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:
Yeats family presses, between 1902-1983
Materials from three iterations of the Yeats family press. Most materials are from Cuala Press, incorporated under Cuala Industries, Ltd., but the prints from Cuala Press, Ltd., run by the next generation of the Yeats family using the original plates are also well represented. Three items date to the original press project, Dun Emer, from which the Yeats family split off in 1908.
Collection is open for research.