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Finding Aid for the Peggy Bach Collection, 1976-1990


MS-2050

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, November 21, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Peggy Bach Collection

Date/Date Range :   1976-1990

Extent: 4.5 linear feet

Abstract:
This manuscript collection constitutes an addition to UTK-MS-2047: Peggy Bach Collection, 1919-1996. Box 1 houses Bach's professional and personal correspondence, arranged alphabetically. Box 2 contains materials documenting Bach's scholarly writing and the grants and fellowships that she applied for. Box 3 shows with Bach's efforts to gather Evelyn Scott-related material from other institutions.

Call number: MS-2050

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
David Madden donated these papers to the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library in 1997.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Peggy Bach Collection, MS-2050. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of three boxes.


Biography / History

Margaret Frances "Peggy" McCauley was born on April 22, 1929 in Norwood, Ohio to William Albert and Leona Mae Bach McCauley. Her parents divorced in 1931, and she moved to Manchester, Indiana to live with her aunt and uncle (F.M. and Margaret Hutchison) in 1932. She attended Manchester Elementary School for eight years and graduated from Aurora High School in Aurora, Indiana, in 1946. McCauley married Russell G. Fogle, an Army private stationed on Governor's Island (New Jersey), on June 30, 1950. The couple had three children: Jonathan Gayle, Rebecca Bach, and James Stephen. Russell and Peggy Fogle divorced in 1970, and Peggy moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1971. She began working for the Taylor Building Company, where she remained until taking a job at Louisiana State University as a secretary in the Department of Philosophy in 1976.

In 1978, LSU professor David Madden convinced Fogle to read Evelyn Scott's Escapade . The work left a deep impression on Fogle, who, despite the fact that she had only a high school education, dedicated the rest of her life to studying and bringing recognition to Evelyn Scott's work. Using the pseudonym "Peggy Bach" , she published the first Scott bibliography, wrote twelve essays about the author, and began work on Scott's authorized biography. Unfortunately, she had not yet finished her work at the time of her death from cancer on June 5, 1996.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This manuscript collection constitutes an addition to UTK-MS-2047: Peggy Bach Collection, 1919-1996. Box 1 houses Bach's professional and personal correspondence, arranged alphabetically. Box 2 contains materials documenting Bach's scholarly writing and the grants and fellowships that she applied for. Box 3 shows with Bach's efforts to gather Evelyn Scott-related material from other institutions.

Interested researchers may also wish to consult UTK-MS-2047: Peggy Bach Collection, 1919-1996.

Subject Terms

  • Bach, Peggy.
  • Scott, Evelyn, 1893-.
  • Madden, David, 1933-.
  • Authors, American -- Tennessee.
  • Women authors, American -- Southern States.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Correspondence A
Box   1     Folder   2    
Correspondence B
Box   1     Folder   3    
Correspondence with Ursula Beach
Box   1     Folder   4    
Correspondence with Eleanor Beiswenger
Box   1     Folder   5    
Correspondence with Sally Bingham
Box   1     Folder   6    
Correspondence with Georoges Borchardt
Box   1     Folder   7    
Correspondence with Kay Boyle
Box   1     Folder   8    
Correspondence C
Box   1     Folder   9    
Correspondence with D.A. Callard
Box   1     Folder   10    
Correspondence with Carroll and Graf Publishers
Box   1     Folder   11    
Correspondence concerning the Charles E. Dunbar Career Service Award
Box   1     Folder   12    
Correspondence with Crossroads/Continuum
Box   1     Folder   13    
Correspondence D
Box   1     Folder   14    
Correspondence with Walt Disney Pictures
Box   1     Folder   15    
Correspondence with Ann Dobie
Box   1     Folder   16    
Correspondence E
Box   1     Folder   17    
Correspondence F
Box   1     Folder   18    
Correspondence with Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Inc.
Box   1     Folder   19    
Correspondence G
Box   1     Folder   20    
Correspondence with Grand Street
Box   1     Folder   21    
Miscellaneous correspondence H
Box   1     Folder   22    
Correspondence with Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, Inc.
Box   1     Folder   23    
Correspondence with Elizabeth Hardwick
Box   1     Folder   24    
Correspondence with Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Box   1     Folder   25    
Correspondence with Houghton Mifflin Co.
Box   1     Folder   26    
Miscellaneous correspondence I
Box   1     Folder   27    
Miscellaneous correspondence J
Box   1     Folder   28    
Correspondence with Robert Jonas
Box   1     Folder   29    
Miscellaneous correspondence K
Box   1     Folder   30    
Correspondence with the Kansas Quarterly

Box   1     Folder   31    
Correspondence with the Kentucky Poetry Review

Box   1     Folder   32    
Correspondence with Alfred Knopf, Inc.
Box   1     Folder   33    
Miscellaneous correspondence L
Box   1     Folder   34    
Correspondence with the Louisiana Division of Arts
Box   1     Folder   35    
Correspondence with Louisiana Literature

Box   1     Folder   36    
Correspondence with the Louisiana State University Press
Box   1     Folder   37    
Miscellaneous correspondence M
Box   1     Folder   38    
Correspondence with Dr. Frank Magill
Box   1     Folder   39    
Correspondence with Caroline Maun
Box   1     Folder   40    
Correspondence with Meckler Corporation
Box   1     Folder   41    
Correspondence with University of Mississippi Press
Box   1     Folder   42    
Correspondence with the Mountain Review

Box   1     Folder   43    
Miscellaneous correspondence N
Box   1     Folder   44    
Correspondence with the New Orleans Review

Box   1     Folder   45    
Correspondence with W.W. Norton Co.
Box   1     Folder   46    
Miscellaneous correspondence O
Box   1     Folder   47    
Miscellaneous correspondence P
Box   1     Folder   48    
Correspondence with George Pallo
Box   1     Folder   49    
Correspondence with PEN Syndicate Fiction
Box   1     Folder   50    
Correspondence with Pushcart Press
Box   1     Folder   51    
Miscellaneous correspondence R
Box   1     Folder   52    
Correspondence with Random House, Inc.
Box   1     Folder   53    
Correspondence with Redbook Magazine

Box   1     Folder   54    
Correspondence with Russell and Volkening Inc., Literary Agents
Box   1     Folder   55    
Miscellaneous correspondence S
Box   1     Folder   56    
Correspondence with Scarecrow Press
Box   1     Folder   57    
Correspondence with Paula Scott
Box   1     Folder   58    
Correspondence with Mary Lee Settle
Box   1     Folder   59    
Correspondence with Nat Sobel
Box   1     Folder   60    
Correspondence with Southern Illinois Press
Box   1     Folder   61    
Correspondence with the Southern Literary Journal

Box   1     Folder   62    
Correspondence with the Southern Quarterly

Box   1     Folder   63    
Correspondence with The Southern Review

Box   1     Folder   64    
Miscellaneous correspondence T
Box   1     Folder   65    
Correspondence with The University of Tennessee Press
Box   1     Folder   66    
Correspondence with Ticknor and Fields, Inc.
Box   1     Folder   67    
Correspondence with Henry Turlington
Box   1     Folder   68    
Correspondence with Fredrick Unger
Box   1     Folder   69    
Miscellaneous correspondence V
Box   1     Folder   70    
Correspondence with The Virginia Quarterly

Box   1     Folder   71    
Miscellaneous correspondence W
Box   1     Folder   72    
Correspondence with Harriet Wasserman
Box   1     Folder   73    
Correspondence with Dr. Robert Welker
Box   1     Folder   74    
Correspondence with the Wellman family
Box   1     Folder   75    
Correspondence with Stuart Wright
Box   1     Folder   76    
Correspondence with Yaddo
Box   1     Folder   77    
Correspondence with X-Z
Box   1     Folder   78    
Miscellaneous personal greeting cards

Box   1     Folder   79    
Miscellaneous personal greeting cards

Box   1     Folder   80    
Poetry submitted by Bach to literary journals
Box   2     Folder   1    
Final draft of Evelyn Scott bibliography for Bulletin of Bibliography

Box   2     Folder   2    
Printed Scott bibliography in Bulletin of Bibliography

Box   2     Folder   3    
Miscellaneous materials for Scott bibliography

Box   2     Folder   4    
Miscellaneous materials for Scott bibliography

Box   2     Folder   5    
Correspondence to possible contributors to Classic Civil War Novels

Box   2     Folder   6    
Reviews for Classic Civil War Novels

Box   2     Folder   7    
Advertisements for Classic Civil War Novels

Box   2     Folder   8    
Cover for Classic Civil War Novels

Box   2     Folder   9    
Correspondence on Rediscoveries: Nonfiction

Box   2     Folder   10    
Draft of introduction for Rediscoveries II

Box   2     Folder   11    
Drafts of essay on Djuana Barnes for Rediscoveries II

Box   2     Folder   12    
Miscellaneous publicity for Rediscoveries II

Box   2     Folder   13    
Miscellaneous documents for Rediscoveries II

Box   2     Folder   14    
Copies of "The Searching Voice and Vision of Mary Lee Settle"

Box   2     Folder   15    
Review of The Killing Ground by Mary Lee Settle
Box   2     Folder   16    
Miscellaneous materials on Mary Lee Settle
Box   2     Folder   17    
Review of Joel Agee's Twelve Years for Magill's Literary Annual

Box   2     Folder   18    
Review of Wright Morris' Will's Boy for Magill's Literary Annual

Box   2     Folder   19    
Review of Hilary Masters' Last Stand for Magill's Literary Annual

Box   2     Folder   20    
Review of Mary Lee Settle's The Scapegoat for Magill's Literary Annual

Box   2     Folder   21    
Review of Nadine Gordimer's A Soldier's Embrace for Magill's Literary Annual

Box   2     Folder   22    
Reviews of The Diary of Anais Nin for Magill's Literary Annual

Box   2     Folder   23    
Review of Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle for Magill's Literary Annual

Box   2     Folder   24    
Permissions from Paula Scott
Box   2     Folder   25    
The Wonder Woman Foundation documents
Box   2     Folder   26    
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Award documents
Box   2     Folder   27    
Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant documents
Box   2     Folder   28    
Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation documents
Box   2     Folder   29    
Guggenheim Fellowships documents
Box   2     Folder   30    
National Endowment for the Humanities applications, 1988
Box   2     Folder   31    
Miscellaneous documents for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1988
Box   2     Folder   32    
National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Program documents, 1988
Box   2     Folder   33    
National Endowment for the Humanities applications, 1990
Box   2     Folder   34    
National Endowment for the Arts applications, 1987
Box   2     Folder   35    
National Endowment for the Arts applications, 1990
Box   2     Folder   36    
Miscellaneous National Endowment of the Arts materials
Box   2     Folder   37    
Various grant materials
Box   2     Folder   38    
Criticism on poet Wanda Scribner Thibodeaux
Box   2     Folder   39    
Miscellaneous creative writing from Bach's friends
Box   2     Folder   40    
Miscellaneous materials on printing and publishing
Box   2     Folder   41    
Philosophy thesis by Josephine Newell Continuous Snakes and Ladders

Box   2     Folder   42    
Miscellaneous materials on David Madden
Box   3     Folder   1    
List of papers acquired form Paula Scott, 1976-1979
Box   3     Folder   2    
List of Evelyn Scott papers in the Houghton Library at Harvard University
Box   3     Folder   3    
Correspondence with the Houghton Library
Box   3     Folder   4    
Correspondence with the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College
Box   3     Folder   5    
List of Evelyn Scott references in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas.
Box   3     Folder   6    
Correspondence with the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Box   3     Folder   7    
Correspondence with the estate of Thomas Wolfe
Box   3     Folder   8    
Letter for the International Institute of Social History
Box   3     Folder   9    
Publicity for The Emma Goldman Papers