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Call Number:

PH-02912

Collection Name:

W. B. (William Butler) Yeats Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Fennell, Charles C.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 (1865 - 1939)

No. of Items:

31 items

Description:

The collection consists of 31 images of or pertaining to the poet W. B. (William Butler) Yeats (Irish, 1865-1939). Included is a photograph of Thoor Ballylee (Ballylee Tower), Yeat's home in County Galway, Ireland. One of the photographs (P18) is by Charles C. Fennell (Irish, active 1940s-1950s). Select item-level information follows.

973:0037:0001 -- Unidentified photographer. Thoor Ballylee, undated. Photograph, 50.6 x 38.5 cm;
999:0036:0118 -- Unidentified photographer. W. B. Yeats, undated. Rotogravure, 21.2 x 13.7 cm.

Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Accession No(s):

P1-P19; 973:0037:0001; 980:0055:0001-0010; 999:0036:0118

Location(s):

Lit File OV Box, Large (973:0037:0001)
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Yeats, W.B., Lit File (P1-P19; 980:0055:0001-0010; 999:0036:0118)
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