[Collection]: Correspondence of Donald Gallup and Joseph Bard: Ezra Pound and The Dynamism of a New Poetry (POUND, Ezra), Donald Gallup, Joseph Bard Poetry

A small collection of correspondence between Yale professor and Ezra Pound scholar, Donald Gallup and writer, editor, and friend of Pound, Joseph Bard, including an excerpt of a talk Bard gave involving personal anecdotes of Pound. At the center of the collection is a mimeographed excerpt of an address given by Bard at the Institute of Hispanic Studies in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, on the 28th of February, 1957 titled "The Dynamism of a New Poetry"; the excerpt includes the "central section containing reminiscences of Pound from total of 15 numb. leaves" (Gallup's typed note). The excerpt contains pages five to nine (five leaves each printed on the recto with about a paragraph of text on the versos), with the addition of a cover sheet and a page of typed notes only partially related to the address (some of the notes here appear in Gallop's bibliography on Pound). This was sent along with a short typed letter dated October 3, 1958, "Dear Mr. Gallup, at the request of Mr. Charles Hamilton I am sending you a copy of my lecture in Spain on 'New Poetry.' It was discussed on Madrid Radio and . Ezra said in a letter (which you probably possess) that it was the best introduction to m.p. yet. Sorry about this torn copy, but it is the only one I have." The letter is signed by Bard and in his hand is written, "N.B. Hurrah! I have found a clean copy!" though this copy is not present here. The excerpt speaks of Bard's time spent with Pound and their correspondence. Bard writes, "I had an introduction to him from a literary friend, but this was never used, because on seeing me on the sea-shore he greeted me at once as a long-lost brother." He goes on to describe how Pound wore a black corduroy suit gifted to him by W.B. Yeats. He briefly describes walks he, Pound, and Yeats, would take in Rapallo, and describes Pound's bluntness and passion for intellect, "But, above all things, he [Pound] was interested in living and dedicated minds, and had but contempt for the average, commercial man, and said with Machiavelli: li uomini vivono in pochi, gli altri son pecorelli," which roughly translates to, "A few men live, the rest are sheep." Bard goes on to discuss his correspondence with Pound, which began in 1927 shortly after Bard's marriage fell apart, Bard describes his mood as "greatly perturbed" and that Pound's advice at the time was simply, "Joseph, practice polygamy." In another letter Pound writes, " Oh, if only you had translated Frobenius when it was offered to you in 1932, you would have saved the lives of two million human beings," this refers to the work of ethnologist Leo Frobenius, who Pound would eventually meet and become "great friends" with. The most colorful anecdote in the talk does not involve Pound but rather someone Pound introduced Bard to, the writer Natalie Barney: "Such was the introduction to Natalie Barney's salon, in the Rue Jacob, Paris (this Lady being the well-known 'Amazon,' the friend of Remy de Gourment's) a salon where our Junoesque hostess ruled supreme over the lions and lionesses of art, letters, and drama and where we were ceremoniously taken to the 'Temple d Amour' and where the very sacharin [sic] was taken out from a book-shaped little etui by chubby Salomon Reinach" (Reinach was an influential French archaeologist and religious historian). It's likely that Bard made a mistake here though and was actually referring to Barney's "Temple d Amitie," which translates to "Temple of Friendship." The address continues to quote Bard's correspondence with Pound before getting into Pound's actual work, at which point the excerpt cuts off. Included is a copy of Gallup's reply to Bard dated October 14, 1958, expressing his delight at receiving a copy and commenting on Pound's recent hospital release, "What a relief it is to have Pound out of St. Elizabeth's and at Brunnenburg! The change will of course have a tremendous influence on his work." Also included is a Spanish newspaper clipping discussing Bard's tal