John Butler Yeats collection of papers

id
3251
origination
Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922
date statement
1897-1921
key date
1897
identifier (local_mss)
19282
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Yeats, JoB
b-number
b15966049
total components
31
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:42 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:13:15 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitdate
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date_inclusive_start
1897
date_inclusive_end
1921
keydate
1897
unittitle
{"value"=>"John Butler Yeats collection of papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of a manuscript, correspondence, portraits and portrait sketches, and pictorial works."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>John Butler Yeats was an Irish portrait painter and the father of the poet William Butler Yeats and the painter Jack Butler Yeats.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include Sarah Allgood, Madeleine Boyd, Lady Gregory, and W. T. H. Howe.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The John Butler Yeats collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19282#c231921'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19282#c231923'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19282#c231941'>Portraits and Pictorial Works</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
122 items
date_start
1897
date_end
1921

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