Photography Collection Literary File at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Harry Ransom Center
Title:
Ezra Pound Literary File
Dates:
Circa 1900s-1965
Extent:
88 items
Abstract:
The Ezra Pound Literary File consists
of 88 black and white and color photographs depicting Pound as a young man and
as an
older man as well as family members and friends.
Call Number:
Photography Collection PH-00281
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research
Scope and Contents
The Ezra Pound Literary File consists of 88 black and white and color photographs
depicting Pound as a young man and as an older man as well as family members and
friends. Those represented include his wife Dorothy Pound (née Shakespear) and
her
mother, his mistress Olga Rudge, sculptor Hugh Oloff de Wet, friend Marcella Spann
Booth, as well as writers Richard Aldington, James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford, John
Quinn, and William Butler Yeats. Scenes include a gathering at C. W. Gatter's
home
in Wyncote, Penn.; views of Cheltenham Military Academy in Pennsylvania; views
of
Pound's neighborhood in Kensington Church Walk in London, England; and various
places in Italy, including Pound's 80th birthday celebration in Rapallo and views
of
the internment cell where he was held in Pisa. An index at the end of this guide
lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. Further descriptions
are
available in a database in the repository.
Related Material
The Ransom Center also holds manuscript materials by Ezra Pound and artworks related
to Ezra Pound.
