Letters, 1896-1968.

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Letters, 1896-1968.

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A collection of letters from members of the Yeats family, including twelve letters from William Butler Yeats to Ellen Douglas Duncan, director of the Dublin Gallery of Modern Art, relating to public lectures and containing comments on the unrest in Ireland in 1918. There are also thirty letters from Elizabeth C. Yeats to Mary L. Sutliff dealing with publications of the Cuala Press. Family photographs with the annotations of Elizabeth Yeats, newspaper clippings, book reviews, and other printed ephemera are also contained in the collection. In addition, TALKING ABOUT YEATS, a 1967 television script by Micheál Mac Liammóir, and a related letter from Mac Liammóir; and a typescript catalog of Col. Russell K. Alspach's Yeats collection (not on microfilm).

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Yeats family

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The Yeats family contributed to Irish culture through art, literature and craftsmanship. John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) was a prolific artist. On September 10, 1863, John married Susan Pollexfen, and they had six children: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Susan Mary "Lily" Yeats (1866-1949), Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats (1868-1940), Robert Corbet Yeats (1870-1873), Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957), and Jane Grace Yeats (1875-1876). William Butler Yeats was an accomplished poet, dramatist, wri...

Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940

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Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (known by her family as “Lolly”) was born on March 11, 1868, in London, the third surviving child of John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen. In the 1880s she began writing and contributed to The Pleiades, an amateur magazine she created with friends. She completed training as a kindergarten teacher in 1892 and taught art for several years afterwards. She also published four popular painting manuals during this time. In 1900, Yeats and her family moved from London to Du...

Duncan, Ellen Douglas.

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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...

Sutliff, Mary Louisa, 1865-

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Dublin Gallery of Modern Art (Dublin, Ireland)

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Alspach, Russell K. (Russell King), 1901-

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Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978

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Although Micheál Mac Liammóir is best known as an actor and, with Hilton Edwards, founder of Dublin's Gate Theatre, he was also an artist and stage and costume designer of great talent and an accomplished playwright. From the description of The importance of being Oscar : typescript, 1960-1961 / by Michéal MacLiammoir. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 179278233 ...

Cuala Press

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Founded by Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, the Cuala Press was established in 1902. It operated under the name Dun Emer Press until 1908 when the name changed to Cuala Press. Besides providing works for publication, William Butler Yeats also served as both an editor and adviser for the press. After the death of Elizabeth Yeats in 1940, the work was continued under the management of Bertha Georgie Yeats (the wife of W. B. Yeats). The Cuala Press published its last book in 1946 and would issue only note...