Eleanor de Bretteville Reid Collection
Description
This collection includes six series of material: 1. Letters received by Eleanor de Bretteville Reid and Frederick W. Reid from Jack Butler Yeats: Yeats discusses his life and his art in fourteen letters from 1954-1956. 2. Letters relating to Jack Butler Yeats received by Eleanor de Bretteville Reid: includes letters from Yeats researchers, Norah Niland at the Sligo county library and museum, Victor Waddington, and others. 3. Eleanor de Bretteville Reid scrapbooks: includes a scrapbook relating to the Celtic revival and one relating to Jack Butler Yeats. 4. Material relating to the acquisition of Yeats books and other material: predominantly booksellers letters and catalogues. 5. Miscellaneous material from Reid collection: includes Yeats memorabilia along with lists of works by Irish artists including the Yeats family, and the 1994 catalogue of sale of the de Bretteville Reid collection. 6. Eleanor de Bretteville Reid’s collection of A broadside, 1902-1903: twenty three of the total twenty four issues edited and illustrated by Jack Butler Yeats and Pamela Colman Smith, published by Elkin Mathews, London.
Creator
Reid, Eleanor de Bretteville,
Related topics
| Title | Eleanor de Bretteville Reid Collection |
|---|---|
| Creator | Reid, Eleanor de Bretteville, |
| Date | [c.1910]-1994 |
| Type | Collection |
| Ref | IE NGI/YA/Y2 |
| Level | Collection |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3 boxes & 24 outsize items |
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