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Robert Low and Virginia Murray Bacon Papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-19840101

Scope and Contents

This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.

The collection consists of the personal and professional papers of U.S. Congressman Robert Low and his wife, Washington D.C. socialite Virginia Murray Bacon. It includes correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, subject files, printed materials, financial records, and other materials.

Dates

circa 1920s-1970s

Creator

Bacon, Robert Low, 1884-1938 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Biographical Note

Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) was a Republican Congressman from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 until his death in 1938. Bacon graduated from Harvard University in 1907 and Harvard Law School in 1910. From 1910 ro 1911, he worked for the U.S. Teasury Department. Subsequently, Bacon was a banker in New York City from 1911 to 1922. During World War I, he held the rank of Major. Bacon served in Congress from 1923 to 1983. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

[Source: History, Art and Archives: United States House of Representatives Online].

Virginia Murray Bacon (1890-1980) married Robert Low Bacon in 1913. She was a longtime civic leader and patron of the arts in Washington, D.C. She died in 1980 at the age of 89 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

[Sources: Find a Grave.com and Family Pedia].