Materials received from George Robert Minkoff in 1999 (MA 1999-05).
Frank Ankenbrand Jr. rented a room in the home of Homer L. Pound, which connected him to the writings of Ezra Pound, an American poet who was born in Hailey, ID. Ankenbrand's relationship with Homer L. Pound often led to conversations about Ezra Pound. Ezra Pound reshaped the American poetry scene and inspired some of America's great poets of the early and mid-1900's. Ezra self-exiled himself, moving from the United States to London, England, to avoid punishment from the United States due to his beliefs that aligned with the Fascist beliefs of the Italian leader, Mussolini, and his push for the patronage of the arts. Homer and Ankenbrand both kept paper clippings of Ezra's exploits and later collected the works and news of Ezra's daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz, a poet and educator.
This collection holds letters of correspondence from Homer L. Pound and various universities to Frank Ankenbrand Jr. This collection also houses some poetry publications with contributions from Ankenbrand Jr, as well as work from Ezra Pound's daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz. There are newspaper clippings related to the pound family and photos of Ezra Pound and his parents, Homer L Pound and Isabel Weston Pound.
Collection is open for research.
Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
"Home Pound in Idaho," 2014. Idaho Harvester. Univresity of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives.
Reutcrs. (1972). Ezra Pound Dies in Venice at Age of 87. The New York Times.
"Mary De Rachewiltz." Poetry Foundation.
"Pound, Homer L. (Homer Loomis), 1858-1942." Social Network and Archival Context.
"Frank Ankenbrand Jr. (1905-1972)." Find A Grave.
Travathan, A. K. (2015). At Home In Exile: Ezra Pound and the Poetics of Banishment. Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Retrieved from