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

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.

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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.