Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers

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Description: 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.
Names: Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957 (Creator); Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 (Addressee); Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 (Addressee); Higgins, F. R. (Frederick Robert), 1896-1941 (Addressee); Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) (Former owner); Mooney, Ria, 1903-1973 (Former owner); Yeats, Coltie (Correspondent); Young, Owen D., 1874-1962 (Former owner)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1899 - 1955
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Yeats, JaB
Topics: Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957; Russell, George William, 1867-1935; Masefield, John, 1878-1967
Genres: Correspondence; Sketchbooks
Notes: Biographical/historical: Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish painter and illustrator. He was the younger brother of the poet, William Butler Yeats.; Content: Card catalog available.
Physical Description: Extent: 130 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Yeats, JaB; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15966048; MSS Unit ID: 19281; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 462d6230-efe0-0134-165d-7f3be9d19d91