Peggy Bach Collection
This collection houses materials documenting Peggy Bach's scholarly work. The beginning of the collection focuses on Bach’s unfinished biography of Evelyn Scott and includes such research material as photocopies of Scott's personal and professional letters, Bach's correspondence with persons who knew Scott, and Bach's research notebooks. Also included are manuscript copies of ten completed chapters (including notations from both Bach and David Madden) and correspondence documenting Bach and Madden's efforts to secure a publisher for the biography.
The collection also includes materials that Bach used to write her scholarly essays. These materials document Bach's first published poem, "Enter Stage Left," her radio programs regarding Evelyn Scott, her essay "The Wave: Evelyn Scott's Civil War," and her work with Austin Peay State University's Evelyn Scott/Caroline Gordon Symposium.
Dates
- 1919-1996
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Conditions Governing Use
The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
6 Linear Feet (6 record boxes)
Abstract
This collection houses materials documenting Peggy Bach's scholarly work, including her unfinished biography of Evelyn Scott.
Biographical/Historical Note
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 then 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.
Arrangement
This collection consists of six boxes.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository