Giovanni Giovannini papers
Collection-level Scope and Contents note
Papers of Professor Giovanni Giovannini, including letters, printed ephemera and recordings relating to poet Ezra Pound. Includes lecture cards and notes on English literature. Collection contains media (3 reels of 1/4" audio tape). The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters, corresondence, and printed matter related to the confinement of Ezra Pound at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC, and to efforts on his behalf to secure his release, as well as numerous newspaper and magazine clippings related to this period and to Pound's subsequent return to Italy after 1958.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1985
Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Biographical note
Giovanni Giovannini (1906-1985) was a professor of English at Catholic University of America from 1954 until his retirement in 1972. In the 1950's Professor Giovannini befriended Ezra Pound during the latter's confinement at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC. Maintaining frequent contact with Pound, Giovannini became part of the inner circle of the poet's many visitors and correspondants, taking an active role in efforts to release Pound from involuntary commitment at the hospital.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (7 Hollinger boes )
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Gift of Ann Conlin, December 2014.
Topical
- Title
- Giovanni Giovannini papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
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