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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:

Letters: 1917

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.122
Scope and Contents

Typed and carbon copy typed notes and transcriptions; photostats and photocopies.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Letters: 1923

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.125
Scope and Contents

Photostats and photocopies; typed and carbon copy typed transcriptions and commentaries.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Letters: 1924

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.125
Scope and Contents

Typed and carbon copy typed transcriptions and commentary; photostats and photocopies.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Letters: 1932

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.129-130
Scope and Contents

Typed and carbon copy notes and transcriptions; photostats and photocopies; photo-reproductions.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Letters: 1935

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.131-132
Scope and Contents

Typed and carbon copy typed notes, commentary, and transcriptions; photostats and photocopies.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Letters: 1936

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.132
Scope and Contents

Handwritten, typed and carbon copy typed notes, commentary, and transcriptions; photostats and photocopies.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Letters: Poetry collection, Lockwood, 1915 - 1930

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.134
Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of Joyce's "Suggested Additions". All materials are from the Poetry Collection at Lockwood.

Dates: 1915 - 1930

Levine, Herbert J., 1976 - 1977

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.176
Scope and Contents

Levine's letter to the editor, New Republic, requesting clarification of a biographical point in a recent book review regarding Yeats and Maud Gonne; Ellmann's response.

Dates: 1976 - 1977

Lewis, Wyndham, 1928

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.332
Scope and Contents

Wyndham's letter to Yeats: "...That Pound should wish to read my 'Limbo' as you tell me he says...."

Dates: 1928

Library of Congress publication, 1985

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.26
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of the original publication with photocopied handwritten corrections and revisions; bound publication with handwritten corrections and revisions; press cutting announcing the publication.

Dates: Publication: 1985

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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