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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.

Found in 500 Collections and/or Records:

Hone, Joseph Maunsel, 1945 - 1959

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.73
Scope and Contents

Exchange regarding Yeats. Includes a handwritten letter from Pierce Leslie Pielou to Hone; typed notes about Yeats by Hone and Ellmann's notes; photostat of a letter from Joyce to Hone; transcriptions of letters in the Hone Papers at the National Library..

Dates: 1945 - 1959

Horton, William T.

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.332

Hunter, Dorothy "Dorothie", 1946

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.75
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Hunter writes, in part: "With reference to your letter in this weeks Times Literary re W.B. Yeats, as I think there can be very few now who have memories of him in his youth...." Includes her personal accounts and her transcriptions of Yeats letters.

Dates: 1946

Hunter, J. Paul, 1979 - 1985

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.75
Scope and Contents

"Biography and the Novel" reprinted in Modern Language Studies.

Dates: 1979 - 1985

Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1950 - 1979

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.75
Scope and Contents

Regarding Ellmann's Yeats and Wilde research.

Dates: 1950 - 1979

Incomplete drafts, 1965

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.40
Scope and Contents

Ellmann's incomplete drafts of his article, in two versions.

Dates: Publication: 1965

Ingpen and Grant, 1946-03-01

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.76
Scope and Contents

Ellmann requests further information regarding the relationship between Horton and Yeats.

Dates: 1946-03-01

Inscriptions, 1886 - 1907

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.331
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions of inscriptions in various Yeats items held in the Yale University Rare Books Room.

Dates: 1886 - 1907

Introduction

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338
Scope and Contents

Early drafts of the Introduction, in two versions; later drafts and draft fragments of the Introduction.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

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Type
Archival Object 495
Collection 3
Unprocessed Material 2
 
Subject
Biography -- 20th century 3
Poets -- British -- 19th century. 2
Poets, British -- 20th century. 2
Biographers -- United States -- Biography 1
English poetry -- Irish authors. 1