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
Among the men who accompanied MacDonald on the trips were L. I. Hewes, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Bureau, mechanics George E. Campbell and William Gildersleeve, H. S. Fairbank, and Pyke Johnson. A mounted newspaper clipping from the July 22, 1925 issue of the Rocky Mountain News regarding MacDonald's visit to Colorado and federal funds for Colorado highway projects is laid in the second log. and Three typescript orginal and carbon copy logs of road inspection trips in the western United States made by MacDonald between 1922 and 1927. The three logs, dated July 6-August 10, 1922, June 15-July 29, 1925, and September 14-October 26, 1927, contain itineraries, mileage, remarks, and captioned photographs documenting the trips in California, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. The photographs document road conditions; construction projects; the inspectors; Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; and scenery, particularly Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks in Utah, the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Colorado, and the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks in Wyoming.
Description:
Purchased from Fred White, Sr. on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1981. and Thomas H. MacDonald was an engineer and chief of the United States Bureau of Public Roads.
Subject (Geographic):
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--Pictorial works, Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--Pictorial works, Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--Pictorial works, Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works, Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--Pictorial works, Yellowstone National Park--Pictorial works, and Zion National Park (Utah)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Campbell, George E., fl. 1922, Fairbank, H. S, Gildersleeve, William, Hewes, Laurence I. (Laurence Ilsley), 1876-1950, Johnson, Pyke, 1888-1969, MacDonald, Thomas H. (Thomas Harris), 1881-1957, and United States. Bureau of Public Roads
Subject (Topic):
Automobile travel--West (U.S.), Indians of North America--New Mexico--Pictorial works, National parks and reserves--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works, Roads--Design and construction (West (U.S.), Roads--Inspection--Arizona, Roads--Inspection--California, Roads--Inspection--Colorado, Roads--Inspection--Idaho, Roads--Inspection--Montana, Roads--Inspection--Nevada, Roads--Inspection--New Mexico, Roads--Inspection--Oregon, Roads--Inspection--Utah, and Roads--Inspection--Washington (State)
The journal records an 1849 journey from Wisconsin to California, crossing Illinois and Iowa and continuing by way of Council Bluffs, the Platte and Sweetwater, South Pass, Fort Bridger, and Salt Lake City. There is a gap but the account continues on the Mormon Trail to the Humboldt and the Truckee. The journal covers Orvis's experiences in the mines and in Sacramento. The journal is followed by accounts and records of employment showing that Orvis was back on his farm in Wisconsin by 1858.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, Sacramento (Calif.), and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Orvis, Caroline
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Wisconsin, Mines and mineral resources--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849
The journal records the 1849 trip from Iowa to California by a company under Presley Saunders. They went by boat from Burlington to St. Louis, St. Joseph, and overland by Sublette's Cutoff, Fort Hall, the Humboldt, Carson River, Hangtown, and the mines. The diary ends at the mines, but while traveling home on the ship Falcon in 1851, he copied entries for November and December 1849 from J. Grantham's diary, summarized events from his life in the mines, and made notes on his sea voyage. The journal is accompanied by a copy photograph of a charcoal portrait of Tiffany.
Description:
Tiffany with his wife and father-in-law, Pennel Cheney, migrated to Iowa from Massachusetts, settling in Mount Pleasant in 1838. Tiffany opened a tavern, was engaged in the jewelry business, and served as justice of the peace and postmaster. He was one of the early trustees of Iowa Wesleyan College.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Falcon (Ship), Grantham, John Posey,--1812-1887., Saunders, Presley., and Tiffany, Palmer C.,--1809-
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--California--El Dorado County., Ocean travel., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849.
The volume contains religious and moral extracts and thoughts, daily events for 1834-40, a list of Rev. Waller's books, and mission affairs for 1840-54.
Description:
Rev. Alvan R. Waller, with his wife and children, sailed to Oregon on the ship Lausanne in 1840, where he worked in the Methodist Episcopal Mission at Willamette Falls and later The Dalles Indian Mission. He became managing agent of Willamette University. and Volume stored in box; typed transcript stored in portfolio.
Subject (Geographic):
Dalles (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Methodist Episcopal Church--Oregon. and Waller, Alvan F.,--b. 1808.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Missions--Oregon. and Missions--Oregon.
