mss0099_0348.xml Finding aid for Jack B. Yeats letters to Elkin Mathews[1906]–1920 and undated University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 April 6) Finding aid encoded 2007 April 6 English Jack B. Yeats letters to Elkin Mathews [1906]–1920 and undated Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957. Jack B. Yeats letters to Elkin Mathews [1906]–1920 and undated MSS 099, F348 8 items (10 pp.) Letters from Jack B. Yeats to Elkin Mathews including one card from his sister Lily Yeats to Mathews. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1991.

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The collection is open for research.

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 Citation

MSS 099, F348, Jack B. Yeats letters to Elkin Mathews, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 Processing

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, April 2007.

 Biographical Note

Irish painter and illustrator Jack B. Yeats was born August 29, 1871, in London, England. He was the son of John Butler Yeats, a successful portrait painter, and younger brother of the distinguished Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.

Palmer, Helen M. and E.T. Williams (eds.). The Dictionary of National Biography, 1951–1960. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. pp.1087-1088.

 Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of seven autograph notes, letters, and cards signed by Jack B. Yeats, including one autograph card signed by his sister Lily Yeats. All are addressed to publisher Elkin Mathews. The letters concern various projects Yeats and Mathews were working on. The card from Lily Yeats to Mathews was a request for a book as a Christmas gift to her father as well as an order for "Jack's little books." The letters are dated between 1906 and 1920.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921. Topical Terms Authors, Irish--20th century--Correspondence. Form/Genre Terms Letters (correspondence) Notes.Cards. Occupation Painters (artists) Personal Contributors Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 150 Jack Butler Yeats correspondence

 Detailed Contents List 20F348Jack B. Yeats letters to Elkin Mathews[1906]–1920 and undated 4 autograph cards signed, 3 autograph notes signed, 1 autograph letter signed, 10 pp.