Leonard Bacon Papers
University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
Published in 2010
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Leonard Bacon Papers |
| Date range: |
1887-1947, (bulk 1923-1947) |
| Creator: |
Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954 |
| Extent: |
.25 linear feet
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| Abstract: |
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. |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
University Archives and Special Collections
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| Collection number: |
Mss. Gr. 145 |
Scope & content
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
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
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special CollectionsUnit. |
| Use of the materials: |
Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication. |
| Preferred citation: |
Leonard Bacon Papers, Mss. Gr. 146, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections. |
| Contact information: |
University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
The custodial history of the collection is unknown. Additional letters were sold to the University from the George Noyes estate. |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Virginia Snider. |
| Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Lauren A. Gage, updated by Hailie D. Posey
2010 May 25, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 10 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
Inventory
Series 1. Manuscripts and Miscellany
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.
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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The Mother's Register-- Boys- baby book with Bacon's mother's notes
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1887 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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"Ames Boys Lost at Sea"- found in aunt Carolyn Hazard's papers
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1900 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Literary Review published "English Bores" December 29, 1923
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Dust jackets- Bullinger Bound, Guinea Fowl, Sunderland Capture
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1927, 1937, 1940 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Manuscripts done with George R. Noyes, Heroic Ballad of Serbia, The Popular Ballads of the Serbs, originally clipped to a 1946 letter
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1946 |
Series 2. Correspondence
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.
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1944 Jul 30 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Roberts, Mr.
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1945 Feb 27 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 May 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Jun 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Jul 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Jul 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Aug 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Sep 16 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Nov 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Nov 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Nov 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1946 Jan 21 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1946 Jan 28 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1946 Feb 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1946 Apr 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1946 Jun 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1946 Jun 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 Feb 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 Apr 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 May 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 May 27 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 Jul 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Jun 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Aug 23 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Sep 7 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1945 Nov 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 Feb 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 May 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 May 21 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 May 22 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 Jun 6 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bacon, Leonard to Noyes, George
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1947 Oct 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Noyes, George to Graves, Mortimer at the American Council of Learned Societies
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1946 Jul 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Noyes, George to Goodchild, Donald at the American Council of Learned Societies
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1947 May 22 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Noyes, George to Farquhar, Samuel at University of California Press
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1947 Sep 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Noyes, George to Altrocchi, Professor Rudolph- Chairman of the Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology
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1949 Jan 23 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Noyes, George to Graves, Mortimer at the American Council of Learned Societies
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1947 Feb 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Fruge, August at the University Press Berkeley to Noyes, George
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1947 Jun 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Altrocchi, Professor Rudoph to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology
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1949 Jan 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Brewer, Edward to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology
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1949 Feb 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Brenner, C.D. to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology
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1949 Feb 13 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Spaulding, Robert to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology
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1949 Feb 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Maslenikov, Oleg to Board of Editors at University of California Publication in Modern Philology
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1949 Feb 20 |