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R.A. Bacon Manuscript, 1935-1971

Overview of the Collection

Title
R.A. Bacon Manuscript
Dates
1935-1971 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 boxes, (1.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_CAINE MSS 12
Summary
This collection contains the published and unpublished manuscript and poetry of Robert Austin "Pecos" Bacon
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Robert Austin "Pecos" Bacon was born on June 24, 1878 in Greenville, Texas to Joel and Elizabeth Bacon. Joel died when Robert was seven years old and Elizabeth died shortly thereafter. Young Robert supported himself working on nearby cattle ranches. On April 19, 1908 Robert married Stella Lee Buffington at Marlow, Oklahoma where he became a father to step-son Fred Buffington and later fathered two biological children, a son Robert H. Bacon and a daughter Mozelle Bacon Dierking. R.A. Bacon died at the age of 60 on September 7, 1938 in Sioux City, Iowa.

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Content Description

The following collection consists of unpublished manuscript and poems by R. A. Bacon that speak of his work on the cattle range as a cow punch and other areas of the cattle business in the early twentieth century. One manuscript is an autobiographical novel (Pecos of 79's) and the other (The Cowboy From the North) depicts ranching in Northern Arizona around the turn of the twentieth century. Also contains other biographical material and photographs of Bacon.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the R.A. Bacon Manuscript must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: R.A. Bacon Manuscript USU_CAINE 12 Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_CAINE 12, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Boxes 1 and 2 are arranged by unpublished manuscript chapters and Box 3 is arranged by subject.

Processing Note

Processed in May of 2006

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection were purchased in conjunction with the Newel Hart papers in 1984 by USU Special Collections & Archives for inclusion in the Marie Eccles-Caine Archive of Intermountain Americana.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Cowboys
  • Ranch life--Montana
  • Ranches--Montana
  • Rodeos
  • Ranch life-Arizona
  • Ranches--Arizona
  • Cowboys--Biography

Personal Names

  • Bacon, Robert Austin, 1878-1938

Geographical Names

  • Flagstaff (Ariz.)--History
  • Lazy J Ranch (Tex.)
  • Phoenix (Ariz.)--History
  • Ranch (Mont.)
  • Red River (Tex.-La.)
  • Snowflake (Arix.)--History
  • Miles City (Mont.)
  • Chisholm Trail

Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives
2011

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