People: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Pamela Colman Smith was an author, illustrator and stage designer. Born in London, she spent most of her youth in England and Jamaica. She was educated at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, which she left in 1897. In 1898, she moved to New York City, where she began selling her illustrations and exhibiting her work in galleries. She returned to England in 1900, where she designed sets for the London stage, and continued to exhibit her artwork. A significant part of Smith's career consisted of illustrating children's books and collections of folk tales, ballads and verse. Her published works include Widdicombe Fair (1899), Annancy Stories (1899), The Golden Vanity and the Green Bed (1899), and Chim-Chim: Folk Stories from Jamaica (1905). Works by other authors that she illustrated include Christmas Carol, by Edwin Waugh (1898), and In Chimney Corners: Merry Tales of Irish Folk-lore, by Seumas MacManus (1899). This collection consists primarily of 17 letters written by Smith between...(see more)

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Extent:: 88 boxes
Abstract:: Claud Lovat Fraser was born in London on May 15, 1890 to Florence Margaret Fraser, an amateur artist, and Claud Fraser, a city solicitor. He became a clerk at his father's law firm but left in 1911 to seriously pursue art. In 1914, Fraser enlisted with the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps and was quickly commissioned to the 14th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. He suffered from poor health and was eventually discharged in 1919. In 1916, he met Grace Crawford and the two were married on February 6, 1917. Miss Crawford was born in Paris in 1889, daughter of Theron Clark Crawford, an American entrepreneur, and a highly trained amateur pianist. During the four years after their marriage, until Fraser's death in 1921, the two worked jointly on a number of theatre projects and had one daughter, Helen Catherine Adeline Lovat Fraser, born in 1918. After Fraser's death, she worked with several design companies and as an editor. The collection consists of artwork, photographs and...(see more)

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2 item (2 pages)
Abstract:: Letter from W. B. Yeats to George MacDonald and a letter from MacDonald's secretary to W. B. Yeats. These items were originally laid in W. B. Yeats's A Speech In Two Poems (1937).

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: .6 linear foot (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of William Butler Yeats, prominent Irish poet, are composed of correspondence with Shree Purohit Swami and other literary figures, holograph manuscripts, and a few miscellaneous items.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.3 linear foot (4 boxes) and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: Including letters, essays, poems, and a variety of other materials, the papers provide an overview of the life and work of Irish businessman, politician, and playwright Frank O'Donnell.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 linear foot (3 boxes)
Abstract:: This small collection of Cuala Industries records includes business correspondence from Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, as well as hand-colored cards and broadsides from the Cuala Press.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: The Abbey Theatre collection comprises playbills and a small number of additional items for productions of the Abbey Theatre, established during 1904 in Dublin as a venue for Irish playwrights.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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