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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 June 29.Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the James A. Healy Collection of Irish literature, 1870-1976Collection number: M0273Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Processed by:Special Collections staffDate Completed:ca. 1976

Descriptive SummaryJames A. Healy Collection of Irish literature, 1870-1976Special Collections M0273Healy, James A. (James Augustine), d.1975.8 linear ft.Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Gift of James A. Healy, 1975, in memory of his wife, Josephine Healy. Works written by James Brendan Connolly, copyright held by Miss Brenda E. Connolly.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] James A. Healy Collection of Irish literature, M0273, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Content

This collection of books, letters, and other manuscripts was amassed by James A. Healy from his early days as a bibliophile in the thirties until his death in 1975. Its greatest strengths are in the areas in which he had personal contacts: his friendship with Oliver St. John Gogarty; his extended correspondence with Elizabeth C. Yeats and George Yeats, from whom he obtained all the Dun Emer and Cuala Press books (a great number of which were inscribed by their authors or by W. B. Yeats); a very fine selection of Cuala Press greeting cards and prints; and his contacts with Ernest Boyd, Richard Campbell, and Irene Haugh, which brought him AE's letters to those recipients and some of his unpublished lectures.

The interest of the collection extends further, to figures who were primarily artists rather than writers, such as Paul Henry and W. B. Yeats' father, brother, and two sisters, and entrepreneurs and actors such as the Fay Brothers and Dudley Digges. There is a handful of interesting letters from James Joyce, John M. Synge, Maud Gonne, and George Moore. In addition, from the critic Ernest Boyd's estate Healy obtained letters from Irish writers prompted by Boyd's research for his book, The Irish Literary Renaissance (1916).

Arrangement Note

PART ONE

The letters have been arranged alphabetically by writer; within each writer's section they are placed alphabetically by recipient. Any MSS or printed articles by, or clippings about, each individual immediately follow letters by him or her.

The numerous insignificant letters from libraries, publishers, etc. have been arranged alphabetically in folders labelled “A”, “B”, “C”, and so forth, but are not further itemized. Letters from unknown individuals to significant figures such as AE are, however, itemized separately, as are a few letters from unknown individuals to Healy which contain interesting references.

At the end of the manuscript section of the collection, Box 16 contains the Dun Emer and Cuala Press printed materials (other than books and oversize prints); a folder of Elizabeth C. Yeats' letters and enclosed announcements, the gift of Mr. J. Richard Blanchard; and a copy of the Cuala Press keepsake printed for the opening of the Stanford exhibition in 1976.

Photographs are listed here, but are maintained in a separate departmental Photograph File.

Only the most important material from the substantial Vertical File of miscellaneous clippings has been catalogued.

A Cross-Reference Listing, of significant figures written to or about, is also provided.

PART TWO

This covers all the Dun Emer and Cuala Press books and broadsides, with their inscriptions transcribed at length, and the books of particular interest from other presses more briefly. They are combined in one listing, alphabetized by author. Magazines and auction catalogues are also itemized briefly.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

CORRESPONDENTS

EAB Ernest A. BoydJC Joseph CampbellRC Richard CampbellAC Austin ClarkeEC Eileen ColumPC Padraic ColumD Lord DunsanyOG Oliver St. John GogartyLG Lady GregoryIH Irene HaughJAH James A. HealyPH Paul HenryJJ James JoyceEFK Eugene F. KinkeadWKM W. K. MageeMM Michael MonahanGM George MooreSO'S Seumas O'SullivanLR Lennox RobinsonAR Anna RussellAE George Russell

[N.B. alphabetized as “R”]

GBS George Bernard ShawJS James StephensJMS John M. SyngeKT Katherine TynanECY Elizabeth C. YeatsGY George YeatsJack BY Jack B. YeatsJBY John B. YeatsLY Lily YeatsMCY Mary Cottenham YeatsWBY William B. Yeats

PLACES

B Boston/BrooklineD DublinDm Dundrum, Co. DublinG Greystones, Co. WicklowL LondonNYC New York CityR Rathfarnham, DublinSF San Francisco

OTHER

AIHS American-Irish Historical SocietyCP Cuala PressDE Dun Emer Press

TECHNICAL TERMS

AL autograph letterALS autograph letter, signedTLS typed letter, signedTLc typed letter, carbon ofAPCS autograph postcard, signedANS autograph note, signedADS autograph document, lecture, poem, etc., signedTD typed document, etc.PD printed document, etc.AtelS autograph telegram, signedTmimeo typed mimeographtrans. transcript, i.e. typed copy of an original item (often indicates an important itemPc photocopy/xerox (only used here when there is no original of the item in the collection)() number of additional photocopies, xeroxes, or carbons of original itemw/a with annotationsw/cov. with coverenc. enclosing/enclosuress indicates plural, at end of rubric

EDITORIAL PROCEDURES

Undated letters are placed at the end of any given folder, except when there is strong circumstantial evidence for their being placed earlier.

Dates in brackets, [], are transcribed from the postmark or an annotation by another reader such as JAH, or deduced from internal evidence.

The number of pages, not sheets, is given after the dash in each entry. Thus a single sheet, written on both sides, with two photocopies of it, would be entered as “ALS - 2 (2)”.

Dates are given in the following form: month/day/year (i.e. English-style dating has been changed to American style).

Photocopies of an original that is in the collection are placed at the end of their folder, separated by Perma-life paper.

CROSS-REFERENCE LISTING Beach, SlyviaShaw, G. B.Bourgeois, MauriceFay, FrankFay, W. G.Graves, A. P.Gregory, LadyLeBraz, W.MacDonagh, T.O'Riordan, C.Rolleston, T. W.Yeats, Elizabeth C.Yeasts, Jack B.Yeasts, William B.Boyd, Ernest A.Bourgeois, M.Campbell, J.Campbell, R. to Gogarty, 9-25-34Casement, R.Colum, PadraicCorkery, D.Dowden, E.Ervine, St. JohnGogarty, O. St. J.Graves, A. P.Gregory, LadyHealy, J. A.Johnston, C.Joyce, J.Magee, W. K.Moore, GeorgeQuinn, JohnReid, F.AEStephens, J.Yeasts, Jack B.Yeasts, William B.Photographs and PortraitsCampbell, RichardHealy, J. A.Plunkett, H.Pond, J.AEPortraits and PhotographsColum, PadraicCampbell, R.Colum, M.Monahan, M.O'Connor, U. (review of)Vertical FileClarke, AustinVertical File

Connolly, James B.Irish Academy of LettersConrad, JosephCasement, R.Cuala PressColum, EileenPhotographs sent by Elizabeth C. YeatsBox 16 of printed materialsDowden, EdwardYeats, Jack B. to Anna Russell, 10-12-55Eglinton, John, pseud. Magee, W. K.Kipling, RudyardAEGogarty, O. St. J.Brett, G. P.Bynner, W.Byrne, DonnCampbell, DonnChilders, M. A.Clarke, A.Colum, M.Contemporary Poetry magazineDillon, M.Cullinan, E.De la Mare, W.Denson, A.Gibson, H.Good Housekeeping magazineGregory, LadyHealy, J.Higgins, F.Irish Academy of LettersKinkead, E. F.O' Connor, U.Orpen, W.Plunkett, H.Pond, J. to R. Campbell, 5-25-32Pond, J. to GogartyQuiller-Couch, A.AE's revirw of Wild ApplesSigerson, G.Slocum, J. J.Sokolsky, G. E.Webster, G. A.Yeats, GeorgeYeats, Jack B.Yeats, William B.Young, H.Photographs and Potraits; Vertical FileGregory, LadyLytellton, K.Yeats, William B.Photographs and Potraits

Healy, J. A.passim throughout collectionHealy, J. A. andMacGreevy, T.presentation toPhotographs from SligoSligo MuseumHenry, PaulNeenan, C. F. to J. A. Healy, [after[9-10-551]Henry, Mrs. PaulYoung, Mabel (her professional name)Hinkson, Katherine T.Tynan, Katherine (her professional name)Hogan, DavidGallagher, Frank (his pseudonym)Joyce, JamesGogarty, O. St. J. to J. A. Healy, 7-24-49and 9-9-49. Also AE, “Some Characters”Macleod, FionaSharp, W.Martyn, EdwardAEMiller, Mary OwingsContemporary Peotry magazineMoore, GeorgeGogarty to R. Campbell, 5-29-33Magee, W. K. to E. A. Boyd, passim. AE, “Some Photographs and Portraits Characters”O' Casey, SeanCampbell, R. to Gogarty, 9-25-34O' Donovan, MichaelO' Connor, Frank (his pseudonym)O' Kelley, SeanSaul, G. B.O' Sullivan, SeamusGibbon, Monk(James Starkey)Gogarty to Healy, 5-3-44Palmer, H.AE, review of Lamplighter Shorter, C.Photographs and PortraitsQuinn, JohnCasement, R. (for letter from Conrad toQuinn)Robinson, LennoxPhotographs sent by E. C. YeatsRussell, GeorgeAE (who, however, is alphabetized under “R”)AEArmstrong, H. F.Ayres, H. M.Bryne, J.Campbell, R. to M. L. Wilson, 1-17-35, 3-8-35,“Farewell to AE”, and passim Vertical File

Campbell, R. to AE (folder)Campbell, R. to Gogarty (folder, passim) Colum, P., article, 3-17-29Dreier, E.