Homer Loomis Pound was born in 1856 in Wisconsin. Most notably, the father of the poet Ezra Pound, he moved to Hailey, Idaho, in 1883. While there he served as Register to Public Lands. When he was not reappointed to his position in 1887, he and his family moved back east. He died in 1942 in Italy.
This collection consists of a letter written July 28, 1918 by Homer L. Pound to Clifford Smyth, editor of the New York Times Book Review, about his pleasure with the review of Ezra Pound's work "Lustra" and mentions the Sawtooth mountain range as a traveler's destination. In the letter, Pound says he is pleased the reviewer "seemed to have caught the spirit of Ezra's poetry" and refers to the Sawtooth's as "the Switzerland of America."
Collection is open for research.
This letter was purchased June 1, 1998 from George Robert Minkoff Inc. Rare Books.
Letter to Clifford Smyth , Homer L. Pound letter, MG 5645, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, ID
Stevens Carol, " Homer Loomis Pound (1856-1942)", Find A Grave Find A Grave Memorial # 35823825. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35823825/homer-loomis-pound. Accessed 10/16/2019.
Historic Old Hailey: A Ninetheenth Century Town. Blaine County Historical Museum. May 2007,
National Register of Historic Places, Homer Pound House, Hailey, Blaine, Idaho, National Register #78001051.