Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Ella Young Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1956
Collection number: 402
Creator:
Young, Ella, 1867-1956
Extent:
5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Ella Young (1867-1956) held the Phelan Memorial Lectureship on Celtic Mythology and Literature at UC Berkeley, and wrote poetry
and books for children influenced by Irish folklore. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs,
clippings, horoscopes, books, other printed material, and ephemera.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ella Young Papers (Collection 402). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Young was born in 1867 in Fenagh, County Antrim, Ireland; came to America as a lecturer in 1925; held the Phelan Memorial
Lectureship on Celtic Mythology and Literature at UC Berkeley; wrote poetry and books for children influenced by Irish folklore;
publications include:
Poems (1906),
The rose of heaven (1920),
To the little princess (1930),
Marzilian and other poems (1930), and
The unicorn with silver shoes (1932); she died in 1956.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, clippings, horoscopes, books, other printed material, and
ephemera. Includes transcripts of her poems (
Smoke of myrrh and
Dance of Pooka), short stories, and the typescript and galley proofs of her autobiography,
Flowering dusk.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Poems (Boxes 1-3).
- Prose and short stories (Box 3).
- Horoscopes, publishers' contracts, bank statements, correspondence (Box 4).
- Photographs, notebooks, friends' manuscripts, clippings, books, and ephemera (Box 5).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Young, Ella, 1867-1956--Archives.
Women poets, Irish--California--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.