Yeats mss., 1889-1954
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
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Creator
Yeats, W. B., 1865-1939
TitleYeats mss., 1889-1954
Collection No.
LMC 2105
Extent
109 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Yeats mss., 1889-1954, consists of
letters and writings of William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939, and materials about him,
collected by Allan Wade, 1881-1955, compiler of
A
Bibliography of the Writings of W. B. Yeats...
(London, 1951), and
editor of
The Letters of W. B. Yeats... (New York,
1955).
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939, was a poet and author.
Arrangement
Items are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Included are letters from Yeats to Wade, 1902-1922; typescripts of letters from Yeats
to various persons, 1889-1939; photostats of Yeats letters, 1909, 1920, and undated,
and of newspaper articles by and about Yeats; letters April 3-July 7, 1952, to Allan
Wade from Gerald Yorke with enclosures relating to the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn in the Outer; a letter from Mrs. Dorothy (Paget) Rhodes to Wade, November 3,
1954; two letters May 27, 1908, from Thomas William Hazen Rolleston to Allan Wade; a
letter, June 10, 1908, from Mrs. Katharine (Tynan) Hinkson to [Allan Wade]; a letter
of Ursula Bridge to [Allan Wade], August 13, 1953; bookplates of William Butler
Yeats and Lily Yeats; and a square of cloth printed with various portraits and
quotations from W. B. Yeats and A. Gregory "Sold by the Irish Players at $1.00
towards a building to save Sir Hugh Lane's great gift of pictures for Ireland, Apr.
1913."
The typescripts and photostats of letters written by Yeats include letters to Sir
George Reginald Barnes, Mrs. Stella (Campbell) Beech, Harry Bergholz, Frederick
Edwin Smith, 1st earl of Birkenhead, Arthur Henry Bullen, Victor Clinton
Clinton-Baddeley, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Arnold Dolmetsch, Katherine Harris
Bradley, Edith Emma Cooper, Edward Garnett, Sir Edmund William Gosse, Lady Gregory,
Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson, Agnes Hall, Mrs. Katharine (Tynan) Hinkson,
William Thomas Horton, E. M. Lister, Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan, John
O'Leary, Herbert Edward Palmer, William Lyon Phelps, Ernest Rhys, Sir William
Rothenstein, George William Russell, William Sharp, Leonard Alfred George Strong,
and Lily Yeats.
The following letters in this collection have been published in
The Letters of W. B. Yeats,edited by Allan Wade (New
York, 1955): to George William Russell (AE), February 8, [1889] (typescript), pp.
111-112; to John O'Leary, [December 26, 1889] (typescript), printed in abridged
form, pp. 146-147; to Allan Wade [January 15, 1909], pp. 523-524; to Lady Gregory,
[November 26, 1909] (photostat), pp. 538-539; to William Lyon Phelps, February 12,
1920 (photostat), p. 660; and to Allan Wade, July 10, [1921], p. 671, October 18,
[1921], pp. 674-675, and February 13, 1922, pp. 676-677.
The photostats of newspaper articles by and about Yeats are in a folio folder.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 1956
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Yeats mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Staff.
Completed in 2013
Box 1
Folder 1:
1889-1899
Yeats, W. B. to Tynan, Katharine.
Jan. 16, [1889]
Yeats, W. B. to O'Leary, John.
[Oct. 1889]
Yeats, W. B. to Russell, George.
Feb. 8, [1889]
Yeats, W. B. to O'Leary, John.
[Dec. 26, 1889]
Yeats, W. B. to O'Leary, John.
[Oct. 1892]
Yeats, W. B. to Garnett, Edward.
[Nov. 1892]
Yeats, W. B. to Garnett, Edward.
[Nov. 1892]
Yeats, W. B. to O'Leary, John.
[Nov. 1892]
Yeats, W. B. to Sharp, William.
Mar. 4, [1899]
Folder 2:
1900-1903
(Note: photocopies of correspondence between W. B. Yeats and Allan Wade included in back of folder)
List of Documents Without Prejudice.
("Copies...circulated amongst members of the 'R.R. et A.C.' in 1900.")
Yeats, W. B. to Maclagan, Eric.
Jun. 3, 1902
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Jun. 12, 1902
Yeats, W. B. to Rothenstein, William.
Oct. 17, [1902]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
May 22, 1903
Yeats, W. B. to Field, Michael.
Jun. 11 [1903]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[Oct. 17, 1903]
Yeats, W. B. to Maclagan, Eric.
Nov. 5, 1903
"Letters from W. B. Yeats to Allan Wade, copied from the originals."
1902-1922
Folder 3:
1904-1909
Yeats, W. B. to Yeats, Lily.
[Feb. 8, 1904]
Yeats, W. B. to Cockerell, Sydney.
[Jul. 6, 1905]
Yeats, W. B. to Gosse, Edmund.
[Nov. 20, 1905]
Yeats, W. B. to Gosse, Edmund.
Dec. 28, 1906
Yeats, W. B. to Grierson, H.J.C.
Jun. 28, 1907
Book order, Allan Wade, Esq.,
Aug. 27, 1907
Yeats, W. B. to Lister, E.M.
Mar. 16, 1908
Yeats, W. B. to Lister, E.M.
[Mar. 1908]
Yeats, W. B. to Lister, E.M.
[Apr. 16, 1908]
Yeats, W. B. to Lady Gregory.
Apr. 17, [Postmark 1908]
Yeats, W. B. to Lister, E.M.
[May 24, 1908]
Rolleston, T.W. to Wade, Allan.
[May 27, 1908]
(2 letters)
Hinkson, Katharine [Tynan] to [Wade, Allan].
Jun. 10, 1908
Yeats, W. B. to Hall, Agnes.
Dec. 18, 1908
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Jan. 9, 1909
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[Jan. 15, 1909]
Yeats, W. B. to Lister, E.M.
Mar. 2, [1909]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Jun. 4, [1909]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Jun. 7, 1909
Yeats, W. B. to Campbell, Stella.
[Jul. 1909]
Yeats, W. B. to Bullen, A.H. Sept. 21,
[1909]
Photostat of letter from W.B. Yeats.
[1909?]
Folder 4:
1910-1919
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[Jan. 5, 1910]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Feb. 3, 1910
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[Jun. 16, 1910]
"W. Wynn Westcott on Early G.D. History."
W. Wynn Westcott to F.L. Gardner.
Apr. 5, 1912
Yeats, W. B. to Rhys, Ernest.
Nov. 17, 1912
Yeats, W. B. to Bullen, A.H.
[1913]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[1914]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan. Telegram.
[1914?]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[1915]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Mar. 30, 1915
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Apr. 13, 1915
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
May 10, 1915
Yeats, W. B. to Gosse, Edmund.
Jul. 29, [1915]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[1915]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[1915?]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[1916]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Mar. 12, [1916]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[Mar. 1916]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[Apr. 1, 1916]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[Jun. 17, 1916]
Yeats, W. B. to Horton, W.T.
Jul. 17 [1917]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Oct. 27, 1917
Yeats, W. B. to Horton. W.T.
[Autumn 1917]
Folder 5:
1920-1939
Yeats, W. B. to Phelps, William Lyon. Photostat.
Feb. 12, 1920
Yeats, W. B. to Miss Fredman.
Feb. 5, [1921]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Jul. 10, [1921]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Oct. 18, [1921]
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Oct. 27, 1921
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
[1921]
(1 enclosure)
Enclosure [?], no letter.
undated
Yeats, W. B. to Wade, Allan.
Feb. 13, 1922
Yeats, W. B. to Palmer, Herbert.
Sept. 10, [1922]
Yeats, W. B. to Strong, L.A.G.
Jul. 7, [1924]
Yeats, W. B. to Lord Birkenhead.
May 1, [1925]
Yeats, W. B. to Strong, L.A.G.
Jul. 18, [1926]
Yeats, W. B. to Strong, L.A.G.
Aug. 20, 1927
Yeats, W. B. to Mr. Wells. Photostat.
Sept. 16, 1927
Yeats, W. B. to Strong, L.A.G.
Apr. 18, [1930]
Yeats, W. B. to Strong, L.A.G.
Jun. 10, [1931]
Yeats, W. B. to Bergholz, Harry.
Dec. 13, 1931
Yeats, W. B. to Dolmetsch, Arnold.
Nov. 21, 1934
Yeats, W. B. to Dolmetsch, Arnold.
Mar. 18, 1935
Yeats, W. B. to Barnes, George.
[Mar. 28, 1937]
Yeats, W. B. to Moyra.
Jun. 2, [1937]
Yeats, W. B. to Clinton-Baddeley, V.C.
Jan. 23, 1939
Folder 6:
1940-1954
Alspach, Russell to Wade, Allan.
May 29, 1950
Yorke, Gerald to Wade, Allan.
Apr. 3, 1952
Yorke, Gerald to Wade, Allan.
May 1, 1952
Yorke, Gerald to Wade, Allan.
Jun. 14, 1952
Yorke, Gerald to Wade, Allan.
Jul. 3, 1952
Yorke, Gerald to Wade, Allan.
Jul. 7, 1952
(1 enclosure)
Bridge, Ursula to Wade, Allan.
Aug. 13, 1953
Unidentified to Wade, Allan.
Apr. 8, 1954
Rhodes, Dorothy to Wade, Allan.
Nov. 3, 1954
Allt, Peter to Wade, Allan.
undated
(1 enclosure)
Folder 7:
undated
"Rejected Poems by W. B. Yeats,"
bound volume
"Magic and the Golden Dawn,"
typescript
"Ordinances of the First Order of the G.D. in the Outer,"
typescript
Details of deliveries for
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats
"Concert in Aid of the Social Institutes' Union," program
Photostat of letter and enclosure from W. B. Yeats
Folder 8: Bookplates and Square of Cloth
Bookplates of William Butler Yeats and Lily Yeats
Square of cloth printed with various portraits and quotations from W. B. Yeats and A. Gregory:
"Sold by the Irish Players at $1.00 towards a building to save Sir Hugh Lane's great gift of pictures for Ireland,
Apr. 1913"
Folder 9: The Cradles of Gold
The Cradles of Gold, by W.B. Yeats, handwritten story.
[Nov. 1896
The Well of Immortality by W. B. Yeats, one-act play.
1889-1954
Box
2
(Oversize)
Newspaper articles, by and about Yeats. Photostats.
1912;
1889-1954
