Library of Congress - O.B. Hardison, Jr., 05/26/1972-05/26/1972

File — Box: 37, Folder: 11

Identifier: 73436

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence from editors of various literary journals primarily concerning publication of Biddle's poetry.

Dates

05/26/1972-05/26/1972

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 34 Linear Feet (65 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Correspondence to Talcott Parsons, president, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from O.B. Hardison, Jr., director, Folger Shakespeare Library: TLS copy 5/26/1972 with reference to the academy's denial of the 1972 Emerson and Thoreau Prize to Ezra Pound. Reference also to the 1948/49 controversy over the awarding of the Bollingen Prize to Pound.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BOLLINGEN PRIZE IN POETRY 1948 & EZRA POUND - REFERENCE BY HARDISON, O: Typed Letter Signed

POUND, EZRA - BOLLINGEN PRIZE IN POETRY 1948 - REF. BY HARDISON, O.B.: Typed Letter Signed

HARDISON, O.B. - CORRES. TO PARSONS, TALCOTT 1952 RE POUND, EZRA: Xerox

PARSONS, TALCOTT - CORRES. FROM HARDISON, O.B. 1952 RE POUND, EZRA: Xerox

ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES AWARD TO EZRA POUND 1952 - REF. BY HARDISON: Xerox

POUND, EZRA - ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES AWARD 1952 - REF. BY HARDISON: Xerox