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Yeats, Georgie, -1968

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: died 1968

Biographical Note

Bertha Georgie Hyde-Lees (known as "George" by her family) was born in 1892, in England. She married W. B. Yeats in 1917. They had two children together, Anne and Michael. After the deaths of her sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Corbet and Lily Yeats, she took over running their business, Cuala Press. After W. B.'s death in 1939, she served as his literary executor. She died in 1968.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence with Dr. Bourke regarding his orders, 1933-1940

 File — Box 2, Folder: 66
Scope and Contents

Correspondents on behalf of the Press include Molly Gill, Elizabeth C. Yeats, and Georgie Yeats (Mrs. W.B. Yeats).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1933-1940

Georgie Yeats correspondence, 1918-1938

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the Yeats family through their artwork, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, and photographs. Materials were created by 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. Topics include W. B.'s writing projects, business matters, and family matters; W. B.'s and Lily’s interest in the occult and psychic visions; and...
Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: 1918-1938

Boston College collection of Yeats family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-054
Abstract

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: 1884-1993, undated; Majority of material found within 1900-1940

Yeats family presses, between 1902-1983

 Series
Scope and Contents

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1902-1983