Thanks for your input. -Spencer MacCallum ----- Original Message ----- From: "sylvester pollet" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:15 PM Subject: Re: Disposition of Pound library > I'm not speaking in an official capacity, but I second Tim Redman on > this. Sylvester Pollet, Assoc. Ed. National Poetry Foundation, Univ. > of Maine. > > At 1:17 PM -0600 11/15/03, Tim Redman wrote: > >David Horton knew Pound during the St. Elizabeths' years. Papers and > >materials from those years are housed primarily at the Humanities Research > >Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the Lilly Library at the > >University of Indiana, Bloomington. Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, > >also has clippings from that period. The major Pound archive is at the > >Beinecke Library at Yale. > > > >I would recommend that books and papers relating to Pound be housed at one > >of the major archival collections. These libraries, the Beinecke, the HRC, > >and the Lilly have staff specialists who curate such materials. My > >understanding is that Hamilton College does not have staff available for > >such matters; I doubt if the University of Maine at Orono does either. As > >someone who has been working on a biography of Pound for more than ten > >years, I can say that it is most helpful to scholars to concentrate the > >materials. > > > >Books by Pound, particularly if they are autographed, and letters from Pound > >also have monetary value. If donated, they can serve as a tax deduction. > >If it is the intention to sell them, I would suggest approaching the HRC, > >the Lilly, and the Beinecke. > > > >Mr. Horton's association with Pound is an extremely important one. To > >fittingly memorialize that association, the collection should be kept intact > >and at a major archival library. > > > >Cordially, > > > >Tim Redman > >Professor of Literary Studies > >The University of Texas at Dallas > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Spencer H. MacCallum > >Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:16 AM > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Disposition of Pound library > > > >It is sad to announce the death of T. David Horton, lawyer and long-time, > >intimate friend of Ezra Pound. David Horton may have been closer to Pound > >than anyone else with respect to his interests in economics. He left an > >extensive library on economics and monetary matters, as well as a large file > >of correspondence with Ezra, his friends, and especially his wife, Dorothy. > >David was one of the group that met weekly with Ezra at St. Elizabeth's. > > > > In addition to the correspondence, the library of writings by or about > >Pound contains more than 50 books and nearly 30 journals or other > >periodicals. > > > > I am helping advise David's widow, Jean, on the disposition of this > >material and would welcome any creative suggestions. > > > > > >Spencer H. MacCallum > >Box 180 > >Tonopah, NV 89049 > >775-482-2038 / Fax 5897 > ><[log in to unmask]> >