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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: December 8, 1881-1972 - 1972

Biography

Padraic Colum (1881-1972), born Patrick Collumb, was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival.

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

"At the Gateways of the Day", 1924

 Part of Collection — Box 100: [Barcode: 39002093714302], Folder: GROUP 121, V-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Typescript with manuscript revisions and corrections in an unidentified hand.

Published as volume one of Tales and Legends of Hawaii (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924).

Dates: 1924
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > C > COLUM, PADRAIC, 1881-1972

Letter : New York, to Agnes DeLima, 1941 Mar 18

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 121, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

TNS stating that he will write for the cover of her Love and Death.

Dates: 1941 Mar 18
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > C > COLUM, PADRAIC, 1881-1972

Letter : to the Editors of the Yale Literary Magazine, [1938 Feb?]

 Part of Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 39002137224813], Folder: GROUP 86, F-3
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

TLS in which Colum criticizes the contents and the arrangement of the dummy which the editors had submitted to him.

Dates: [1938 Feb?]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > C > COLUM, PADRAIC, 1881-1972

Notes on the writing of Baloon, [1929?]

 Part of Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 39002137224813], Folder: Group 86, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Holograph manuscript notes.

Removed from Baloon by Padraic Colum (New York: Macmillan Company, 1929).

Dates: [1929?]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > C > COLUM, PADRAIC, 1881-1972

"The Bright Islands", 1925

 Part of Collection — Box 101: [Barcode: 39002093714310], Folder: GROUP 121, V-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Typescript with manuscript revisions and corrections in an unidentified hand, and proofs of six illustrations by Juliette May Fraser.

Published as volume two of Tales and Legends of Hawaii (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925).

Dates: 1925
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > C > COLUM, PADRAIC, 1881-1972

"The Princess & the Jester : A Play in Two Acts", n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 39002137224813], Folder: GROUP 86, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Autograph manuscript.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > C > COLUM, PADRAIC, 1881-1972