pound by his college friend James Laughlin. From the description of John J. Slocum papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1938-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171429 John Jermain Slocum, Foreign Service officer, James Joyce bibliographer and rare book collector, was born in 1914 Lakewood, New Jersey in 1914. In...

Jordan, Susan Cordelia.

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Susan Cordelia Jordan is the daughter of Viola Baxter Jordan, a friend of Ezra Pound's from 1905 on. From the description of Scrapbook relating to Ezra Pound, 1933-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81194962 From the description of Scrapbook relating to Ezra Pound, 1933-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702151822 ...

Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978

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American poet. From the description of Poetry manuscripts, [193-] (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18447266 American poet, translator. From the description of Louis Zukofsky Collection, 1910-1985. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122385750 Louis Zukofsky was born in Manhattan, on the lower east side, in 1904 to Pinchos and Channa Pruss Zukofsky, immi...

Jordan, Viola.

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