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The collection contains correspondence, writings and personal papers of Bride Scratton and of Peter Whigham, her nephew by marriage. The Scratton papers include letters from Ezra Pound to Scratton discussing their personal relationship, her writings, and Pound's social and political theories; manuscripts and typescripts of short stories and descriptive sketches by Scratton and typescript carbons of three Cantos by Pound; and a small amount of personal papers, including a copy of Scratton's divorce decreee and biographical notes on her by her son Michael.
The Peter Whigham papers contain correspondence concerning Whigham's planned biography of the poet Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, translations, and radio scripts by Whigham.