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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 495 Collections and/or Records:

Farr, Florence, 1907

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.332
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Transcription of a letter from Yeats to Farr: "I have a poem in my head which will have a principal singer...."

Dates: 1907

Fay, Frank and William

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.332
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Transcriptions of letters between the Fays and Yeats; press cutting about W.G. Fay.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Fay, George, 1947

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.61
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Ellmann writes, in part: "...I called up your uncle about the letters from Yeats to your father...."

Dates: 1947

Fay, William P., 1965 - 1966

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.61
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Ambassador Fay writes, in part: "...I have mentioned to Father Buinn and Father Campbell of Georgetown University the possibility that they might wish to sponsor a Yeats lecture...."

Dates: 1965 - 1966

Fenton, Charles A., 1952 - 1955

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.61
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Fenton writes, in part: "I'd be delighted to help in any way I can with the Hemingway-Joyce relationship, but...."

Dates: 1952 - 1955

Ferris, William R., 1965

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.61

Final lecture, 1953

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.334
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Final lecture on Yeats. Includes notes for a seminar on Yeats's prose; and notes titled "Conception of Affirmative Capability".

Dates: 1953

Finneran, Richard J., 1969 - 1975

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.62
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Finneran inquires about who holds the Canadian copyrights to The Man in the Masks and The Identity of Yeats; request for permission to quote; other topics.

Dates: 1969 - 1975

"Frank", 1964 - 1987

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.62
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Correspondence to/from persons named "Frank", surname unknown.

Dates: 1964 - 1987

"Freud and Literary Biography", Incomplete date

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.47
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Black and white flyer for a lecture sponsored by various partners at New College, Oxford University.

Dates: Event: Incomplete date

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English poetry -- Irish authors. 1
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