Ezra Pound file
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). This is not a full copy of the FBI file on Ezra Pound.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1958
Creator
- Kelley, Clarence M. (Correspondent, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Head of Special Collections for access. Copyright and use determined by the Ezra Pound Literary Property Trustees.
Conditions Governing Use
Restricted. Please contact Special Collections.
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
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. This is not a full copy of the FBI file on Ezra Pound.
Arrangement
Original order retained.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original documents are owned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
General
This is not a full copy of the FBI file on Ezra Pound.
Subject
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 (Defendant, Person)
Source
- Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance files (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to Ezra Pound file
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Zoe Stave.
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository