US-RUn-msg145 Guide to the Leonard Bacon Papers 1887-1947 (bulk 1923-1947) Finding aid prepared by Virginia Snider. University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and Archives 2010 May 25
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 Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954 Leonard Bacon Papers 1887-1947 (bulk 1923-1947) .25 linear feet The University of Rhode Island's collection of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Leonard Bacon's poems is an extensive collection of books and personal papers. These include signed books, manuscripts for translation projects and Bacon's mother's babybook for his first year of life. Mss. Gr. 145 Biographical note

Leonard Bacon, the son of Nathaniel and Helen Hazard Bacon, was born in Solvey, New York on May 26, 1887. he graduated from Yale in 1909 and taught English at the University of California at Berkeley from 1910 to 1923. After that he devoted all his time to writing poetry. In 1926, he and his family moved to "The Acorns" in Peacedale, Rhode Island where he lived for the rest of his life. Bacon received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1941 for Sunderland Capture and other Poems. He died on January 1, 1954. More details about his life can be found in Current Biography 1941, pp. 34-36 and the Providence Journal, January 2, 1954, p. 1-3

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 Preferred Citation

Leonard Bacon Papers, Mss. Gr. 146, University of Rhode Island.

 Scope and Content Note

The Bacon collection includes first editions of many of his works and reprinted poems in pamphlets. A chronological list of printed works in the collection is also included.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series as follows: 1. Manuscripts and Miscellany 2. Correspondence

Acquisitions Information

The custodial history of the collection is unknown. Additional letters were sold to the University from the George Noyes estate.

 Names Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954 Noyes, George Rapall, 1873-1952 Subjects Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954 RIAMCO Browsing Terms Language and Literature Inventory Series 1 Manuscripts and Miscellany1887-1946

Manuscripts and miscellany include Leonard Bacon's baby book, a clipping of a poem he wrote, and dust jackets from three of his books. Also included are a manuscript of an apparently juvenile poem and part of a typed copy of a work done in the 1940s with George Noyes. The items are arranged chronologically.

 1 1 1887 The Mother's Register-- Boys- baby book with L.B.'s mother's notes 1 2 1900 "Ames Boys Lost at Sea"- found in aunt Carolyn Hazard's papers 1 3 undated Literary Review published "English Bores" December 29, 1923 1 4 1927, 1937, 1940 Dust jackets- Bullinger Bound, Guinea Fowl, Sunderland Capture 1 5 1946 Manuscripts done with George R. Noyes, Heroic Ballad of Serbia, The Popular Ballads of the Serbs, originally clipped to a 1946 letter Series 2 Correspondence1944-1949

The correspondence includes letters from Leonard Bacon to George R. Noyes concerning Heroic Ballads of Serbia, a translation they were working on. Also included are letters to publishers and letters recommending publication. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and by person.

 1 1 1944 Jul 30 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Feb 27 Bacon, Leonard to Roberts, Mr. 1 1 1945 May 10 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Jun 20 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Jul 1 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Jul 15 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Aug 19 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Sep 16 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Nov 10 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Nov 14 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 1 1945 Nov 26 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 2 1946 Jan 21 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 2 1946 Jan 28 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 2 1946 Feb 10 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 2 1946 Apr 4 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 2 1946 Jun 25 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 2 1946 Jun 26 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 2 1947 Feb 26 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 2 1947 Apr 25 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 May 19 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 May 27 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 Jul 1 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1945 Jun 25 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1945 Aug 23 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1945 Sep 7 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1945 Nov 3 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 Feb 20 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 May 12 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 May 21 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 May 22 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 Jun 6 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1947 Oct 3 Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George 1 3 1946 Jul 3 Noyes, George to Graves, Mortimer at the American Council of Learned Societies 1 3 1947 May 22 Noyes, George to Goodchild, Donald at the American Council of Learned Societies 1 3 1947 Sep 5 Noyes, George to Farquhar, Samuel at University of California Press 1 3 1949 Jan 23 Noyes, George to Altrocchi, Professor Rudolph- Chairman of the Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology 1 3 1947 Feb 20 Noyes, George to Graves, Mortimer at the American Council of Learned Societies 1 3 1947 Jun 12 Fruge, August at the University Press Berkeley to Noyes, George 1 3 1949 Jan 26 Altrocchi, Professor Rudoph to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology 1 3 1949 Feb 3 Brewer, Edward to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology 1 3 1949 Feb 13 Brenner, C.D. to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology 1 3 1949 Feb 15 Spaulding, Robert to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology 1 3 1949 Feb 20 Maslenikov, Oleg to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology