Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Person
Biography
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
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Siegfried Sassoon correspondence regarding a gift for Robert Bridges's 80th birthday
Item
Identifier: 2000-006
Content Description
Letters written primarily to Siegfried Sassoon in response to Sassoon's call for monetary donations for a gift of a clavichord (to be constructed by Arnold Dometsch) in honor of the Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Dates:
1924 - 1929