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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:

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

Version 9, Undated

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Clean typescript.

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 / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

Version 10, Undated

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Clean typescript.

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 / Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett / W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty

Vision

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.331
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions of various phases of Vision. Includes Ellmann's notes.

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 / Writings

Waite, Arthur E., 1914

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.333
Scope and Contents

Transcription of Waite's letter to Yeats regarding the theory of Astral Light.

Dates: 1914
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

Waley, Arthur, 1946

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.239
Scope and Contents

Ellmann queries Waley regarding Waley's translation of the Noh plays when Pound began to work on Fenellosa's papers; other topics related to W.B. Yeats.

Dates: 1946
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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