Ezra Pound file

Collection

Identifier: MG 5460

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Summary of parts 1-9, and parts 10-14 with deletions, of record of FBI investigation of treason charges against Ezra Pound. Accompanied by letters from Clarence M. Kelley, FBI director, to Milo G. Nelson, University of Idaho Library (January 16 and February 6, 1974), and a letter from Doris D. Blazek to Nelson asserting an interest of the Pound estate in the files (January 16, 1975).

Dates

Creation: 1945-1958

Creator

Kelley, Clarence M. (Correspondent, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open to investigators under restrictions accepted by the repository. Contact Head of Special Collections for access.

Conditions Governing Use

Restricted: open to investigators under restrictions accepted by the repository.

Biographical / Historical

Ezra Pound, a prominent poet, was charged with treason for broadcasting pro-fascist propaganda into the U.S. during WWII, and he was later found mentally unfit to stand trial, spending years in a psychiatric hospital.

Pound was indicted on nineteen counts of treason.

He was eventually found mentally unfit to stand trial and incarcerated at St. Elizabeth's psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C., for over 12 years.

After his release in May 1958, he returned to Italy, where he died and was buried in 1972.

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Summary of parts 1-9, and parts 10-14 with deletions, of record of FBI investigation of treason charges against Ezra Pound. Accompanied by letters between the FBI director, the University of Idaho Library, and discussion of the Pound estate files.