Felix Giovanelli papers, 1925-1985 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Felix Giovanelli papers, 1925-1985

Predominant Dates:1940-1970

ID: 01/MSS00015

Primary Creator: Giovanelli, Felix Bruno (1913-1962)

Extent: 1.2 Cubic Feet

Languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish;Castilian

The Felix Giovanelli papers consist primarily of correspondence by Felix Giovanelli (1913-1962), an Italian-American educator and translator. Notable correspondents include T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Wyndham Lewis. The collection also includes translations and literary criticisms by Giovanelli and his wife, Margaret (1915-1997), as well as newspaper clippings and publications by various authors.

Felix Bruno Giovanelli was born on January 2, 1913, in Eveleth, MN. He was the son of Italian immigrants; his father, Miliano Giovanelli (circa 1882-?), was a coal miner. Giovanelli attended the University of Illinois, where he earned a BA, MA, and PhD, and fostered an interest in Catholic novelists. He presented on "Modern Catholic Novelists" at the St. Louis University Lecture Forum in 1939.

In 1940, Giovanelli began working at St. Louis University as Assistant Professor of Romance Languages, having a background in French. During World War II, Giovanelli spoke for the interests of Italian Americans and advocated for an Italian Legion "to fight against Mussolini and the Fascist regime." He relocated to New York in 1945, joining the faculty of New York University. Giovanelli also reviewed books for The New Leader and Italica, and served as a translator of French, Spanish, German, and Italian novels, short stories, and articles for The New Leader, The Saturday Review, and The Reporter.

Giovanelli married Wargaret Wixsom (1915-1997) on December 31, 1936. He died of complications from cancer in 1962 and is buried in Paris, IL.

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Acquisition Source: This collection was a gift to the Library by the estate of Felix & Margaret Giovanelli and Mary Moss, executor of their estate.

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Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence],
[Series 2: Writings],
[Series 3: Mixed Materials],
[Series 4: Margaret Giovanelli],
[Series 5: Published Works by Others],
[Series 6: Oversize Materials],
[All]

Series 1: Correspondence

Sub-series 1: General Correspondence

Box 1

Folder 1

Item 1: Brownels, Sonia letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Folder 2

Item 1: Connoly, Cyril letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1947

Folder 3

Item 1: Eliot, T. S. letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Item 2: Eliot, T. S. letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Folder 4

Item 1-2: Goldring, Douglas letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Item 3-4: Goldring, Douglas letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Folder 5

Item 1: Joyce, Stanislaus letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1929

Folder 6

Item 1-3: Kenner, Hugh letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Item 4-5: Kenner, Hugh letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Folder 7: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (1/11)

Item 1-5: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1943

Item 6-12: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1944

Folder 8: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (2/11)

Item 1: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letter to Wyndham Lewis, 1945

Item 2: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letter to Wyndham Lewis, 1946

Item 3-5: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1947

Folder 9: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (3/11)

Item 1: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letter to Wyndham Lewis, 1948

Includes Evening Standard April 30, 1938 newspaper clipping

Item 2-8: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1948

Folder 10: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (4/11)

Item 1-5: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1948

Folder 11: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (5/11)

Item 1-11: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1948

Folder 12: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (6/11)

Item 1-6: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1948

Folder 13: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (7/11)

Item 1-7: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1949

Folder 14: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (8/11)

Item 1-8: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1949

Folder 15: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (9/11)

Item 1-5: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1949

Item 6-9: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, 1950

Item 10: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letter to Wyndham Lewis, 1951

Folder 16: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (10/11)

Item 1-7: Giovanelli, Felix photocopied letters to Wyndham Lewis, undated

Folder 17: "Copies Felix to Lewis" grouping (11/11)

Item 1: "Copies Felix to Lewis" container, undated

Folder 18

Item 1: Lewis, Wyndham letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1941

Item 2: Lewis, Wyndham letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1947

Folder 19: "Lewis to Felix" grouping (1/6)

Item 1-3: Lewis, Wyndham photocopied letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1946

Item 4-7: Lewis, Wyndham photocopied letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1947

Folder 20: "Lewis to Felix" grouping (2/6)

Item 1-12: Lewis, Wyndham photocopied letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Folder 21: "Lewis to Felix" grouping (3/6)

Item 1-10: Lewis, Wyndham photocopied letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Folder 22: "Lewis to Felix" grouping (4/6)

Item 1-11: Lewis, Wyndham photocopied letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Folder 23: "Lewis to Felix" grouping (5/6)

Item 1-2: Lewis, Wyndham photocopied letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Item 3-4: Lewis, Wyndham photocopied letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1950

Item 4-7: Lewis, Wyndham photocopied letters to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 24: "Lewis to Felix" grouping

Item 1: "Lewis to Felix" container, undated

Folder 25

Item 1: Nestor letter to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 26

Item 1-3: Pound, Ezra letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Item 4-7: Pound, Ezra letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Folder 27

Item 1-11: Pound, Ezra letters to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 28

Item 1-7: Pound, Ezra letters to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 29

Item 1-4: Ezra, Pound and Dorothy Pound letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Item 5-6: Ezra, Pound and Dorothy Pound letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Item 7-11: Ezra, Pound and Dorothy Pound letters to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 30

Item 1: Pound, Dorothy letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Item 2-6: Pound, Dorothy letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Folder 31

Item 1-11: Pound, Dorothy letters to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 32

Item 1: Sender, Ramon J. letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1946

Item 2: Sender, Ramon J. letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Item 3-6: Sender, Ramon J. letters to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 33

Item 1: Tate, Allen letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1949

Folder 34

Item 1: Degli Uberti, Riccardo M. letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1948

Folder 35

Item 1-10: Williams, Denis letters to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 36

Item 1: Kendall, Willmoore letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1941

Item 2-3: Kendall, Willmoore letters to Felix Giovanelli, 1942

Item 4: Kendall, Willmoore letter to Felix Giovanelli, 1943

Item 5-6: Kendall, Willmoore letters to Felix Giovanelli, undated

Folder 37

Item 1: Letter by unknown, 1948

An Italian letter in support of Ezra Pound during his imprisonment in the United States. The letter states that during Pound's time in Italy he did not engage in any fascist or anti-semetic activity but that his time was focused solely on artistic and cultural pursuits.

Sub-series 2: Third Party Correspondence

Box 1

Folder 38

Item 1: Ford, Madox Ford letter to Douglas Goldring, 1932

Folder 39

Item 1-2: Lewis, Wyndham letters to Denis Williams, 1949

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence],
[Series 2: Writings],
[Series 3: Mixed Materials],
[Series 4: Margaret Giovanelli],
[Series 5: Published Works by Others],
[Series 6: Oversize Materials],
[All]