Writings and Notes
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bacon, Henry, 1839-1912
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content: Henry Bacon papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet (Box 1-2, 5)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1875-circa 1912
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bacohenr, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been scanned in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Found are short stories and personal accounts concerning art, museums, and travel.  There is a written account of a meeting with Cecil Rhodes shortly before his death entitled "Meeting with Cecil Rhodes," and "The Artist in Pre-Cromo Days," an account of Bacon's experiences as an art student, his first visit to Ecouen, and encounters with Edouard Frère, J.F. Millet, and Corot.  There is a twenty-two page biographical work by Louisa Lee Bacon about her husband.  Also found are poems and a poetry notebook by Bacon and scattered poems written in French by unknown authors.