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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:

Loose-leaf notebook

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.333
Scope and Contents

Ellmann's extensive notes. Tabbed segments include: Villiers, Axel; Midnight court; Seanad Eirann; Berkeley; Swami Shri Purohit; The Winding Stair; Essays 1931-36; Dramatis Personae; Wheels and Butterflies; King of the Great Clock Tower; The Herne's Egg; Oxford's Book of Modern Verse; and A Vision.

Dates: 1837 - 1990
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Yeats, William Butler / Research materials / Ellmann's notebooks

Lyttleton, Edith

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.332
Scope and Contents

Synopsis of Yeats correspondence with Lyttleton.

Dates: 1837 - 1990
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Yeats, William Butler / Research materials

Macauley, Robie, 1961 - 1974

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.178
Scope and Contents

Exchange regarding various essay submissions to The Kenyon Review.

Dates: 1961 - 1974
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings

Machen, Arthur, 1946

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.178
Scope and Contents

Ellmann asks Machen how he happened to join the Hermetic Students of the Golden Dawn. Includes letter from Sweetser regarding a batch of Machen letters he recently purchased.

Dates: 1946
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings

MacLagan, Eric, 1946 - 1949

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.178
Scope and Contents

Exchange between Ellmann and MacLagan.

Dates: 1946 - 1949
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings

MacLeod, Fiona, 1901

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.332
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions of MacLeon's letter to Yeats.

Dates: 1901
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Yeats, William Butler / Research materials

Macmillan edition, 1954

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.337
Scope and Contents

First page proofs with handwritten notations, corrections and revisions.

Dates: 1954
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Yeats, William Butler / The Identity of Yeats

Macnie, Isa M., 1948 - 1949

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.179
Scope and Contents

Exchange regarding Ellmann's use of Macnie's cartoon, "Chin Angles".

Dates: 1948 - 1949
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings

Magee, H. Malcolm, 1946

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.180
Scope and Contents

Exchange regarding the origins of the Theosophical Society in Dublin.

Dates: 1946
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings

Magee, William Kirkpatrick, 1945 - 1962

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.180
Scope and Contents

Exchange regarding Yeats and occultism; Joyce and his Dubliners manuscript.

Dates: 1945 - 1962
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings

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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
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Occult 1
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century. 1
Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Ellmann, Richard. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Ellmann, Richard. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Maddox, Brenda. 1
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