Overview
Letters to Irish poet Katharine Tynan from Irish author W.B. (William Butler) Yeats.
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1918
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Includes letters to Katherine Tynan Hinkson concerning business and personal matters, including discussions of Yeats' poetry and Hinkson's reviews, criticism of modern young poets, publishing, Yeat's plays (such as "Deidre"), and Hinkson's books. Also includes one letter to H. A. (Henry Albert) Hinkson, the husband of Katharine Tynan.
Biographical / Historical
Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist and prose writer. Katharine Tynan was an Irish poet and friend of Yeats.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
53M-69. Purchased with the Morris Gray fund from Miss Pamela Hinkson; received: 1953 September 1.
- Title
- Yeats, W.B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. W. B. Yeats letters to Katharine Tynan, 1893-1918: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01208
Repository Details
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