Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Hubert Creekmore collection on Ezra Pound
MS 262  
View entire collection guide What's This?
Search this collection
Collection Details
 
Table of contents What's This?
  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Biographical Note
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Hubert Creekmore collection on Ezra Pound
    Date (inclusive): 1914-1961, undated
    Date (bulk): 1939-1940
    Collection Number: MS 262
    Creator: Creekmore, Hubert, 1907-1966
    Extent: 3.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: This collection is primarily comprised of correspondence, notes, and other material regarding Ezra Pound's interactions with Hubert Creekmore and other individuals during the mid-twentieth century. Included are notes pertaining to the books Translations of Ezra Pound and The Cantos by Ezra Pound as well as a selection of Pound's personal items such as a visiting card and travel ticket. Additionally, this collection includes advance uncorrected proofs (hand-annotated by T.S. Elliot), galley proofs, and other material regarding This Difficult Individual, Ezra Pound by Eustace Mullins.
    Languages: The collection is in English.

    Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Hubert Creekmore collection on Ezra Pound (MS 262). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    The Hubert Creekmore collection on Ezra Pound was acquired in 1966.

    Processing History

    Processed by Eric Milenkiewicz, Archives Assistant, 2009.

    Biographical Note

    Hubert Creekmore was born on January 16, 1907 in Water Valley, Mississippi. At a young age Creekmore developed an interest in writing poems and stories. This interest continued to develop over the years through education. In 1927, he graduated from the University of Mississippi and would later receive a Masters degree in American Literature from Columbia University. Creekmore's first volume of poetry, Personal Sun, was published in 1940. Soon thereafter he joined the United States Navy and served in World War II from 1942-1945. His passion for writing continued and he was able to write his second volume of poetry, The Stone Ants, while stationed in the Pacific. After World War II he worked as an editor, free-lance writer, teacher, lecturer, and translator before eventually returning to writing full time. In 1946, his first novel, The Fingers of Night, was published followed by two more novels in subsequent years. Hubert Creekmore died on May 23, 1966 in New York.
    Ezra Pound was an American poet, critic, and intellectual. He was born on October 30, 1885 in Hailey, Idaho and died November 1, 1972 in Venice, Italy.
    Eustace Mullins is an American author and biographer. He was born in Roanoke, Virginia in 1923.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    This collection is primarily comprised of correspondence, notes, and other material regarding Ezra Pound's interactions with Hubert Creekmore and other individuals during the mid-twentieth century. Included are notes pertaining to the books Translations of Ezra Pound and The Cantos by Ezra Pound as well as a selection of Pound's personal items such as a visiting card and travel ticket. Additionally, this collection includes advance uncorrected proofs (hand-annotated by T.S. Elliot), galley proofs, and other material regarding This Difficult Individual, Ezra Pound by Eustace Mullins.
    The item level descriptions for some of the material in this collection were created, in-part, using the information present on the original enclosures used to house the collection. These enclosures have been preserved as a reference tool for researchers and are included at the end of corresponding folders.

    Collection Arrangement

    This collection is arranged into two series as follows:
    • Series 1. Ezra Pound correspondence, notes, and other material, 1914-1947, undated
    • Series 2. This Difficult Individual, Ezra Pound proofs and other material, 1961, undated

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Mullins, Eustace, 1923-2010
    Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Correspondence
    Galley proofs
    Notes
    Proofs (printed matter)