Dates
- Creation: 1932-2005
Language of Materials
Collection materials are primarily in English with some in Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
344 linear feet (910 boxes and 4 volumes)Arrangement
This series is organized into six subseries:
- A. Ezra Pound literary agency correspondence
- ___1. Pound estate correspondence
- ___2. Correspondence by individual and institutional name
- ___3. By subject
- ___4. Correspondence by title: works by, translated by, and about Pound
- B. Ezra Pound literary agency secondary files
- ___1. Letters to and from Pound
- ___2. Works by Pound
- ___3. Articles about Pound's work
- ___4. Biographical works on Pound
- ___5. Poundiana
- ___6. Lists
- C. William Carlos Williams literary agency correspondence
- ___1. Williams estate correspondence
- ___2. Correspondence by individual and institutional name
- ___3. By subject
- ___4. By author and title: works by and about Williams
- D. William Carlos Williams literary agency secondary files
- ___1. Letters to and from Williams
- ___2. Works by Williams
- ___3. Articles about Williams and his work
- ___4. Williamsiana
- ___5. Lists
- E. Federico García Lorca literary agency correspondence
- ___1. García Lorca estate correspondence
- ___2. Correspondence by individual and institution name, country, title in Spanish, and subject
- F. Federico García Lorca literary agency title and translation files
- ___1. Federico y su mundo (In the green morning)
- ______a. Editorial correspondence and documents
- ______b. Manuscripts for publication
- ______c. Visual materials
- ______d. Ephemera
- ___2. Selected poems of Federico García Lorca
- ______a. Correspondence
- ______b. Translations
- ___3. Translations of García Lorca works and compositions by others
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by headings established by New Directions except as noted, then chronologically within folders.
General note
The literary agencies series contains correspondence and related material exchanged between New Directions and scholars, publishers, libraries, lawyers, and rights holders concerning copyrights administered by New Directions. Included are applications for use of original material held by libraries; compositions submitted with applications and for publication; interoffice memoranda and notes; legal documents; reviews; clippings; and photographs, slides, transparencies, and negatives. Readers should note that material documenting large projects or lengthy relationships may be found under various headings in multiple locations, usually within the subseries for one author but in a few cases across authors' subseries. Readers are advised to check all sections within correspondence and secondary files for material on a given author, title, or subject. Original file headings established by James Laughlin have been retained except where expanded for clarity or otherwise altered as noted. NOTE: Photocopies of material in other collections may not be published, reproduced, or quoted without the permission of the owner of the originals.
Creator
- From the Collection: New Directions Publishing (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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