Research Catalog

Title

George William Russell collection of papers, 1891-1935.

Author

Russell, George William, 1867-1935

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972
• Fremantle, Anne, 1909-2002
• Graves, Alfred Perceval, 1846-1931
• Gregan, Paul
• Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932
• Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), 1868-1939
• Kiernan, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), 1897-1967
• Leslie, Shane, 1885-1971
• Meyerstein, Edward Harry William, 1889-1952
• Moult, Thomas
• Pryse, James M. (James Morgan), 1859-
• Russell, Diarmuid, -1973
• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
• Stephens, James, 1882-1950
• Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940
• Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

Description

318 items.

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, financial documents, and portraits. The manuscripts and typescripts include poems, essays, reviews, and articles by the author, as well as typescripts of poems relating to the author, by James Stephens, and manuscript essays by Humbert Wolfe. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, many signed with his pseudonym, AE, dating from 1891 to 1935, to Padraic Colum, Anne Fremantle, Alfred Perceval Graves, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory, W. T. H. Howe, Thomas Joseph Kiernan, Edward Harry William Meyerstein, Thomas Moult, James M. Pryse, James Stephens, William Butler Yeats, and others. Also included are letters relating to the author, dating from [1918] to [1921], between various correspondents, including Padraic Colum, Lady Gregory, W. T. H. Howe, Sir Shane Leslie, Diarmuid Russell, and others. There are letters to Russell from Padraic Colum, Paul Gregan, Lady Gregory, Thomas Moult, Bernard Shaw, and others, dating from 1905 to 1932.

Subjects

• Russell, George William, 1867-1935
• Correspondence
• Russell, George William, 1867-1935 > Portraits

Genre/Form

Correspondence.

Biography (note)

• George William Russell was an Irish poet, essayist, playwright and novelist who wrote under the pseudonym AE.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

• This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include Padraic Colum, Lady Gregory, W. T. H. Howe, John Quinn, and Owen D. Young.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Russell, GW

OCLC

NYPW04-A147

Author

Russell, George William, 1867-1935.

Title

George William Russell collection of papers, 1891-1935.

Biography

George William Russell was an Irish poet, essayist, playwright and novelist who wrote under the pseudonym AE.

Provenance

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include Padraic Colum, Lady Gregory, W. T. H. Howe, John Quinn, and Owen D. Young.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972.

Fremantle, Anne, 1909-2002.

Graves, Alfred Perceval, 1846-1931.

Gregan, Paul.

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.

Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), 1868-1939.

Kiernan, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), 1897-1967.

Leslie, Shane, 1885-1971.

Meyerstein, Edward Harry William, 1889-1952.

Moult, Thomas.

Pryse, James M. (James Morgan), 1859-

Russell, Diarmuid, -1973.

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.

Stephens, James, 1882-1950.

Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940.

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

Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972. Former owner

Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932. Former owner

Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), 1868-1939, former owner.

Quinn, John, 1870-1924. Former owner

Young, Owen D., 1874- Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Russell, GW