Guy Davenport to Laurence H. Scott, [re his busy schedule and asks him to contact him the following week]
1956 May 27
AL, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Laurence Scott,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, [includes brief quotes,
writes that he does not like "working in the gothic
mode"]
1958 March 7
APC
Guy Davenport, Cambridge, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [includes
brief quotes]
1958 March 17
TPC
Guy Davenport, Boston, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge,
[acknowledges receipt of [Leo Nikolayevich] Tolstoy
note and "chinese little animals," wonders about the
identity of two stamps in his possession]
1958 March 22
APCS
"Elder Grey" ([Guy Davenport]) to "Dear Second Cousin
Hippolyte" [Laurence Scott], [acknowledges receipt of his letter
as well as an invitation to dinner with T[homas]
S[tearns] Eliot, asks him to visit one evening]
1958 April 26
ALS, 1 p.
"Silas Hugebone, Solicit." [Guy Davenport],
Cambridge, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [sends a satirical
letter offering assistance and requests information
on the latter's "correspondent in Hungary, Count
Dlugascz Dracula"]
1958 May 7
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Cambridge, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [writes
about [Marcus Tullius] Cicero]
1958 May 12
APCS
Guy Davenport, Cambridge, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
[mentions a trip to New York and visits to art
galleries]
1958 July 8
TL, 3 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, South Carolina, to "Most
choicy Florilector" [Laurence Scott], [comments on the latter's
Greek Handschrift as very late Byzantine, writes that
he has just finished a painting]
1958 August 14
ALS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Bey Larunz" [Laurence Scott],
[mentions his wife leaving and suing for divorce]
1958 August 21
ALS, 1 p.
"Guido da Whatever" [Guy Davenport] to "Dear Lawnse"
[Laurence Scott], [makes tentative plans for their art show]
1958 August 22
ALS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott, [writes brief note chiefly in
Greek]
1958 November 5
APC
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott
1958 Nov
AL
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott, on Christmas card, [asks to send
his Christmas gift later]
1958 December 18
ANS
"Endymion Davenport" [Guy Davenport] to "Caro
Lorenzaccio" [Laurence Scott]
1958 December 23
TL, 2 p. on 1 l.
"Endymion" [Guy Davenport] to "dyeuh Laonse" [Laurence Scott],
[describes a visit from Peter Kramer and [Stella] and
her mother and step-father]
1958 December 29
TL, 2 p. on 1.
"Guido" [Guy Davenport], Cambridge, to "Lauro caro"
[Laurence Scott], Cambridge, [mentions the discovery ot a
[William] Blake painting in the attic at Hampden
Court]
1959 January 20
TL, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport to "Lauro estimado y querido" [Laurence Scott],
[mentions an interest in a young Swedish male]
1959 March 28
TL, 1 p.
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott, [discusses a photograph of the
young Swedish male as well as his own sexual beliefs]
1959 April 4
ALS, 2 p. on 2 l.
Guy Davenport, Cambridge, to "Dear maiden aunt of
Ezra Pound" [Laurence Scott], Ann Arbor, [writes it was a
"privilege to see Marianne Moore's letters" and to
"'Tell old Ezra Pound to go start his own magazine
and leave
Gadfly alone'"
1959 June 2
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
"Guido" [Guy Davenport], Cambridge, to "Dear Lonze"
[Laurence Scott], Ann Arbor, [discusses some occurrences during
his trip to New York City, including a luncheon at
Cosmopolitan Club with Dorothy Norman, tries to raise
money for Ezra Pound]
1959 June 16
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Cambridge, to "Caro Lauro" [Laurence Scott], Ann
Arbor, [identifies Dorothy Norman, writes more on
Ezra Pound's financial dilemma, discusses Harry
Goldgar's personal and emotional problems (paranoia),
receives a list of people from Ezra Pound to send a
copy of
Gadfly 1959 June 22
ALS, 2 p., on 1 l., w/env.
"Endymion Porter" [Guy Davenport], Cambridge, to Laurence Scott,
Ann Arbor, [acknowledges receipt of books for his
birthday, apologizes for being slightly unsociable on
a previous occasion, with enclosure]
1959 June 23
TL, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Boston, to "Dear Anatole France" [Laurence Scott]
1960 January 30
APCS
"Firestone" [Guy Davenport], Cambridge, to Dear
Benito Mussolini & His Circle" [Laurence Scott], Ann Arbor
1960 February 2
TL, 2 p. on 1 l.
"Govey" [Guy Davenport], Cambridge, to "Caro Lauro"
[Laurence Scott], Ann Arbor, [dicusses French author Victor
Berard]
1960 February 5
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
"Andy Jackson" [Guy Davenport], Cambridge, to "Lonse"
[Laurence Scott], Ann Arbor, [mentions the material deposited
form time to time by Scott, discusses a diary of
James K. Polk which he bought]
1960 April 4
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Cambridge, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [mentions
[ ] Ruskin, Lee Lescaze, and Karl Hill]
1960 June 6
AL, 1 p., w/env.
"Benny" [Guy Davenport], Cambridge, to "Dear Monster"
[Laurence Scott], Ann Arbor, [mentions "Uncle Ez" [Ezra Pound],
his apartment being painted and his "new Victorian
treatise on architecture"]
1960 June 9
APCS
Guy Davenport, Cambridge, to "Dear Monster" [Laurence Scott], Ann
Arbor, [expresses gratitude for images, mentions Lee
Lescaze, Clarence [ ], Karl Hill, discusses the
progress of his E[zra] P[ound] thesis and his
"elliptical style"]
1960 June 17
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
"Ono Suzuki" [Guy Davenport], Cambridge, to Laurence Scott,
Cambridge, [discusses studying T.D. Suzuki and his
teaching of Zen, reading Thomas Holcroft and the Drs.
Kronhausen, with enclosure of "Real Haiku" and
"Ersatz haiku"]
1960 June 20
AL, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [quotes
and translates Theognis, along with a page of modern
Japanese work]
1960 July 22
AL, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [alludes
to his sexual preferences]
1960 July 27
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
"Jean" [Guy Davenport], Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge,
[describes a day of bicycling and swimming with his
young friend, Max]
1960 July 29
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Dear Lawnse" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [concerns an archeological exploration
with his parents, discusses time spent with some
neighborhood boys]
1960 August 1
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Lauro" [Laurence Scott], Cambridge,
[concerns his friendship with "Tom," a former student
and his failure to communicate, his "penchant for
juvenile delinquents," and life in the South]
1960 August 2
ALS, 2 p., on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Caro Lauro" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [ concerns a biking expedition, the
desegregation of Anderson, and letters from friends]
1960 August 4
ALS, 3 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Dear City Mouse" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [writes personal news about receiving a
letter and his "daily bike-ride and swim"]
1960 August 7
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [reveals
personal thoughts, discusses a "mutely homosexual"
incident in the Army]
1960 August 8
ALS, 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Lauro caro" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [mentions "Tom" and his feelings for him,
comments on Scott's visit to New Hampshire]
1960 August 10
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Lorenzaccio" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [writes that Sara [Dakin] should re-found
Gadfly , mentions
Marianna Moore and Ezra Pound as well as people in
Anderson, expounds on sexuality]
1960 August 16
ALS, 3 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [discusses
differences in Max and a rich boy and how it will
affect their futures, mentions a letter from Tom
Gleason, mentions Marianne Moore and Louis Agassiz]
1960 August 19
ALS, 3 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Dear Lord Houghton"
[Laurence Scott], Cambridge, [planning to go to Oconee State Park
for a picnic for underprivileged children]
1960 August 23
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Laurentius Clarus" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [discusses his role in the Oconee State
Park outing for poor children, his American
Literature required reading list, and the Olympics]
1960 August 26
ALS, 2 p on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Dear Ignatz" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge
1960 August 27
TPC
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Dear Rudolph" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [re Marianne Moore's visit to Cambridge]
1960 August 27
TPC
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "O Wazir" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [writes a discussion of Jean-Paul Sartre's
Genet and the
censorship of Henry Miller, "the privilege of being
understood," and mentions a letter from Austin
Warren]
1960 August 28
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
reading about Emmeline Pankhurst, Marie Lloyd, and
Gertrude Bell and having two new drawings for
A[ustin] W[arren] ]
1960 September 2
APCS
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Most Excellent
Theophilus" [Laurence Scott], Ann Arbor, [discusses his feelings
after receiving a letter from Tom Gleason, Lord
Byron's "extraordinary letters" and the burning of
his "Henry-Miller-like autobiography"]
1960 September 2
ALS, 3 p. on 2 l.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [discusses
his findings concerning Louis Agassiz while
researching for his essay]
1960 September 6
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, Pennsylvania, to Laurence Scott, Ann
Arbor, [writes about activities in Anderson and
mentions Louis Agassiz]
1960 September 9
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Dear Rumpus" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [acknowledges receipt of "fish-notes and
the four fetching Chinese postcards," discusses his
teaching agenda, mentions Catherine Drinker Bowen
being a neighbor, and comments on his research on
Louis Agassiz]
1960 September 21
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Cher Laurent" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [concerns some activities at Haverford,
such as visiting the DuPont Gardens and giving the
Arts Council Lecture for a joint Bryn Mawr-Haverford
audience, discusses Lafcadio Hearn's life as written
by his wife, Setsu Koizumi, mentions other reading
material]
1960 October 13
ALS, 3 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Dear Laurentino" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [writes some about Jean Genet after
finishing the book, discusses in some detail Charles
Norman's biography of Ezra Pound
1960 October 19
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Querido Lorenzo" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [re hearing a poetry reading by Jonathan
Williams of the Jargen Press, mentions Lee Lescaze,
Karl Hill, Louis Agassiz, Jacques Maries, Ezra Pound,
Ray Steinging, and finishing his thesis on Pound]
1960 October 26
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [writes
that Haverford wants him to stay, mentions works in
progress]
1960 November 29
AL, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [re his
empathy with troublesome young men, reflects on his
time at Haverford so far]
1960 December 18
ALS, 1p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [describes
some students and their academic work as well as his
courses at Haverford]
1960 December 24
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [concerns
life at Haverford University and applying for
permanent membership of the faculty]
1961 March 14
TL, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
his thesis being approved, having dinner with Douglas
Cooper, and conversing with Alice Biddle]
1961 April 23
APCS
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
Hugh Kenner becoming their Shipley lecturer, receipt
of a letter from Tom Gleason, Ezra Pound and some
damaging papers held by Noel Stock, and a lecture on
Marianne Moore]
1961 May 2
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [concerns
a few students at Haverford, with color drawing of
partially nude male on first page]
1961 May 6
ALS, 2 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [re
finishing the academic year at Haverford and hoping
to receive his Harvard degree, mentions summer plans
including a stay at a nudist camp]
1961 June 1
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [re
lecturing at Bryn Mawr, his thesis being judged, and
Ezra Pound]
1961 June 6
TPCS
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [re a
weekend trip to New York and receiving acceptance at
the "suntan farm"]
1961 June 12
TPCS
Guy Davenport, The High Meadows, Palmerton,
Pennsylvania, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [discusses his stay
at the nudist camp]
1961 June 22
APCS
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [concerns
a radio interview with Zelda Suplee about their visit
to the nudist camp, describes his and Gordon Adams'
stay at the camp]
1961 June 24
TLS, 2 p. on 2 l.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [discusses
Anderson]
1961 July 4
APCS
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [concerns
research on names]
1961 July 7
APCS
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [writes
brief news of former students, Tom Gleason, Gordon
Adams, Nada Alexandrovna, and Lee Lascaze]
1961 July 8
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [mentions
the [Zelda Suplee] Foundation [for the promotion of
Nudity], Tom Gleason, Ernest Hemingway's suicide,
Haverford's resident composer John Davison, and
anthropologist Rodney Needham]
1961 July 9
ALS, 2 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [requests
him to translate a few Polish phrases found in H.S.
Ede's
Gaudier-Brzeska , and
wants to collaborate on a book of translation and
Gaudier drawings]
1961 July 14
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [mentions
Lee Lascaze, Tom Gleason, and the American space
flight with Virgil I. Grissom]
1961 July 21
ALS, 1 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [re seeing
Gordon Adams, John Davison, and Charles Luddington,
and mentions Ezra Pound's heart attack]
1961 September 4
ALS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
writings of various authors, including E. C. Mullins,
Ford Madox Ford, Frank Lloyd Wright, Conan Doyle, and
Ezra Pound; refers to Harry Goldgar and John Edwards;
his own works in progress, particularly
Gadfly and Louis
Agassiz; and personal news]
1961 September 30
A & TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.
"Mycroft" [Guy Davenport], Haverford, to Laurence Scott,
Cambridge, [concerns Hugh Kenner's project The Age of
Pound and a visit to the campus by Irishman Sean
O'Faolain, and mentions Tom Gleason, Christina
R[ossetti], and his lectures on James Joyce]
1961 October 28
APCS
"Domvile" [Guy Davenport], Haverford, to Laurence Scott,
Cambridge
1961 November 20
APCS
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [sends
holiday greetings]
1961 December 19
ANS
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [concerns
his holiday reading, and mentions literary persons
such as Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Ford, Ivor Stravinsky,
and Dame Edith Sitwell]
1961 December 24
APCS
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [writes
brief news of Gordon Adams and Tom Gleason, mentions
his Wyndham Lewis lectures, and requests picutres of
Scott and Marianne Moore]
1961 December 29
APCS
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge,
[discusses a new student, Steve, taken under his
wing, and mentions Hugh Kenner's Beckett]
1962 January 10
APCS
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
seeing [Thomas Stearns] Eliot and Ezra Pound, plans
with Hugh Kenner to obtain Eliot's manuscript of The
Waste Land with "blue-pencilling of the Master," and
students Gordon Adams, Bill Driscoll, and Steve [ ]
1962 January 14
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
[Thomas Stearns] Eliot, Gordon Adams, and his own
work on "Poundiana"
1962 January 19
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [writes
about his teaching work at Haverford and his hopes to
do a course at Bryn Mawr]
1962 January 22
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [writes
mostly about some male Haverford students in a
general sexual manner, mentions upcoming visits from
Gordon Adams and Tom Gleason, and thanks him for the
"Poundiana"]
1962 February 5
TLS, 2 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [re a
visit with Tom Gleason, John Davison, and Chass
Stewart]
1962 February 9
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Lorenz" [Laurence Scott], [mentions
Hugh Kenner and Gordon Adams, describes at length an
adventure with two young men, Robbie [ ] and Peter
Hayes]
1962 July 23
TLS, 3 p. on 2 l.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to "Dear Lawnts" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [mentions Robbie and psychiatrist and
anthropologist Ray Birdwhistell]
1962 August 6
APCS
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [discusses
the inter-relationships of several people and
himself]
1962 August 7
ALS, 2 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [writes
bits of news about Gordon Adams, Lee Lascaze, Martha
Emily [ ], Robbie, Peter Hayes, and Clarence [ ]]
1962 August 23
ALS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [mentions
some future plans for a trip to Europe]
1962 August 30
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
social situations with friends and attending a course
on Japanese thought]
1962 October 9
TLS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
an interview of Hugh Kenner by Herbert Kenny, a
weekend trip to Bennington, Vermont with John
Davison, and personal news concerning friends, Robbie
and Mary Ann [ ]
1962 October 15
TLS, 2 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [asks
about "the philopaidetic ... iconography situation,"
and mentions [John F.] Kennedy and Armageddon]
1962 October 28
TL, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [re
trying to catch up on everything during Thanksgiving
holiday, mentions that Ezra Pound was reported to be
seen in Venice]
1962 November 25
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [writes
about his and Robbie's plans to travel around Europe
and not having his contract renewed]
1962 December 10
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Caro Lorenzo" [Laurence Scott],
Cambride, [mentions Priscilla Buckley, Frank Meyer,
Marianne Moore, writes that his trip to Europe has
been cancelled, and "Stoic Comedians"]
1963 January 9
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Caro Lorenzo" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [re lecturing on Wyndham Lewis and Samuel
Beckett, friends Mary Ann and [Robbie]
1963 January 14
TLS, 2 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Caro Lorenzo" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [thanks him for several things, writes
that his travelling companion to Europe will be Hugh
Kenner instead]
1963 January 18
TLS, 2 p. on 2 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to "Meus amicus" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [mentions Marianne Moore, Leonard
Littlefield, and Priscilla Buckley, and lists works
in progress and other occurrences]
1963 April 3
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.
"Mauberley" [Guy Davenport], Haverford, to "Caro
Lorenzo" [Laurence Scott], Cambridge, [re trying to finish his
thesis on Ezra Pound, working on
Intelligence of Louis
Agassiz , publishing the
Stoic Comedians ,
taking a position at the University of Kentucky,
planning a vacation with Mary Ann after plans for
Europe failed, and Hugh Kenner, with ink drawing of
partially nude male on first page]
1963 April 18
TLS, 3 p. on 2 l.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
Marianne Moore, Robbie's departure, work on the Ezra
Pound book, and finishing a poem and
Archilochos ]
1963 June 6
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [writes
news of family and himself, and a visit from Gordon
Adams]
1963 July 8
ALS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Haverford, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
trip with Mary Ann and asks if Marianne Moore might
want a copy of
Intelligence of Louis
Agassiz ]
1963 August 16
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, Kentucky, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge,
[discusses his book
Intelligence of Louis
Agassiz and the notion of sending a copy to
Marianne Moore]
1963 September 4
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [praises
his transcription of "the Hildabuch," and mentions
the work of Stan Brakhage and the fact that the
Indiana Press has accepted his thesis]
1963 September 15
TLS, 3 p. on 2 l.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
Hugh Kenner,
Archilochos , Marianne
Moore, and translating Theognis]
1963 October 20
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
Ezra and Dorothy Pound, Marianne Moore, the
assassination of John F. Kennedy, and Mary Ann]
1963 November 30
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
Hugh Kenner's lecture on Marianne Moore, his
Archilochos being
published next month, and Howard Nemerov's visit]
1964 January 19
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to "Lorenzo caro" [Laurence Scott],
Cambridge, [mentions ads for
Archilochos , doing a
review for Louise Bogan's translation of Goethe's
Elective Affinities ]
1964 February 9
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
the release of
Archilochos , Hugh
Kenner's visit with Ezra Pound and Olga Rudge, and
Stan Brakhage's visit to Lexington]
1964 March 22
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [asking
about sending a copy of
Archilochos to Marianne
Moore and to Scott]
April 9
APCS
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge,
[discusses his summer trip to Europe which included a
stay with Ezra Pound and Olga Rudge, and mentions
Hugo Dyson and Marianne Moore's new poem]
1964 September 5
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
illness of Mary Jo Kenner, his work in reviews and
books, and receipt of Warren Krupsaw portrait of
Marianne Moore]
1964 September 13
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Donald Hall, Hugh Kenner,
and Bill Arrowsmith]
1964 September 28
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [re Mary
Jo Kenner's death the previous day]
1964 December 10
TPCS
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
the death of Mary Jo Kenner, his friend Steve's visit
to John Burroughs, Jack Smith, and Allen Ginsberg]
1964 December 20
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [mentions
his book on Sappho]
1964 December 28
ALS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [re his
quiet holiday, mentions movies of Hugh Kenner showing
Ezra Pound, Olga Rudge, and Mary Jo Kenner]
1964 December 30
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [sending
the address of Louis Zukofsky, mentions Hugh Kenner
and Stan Brakhage]
1965 February 2
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [briefly
discusses Stan Brakhage and his movie
Dog Star Man ]
1965 February 23
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [relays
Hugh Kenner's news from Europe about Ezra Pound, Olga
Rudge, and Dorothy Pound, and mentions his friend
Steve's association with Andy Warhol and Bobby
Rauschenberg]
1965 March 20
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, [Lexington], to Laurence Scott, [Cambridge],
[mentions Marianne Moore, Peggy Bacon, Robert Payne,
and the Pound triangle]
1965 April 6
TLS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to "Carissimo Laurenzaccio"
[Laurence Scott], Cambridge, [mentions Ezra Pound and Olga Rudge,
Hugh Kenner, Gordon Adams, and the possible
development of a new literary department at the
University of Kentucky]
1965 April 16
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [re lack
of communication from Olga Rudge, and mentions Jonas
Mekas, Jonathan Williams, Rafe Eugene Meatyard, and
Elf Stephanos]
1965 April 13
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [mentions
Ezra and Dorothy Pound, Henry James lecturing at Bryn
Mawr, Marianne Moore, and Thomas Stearns Eliot]
1965 April 19
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to "Il mio Laurenzaccio
carissimo" [Laurence Scott], Cambridge, [writes that he is
pleased with Marianne Moore's appraisal of his
Tolkien essay, and mentions "film-pop-art people"]
1965 April 21
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [re a
broadside sent by Scott and Toni Seymour's Bronze of
his friend Steve]
1965
TLS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [praises
The Talisman , requests
permission to publish from Dorothy Pound, and
mentions Christopher Middleton, Stan Brakhage, Carl
Andre, P. Adams Sitney, Hugh Kenner, J.R.R. Tolkien,
and Robert Kelly]
1965 June 22
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [briefly
discusses a visit to the University of Kentucky by
Eudora Welty]
1965 September 26
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [re
visitors, Louis and Celia Zukofsky]
1965 October 7
TPCS
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [mentions
Hugh Kenner, Stan Brakhage, and Ezra Pound]
1965 October 29
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [mentions
Jonathan Williams, Leroi Jones, and new friend Bonnie
Jean]
1965 December 6
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [indicating
that his translation of Gabriele D'Annunzio will be a
shock and writing that he has been reading about him]
1966 January 13
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [comments on
the Lowell broadside and plans to get cooperation
from Ezra Pound concerning "Canto CX"]
1966 January 21
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [mentions
Walter Hooper (C.S. Lewis' secretary) and Louis and
Celia Zukofsky, and writes that he has finished a
handbook on
The Odyssey and that he
is nearing completion on his
Flowers & Leaves ]
1966 March 8
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [mentions
Louis Zukofsky, writes that he is finishing a long
essay on Ezra Pound for Eva Hesse and that he is
being asked to do an
Iliad companion volume
to his
Odyssey ]
1966 [May 31]
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Anderson, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [discusses
works in progress, including
Iliad and
Odyssey handbooks,
translations of
Helen and
Dyskolos , and Ezra
Pound's
Conversations and the
Cantos , and
preparations for his autumn classes]
1966 July 22
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [mentions
distinguished visitors Jonathan Williams and Ronald
Johnson, Edward Field, Peter Kubelka, Charles Stein,
and Jonathan Greene]
1966 September 2
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge,
[discusses briefly news of Ezra Pound and his own
life with Bonnie Jean]
1966 October 7
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge, [thanks
him for the copy of W[ystan] H[ugh] Auden's handsome
book, and mentions working on his
Dyskolos ]
1966 October 14
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, [Lexington], to Laurence Scott, [Cambridge],
[thanks him for the [Richard] Ellman essay on Ezra
Pound and W[illiam] B[utler] Y[eats], and comments
that he has too much work to do]
1966 November 18
TLS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to "Caro Lorenzo" [Laurence Scott],
Boston, [mentions Sir Mawdis Bowra, that his Aunt Mae
passed away from complications following an accident,
that he is trying to catch up on deadlines, and that
he heard John Jacob Niles in concert]
1966 December 1
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Cambridge,
[expecting information on Ezra Pound, and mentions
the ineptness in the literary field and Gordon
Cairnie's news of Marianne Moore attending the Truman
Capote dance, with enclosures of Japanese drawings]
1967 January 9
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Boston, [mentions
his visit to Thomas Merton, finishing his
"Resurrection in Cookham Churchyard," and running the
Southern Literary Festival]
1967 March 15
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [comments
on Marianne Moore's illness, moving to a house
surrounded by "Blue Grass dignitaries," and mentions
visitors Harry Levin, Eudora Welty, Bucky Fuller,
Thomas Merton, and William F. Buckley, Jr., and
relates that he is writing a novel about Tatlin]
1970 October 17
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [comments
that he has just "finished the fourth Ezra Pound
table," describes the decor of his living room, and
mentions his first fiction, "Aeroplanes at Brescia"]
1970 December 7
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, [Ann Arbor],
[acknowledges Marianne Moore's death, discusses Ezra
Pound, Dorothy Pound, and Olga Rudge, and mentions
Hugh Kenner's book
The Pound Era ]
1972 February 13
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [writes
that he is still doing "prose, poetry, drawing,"
describes his and Bonnie Jean's trips to France,
mentions that his
Tatlin! has received
many reviews, and shares a Pound anecdote]
1974 December 19
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [mentions
John Shannon, Louis Zukofsky, and Eudora Welty]
1977 April 11
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [mentions
Donald Hall, Eudora Welty, and finishing some books
and stories]
1979 November 9
TLS, 1 p., w/env.
Guy Davenport, Lexington, to Laurence Scott, Ann Arbor, [mentions
his archives at various institutions, discusses his
six books in the press, and relates that he is now
"the occupant of a Chair" and is only teaching one
course a semester]
1983 August 4
TLS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott, [asks if he has heard from Ezra
Pound, mentions Marianne Moore, and indicates that he
wants to receive erotica through the mail]
June 27
AL, 1 p.
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott, [mentions the beginning summer
school]
June 28
ALS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott, [discusses several books by
Wilkie Collins]
n.d.
TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.
"Andre Marcueil" [Guy Davenport], to "Caro Lauro" [Laurence Scott],
[re 26 Fructidor, translating more ancient poets
after having done Archilochos, and discusses the
literary work of Paul [ ]]
n.d.
ALS, 1 p.
"Cousin Vergil Lee" [Guy Davenport], Anderson, to Laurence Scott,
[re family news]
n.d.
APCS
Guy Davenport, [Anderson], to Laurence Scott, [writes about a day
of archeological exploration with his family in
Elbert County, Georgia]
n.d.
ALS, 1 p.
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott, [writing literary trivia]
n.d.
TL, 1 p.
Guy Davenport to Laurence Scott, [sends biographical information
on Jonathan Williams]
n.d.
TL, 1 p.
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