Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940
Dates
- Existence: 1868-03-11 - 1940-01-16
Biographical note
Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, born on March 11, 1868, in London, to John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen. She wrote forThe Pleiades in the 1880s. She trained as a kindergarten teacher in 1892 and taught art for several years, while also as a working as a publisher. In 1900 Elizabeth and her sister Lily became the guardians of their cousin, Ruth Pollexfen and moved to Dublin. In 1902 they helped to found the Dun Emer Press, and in 1908 they began their own business, Cuala Industries. In her capacity as the head of Cuala Press, Elizabeth oversaw production of a number of her brother W. B.’s books and sold cards, calendars, and prints. She died on January 16, 1940.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, 1908 - 1911
Artworks, correspondence, and ephemera related to siblings Elizabeth Corbet, Jack B., Lily, and W.B. Yeats, as well as one letter written by their father, John Butler, and a printing plate by W.B.'s daughter Anne. The bulk of the material concerns Jack B. Yeats.
Collection is open for research.
Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, 1913 - 1973
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Elizabeth Corbet Yeats correspondence, 1904-1937, undated
Correspondence mainly concerns Cuala Press business matters and consists of letters, invoices, and samples sent to customers.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
E.S. (Illustration of a ship on water and a shamrock motif), between 1908-1968
2 copies.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Hilda Pollexfen ("Her Book"), between 1908-1968
Bookplates, most produced by Cuala Press, but at least one from Dun Emer Press. They are uncolored unless otherwise noted. Names are presented in the form they are written on the bookplates.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Letter from Elizabeth C. Yeats to the American collector Paul Lemperley (1911) enclosing a 1908 letter to her from J.M. Synge, 1908, 1911
Artworks, correspondence, and ephemera related to siblings Elizabeth Corbet, Jack B., Lily, and W.B. Yeats, as well as one letter written by their father, John Butler, and a printing plate by W.B.'s daughter Anne. The bulk of the material concerns Jack B. Yeats.
Collection is open for research.
Letter from Elizabeth Corbet Yeats to Dr. F.S. Bourke regarding his purchase of Lily's Abbey Theatre embroidery, 1933
Artworks, correspondence, and ephemera related to siblings Elizabeth Corbet, Jack B., Lily, and W.B. Yeats, as well as one letter written by their father, John Butler, and a printing plate by W.B.'s daughter Anne. The bulk of the material concerns Jack B. Yeats.
Collection is open for research.
Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland
This collection includes papers and artifacts of women and organizations involved in the fight for Irish independence. A majority belonged to Máire Gill and relate to her work with Cumann na mBan, a women’s Irish republican organization, as well as her work with Cuala Press and the women’s sport of camogie. Additionally, there are materials relating to women’s suffrage. Of note are a banner made by Maud Gonne and a journal of Margaret Skinnider’s involvement in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 70, "Little House", between 1908-1968
Letts, W.M. (Poet). Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 71, "There is Honey ", between 1908-1968
Ferguson, Sir Samuel (Poet). 2 prints, 1 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 72, "Cloganeely", between 1908-1968
Elizabeth Shane, Elizabeth (Poet). 2 prints.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 73, "North", between 1908-1968
Kerr, Phyllis (Poet)
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 74, "May Plenty Bloom", between 1908-1968
Orr, James (Poet). 3 prints, 1 uncolored. One of the colored prints is mounted to a mat board and signed on the back "From Aunt Mollie, Xmas 1940". (See box 5.)
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 94, "Joy Be With Us", between 1908-1968
Stephens, James (Poet). 2 copies.
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 96, "St. Patrick’s Breastplate…", between 1908-1968
6 prints with 3 of the 8 individual verses.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 97, "The Gorsedd Prayer", between 1908-1968
Two different designs, one in English and one in Irish.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 270, "A Little House", between 1908-1969
Letts, W.M. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 270, "A Little House", between 1969-1979
Letts, W.M. (Poet). 2 copies, uncolored.
Collection is open for research.
Print, unnumbered, blue bird atop a tulip, 1914
Possibly a proof. Vendor notes indicate that this image was used on a Cuala Press Christmas and New Years card in 1914.
Collection is open for research.
R.A. Anderson ("Non Sibi Sed Patriae"), between 1908-1968
Bookplates, most produced by Cuala Press, but at least one from Dun Emer Press. They are uncolored unless otherwise noted. Names are presented in the form they are written on the bookplates.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Rose Bulteel, between 1908-1968
Bookplates, most produced by Cuala Press, but at least one from Dun Emer Press. They are uncolored unless otherwise noted. Names are presented in the form they are written on the bookplates.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Ua Tóibín, between 1908-1968
Bookplates, most produced by Cuala Press, but at least one from Dun Emer Press. They are uncolored unless otherwise noted. Names are presented in the form they are written on the bookplates.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Violet Mills, between 1908-1968
Hand-colored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, letter, 1939 July 10
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Yeats family papers
The Boston College collection of Yeats family papers includes artwork, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, and photographs by and about siblings W. B., Elizabeth Corbet, Lily, and Jack B. Yeats; their father, John Butler Yeats; the wife of W. B., Georgie Yeats; the daughter of W.B., Anne Yeats; and the son of W.B., Michael B. Yeats. It also documents the running of Cuala Press, a Yeats family business.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.