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Author/Creator:Jordan, Viola Baxter, 1887-1973.
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Title:Viola Baxter Jordan papers, 1905-1951.
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Physical Description:1.04 linear ft. (4 boxes)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Purchased from and gift of Viola Baxter Jordan, 1957-1968.
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Organization:Organized into three series: I. Correspondence, 1905-1951. II. Writings, 1905-1935. III. Other Papers, 1905-1945.
- Access and use:This material is open for research. Box 4: Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
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Biographical / Historical note:Viola Baxter Jordan (1887-1973) met Ezra Pound, H.D. and William Carlos Williams as a young woman in Utica, New York and continued her friendships with them throughout her life. She married the economist Virgil D. Jordan in 1914; the couple had three children, but divorced in the 1920s. Viola settled in New Jersey, where she raised her family, and died there in 1973.
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Summary:The collection contains letters to Jordan from Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, H.D. and Bryher, as well as manuscripts of poems by Pound and Williams and a small quantity of personal papers. Subjects of the Pound letters include personal and family news; his writing and the literary world in general; his political and economic opinions; and his confinement at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Letters from Williams discuss relationships between men and women; poetry; and arrangements for social occasions. Both H.D. and Bryher describe life in wartime Britain; H.D. also comments on her own work, her daughter Perdita, and her interests in the occult and in film.
Writings include annotated and signed typescripts of early Pound poems, which he sent to Jordan for her to retype and submit to magazines; and several typescripts of early works by Williams. Other papers include dance cards, an advertising brochure for the Albergo Rapallo, and newspaper clippings.
- Format:Archives or Manuscripts
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:Viola Baxter Jordan Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Subjects:H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961.
Bryher, 1894-1983.
Jordan, Viola Baxter, 1887-1973.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Friends and associates.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Political and social views.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
American literature--20th century.
American poetry--20th century.
Imagist poetry.
Modernism (Literature)
Poets, American--20th century.
Women authors.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.
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