Lady Gregory collection of papers 1873-[1965 1873-1932

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Castletown, Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitz Patrick, Baron, 1849-

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Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938

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Lascelles Abercrombie M.A. was born in 1881, and was the sixth son of William Abercrombie of Cheshire. He was educated at Malvern College, and at the Victoria University, Manchester; his education was chiefly scientific. He soon became well-known as a poet and a man of letters; from 1919-22 he was Lecturer in Poetry at the University of Liverpool, leaving there to become the Professor of English Literature at the University of Leeds, where he stayed until 1929 when he left to take up a Professor...

Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927

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Epithet: art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00029d English literary and art critic; keeper, Dept. of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum; friend and editor of Robert Louis Stevenson. From the description of Letters to Elizabeth N. Fairchild [manuscript], 1896-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996389 Sir Sidney Colvin was an art professor, critic, ...

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932

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Isabella Augusta Persse (1852-1932) married Sir William Henry Gregory (1817-1892). After her husband's death, Lady Gregory became an author and playwright. She also acted as manager of the Abbey Theatre from 1904-1912. From the description of Lady Gregory papers, 1879-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863298 Isabella Augusta Gregory, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), the Irish playwright and poet. For a fuller account of her life and achievements see the Dictionary of National...

Harvey, Paul, 1869-

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Joyce, James, 1882-1941

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James Augustus Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in Rathgar, a borough of Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of ten children who survived infancy. In 1888 he was enrolled at Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit boarding school near Dublin, where he stayed until 1891. Thereafter he attended Belvedere College, and then University College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1902 with a major in Italian. While at UCD Joyce wrote a paper in defense of Henrik Ibsen's drama called Drama and Life, which was ...

Martin, Alec

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Horniman, Annie Elizabeth Fredericka, 1860-1937

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Bailey, William F. (William Frederick), 1857-1917

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Gregory, William Robert, 1881-1918

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William Robert Gregory (1881-1918), Irish artist and portraitist, married Lily Margaret Parry and they had three children, Richard Graham Gregory, Augusta Anne Gregory, and Catherine Francis Gregory. William Robert served in the Royal Flying Corp during World War I and was killed in action in Italy in 1918. From the description of William Robert and Margaret Parry Gregory papers, 1887-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863299 ...

Shiels, George, 1886-1949

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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972

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Padraic Colum was a noted playwright, essayist, novelist, poet, and author of books for children. Born on December 8, 1881, in Longford, Ireland, Colum came to the United States in 1914 and died on January 12, 1972, in Enfield, Connecticut. Though Colum worked briefly for a railroad, he became a full-time writer in Dublin, Ireland, in 1901. He was a founder of the Irish National Theatre (later known as the Abbey Theatre), and co-founder and editor for a time of the Irish Review. From...

Atkinson, George

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Epithet: Private 96th Foot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x000274 Epithet: of Add MS 36067 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x0002e2 Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch vii.51 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x0003d4 Epithet: ...

Gallagher, Frank

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Curtis Brown Ltd.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Incorporated the literary agencies of Willis Kingsley Wing and Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc., and others, and was closely associated with the English agencies of Curtis Brown Ltd. (London) and A.P. Watt & Son. From the guide to the Curtis Brown, Ltd. Records, 1914-2006., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Lady Isabella Augusta (Persse) Gregory was an Irish playwright, director, producer, poet, folklorist, translator and historian, co...

O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964

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Sean O'Casey was born John Casey on March 30, 1880 in Dublin, Ireland, to Michael and Susan (Archer) Casey, a lower-middle class Protestant family. His father died in 1886. As a child, O'Casey suffered from trachoma, which affected his sight and made it difficult for him to succeed scholastically. He worked periodically throughout his adolescence as a stock boy, a van driver, and railway laborer. During this time, he became interested in Irish working class culture, as well as socialism and labo...

Peel, Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st viscount, 1829-1912.

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Speaker of the House of Commons in 1884, 1886, and 1892. From the description of Diary, 1892 Jan. 1-1896 Jan. 6. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 27257290 ...

John Murray (Firm)

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John Murray was a publishing house based in London; Sir John Murray (1884-1967) was the senior head of the firm at the time. 1 letter is signed by John Grey Murray (apparently the son of Sir John Murray), and the signatures on 2 other items are not discernible. Anna Mahler corresponded with the publisher on her mother's behalf. From the description of Correspondence to Anna Mahler, 1944-1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863571 ...

Figgis, William F

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Persse, Edward

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Reynolds, John J., 1924-

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Lane, Hugh Percy, Sir, 1875-1915

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Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933

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English author and statesman. From the description of Good taste : an address delivered at a place of secondary education in England : autograph manuscript, [19--?]. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 53203384 British author. From the description of Letter of Augustine Birrell, 1921. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32960300 From the description of Letter to "Dear Seton" [manuscript], 1921. (University of Virginia). WorldCat re...

Robinson, Lennox, 1886-1958

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Author and playwright, of Dublin, Ireland. From the description of Papers, 1940-1958. (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419626 Playwright, author, and theater manager. From the description of Playscript of Lennox Robinson, 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449665 Lennox Robinson (1886-1958), author and playwright, born in Douglas, Ireland. From the description of Lennox Robinson collection, 1940-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

MacColl, D. S. (Dugald Sutherland), 1859-1948

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Fahey, Jerome, 1848-

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Hyde, Douglas, 1860-1949

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President of Ireland, statesman, and author. From the description of Papers of Douglas Hyde, 1928-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455174 Douglas Hyde was an Irish playwright, poet, essayist, literary historian, and statesman. From the description of Douglas Hyde collection of papers, 1892-1930. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615521 From the guide to the Douglas Hyde collection of papers, 1892-1930, (The New York Public Library. ...

Hanson, Philip, Sir

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Healy, T. M. (Timothy Michael), 1855-1931

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Blunt, Anne, Lady, 1837-1917

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Anne Isabella Noel Blunt [née King], suo jure Baroness Wentworth, traveller and breeder of Arab horses. She was the only daughter of of William King, first earl of Lovelace, and his wife, Ada King, the only child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife, Anne Isabella Milbanke. From the guide to the Lady Anne Blunt manuscript material : 2 items, 1864?, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Anne Isabella Noel Blunt [née King], su...

Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922

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Wilfred Scawen Blunt was an English author and explorer. He was born in Sussex, and served in the diplomatic corps in Europe and South America. He retired in 1872, married Anne Isabella Noel, Lord Byron's granddaughter, and they travelled through Europe and the Middle East, and went into partnership breeding Arabian horses. He vociferously opposed British imperialism, and was imprisoned in 1888 for supporting Irish Home Rule. He kept a diary for most of his adult life, and also wrote numerous tr...

Huntington, Constant

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

James, Henry, 1843-1916

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James was an American novelist, short story writer, critic and dramatist. From the description of Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612731792 From the guide to the Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James was born in New York, NY, in 1843. During his lifetime, he was a literary and art critic (writing for Natio...

Kiernan, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), 1897-

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Gough, Hugh Henry, Sir, 1833-1909

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Martyn, Edward, 1859-1923

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Samuel French, Publisher.

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Cosgrave, William Thomas, 1880-1965

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Epithet: President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x00036f ...

Ardilaun, Olivia Charlotte

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Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup),

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McNeill, James

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Quinn, John, 1870-1924

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John Quinn (1870-1924) was a corporation lawyer in New York City who amassed an important private collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture as well as books and manuscripts of contemporary authors. In addition to promoting modern and avant-garde art in all forms, he particularly encouraged the work of members of the Irish Literary Revival, the artists of the Paris School, and English and American writers of his time. In 1923 he sold his manuscript and library holdings to subsidize his art ...

Murray, T. C. (Thomas Cornelius), 1873-1959

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Irish playwright. Many of Murray's early plays deal with life in Cork and an intense Catholicism is revealed in much of his work. Also a teacher and headmaster, Murray directed the Authors' Guild of Ireland and was a member of the Irish Academy of Letters. From the description of T.C. Murray Collection, 1939-1959. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 34164066 ...

Millington, Charles Simpson

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Pope-Hennessey, Una, 1876-1949.

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Yano, Kazumi, 1893-

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Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924

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American collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Fenway Court," to an unidentified recipient, [1908?] Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568468 Art collector and patron; Mrs. Jack Gardner. From the description of Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection, [18--]-[19--]. (University of Mobile Library). WorldCat record id: 70925322 Art historian, critic, collector, and teacher; Flo...

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Carson, Edward Henry Carson, Baron, 1854-1935

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Carson, a British jurist and politician, served as Queen's counsel at the Irish bar (1889), M.P. (1892-1921), Solicitor General for Ireland (1892), Solictor General (1900-1906), Attorney General (1915), First Lord of the Admiralty (1917), and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1921-1929). From the description of Letter to Eldon James, ca. 1930. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338629 ...

Gregory, Margaret, 1884-1979,

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Gregory, William Henry, Sir, 1817-1892

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William Henry Gregory (1817-1892), M.P. for County Galway, Ireland, and later appointed Governor-General of Ceylon (1872-1877). He married Elizabeth Temple Bowdoin who died in Ceylon in 1873. His second wife was Isabella Augusta Persse, (1852-1932), better known as Lady Gregory. They had one son, William Robert Gregory (1881-1919). From the description of William Henry Gregory papers, 1817-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863296 William Gregory was a resident of Brist...

Brown, Samuel L

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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Perrin, J. H

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Allgood, Sara, 1883-1950

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O'Grady, Standish, 1846-1928

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Epithet: Attorney General for Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x00019d Title: 2nd Viscount Guillamore 1840 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x00019e Irish writer and historian Standish J. O'Grady (1846–1928) has been described as "the founder of the Irish Literary Renaissance" ...

O'Connor, T. P. (Thomas Power), 1848-1929

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Epithet: MP; of Add MS 42576 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x0002fe Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F111-112 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x0000cc Epithet: MP; of Add MS 44459 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x0002ff Epi...

G.P. Putnam's Sons

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Publishing house in New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1886-1908. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32604641 ...

Childers, Molly

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Woods, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

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Abbey Theatre

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The Abbey Theatre was established in Dublin in 1904 as a venue for Irish playwrights. It developed out of the Irish Literary Theatre, which had been founded by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory in 1899. From the description of Abbey Theatre playbills and related materials, 1907-1955, 1994. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 419521354 The Abbey Theatre was founded in 1904 in Dublin, Ireland. From the description of Abbey Theatre collection, ...

Gough, Guy

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Carleton, Dorothy

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Bodkin, Thomas

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Kinglake, Alexander William, 1809-1891

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Alexander William Kinglake (1809-1891) trained as a barrister, but was more interested in literature. He became famous after the publication of Eothen in 1844, a narrative of his travels in the Middle East. He was fascinated by military action, and went to Algeria in 1845 to witness the French campaign. In August 1854 he set off from London to follow the British Army to the Crimea, where he witnessed the Battle of the Alma (20 September), before falling sick and leaving for England on 18 October...

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962

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English museum director, art historian and collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge to Hugh W. Davies, 1911 Jan. 05. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899880 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hammersmith, to Mackenzie Bell, 1896 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899382 From the description of Autograph letter signed (retained copy) : Cambridge, to Lord Henry Bentinck, 1909 Feb. 17. (Unknown). ...

Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957

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Irish artist and author. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats papers, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982120 Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish painter and illustrator. He was the younger brother of the poet, William Butler Yeats. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517346 From the guide to the Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, 1899-1955, (The New Yor...