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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:

Version 3, 1984-01-10

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Typescript with handwritten notes and inserts to text.

Dates: 1984-01-10
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

Version 3, 1968

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.24
Scope and Contents

Draft of Version 3; incomplete draft with handwritten revisions; and draft of first page. Includes press cutting of Ellmann's article appearing in Irish Times.

Dates: Publication: 1968
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / Eminent Domain: Yeats Among Wilde, Joyce, Pound, Eliot, and Auden / "Gazebos and Gashouses"

Version 3, 1965

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.40
Scope and Contents

Version 3 of Ellmann's article, a clean typescript.

Dates: Publication: 1965
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / "Yeats Beleaguered"

Version 3, Undated

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.42
Scope and Contents

Version 3, marked as corrected.

Dates: Undated
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / "Yeats Without Analogue"

Version 4, 1984-01-19

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Typescript with handwritten revisions; fragment of same.

Dates: 1984-01-19
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

Version 5, 1984-01-25

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Two variations of Version 5, with handwritten revisions and notes; fragments of same.

Dates: 1984-01-25
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

Version 6, 1984-01-25

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Draft with handwritten revisions and inserted text.

Dates: 1984-01-25
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

Version 7, 1984-02-13

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

First page only of Version 7, with handwritten revisions and text taped over text.

Dates: 1984-02-13
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

Version 8, 1984-03-13

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Draft of Version 8 with handwritten revisions. Marked as "Final".

Dates: 1984-03-13
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

Version 8: Variations, 1984-03-13

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Draft variations of Version 8, most with handwritten revisions and notes.

Dates: 1984-03-13
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / Ellmann, Richard / Writings / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

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