Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Dates
- Existence: 1865 June 13 - 1939 January 28
Biographical Note
Born in 1865, in Dublin, Ireland, William Butler Yeats's early years were spent in London, with vacations in Sligo, Ireland. He began to write poetry and drama around 1884. Some of his early work appeared in The Gael and The Boston Pilot. He was a founder of the Abbey Theatre and a spokesman for the Irish Literary Revival. Following the Irish War of Independence, W. B. was appointed a senator of the Irish Free State in 1923. He also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in that year. He died in 1939.
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
National Theatre Society, Ltd. at Abbey Theatre, program for W.B. Yeats's On Baile's Strand; Lady Gregory's The Doctor in Spite of Himself and Spreading the News; J.M. Synge's In the Shadow of the Glen; and William Boyle's The Building Fund, 1906 April
Includes leaflets, postcards, posters, and programs related to the Abbey Theatre, the Abbey Theatre Players, or to Irish theatre in general. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Abbey Theatre Players toured America; this series contains several programs for Irish plays put on by the Abbey Theatre in theaters in New York and Boston.
Collection is open for research.
"Poems" by W. B. Yeats, 1935
1 copy. 30 copies privately printed for Eleanor Lady Yarrow.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 54, "The Lover Tells of the Rose", between 1969-1979
Yeats, W.B. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 56, "The Pity of Love", between 1969-1979
Yeats, W.B. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 85, "The Lover Pleads with His Friends", between 1908-1968
Yeats, W.B. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 89, "Into the Twilight", between 1908-1968
Yeats, W.B. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 90, "The Pity of Love", between 1908-1968
Yeats, W.B. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 91, "Prose Quotation from the Celtic Twilight", between 1908-1968
Yeats, W.B. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Proofs, 1904-1943, undated
Includes "The last and inspiring address of Thomas MacDonagh", "The Nuts of Knowledge" by George Russell (AE), "Twenty one poems written by Lionel Johnson: selected by William Butler Yeats", "Mosada" by W. B. Yeats, "John M. Synge: A Few Personal Recollections with Biographical Notes by John Masefield". Note that at least one work is from Dun Emer Press.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Reflections by W. B. Yeats, transcribed and edited by Curtis Bradford from the journals, 1970-1971
Signed on front endpaper "With every good wish for Molly Gill, Michael Yeats, January 27th 1971, The first book from the new Cuala Press."
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
School prize, Atholl Academy, between 1870-1885
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.
The Fiddler of Dooney / Loeffler, Ch. M.; lyrics: W. B. Yeats. Key of D. New York: G. Schirmer, 1934 - 1934
The sheet music cabinet is not available for access at this time due to structural instability.
The Host of the Air / Loeffler, Ch. M.; lyrics: W. B. Yeats. Key of B. New York: G. Schirmer, 1934 - 1934
The sheet music cabinet is not available for access at this time due to structural instability.
W. B. Yeats, 1918
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.
W. B. Yeats, 1937
Of note are newspaper clippings of letters between Noyes and W.B. Yeats regarding Casement which were published in The Irish Press.
W. B. Yeats - Alfred Noyes correspondence published in The Irish Press, 1937
Of note are newspaper clippings of letters between Noyes and W.B. Yeats regarding Casement which were published in The Irish Press.
W. B. Yeats papers, 1884-1974, undated
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
W.B. Yeats, approximately 1880-1918
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.
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.
Yeats, W. B., no year, December 15-16
Collection is open for research.
Yeats, W. B., 1926-1993, undated
Consists primarily of newspaper clippings and articles related to twentieth century American, English, and Irish authors and poets. Includes personal correspondence, pamphlets, lectures, and photographs. A significant amount of the material pertains to the lives and works of Hilaire Belloc, Robert Frost, William Butler Yeats, and Graham Greene.
Open for research.
Yeats, W. B. The Countess Cathleen, playbill, 1944 June
Collection is open for research.
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), undated
Collection is open for research. The Fatherless Children of France manuscripts are fragile and should be handled with extra care.
Yeats, William Butler, undated
Collection is open for research.
Yeats, William Butler, undated
Collection is open for research. The Fatherless Children of France manuscripts are fragile and should be handled with extra care.