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 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.