Ezra Pound collection of papers

id
1947
origination
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
date statement
1898-1986 [bulk 1914-1959]
key date
1898
identifier (local_mss)
19135
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Pound
b-number
b15847222
total components
119
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:20 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:11:50 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Pound", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19135", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1898-1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1898/1986"}
{"value"=>"1914-1959", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1914/1959"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Ezra Pound collection of papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, a portrait photograph, and undated miscellaneous printed matter."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Ezra Pound was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Former owners include Elizabeth Bishop, Frederic D. Grab, Helene Magaret, Frank V. Morley, Dachine Rainer, James Sibley Watson, and A. P. Watt & Son.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, a portrait photograph, and undated miscellaneous printed matter. . There are typescripts by the author of essays, articles, and poems. Also included are essays, poems, and reviews relating to the author, in manuscript and typescript, by W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, E. E. Cummings, T. S. Eliot, Randall Jarrell, Dachine Rainer, Glenway Westcott, Louis Zukofsky, and others. The collection includes correspondence by the author, dating from 1910 to 1955, to Beatrice Abbott, Frederic D. Grab, Lady Gregory, D. H. Lawrence, Helene Margaret, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Dachine Rainer, James Sibley Watson, W. B. Yeats, and others; as well as letters relating to the author, from [1898] to 1986, between various individuals including W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, Allen Ginsberg, James Joyce, Alfred Kazin, James Laughlin, Dachine Rainer, W. B. Yeats, and others.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ezra Pound collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19135#c223098'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19135#c223131'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19135#c223213'>Portraits</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19135#c223215'>Printed Matter</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1898
date_inclusive_end
1986
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1898
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
ca. 692 items
date_start
1898
date_end
1986
date_bulk_start
1914
date_bulk_end
1959

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