Papers, 1940-1958.

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Papers, 1940-1958.

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Correspondence (1953-1958) relating to a committee chaired by Robinson which was involved in the erection in Dublin of a memorial to W.B. Yeats, including references to an initial consideration of the purchase of a bust by Augustus John and the eventual commissioning of a memorial sculpture from Henry Moore; together with literary mss., many of which appear to have been parts of an unfinished work to be titled Life of Yeats. Correspondents include Joseph Maunsell Hone, Raymond McGrath, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Henry Moore, Michael Scott, Walter Starkie, and W.H. Walsh.

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Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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McGrath, Raymond, 1903-1977

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Raymond McGrath was born in Sydney, where he graduated in Architecture in 1926. He spent most of of his life in Ireland, where for 20 years he was principal architect in Dublin's Office of Public Works. At the time of his death he was Professor of Architecture at the Royal Hibernian Academy. He was joint author of Twentieth century houses (1934) and Glass in architecture and decoration (1937). From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1921-1976. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat rec...

Hone, Joseph M. (Joseph Maunsell), 1882-1959

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Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978

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Moore, Henry, 1898-1986

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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...

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