Frank Pearce Sturm correspondence with W.B. Yeats and family papers, 1915-1965 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Frank Pearce Sturm correspondence with W.B. Yeats and family papers, 1915-1965

ID: 01/02/MSS00119

Primary Creator: Sturm, Frank Pearce (1879-1942)

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

Extent: 0.4 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: This collection is arranged into three series, each organized chronologically: I. Correspondence from Yeats to Sturm, 1915-1938; II. Correspondence from Sturm to Yeats, 1916-1938; and III. Sturm family papers, 1918-1965.

Subjects: Authors--English

Languages: English

Collection of original correspondence between Frank Pearce Sturm and William Butler Yeats in autograph manuscript and typescript, dating from 1915 June 24 to 1938 January 25. Yeats and Sturm discuss one another's writings, offering constructive feedback and editorial corrections; many letters concern Yeats' work A Vision.

Also accompanied by a group of Sturm family papers, dated 1918 December 11 through 1965 December 7, which include miscellaneous notes, copies of contemporary reviews, correspondence regarding F.P. Sturm's death and the disposal of what remained of his book collection, a family tree, and many pieces of correspondence addressed to Richard Dean Taylor, who was to edit a collection of F.P. Sturm's letters and collected works.

Authors--English

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence from W.B. Yeats to Frank Pearce Sturm, 1915-1938

Box 1

Folder 1: Letter, [1915] June 24

1 page.

Folder 2: Letter, [1915] September 25

1 page.

Folder 3: Letter, [1916] March 26

1 page.

Folder 4: Letter, [1917] August 15

1 page.

Folder 5: Letter, 1917 October 26

2 pages.

Folder 6: Letter, 1918 February 18

3 pages.

Folder 7: Letter, 1918 October 23

3 pages.

Folder 8: Letter, 1919[?]

4 pages.

Folder 9: Letter, 1920 December 20

1 page.

Folder 10: Letter, [1921] February 4

2 pages. Includes an envelope.

Folder 11: Letter, [1921] February 10

1 page.

Folder 12: Letter, [1921] April 7

1 page.

Folder 13: Letter, 1921[?] June 17

1 page.

Folder 14: Letter, 1924 July 3

2 pages.

Folder 15: Letter, [1924] July 28

3 pages.

Folder 16: Letter, [1926] January 20

7 pages. Includes an envelope.

Folder 17: Letter, [1926] January 28

3 pages. Includes an envelope.

Folder 18: Letter, 1926 March 1

4 pages.

Folder 19: Letter, [1929] October 9

4 pages.

Folder 20: Letter, [1934] March 7

1 page. Includes an envelope.

Folder 21: Letter, 1935 January 7

2 pages.

Folder 22: Letter, [1935] September 17

2 pages.

Folder 23: Letter, 1938 January 21

1 page.

Series 2: Correspondence from Frank Pearce Sturm to W.B. Yeats, 1916-1938

Box 1

Folder 24: Letter, 1916 March 24

1 page.

Folder 25: Letter, 1921 February 20

2 pages.

Folder 26: Letter, 1924 October 11

2 pages.

Folder 27: Letter, 1924 October 17

5 pages.

Folder 28: Letter, 1924 October 24

3 pages.

Folder 29: Letter, 1926 January 19

4 pages.

Folder 30: Letter, 1926 January 22

6 pages.

Folder 31: Letter, 1926 January 25

1 page.

Folder 32: Letter, 1926 February 3[?]

2 pages.

Folder 33: Letter, 1926 February 5

2 pages.

Folder 34: Letter, 1926 February 7

3 pages.

Folder 35: Letter, 1926 February 8

1 page.

Folder 36: Letter, 1929 August 26

4 pages.

Folder 37: Letter, 1930 January 2

1 page.

Folder 38: Letter, 1934 December 21

2 pages.

Folder 39: Letter, 1935 March 20

1 page.

Folder 40: Letter, 1935 August 16

1 page.

Folder 41: Letter, 1935 August 19

1 page.

Folder 42: Letter, 1937 November 16

2 pages.

Folder 43: Letter, 1938 January 25

1 page.

Series 3: Sturm family papers, 1918-1965

Box 1

Folder 44: Miscellaneous notes in Sturm’s hand, undated

5 pages.

Folder 45: Sturm marginalia on The Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, undated

3 pages.

Folder 46: Unsigned letter on Leeds Mercury letterhead, undated

2 pages.

Folder 47: Ministry of Pensions memorandum, 1918 December 11

1 page.

Folder 48: Reviews of Sturm’s poems, 1921 October

6 pages.

Folder 49: List of dates and places of Dr. Rudolf Steiner’s visits to England and lectures given, 1902-1924

6 pages.

Folder 50: Letter from George Yeats to Sturm, 1935 December 11

1 page.

Folder 51: Letter from M.G. Sturm to his mother, 1940 September 9

2 pages.

Folder 52: Letters from Frank Pearce Sturm to Messrs. Brighouse & Jones, 1941 May 30, July 9

2 pages.

Folder 53: Letter from Frank Pearce Sturm to Dorothy Sturm, 1942 January 11

2 pages.

Folder 54: Correspondence between Dorothy Sturm and Messrs. Brighouse & Jones[?], 1943 April-September

5 pages. Regarding her brother's death.

Folder 55: Correspondence between M.G. Sturm and Messrs. Brighouse & Jones[?], 1943 July-December

7 pages. Regarding his father's death.

Folder 56: Sturm-Schultze family tree, After 1955

2 pages.

Folder 57: Letters from Frank A. Bullock to Richard D. Taylor, 1962 1962 January-July

6 pages.

Folder 58: Letters from Dorothy Sturm to Richard Taylor, 1962 March-April

12 pages.

Folder 59: Letter from Marcus K. Milne to Richard Taylor, 1962 March 27

1 page.

Folder 60: Letter from [?] Gordon to John M. Watkins, 1962 March 31

1 page.

Folder 61: Letter from George Adams to Richard Taylor, 1962 September 1

1 page.

Folder 62: Letter from Ian Fletcher to Richard Taylor, 1962[?]

2 pages.

Folder 63: Letter from Norman Keith to Richard Taylor, 1964 July 28

1 page.

Folder 64: Letters from P.H. Segon to Richard Taylor, 1964 July 31, 1965 October 25

2 pages.

Folder 65: Letters from R.D. Lockhart to Richard Taylor, 1964 August 14, 19

6 pages. Includes academic records for Charlotte Schultze and F.P. Sturm.

Folder 66: Letters from Army Records Centre to Richard Taylor, 1964 August 25, December 31

2 pages.

Folder 67: Letter from J.E. Cumming to Richard Taylor, 1964 October 3

2 pages.

Folder 68: Letters to Richard Taylor regarding Max Saunders, 1964 November 13, 1965 January 15, 29

7 pages. Includes a copy of an obituary in the Buchanan Observer (1955 May 3).

Folder 69: Letter from F.A. Bullock’s son to Richard Taylor, 1965 December 7

2 pages. Includes a photocopied portrait of F.A. Bullock.