Louise Pound, Collected Materials
Title: Louise Pound,
Collected Materials
Creator: Pound,
Louise, 1872-1958
Dates: 1881-1989
Quantity: 1 box (0.5 linear
feet)
Collection Number: RG 12-10-15
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Louise Pound, Collected Materials (RG 12-10-15). Archives & Special
Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Archives &
Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Biography:
Louise Pound was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 30, 1872. She earned a B.A. in 1892
and a M.A. in 1895 from the University of Nebraska. She matriculated at Heidelberg
University where she received her Doctor of Philosophy in 1900. Upon her return to
Nebraska, Pound taught in the English Department at the University of Nebraska, and
did not retire from teaching until 1945. Pound died in Lincoln on June 28, 1958.
Scope and Content:
The Pound materials include selected copies of correspondence, most of which are
photocopies. The only original correspondence is a single letter written by Pound to
"Mr. Filley" on December 4, 1949 and an
additional two letters sent to Pound from John Ferguson. In one letter dated April
24, 1923, he thanks her for sending a copy of Poetic
Origins and asks her to accept a copy of a volume by David Gray. In the
second letter, dated June 2, 1923, Ferguson asks her to accept a copy of his work
titled Thyrea and Other Sonnets. Additional materials
include reprints of Pound's articles and book reviews and biographical materials
such as obituaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Many of the obituaries and
biographical materials are written by individuals who knew the Pound family,
including copies of reminiscences written by Olivia Pound and a transcribed letter
written by Laura B. Pound, Louise's mother. Later newspaper clippings include
tributes or commentaries on Pound's life and her achievements.
Subjects:
Ballads, English -- United States
Folk-songs, English -- United States
English language -- Study and teaching (Higher)
English language -- United States -- Phonetics
English language -- United States --
Pronunciation
English language -- Word formation
English language -- Slang
English language -- Comparison
Americanisms
English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700
Folk-songs -- Nebraska
Songs, English -- United States
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1881-1949
Box 1. Folder 2. Syllabus, "Folk-Song of Nebraska and the
Central West," 1913-1915
Box 1. Folder 3. Bibliography, "Rise and Progress of
Christianity," 1890
Box 1. Folder 4. Article reprints, 1890-1905Item 1."List of Strong Verbs and Preterite
Present Verbs in Anglo-Saxon," 1898
Item 2. "Questions on Tennyson's Lancelot and
Elaine," 1901
Item 3. "Comparison of Adjectives in
English," 1901
Item 4. "Tennyson's Lancelot and
Elaine," 1905
Box 1. Folder 5. Article reprints, 1913-1920Item 1. "Southwestern Cowboy Songs and the
English and Scottish Popular Ballads," 1913
Item 2. "Traditional Ballads in
Nebraska," 1913
Item 3. "British and American Pronunciation:
Retrospect and Prospect," 1915
Item 4. "Why Attend the
University," 1916
Item 5. "Beginnings of
Poetry," 1917
Item 6. "Ancestry of a 'Negro
Spiritual'," 1918
Item 7. "Vogue Affixes in Present-Day
Word-Coinage," 1918
Item 8. "'Stunts' in
Language," 1920
Item 9. "The 'Uniformity' of the Ballad
Style," 1920
Item 10. "The English Ballads and the
Church," 1920
Box 1. Folder 6. Article reprints, 1921-1930Item 1. "Use and Abuse of the Contemporary in
the Teaching of English," 1921
Item 2. "Nebraska Folk-Song," 1922
Item 3. "Plurals-Singulars from Latin
Neuters," 1927
Item 4. "Nebraska Sandhill
Talk," 1928
Item 5. "'Peter Funk' The Pedigree of a
Westernism," 1929
Item 6. "Recent Theory of
Ballad-Making," 1929
Item 7. "Whipping the Cat," 1929
Item 8. "Note on Walt Whitman and Bird
Poetry," 1930
Item 9. "Research in American
English," 1930
Item 10. "Extensions of Usage of a
Pronoun," 1930
Box 1. Folder 7. Article reprints, 1931-1940Item 1. "Biographical Accuracy and 'H.
H.'," 1931
Item 2. "American Indefinite
Names," 1931
Item 3. "On the Pronunciation of 'Either and
'Neither'," 1932
Item 4. "On the Dating of the English and
Scottish Ballads," 1932
Item 5. "On Poe's 'The City in the
Sea'," 1934
Item 6. "American Euphemisms for Dying, Death
and Burial," 1934
Item 7. "Some Texts of Western
Songs," 1939
Item 8. "American English
Today," 1940
Item 9. "Lowell's 'Breton
Legend'," 1940
Box 1. Folder 8. Article reprints, 1941-1945Item 1. "Doubtful Whitman
Lore," 1942
Item 2. "Literary Anthologies and the
Ballad," 1942
Item 3. "Nebraska Strong
Men," 1943
Box 1. Folder 9. Article reprints, 1946-1949Item 1. "Nebraska Rain Lore and Rain
Making," 1946
Item 2. "Nebraska Snake
Lore," 1946
Item 3. "Old Nebraska Folk
Customs," 1947
Item 4. "Future of Poetry," 1947
Item 5. "Nebraska Legend of Weeping
Water," 1947
Item 6. "Nebraska Cave Lore," 1948
Item 7. "Nebraska's Antoine Barada
Again," 1949
Item 8. "Nebraska Legends of Lovers'
Leaps," 1949
Item 9. "Miscellany," 1949
Box 1. Folder 10. Article reprints, 1950-1957Item 1. "Olof Bergstrom: Swedish
Pioneer," 1950
Item 2. "Legend of the Lincoln Salt
Basin," 1951
Item 3. "American Folksong Origins, Texts, and
Modes of Diffusion," 1951
Item 4. "Scholarly Study of
Folklore," 1952
Item 5. "John G. Maher
Hoaxes," 1952
Item 6. "'It' Once More: A Supplementary
Note," 1954
Item 7. "Two Curious Words," 1955
Item 8. "Then and Now," 1956
Item 9. "Yet Another Joe
Bowers," 1957
Box 1. Folder 11. Article reprints, undatedItem 1. "Caedmon's Dream
Song," undated
Item 2. "Sir Andrew Barton in
Nebraska," undated
Item 3. "More 'Joe Bowers'
Lore," undated
Item 4. "'Joe Bowers' Again," undated
Item 5. "By Homeopathic
Treatment," undated
Box 1. Folder 12. Book reviews, 1926-1948
Box 1. Folder 13. Obituaries, biographical materials, undatedItem 1. Cassette recording, Evelyn Haller, "Life of Louise Pound," 1988, Nov. 10 (see Audio/Visual collections)
Box 1. Folder 14. Newspaper clippings, biographical materials, 1898-1989
Box 1. Folder 15. Photographs, Louise Pound, undated
Related Material and Resources:
Louise Pound Papers, Nebraska State Historical Society,
Louise Pound
Folklore Collection, Harold B. Lee Library
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