Frank Ankenbrand, Jr. - Ezra Pound Family papers
Scope and Contents
This collection holds letters of correspondence from Homer L. Pound and various universities to Frank Ankenbrand Jr. This collection also houses some poetry publications with contributions from Ankenbrand Jr, as well as work from Ezra Pound’s daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz. There are newspaper clippings related to the pound family and photos of Ezra Pound and his parents, Homer L Pound and Isabel Weston Pound.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1971
Creator
- Pound, Homer L. (Homer Loomis), 1858-1942 (Person)
- Ankenbrand, Frank, 1905-1972 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Ankenbrand Jr. spend some of his renting a room in the home of Homer L. Pound, connecting him to the writings of Ezra Pound, an American poet who was born in Hailey, Idaho prior to Idaho becoming a state. Ankenbrand’s relationship with Homer L. Pound meant that some of the correspondence the two had were about Ezra Pound, who reshaped the American poetry scene and inspired some of America’s great poets of the early and mid-1900’s. Pound self-exiled himself, moving from the United States to London, England, where he would settle for some time before his MA took him to other parts of Europe. Pound chose to exile himself to avoid punishment from the United States due to his beliefs that aligned with the Fascist beliefs of the Italian leader, Mussolini, and his push for the patronage of the arts. Homer and Ankenbrand both kept paper clippings of Ezra’s exploits and would later start to collect the works and news of Ezra’s daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz, who is also a poet and educator.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection holds poetry collections that feature Frank Ankenbrand Jr. and Mary de Rachewiltz, as well as letters to Frank Ankenbrand Jr, photographs of the Pound family, and newspaper clippings related to the Pound family.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials received from George Robert Minkoff in 1999 (MA 1999-05).
Bibliography
Subject
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 (Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Frank Ankenbrand, Jr. - Ezra Pound Family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared by Tara Gage.
- Date
- 2023
- 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