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

Guide to the John Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1897]-1921

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

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
John Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1897]-1921
Creator
Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Yeats, JoB
Size
122 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 a manuscript, correspondence, portraits and portrait sketches, 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 Sarah Allgood, Madeleine Boyd, Lady Gregory, and W. T. H. Howe.

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

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

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of a manuscript, correspondence, portraits and portrait sketches, and pictorial works. The manuscript consists of an invitation to 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, Gustav Kobbé, W. B. Yeats, and others, as well as a letter, dated 1914, from John Quinn to Maire O'Neill, relating to Yeats, and a letter from Lady Gregory to Yeats, dated [Jan. 18, 1906]. The portraits include sketches and pen-and-ink drawings of George Moore, John Quinn, George William Russell, and William Butler Yeats.

Container List Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Yeats, John B.)     
"To John Butler Yeats." Manuscript invitation to dinner on March 29 [1916] at Petitpas, 317 W. 29th St. [N.Y.C.]
[1916]
ms.
( 1 p. )

Came with John Butler Yeats' correspondence with Padraic Colum

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Blake, [--?]. ALS to
1914 July 18
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With original pen and ink portrait of George William Russell. Came with Sara Allgood's correspondence

Manuscript box     
Colum, Padraic. 24 ALS to
1914 Sept. 16[?] - 1921 Nov. 14
corr. out
( 24 letters in 5 folders )
Manuscript box     
Colum, Padraic. 3 ALS to
[n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 p.; 1 leaf; 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Dunsany, Lord Edward. ALS to
1919 Dec. 22
corr. out
( 1 p. )

B.

Manuscript box     
Ford, Mrs. [Simeon?]. ALS to
1913 June 24
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Ford, Mrs. [Simeon?]. ALS to
1918 Apr. 1
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With his original pen-and-ink sketch at the bottom of page

Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse. 71 ALS, 2 TLS (1 fragment) to
[1897 Dec. 9] - 1920 [Aug. 14]
corr. out
( 73 letters in 15 folders )
Manuscript box     
Hyde, Douglas. 2 ALS to
1898 Apr. 24; 1898 Apr. 28
corr. out
( 2 leaves each )

Enclosed in: Hyde, Douglas. 231 ALS, 27 postcards, 1 TLS to Lady Gregory. Letter of April 30, 1898

Oversize (+) Inserted in: Yeats, Jack B. The treasure of the garden [1902?] Copy 1     
Kobbé, Gustav. ALS to
1914 Apr. 13
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Yeats, William Butler. ALS to. Relates to Lady Gregory
1903 June 18
corr. out
( 2 leaves )

Came with Lady Gregory's papers

Manuscript box     
Yeats, William Butler. TL (incomplete) to
1908 Dec. 11
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Came with Lady Gregory's papers

(Yeats) Pasted on p. 53 of: Samhain. [no. 4] 1904 [Set 1]     
Yeats, William Butler. ANS to
[n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With self-portrait

   
Incoming Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Isabella Augusta Persse, Lady. ALS (draft?) to John Butler Yeats
[1906 Jan. 18]
in. corr.
( 4 leaves )
   
Related Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Quinn, John. TLS to Maire O'Neill. Mentions John Butler Yeats and William Butler Yeats
1914 June 4
related corr.
( 5 p. )
   
Portraits and Pictorial Works Table of Contents
   
Portraits Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Russell, G. W. Original crayon portrait of John Butler Yeats. 25 x 18 cm.
n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

Signed "A. E."; H.

Inserted in: Moore, George. Esther Waters. [Popular ed.] London, 1899     
"George Moore giving his memorial lecture at the R. H. A." Original pencil portrait sketch. 13 x 18 cm.
n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

Signed

Manuscript box     
Original pen-and-ink portrait of John Quinn
n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

Signed. H.

Cased     
[Portrait sketches] 30 original pencil sketches. One dated.
1903 Aug.
portraits
( 1 v. )

Presented to Madeleine Boyd

Manuscript box. In his: ALS to [--?] Blak. New York, July 18, 1914     
[Russell, George William] Original pen and ink portrait
1914 July 18
portraits
( 1 item )

Signed

Manuscript box     
[Yeats, William Butler] Original pencil portrait. 7 x 13 cm.
n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

On verso of Oxford hall, Cambridge, Mass. printed rates and hours for meals, with Lady Gregory's ms. corrections of schedule. Came with Lady Gregory's papers

Oversize (+)     
[Yeats, William Butler] Original pencil portrait. 24 x 31 cm.
n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

With typed valuation from Thomas Agnew and sons made for Major Richard G. Gregory, grandson of Lady Gregory. Lady Gregory

   
Pictorial Works Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Original pen-and-ink sketches (3). 21 x 28 cm. One has note: "the prophet of negation becomes the raven of prophecy."
n.d.
pictorial works
( 3 items )

Came with John B. Yeats' correspondence with Padraic Colum

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