Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1939 (poet and playwright)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1865 - 1939
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
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Journal, 21 Jan. 1920-22 Apr. 1920 (diary entries finish on 13 February 1920)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/14
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook and mostly comprises diary entries. It covers the period of Sassoon's lecture tour in the United States of America. Entries were written in New York and Philadelphia and include mention of /5v. [W.B.] Yeats, /7r-7v. [éamon] de Valera, /6v-7r, /10v & /17r. Louis Untermeyer, and /18r. Kahlil Gibran, among others. The volume also includes: -notes for speeches largely on being a poet, reasons for writing war poetry, views on war, and...
Dates:
21 Jan. 1920-22 Apr. 1920 (diary entries finish on 13 February 1920)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
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Journal, 13 Dec. 1926-11 Mar. 1927 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/24
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1926-27-I' and mostly comprises diary entries. These include passages on: /27r. showing American publisher Crosby Gaige the manuscript of [Wilfred] Owen's poems; /34r-34v. a visit from Robert Graves; /43v-44r. 'My Landlord' (about Harold Speed); /44v-45v. anecdotes about poets W.B. Yeats and Wordsworth told to him by Edmund Gosse; /54v-67r. visits to Ruth and Henry Head and to Thomas Hardy at Max Gate; /79r. reflections on his influence on Wilfred...
Dates:
13 Dec. 1926-11 Mar. 1927 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
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Journal, 5 Oct. 1929-22 July 1930 (with some later annotation in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/30
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1929.II.1930.I' and mostly comprises diary entries and reflective passages. It also includes: - notes on the reception of Robert Graves's 'Goodbye to all that': /128v-129r. - notes on a visit to Max Gate and a conversation while at tea and lunch with W.B. Yeats: /133r-136v. - a note of the sales figures for 'Memoirs': /2v. - 'list of things to be done in the first four weeks after my return...
Dates:
5 Oct. 1929-22 July 1930 (with some later annotation in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
The First World War journals and some post-war journals (MSS Add.9852/1/4-25 and 32) are unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition. Digital copies of these items are provided in the Sassoon Journals section of the Cambridge Digital Library, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sassoon/1. The other journals are available for consultation.
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Journal, 5 Dec. 1938-29 July 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/40
Scope and Contents
The volume is a plain notebook and mostly comprises diary entries. Sassoon has added watercolour blocks to the printed patterned paper covers. There is also a watercolour frontispiece (/127v) of segments of colour arranged around a face and the words 'Journal 1939 1940'. The volume also includes: - preparatory notes for an autobiography: /74v, /134-135v. - prose passage entitled 'A Note on Candlelight': /56v. - draft of a poem entitled 'In the...
Dates:
5 Dec. 1938-29 July 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
The First World War journals and some post-war journals (MSS Add.9852/1/4-25 and 32) are unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition. Digital copies of these items are provided in the Sassoon Journals section of the Cambridge Digital Library, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sassoon/1. The other journals are available for consultation.
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W.B. Yeats: poem, 'A song'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/52
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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W.B. Yeats: poem, 'Broken drama'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/28
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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W.B. Yeats: poem, 'He tells of the perfect beauty'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/54
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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W.B. Yeats: poem, 'The lover mourns for the loss of love'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/50
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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W.B. Yeats: poem, 'The song of wandering Aengus'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/20
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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W.B. Yeats: poem, 'The witch'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/53
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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W.B. Yeats: poem, 'To a friend whose work has come to nothing'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/51
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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