Manuscripts

Seumas O'Sullivan letters

Description: The collection consists of correspondence from Irish poets and artists, including Joseph Campbell, Austin Clarke, Darrell Figgis, George Moore, James Stephens and Jack Butler Yeats to James Starkey. There are also five letters from Starkey to his wife, Estella Frances Solomons, an artist, and eight manuscript poems.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1904-1950
Call number: mssHM 35321-35386
Creator: O'Sullivan, Seumas (1879-1958)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Elkin Mathews, 1959.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Campbell, Joseph, (1879-1944.); Clarke, Austin, (1896-1974.); Figgis, Darrell, (1882-1925.); Moore, George, (1852-1933.); Solomons, Estella F. (1882-1968,); Stephens, James, (1882-1950.); Yeats, Jack B. (1871-1957.)
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Seumas O'Sullivan letters

Manuscripts

The collection consists of correspondence from Irish poets and artists, including Joseph Campbell, Austin Clarke, Darrell Figgis, George Moore, James Stephens and Jack Butler Yeats to James Starkey. There are also five letters from Starkey to his wife, Estella Frances Solomons, an artist, and eight manuscript poems.

mssHM 35321-35386

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W. B. Yeats correspondence

Manuscripts

The collection contains correspondence written by W.B. Yeats to his friend, and fellow Irish writer, Katherine Tynan (1861-1931). Issues discussed by Yeats include his and Tynan's writing, the writings of other prominent authors of the period, and his personal life.

mssHM 33619-33690

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St. John O'Sullivan letter to Charles Francis Saunders

Manuscripts

Partial letter from St. John O'Sullivan to Charles Francis Saunders in which he writes of finding the "Journey Story" that he had written a year earlier. He also mentions previous versions of the story and his attempts to include more detail in his later attempts. The story was probably related to O'Sullivan and Saunders' work on Capistrano nights. Only the first page of the letter is included.

mssHM 78044

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Frank J. Fay letters

Manuscripts

Letters by Frank J. Fay to Patrick Hoey, James Montgomery, and Irish actress Sara Allgood, written from Dublin, New York City, Chicago, Liverpool, and London. The main topic of the letters is Fay's work as an actor and director, and in one letter he writes about Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.

mssHM 26354-26389

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Frank J. Fay letters

Manuscripts

mssHM 26354-26389

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Henry Uhrbroock letter to Mrs. James Clarke

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Henry Uhrbroock introduces himself by letter to the wife of James Clarke, whom Uhrbroock describes as his partner. Uhrbroock writes that Mr. Clarke is currently unable to write to his wife, and hopes that she will accept this letter in his stead. He writes of both the atrocities and the beauty of California, and hopes to be able to report favorably regarding Mr. Clarke in the near future.

mssHM 21250

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