Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940

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Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (known by her family as “Lolly”) was born on March 11, 1868, in London, the third surviving child of John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen. In the 1880s she began writing and contributed to The Pleiades, an amateur magazine she created with friends. She completed training as a kindergarten teacher in 1892 and taught art for several years afterwards. She also published four popular painting manuals during this time. In 1900, Yeats and her family moved from London to Dublin. In 1902, she and her sister Lily, alongside Evelyn Gleeson, founded the Dun Emer Press.

In 1908, Elizabeth and Lily Yeats began their own business, Cuala Industries. Elizabeth managed the press while Lily oversaw the embroidery section. The shop eventually published over 70 books, including 48 by her brother W.B. Yeats. In her capacity as the head of Cuala Press, Elizabeth Yeats managed production of books, business cards, calendars, and prints. Some of the most important works printed by Cuala were: W.B. Yeats' The green helmet and other poems (1910) and a series of broadsides (published 1908–1915, with illustrations from brother Jack Yeats). Elizabeth Yeats worked with Cuala Press until just short of her death on January 16, 1940.

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referencedIn Papers, 1775-1973. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Stephens, James, 1882-1950. Letter, 1919, September 24, Dublin, to Miss Elizabeth Corbet Yeats. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Heaton, Margaret, b. 1868. Margaret Heaton's childhood, ca. 1890. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn Yeats family. Letters, 1896-1968. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Cuala Press. Records, [ca. 1919-ca. 1934]. Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries
creatorOf Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940. Elizabeth Corbet Yeats letter and receipts, 1907-1908. Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries
creatorOf Russell, George William, 1867-1935. Letters, 1919-1929, Dublin. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. Letters, 1887-1923. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940. Elizabeth C. Yeats letter to Mr. King, 1914 Oct. 5. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Lawrence & Wishart records, 1927-1951 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn English literature mss., 1901-1950 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Yeats, Lily. Letters, 1926-1940, Dublin, to P[hilip] D. Sherman. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940. Letters, [ca. 1913]-1939, Dublin, to Philip D. Sherman. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Frederick Coykendall papers, 1914-1928. Houghton Library
creatorOf Boston College Collection of Yeats Family Papers Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf Hill, Edwin Bliss, 1866-1949. Papers of Edwin Bliss Hill, 1737-1954 (bulk 1895-1948). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn J.M. Dent & Sons. J.M. Dent & Sons records, 1834-1986 (author files Th-Y). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Letters from William Butler Yeats to Elkin Mathews, together with some correspondence of other members of the Yeats family, typescripts of two short stories composed by Lily Yeats, and miscellaneous other material, 1894-1921 GB 206 Leeds University Library
creatorOf Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940. Letter : Dublin, to Mr. McLeod, 1920 Apr. 12. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940. Letter : Dublin, to Mr. McLeod, 1920 Apr. 12. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1918-1940. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Herbert Hitchen Irish Collection MS 10., 1908-1970 Mortimer Rare Book Room
creatorOf Foster, Jeanne Robert, 1879-1970. Foster-Murphy collection, 1900-1969. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Healy, James Augustine, 1891-1975. James A. Healy collection of Irish literature, 1870-1976. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. W. B. Yeats collection, 1888-1950 (bulk 1888-1937) Princeton University Library
referencedIn Wilde, Mary Hitchcock, 1905-. W. R. and Mary Hitchcock Wilde collection, 1898-1922. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Ransom, Will, 1878-1955. Will Ransom papers, 1883-1954. Newberry Library
referencedIn Miscellany, 1908-1940. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn John Quinn papers, 1901-1926 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Gordon Cairnie papers, 1922-1973. Houghton Library
referencedIn Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
creatorOf Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. Letters from William Butler Yeats to Elkin Mathews, together with some correspondence of other members of the Yeats family, typescripts of two short stories composed by Lily Yeats, and miscellaneous other material. Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
creatorOf Quinn, John, 1870-1924. John Quinn papers, 1901-1926. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Foster-Murphy collection, 1900-1969 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Hitchen, Herbert. Herbert Hitchen Irish collection, 1908-1970. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Horace Mason Reynolds papers, 1895-1965. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922. person
correspondedWith Cairnie, Gordon. person
correspondedWith Coykendall, Frederick, 1872-1954 person
founderOf Cuala Press. corporateBody
founderOf Dun Emer Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Foster, Jeanne Robert, 1879-1970. person
associatedWith Healy, James Augustine, 1891-1975. person
associatedWith Heaton, Margaret, b. 1868. person
associatedWith Hill, Edwin Bliss, 1866-1949. person
associatedWith Hitchen, Herbert, 1874-1979 person
associatedWith Hitchen, Herbert. person
associatedWith J.M. Dent & Sons. corporateBody
associatedWith Lawrence & Wishart. corporateBody
associatedWith Lawrence & Wishart. corporateBody
associatedWith Matthews, Elkin. person
associatedWith Morris, William, 1834-1896. person
associatedWith Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir, 1854-1932. person
associatedWith Quinn, John, 1870-1924. person
associatedWith Ransom, Will, 1878-1955. person
associatedWith Reynolds, Horace Mason, 1896-1965 person
associatedWith Russell, George William, 1867-1935. person
associatedWith Sherman, Philip D. (Philip Darrell), 1881-1957, person
associatedWith Stephens, James, 1882-1950. person
associatedWith Wilde, Mary Hitchcock, 1905- person
associatedWith William Andrews Clark Memorial Library corporateBody
memberOf Yeats family. family
sibling of Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957 person
hierarchical-child Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922. person
sibling of Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949. person
sibling of Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. person
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Birth 1868-03-11

Death 1940-01-16

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