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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:

"Yeats Father and Son: Some Buried Parallels", Undated

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.42
Scope and Contents

Typed and carbon copy typed drafts in several versions; typed notes and bibliographic notes. Originally titled, "J.B. Yeats and W.B. Yeats: Some Buried Parallels".

Dates: Undated

Yeats, John Butler, 1868 - 1872

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.333
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions of John B. Yeats's letter to Ellis; transcriptions of Yeats's letter his father; photostats of Yeats's original letters to his father.

Dates: 1868 - 1872

Yeats: lecture notes

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Identifier: 1988.012.2.11
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes on lined paper from a ring binder.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Yeats, Lily, 1930 - 1946

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.330
Scope and Contents

Includes Lily Yeats's letter to O'Faolain regarding a variety of topics relating to family members. Postcards to Ellmann offer information regarding Cuala Press, death of her sister Elizabeth; arrangement for she and Ellmann to meet.

Dates: 1930 - 1946

Yeats Programme

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.42
Scope and Contents

Draft begins: "Yeats seems to have been haunted from childhood by the idea of being two or three selves...."

Dates: 1837 - 1990

"Yeats, That 'Familiar Compound Ghost'", Undated

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.42
Scope and Contents

Ellmann's draft essay, with handwritten revisions, which begins: "The two names most prominent in twentieth-century poetry in English, W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot, join coincidentally this years...."

Dates: Undated

Yeats, W. B.

 File
Identifier: 2000.006.1.59
Content Description From the Item:

Letters written primarily to Siegfried Sassoon in response to Sassoon's call for monetary donations for a gift of a clavichord (to be constructed by Arnold Dometsch) in honor of the Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Dates: 1924 - 1929

Yeats, W.B.

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.231
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contents generally include: biographical information and drafts (often in multiple versions) of Ellmann's bio-commentary on each poet; selected poems by each author, photocopied from published sources; press cuttings of articles; rights and permissions to reprint poems; lists of corrections; and fragments of page proofs.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

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English poetry -- Irish authors. 1
Occult 1
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century. 1