File contains correspondence with Adolf Meyer. Also includes summaries of recording instruments, synopses of psychiatric cases, a transcript of "Mental health film," and transcripts of conferences and conversations.
File contains a series of letters between Arthur Gale and Alexander Leighton regarding his film "Porpoise Oil." The correspondence includes an announcement of its inclusion as an Honorable Mention by Movie Makers staff in the selection of the Ten Best Non-theatrical Films of 1937, as well as letters about an article Gale commissioned from Leighton about the making of his film. There is also correspondence from 1941 with James Moore at The Amateur Cinema League regarding Alexander Leighton's possible submission of his film about Navajo life, "Work for your Own," for a contest in the Special Class.
File contains letters written between friends and colleagues Theodore Lidz and Alexander Leighton, beginning during the Second World War and continuing until 1951.
File contains Leighton's manuscript for an article about making his film "Porpoise Oil"; correspondence with the editors of Movie Makers; a copy of the Movie Makers issue in which his film was given an honorable mention; and a medallion awarded for his film being chosen for screening at the First International Photographic Exhibition.
File contains manuscripts for unpublished papers: "Barriers to the care of mental illness," "Antecedents of the mental health movement in Atlantic Canada : some implications for today," "The psychobiological orientation," and "Psychiatric diagnosis in life science perspective" by Alexander Leighton. Also includes related correspondence and review feedback forms.
File includes photographs of Archie and Gertrude Leighton's stone in the cemetery as well as images of the mock-ups of those designed for Gertrude C.K. Leighton and Alexander and Jane (Murphy) Leighton.
File includes letters or cards from Alex's cousin Carrie Magowan, Doreen and Joe, Nancy Weller, John and Madeline Macdonald, Laura Strang (Daisy's daughter), and Lee and Sue White-Hamilton.
File contains cards and primarily printed emails between Jane Murphy and Ted and Anna Leighton. There is also correspondence between Jane Murphy and Doreen (Leighton) Walker and Jane Murphy and Margaret Leighton (Ted and Anna's daughter).
File also includes letters and cards of condolence sent to Ted and Doreen regarding their mother's death, as well as a photograph of Dorothea Leighton.
File contains letters written by Dorothea Leighton to her mother from Bryn Mawr College, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Poston, Arizona. There is also a letter to her brother, Teddy, to share with the family, and another to her sister Roz.
File contains four sets of paginated letters written by Ted Cross to his mother during a 1940 trip to Alaska, during which his sister Dorothea and Alexander were doing field work in St Lawrence Island. The first set, dated July 11-21, is composed of unsigned hand-written pages that appear to be written alternately by Ted and Dorothea, and is primarily an account of their voyage aboard the SS Denali from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Nome, Alaska. The second set is dated August 4-17 and ends with a note from Ted to his mother. The third set, dated August 17-24, alternates between handwritten and typed entries, the last of which is signed by Ted. The final set is dated August 30-September 7. The file also contains two hand-drawn maps of St Lawrence Island. There is also a set of notes in Dorothea's hand titled "Birds & animals, Seattle to Nome."
File contains two posters for Alex Leighton's teenaged presentation of his "motion pictures in color of a Porpoise Hunt ... taken locally, and of great interest," with the 25 cent admission ticket benefitting the Digby community hall, where the film was shown.
File contains handwritten and typed poems and short stories, signed and unsigned, written by individuals including Archie Leighton, Jessie Hamilton, Gertrude Leighton, Netta, and Alex Leighton
File contains letters to Alexander from correspondents including Harold C. Jones ("Stub"); Margie Black; Ade; Bill (Russell's father); Tom and Adelaide Cumming; Freddie Johnston; Clayton Woodman; Sydney; and Morris Opler. Included in the file are some copies of Alex's return correspondence.
File contains letters from Florence McCann, a dog breeder in Manchester, England, from whom Alexander Leighton acquired his Newfoundland dog, Fusby. File also contains poems written in Fusby's honour; prize ribbons; correspondence regarding his importation and quarantine; 1923 correspondence from a Detroit kennel regarding an Irish Wolfhound puppy, and a 1925 note from a veterinary hospital advising A.O. Leighton of the death of the family cat.
File contains two monthly report cards and a letter from the Haverford Friends' School; correspondence and entrance examination results from the University of Pennsylvania; College Entrance Examination Board records; Princeton University term reports and correspondence from Alex's tutor, George Priest; correspondence regarding his application and acceptance to Corpus Christie College, Cambridge University; and correspondence regarding his application to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
File contains letters to Alexander from correspondents including Louis Giddings from the University of Alaska; the United States Committee for the Care of European Children, Maryland Division, in response to his enquiry about housing relatives from Britain; Johns Hopkins regarding various appointments; and Yoshiharu Yamada.
File contains letters to Alexander from correspondents including Frank Ditmars, proprietor of Dish Lake Camp, George Priest, Bishop Percy, and Rev. A.W.L. Smith, St, Clement's Rectory.
File contains letters to Alexander from correspondents including Elmer Weir, from Smith Cove; Christopher Leggo; Ade; Alice; and Henry Volkening. File also includes copies of some of Alex's return correspondence.
File contains diary entries written during September 1951; December 1951; and July 1952. The entries are written on the same half-sheets of foolscap that Alexander Leighton used for much of his correspondence to his mother, which was also frequently written in the same diary-entry format.
File contains letters to Alexander from correspondents including Isabel Taylor, Alexander E. Leighton, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests, and others regarding the beaver studies project he undertook for his BSc.
File contains one letter written to Alex in 1934 from Phyllis Kerr's mother and another written in 1937 congratulating Alex on his engagement to Dorothea Cross. Alex and Phyllis were briefly engaged in 1935.
