John Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1897]-1921.

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Creator

Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 122 items.

Scope/Contents Notes

This is a synthetic collection consisting of a manuscript,correspondence, portraits and portrait sketches, and pictorial works. The manuscript consists of an invitationto a dinner in New York on March 29, [1916]. The correspondence consists of letters from Yeats, dating from[1897] to 1921, to Padraic Colum, Lord Edward Dunsany, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory, Douglas Hyde, GustavKobbé, W. B. Yeats, and others, as well as a letter, dated1914, from John Quinn to Maire O'Neill, relating to Yeats.There is a 1906 letter from Lady Gregory to Yeats.

The portraits include sketches and pen-and-ink drawings of George Moore, John Quinn, George William Russell, and William Butler Yeats.

Biographical/Historical Note

John Butler Yeats was an Irish portrait painter and the father of the poet William Butler Yeats and the painter Jack Butler Yeats.

Controlled Access Terms

• Moore, George, 1852-1933 -- Portraits.
• Quinn, John, 1870-1924 -- Portraits.
• Russell, George William, 1867-1935 -- Portraits.
• Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Portraits.
• Correspondence.

Additional Creator Names

• Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972.
• Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957.
• Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.
• Hyde, Douglas, 1860-1949.
• Kobbé, Gustav, 1857-1918.
• O'Neill, Maire, 1887-1952.
• Quinn, John, 1870-1924.
• Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.