Olga Rudge letters to Linda Melton concerning Ezra Pound
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 6
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters from Olga Rudge to Linda Melton, accompanied by a small group of papers relating to Ezra Pound. The letters date from between 1947 and 1960 and are almost entirely concerned with Rudge's efforts to win Pound's freedom from American custody in St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Rudge describes her own projects, including the publication of "if this be treason......" and her collection of affadavits in support of Pound's return to Italy; complains of lack of cooperation from Pound's friends, including Eliot; and outlines her own hopes to visit Pound. Other subjects include her daughter and grandchildren; her work for the Accademia Musicale Chigiana; and her plans to rent her house at 252 Dorsoduro in Venice to tourists. There is also one letter and a Christmas card to Melton from Pound's mother, Isabel Weston Pound. and TL from Pound to T. S. Eliot, 1936 Jun 16, accompanied by a TL from Pound to "Dear whale" which contains a poem by Pound ("Possum is DEAD!/ 'Well ! Carry on! the walrus said....").
Description:
Accompanied by a container list., Gift of Mrs. J. L. Benson, 2006., Linda Melton was T. S. Eliot's secretary at Faber & Faber for several years before marrying the American art historian Jack Leonard Benson in 1954., and Olga Rudge (1895-1996), musician and friend of Ezra Pound.
Subject (Name):
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965--Friends and associates, Melton, Linda, Pound,, Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Friends and associates, and Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Public opinion
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
Christopher Isherwood correspondence with John Lehmann
Container / Volume:
Port | Folder 18
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The letters also discuss the writing, publishing, critical reception, and theatrical adaptations of Isherwood's works, critical analysis of many of Lehmann's works, and commentary on the lives and works of many important literary figures of the time, including W. H. Auden, E. M. Forster, William Plomer, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Berthold Viertel, Virginia Woolf and many others. Also mentioned are Isherwood's companion, the artist Don Bachardy, and two literary journals founded by Lehmann, New Writing and the London Magazine. Also included is one letter from Richard Isherwood, Christopher's brother, to Lehmann, several letters to Lehmann from third parties concerning Isherwood, and a typescript of Isherwood's poem "On His Queerness."
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and World War, 1939-1945
Christopher Isherwood correspondence with John Lehmann
Container / Volume:
Port | Folder 19
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The letters also discuss the writing, publishing, critical reception, and theatrical adaptations of Isherwood's works, critical analysis of many of Lehmann's works, and commentary on the lives and works of many important literary figures of the time, including W. H. Auden, E. M. Forster, William Plomer, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Berthold Viertel, Virginia Woolf and many others. Also mentioned are Isherwood's companion, the artist Don Bachardy, and two literary journals founded by Lehmann, New Writing and the London Magazine. Also included is one letter from Richard Isherwood, Christopher's brother, to Lehmann, several letters to Lehmann from third parties concerning Isherwood, and a typescript of Isherwood's poem "On His Queerness."
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and World War, 1939-1945
Falmouth (England), Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century, Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Fox family, Fox, Anna Maria, Fox, Barclay, 1817-1855, Fox, Caroline, 1819-1871, and Sterling family
Subject (Topic):
Bereavement--Great Britain, Death--Social aspects--Great Britain, English literature--19th century, and Tuberculosis--Great Britain
Falmouth (England), Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century, Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Fox family, Fox, Anna Maria, Fox, Barclay, 1817-1855, Fox, Caroline, 1819-1871, and Sterling family
Subject (Topic):
Bereavement--Great Britain, Death--Social aspects--Great Britain, English literature--19th century, and Tuberculosis--Great Britain
Falmouth (England), Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century, Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Fox family, Fox, Anna Maria, Fox, Barclay, 1817-1855, Fox, Caroline, 1819-1871, and Sterling family
Subject (Topic):
Bereavement--Great Britain, Death--Social aspects--Great Britain, English literature--19th century, and Tuberculosis--Great Britain
Falmouth (England), Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century, Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Fox family, Fox, Anna Maria, Fox, Barclay, 1817-1855, Fox, Caroline, 1819-1871, and Sterling family
Subject (Topic):
Bereavement--Great Britain, Death--Social aspects--Great Britain, English literature--19th century, and Tuberculosis--Great Britain