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Finding Aid for Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]

Guide to the Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]

Berg Coll MSS Yeats, JaB
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Date Completed:
2006
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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]
Creator
Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Yeats, JaB
Size
130 items
Repository
The New York Public Library.
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.New York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence, portraits, six sketchbooks dating from 1900 to 1908, and pictorial works.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe, Ria Mooney, and Owen D. Young.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish painter and illustrator. He was the younger brother of the poet, William Butler Yeats.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence, portraits, six sketchbooks dating from 1900 to 1908, and pictorial works. The correspondence, dating from [1899] to [1955], consists of letters from Yeats to Padraic Colum, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory, Frederick Robert Higgins, W. T. H. Howe, Ria Mooney, and others, as well as a letter, dated 1930, from his wife Coltie Yeats to Lady Gregory. The portraits include sketches and watercolors of Lady Gregory, John Masefield, George Russell, and a self-portrait.

Container List Table of Contents

   
Portraits and Pictorial Works Table of Contents
   
Portraits Table of Contents
Cased     
Original pen-and-ink portrait sketches. Includes portrait of Lady Gregory and self-portrait by the artist. Drawn in margins of: A feis will be held at Killeeneen Craughwell on Sunday August 31st 1902 to perpetuate the memory of the Connacht poet
n.d.
portraits
( 6 items )
Oversize (+)     
Original water color sketch of John Masefield
n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

H.

Cased     
Original pencil drawing of George Russell
n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

H.

   
Pictorial Works Table of Contents
Cased     
Sketch books. Loose-leaf
1900 - 1908
sketchbooks
( 6 v. )

H.

Manuscript box     
Original water color and ink drawing
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

Signed. With doggerel and Christmas greetings in Yeats' hand. The doggerel is signed "J. M."; H.

Manuscript box     
Original pen-and-ink and wash drawing: gypsy sailor against a star-filled sky with mast of ship at left, building at right. 13 x 19 cm. Drawing had been framed with ms. verse in unknown hand headed: VIII Yeats. My love Johnny
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

Signed. H.

Oversize (+++)     
[Blind huntsman, The] Original crayon and water color drawing. 31 x 46 cm.
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

Signed. H.

Oversize (+++)     
[Causeway bridge, The] Original water color drawing. 18 x 26 cm.
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

Signed. H.

Cased     
Original pen and ink drawing
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

With manuscript note, "It's the flight of the wild gesses," says Tommy wid a grin. Page 13 of ms."; H.

Oversize (+++)     
[One-armed tallyman, The] Original water color drawing. 36 x 26 cm.
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

Signed. H.

Oversize (+++)     
[Remounted] Original water color drawing, 27 x 25 cm.
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

Signed. H.

Oversize (+)     
8 original drawings (unpublished) for Ernest Rhys' The great Cockney tragedy
n.d.
pictorial works
( 8 items )

H.

On half-title of: Synge, J. M. Aran islands, Dublin, 1907. Large paper edition, copy 3     
Original water color drawing of a man looking out to sea
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

Signed

Cased     
20 original drawings for The bosun and the bob-tailed comet
n.d.
pictorial works
( 20 items )

Y.

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Colum, Padraic. 7 ALS to
1910 - 1918
corr. out
( 7 letters in 2 folders )
Manuscript box     
Gorman, Eric. ALS to
1938 Sept. 19
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Came with Ria Mooney's correspondence

Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. 39 ALS to
[1899] Mar. 14 - 1931 Apr. 13
corr. out
( 39 letters in 10 folders )
(Yeats) Pasted on inside back cover of: Samhain. [no. 7] 1908 [Set 1]     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. ALS to
1909 Mar. 15
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Higgins, Frederick Robert. ALS to
1939 Jan. 4
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Came with Ria Mooney's correspondence

Manuscript box     
Howe, [W. T. H.]. ANS to
1924 May 15
corr. out
( 1 p. )

H.

Oversize (+) Inserted in his: The treasure of the garden. London, 1902? Copy 2     
Howe, [W. T. H.]. ALS to
1925 Apr. 21
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Howe, [W. T. H.]. ANS to
1930 Dec. 8
corr. out
( 1 p. )

H.

Manuscript box     
[Mathews?], [Mr.]. ALS to
1910 Dec. 23
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With original pen-and-ink sketch. H.

Manuscript box     
Monnier, Adrienne. ANS to
1929 Apr. 20
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With envelope; encloses printed receipt, filled out in Yeats' hand, to Monnier for 15 [pounds] "on behalf of Mr. James Joyce...for the picture 'Porter Boats.'"

Manuscript box     
Mooney, Ria. 25 ALS to. Letter of Feb. 1, 1939 relates to W. B. Yeats; letter of May 15, 1947 mentions John Masefield
1939 Jan. 19 - [1955] Sept. 15
corr. out
( 25 letters )

With menu for "Dinner to Jack B. Yeats at Jammets, 7th October, 1953," signed by Yeats

   
Related Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Yeats, Jack B.)     
Yeats, Coltie. ALS to Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse] Gregory. From Jack Yeats' wife
1930 Dec. 31
related corr.
( 1 leaf )

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