Otto A. Bird Correspondence with Ezra Pound

Collection

Identifier: MS B442 453

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Scope and Content Note

Twenty pieces of correspondence between Otto Bird and Ezra Pound, poet and literary critic, comprise the largest part of this collection. Pound's early correspondence with Bird chiefly concerns Bird's study of the medieval Italian poet Guido Cavalcanti. Later correspondence contains Pound's ideas on the philosophy of education as shaped by Dante, Milton, Aristotle, Confucius, and others, and his opinions of world literature in relation to the "Great Books" series.

Dates

1932-1955
Majority of material found within 1951-1952

Creator

Bird, Otto A., 1914- (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Access Restrictions Apply: Access to originals is restricted for preservation reasons. Researchers should use the access copies in Box 1 when possible.

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Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17)

Biographical Note

Otto A. Bird was an associate editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica's The Great Ideas; a Syntopicon of Great Books of the Western World, 1947-1950. Bird was a professor of philosophy, 1950-1970, and general director of liberal studies, 1950-1963, at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana.

Date	Event
July 3, 1914	Born, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1935	AB, University of Michigan
1936	AM, University of Michigan
1939	Ph.D. (philosophical literature), University of Toronto
1939-1943	St. John's University, New York
1943-1947	Associate Editor, CIP Correspondence, New York, New York
1947-1950	Associate Editor, Syntopicon, Great Books of the Western World
1950-1970	Professor of Philosophy, General Director of Liberal Studies (1950-1963), Notre Dame University, Indiana
1970-	Professor of Arts and Letters, Notre Dame University, Indiana

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Additional Description

Acquisition Information

The Otto A. Bird Correspondence with Ezra Pound was purchased by Special Collections from Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc. of Chicago, Illinois, in November 1982.