Letter to Gertrude Leighton from her son, Alex, from "Big Black Bear Camp," Dish Lake
- MS-13-86, Box 105, Folder 12
- Item
- [191-?]
File contains a letter from Alex describing his adventures in the woods filming wildlife, including a moose.
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Colored moving pictures of "Porpoise Oil"
- MS-13-86, Box 87, Folder 7
- File
- [192-]
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.
Typed essay about birds around the Annapolis Basin
- MS-13-86, Box 87, Folder 8
- Item
- [192-]
Item is a carbon copy of a long essay written by Alex Leighton as a teenager about his birding activities during the summer holidays in the Annapolis Basin, Nova Scotia.
A history of domesticated fur names : [manuscript]
- MS-13-86, Box 128, Folder 21
- Item
- [192-]
Item is a three-page essay followed by a 10-page glossary of fur names, handwritten by Alex Leighton, probably as a young boy.
Letter to Dot from her sister Mary
- MS-13-86, Box 128, Folder 25
- Item
- [194-]
Item is a letter from Mary in Pittsburgh.
Letter to Dot from Joy Doerflinger
- MS-13-86, Box 128, Folder 1
- Item
- [194-?]
Item is a letter from Joy, the first wife of William Doerflinger (Bill), regarding arrangements for a weekend on the Eastern shore.
Letter to Dot from Archie Leighton
- MS-13-86, Box 128, Folder 24
- Item
- [194-]
Item is a letter from Archie to Dot in which he writes about his wife's health and the marriage of Danny (D.P. Mannix).
The winds / by -- Eber Morse (Alexander H.Leighton)
- MS-13-86, Box 85, Folder 8
- File
- [195-?]
File contains a short story manuscript.
Dr. A.H. Leighton, graduation speaker
- MS-13-86, Box 128, Folder 15
- Item
- [195-?]
Item is a two-page manuscript describing Alex Leighton's address given at the Digby Rural High School's graduation exercises.
Mental health and social environment : [manuscript]
- MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 19
- File
- [195-]
File includes a draft manuscript possibly for the book published as My Name is Legion: Foundations for a Theory of Man in Relation to Culture.
Three Irish houses : a memoir of the Troubles / Gertrude Leighton : [manuscript]
- MS-13-86, Box 128, Folder 11
- Item
- [198-?]
Item is Gertrude Leighton's short memoir of the period (1920-1921) that she, Alex and their parents lived in Ireland and is centred around the three houses they lived in during that time: Clonallen, Sunrise and Springbrook.
Historic Digby- and Hardy family-related documents
- MS-13-86, Box 96, Folder 1
- File
- 1837 - 1870
File contains an 1841 land grant to Isidore Theboult for land in Digby. Also includes correspondence between members of the Hardy family in Massachusetts and Digby, and two newspapers from Massachusetts and Nova Scotia with mentions of the Hardy family.
Undated letter fragments written by Archibald Leighton to Gertrude Hamilton
- MS-13-86, Box 87, Folder 6 and Box 90, Folder 18
- File
- [1900-]
Letters from Archibald Leighton to Gertrude Hamilton, 1902
- MS-13-86, Box 87, Folder 4 and Box 89, Folder 1
- File
- 1902
File contains letters written to Miss Hamilton (later Gertie) from A.O. Hamilton (also signed as AOL). The letters are largely written between from Dundalk, near the border between Northern and Southern Ireland, and begin in October 1902, after Archie met Gertrude when he was sent by his employer to Sligo to supervise the building of a post office. His letter dated 24 December, which includes Christmas greeting and reference to a gift, is sent from Belfast enroute to Islandmagee, where Archie's family lived.
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, 1902
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 1 and Box 87, Folder 1
- File
- 1902
File contains six letters written from Ballincar, County Sligo, and from the Independent Office in Sligo, variously addressed to Mr Leighton or Archie and signed Gertrude Hamilton, G. Hamilton or GH, and represent the earliest record of the couple's relationship. There are two slightly different versions of the first letter written by Gertie, dated 30 October 1902, but it's unknown which version she actually sent.
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, 1903
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 2 and Box 87, Folder 2
- File
- 1903
File contains letters written from Ballincar, County Sligo, and from the Independent Office (Sligo), addressed to Archie; earlier letters are signed G.A. Hamilton, which later gives way to "Gertie."
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, ca. 1903
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 3
- File
- [1903?]
File contains letters written from Ballincar, County Sligo, and from the Independent Office (Sligo), addressed to Archie and signed G.H. Hamilton or Gertie. Letters are marked only with the day of the week, but were found alongside other correspondence dated 1903, now filed in Box 86, Folder 2.
Letters from Archibald Leighton to Gertrude Hamilton, 1903
- MS-13-86, Box 87, Folder 5 and Box 89, Folder 2
- File
- 1903
File contains letters written to Gertie (also "Tawney mane") from Archie. The letters are written from Dundalk, near the border between Northern and Southern Ireland, and from Belfast. Some include stories and inked illustrations, and many contain references to impending or past visits to Sligo to see Gertie.
Letter from John Leighton to his son Archie Leighton, 1904
- MS-13-86, Box 90, Folder 23
- Item
- 1 July 1904
Item is a letter from John Leighton to his son Archie, in which he writes largely of domestic matters, including the removal of furniture to a new house in Ballycarry.
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, 1904
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 4 and Box 87, Folder 3
- File
- 1904
File contains letters to Archie from Gertie, written from Ballincar and from Sligo.
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, ca. 1904
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 5
- File
- [1904?]
File contains letters to Archie from Gertie, written from Ballincar, County Sligo, and from Sligo. Letters are marked only with the day of the week, but were found alongside correspondence dated 1904, now filed in Box 86, Folder 4.
Letters from Archibald Leighton to Gertrude Hamilton, 1904
- MS-13-86, Box 87, Folder 15
- File
- 1904
File contains letters written to Gertie from Archie while he was in Belfast.
Letters from Archibald Leighton to Gertrude Hamilton, 1904
- MS-13-86, Box 89, Folder 3
- File
- 1904
File contains letters written to Gertie (also "Tawney mane") from Archie. The letters are written from Claremorris, County Mayo, and Belfast.
Two letters to Mina Hamilton from her sister Gertie
- MS-13-86, Box 113, Folder 8
- File
- 1904
Letters from Archibald Leighton to Gertrude Hamilton, 1905
- MS-13-86, Box 89, Folder 4
- File
- 1905
File contains three letters written to Gertie from Archie in January 1905 and one letter sent from Springbrook House, Ballycarry, County Antrim, in late October 1905.
Archie's diary of his journey from Glasgow to New York on the SS Astoria
- MS-13-86, Box 109, Folder 19
- Item
- 1905
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, 1905
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 6
- File
- 1905
File contains letters and postcards written by Gertie to Archie from Ballincar, Sligo, and, on occasion, from her brother Angus's house in Ballycarry, County Antrim.
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, ca. 1905
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 7
- File
- [1905?]
File contains letters written by Gertie to Archie from Ballincar and Sligo. The letters are marked only with the day of the week, but were found alongside other correspondence dated 1905, which are now filed in Box 86, Folder 6.
Letters of introduction to A.O.L. Leighton and responses to employment requests
- MS-13-86, Box 125, Folder 17
- File
- 1906
Letter from Archie Leighton to his sister Katie
- MS-13-86, Box 104, Folder 11
- Item
- 1906
Item is a letter written by Archie during his early days in Philadelphia in which he writes of the heat, his past times, and a weekend in Atlantic City, about which he comments on the ubiquity of the bathing dress, worn by "every age from tiny youngsters of three & four to bald headed grey whiskered old men & grey haired old ladies."
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, 1906
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 8
- File
- Jan-May 1906
File contains letters written by Gertie to Archie from Ballincar and Sligo.
Letters from John Leighton to his son Archie Leighton, 1906
- MS-13-86, Box 90, Folder 24
- File
- 1906
File contains letters from John Leighton to his son Archie, in which he writes about his health, family, work, politics and money. The bulk of the letters are written after Archie has moved to America.
Correspondence from Gertrude Hamilton to Archibald Leighton, 1906
- MS-13-86, Box 86, Folder 9
- File
- July-Dec 1906
File contains letters written by Gertie to Archie from Ballincar, Sligo and Waterford; those dated from July 26, 1906 onwards are addressed to Archie in Philadelphia, PA.
Letters to Gertrude Leighton (Gertie) from her mother (Muddie), 1907
- MS-13-86, Box 106, Folder 1
- File
- 1907
File contains letters written to Gertie by her mother, Wilhemina Hamilton, commonly known by family as "Muddie," after Gertie's move to America. Some of her mother's letters are closely written on both sides of thin paper, making them challenging to read. Some are undated, but were stored in bundles so filed accordingly or according to legible postage marks on the (discarded) envelopes.
Letters to Gertrude Leighton from her father (Faddie), 1907
- MS-13-86, Box 107, Folder 1
- File
- 1907
File contains letters written to Gertrude from father, William Hamilton, who was commonly known to family as "Faddie."
Letters from Archibald Leighton to Gertrude Hamilton, 1907
- MS-13-86, Box 89, Folder 6
- File
- 1907
File contains letters written to Gertie from Archie from Philadelphia. Most of the letters are addressed to "Heather." The last letter, dated August 29, 1907, to his "dear little woman," was written in the hopes of Gertie receiving it before she set sail to join him in America. In it, he offers reassurance in the face of what he writes will be a difficult parting with her family.
Letters from John Leighton to his son Archie Leighton, 1907
- MS-13-86, Box 90, Folder 25
- File
- 1907
File contains letters from John Leighton to his son Archie, in which he writes about domestic, family, political, community and work matters on a more-or-less weekly basis.
Letters to Gertrude Leighton from her sister Ethel Jean, 1907
- MS-13-86, Box 107, Folder 10
- File
- 1907
File contains letters written from the youngest of Gertrude's siblings, Ethel Jean Hamilton, who more commonly went by Ettie or Janie, to her sister Gertie, whom she often wrote to as "Snouty." The letters are written from Ireland after Gertie moved to America.
Two letters from William Meaney to A.O. Leighton
- MS-13-86, Box 104, Folder 20
- File
- 1907
File contains three letters from a former colleague of Archie's at J&W Stewart, Contractors.
Letters to Gertrude Leighton from her sister Ethel Jean, 1908
- MS-13-86, Box 107, Folder 11
- File
- 1908
File contains letters written from Ethel Jean Hamilton, who more commonly went by Ettie or Janie, to her sister Gertie, whom she often addressed as "Snouty" or "wee Snouty." The letters are written from Ireland after Gertie moved to America, and include Ettie's reaction to the news of Alexander's birth, Gertie's later illness and the subsequent arrival of her sister-in-law, Katie, to nurse her.
Letter to Gertrude Leighton from the Howard Hospital regarding her needs for her maternity admission
- File
- 1908
File includes printed instructions "for the Mother" to be ready for labour, as well as list of items required for the baby.
Letters to Gertrude Leighton from her father (Faddie), 1908
- MS-13-86, Box 107, Folder 2
- File
- 1908
File contains letters written to Gertrude from father, William Hamilton, who was commonly known to family as "Faddie."
Letters from John Leighton to his son Archie Leighton, 1908
- MS-13-86, Box 91, Folder 1
- File
- 1908
File contains letters from John Leighton to his son Archie, in which he writes about domestic, family, political, community and work matters on a more-or-less weekly basis.
Three letters from John Leighton to his father, John Leighton, Sr.
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 15
- File
- 1906 - 1908
File contains letters written to John Leighton from his son, John, Archie Leighton's brother. The letters are written on his employer's stationary (J.W. Stewart, Contractors), from both Belfast and London, and refer primarily to work matters, his young family, and to Archive's success in Philadelphia.
Letters from Willie Clarke to Gertie
- MS-13-86, Box 109, Folder 13
- File
- 1907 - 1908
Three letters from William Donnan to Archibald Leighton
- MS-13-86, Box 104, Folder 27
- File
- 1908
Letters from Jane Greenham to Gertrude Hamilton Leighton
- MS-13-86, Box 109, Folder 7
- File
- 1906 - 1909
File contains letters written to Gertrude before and after her move to America and marriage. Jane Greenham had worked in Archie's Belfast office and wrote to him during the same period.
- MS-13-86, Box 109, Folder 12
- File
- 1904 - 1909
Letters from Isabel to Gertrude Leighton
- MS-13-86, Box 109, Folder 4
- File
- 1907 - 1909
File contains letters addressed to Mrs Leighton from Isabel, a friend who writes about their young children and past or upcoming visits.
Letters from Archibald Leighton to Gertrude Hamilton Leighton, 1909
- MS-13-86, Box 89, Folder 7
- File
- 1909
File contains letters written by Archie from Philadelphia to Gertie ("blue eyes") in Ireland, where she and Alexander, aged 18 months old, returned for an extended stay after her recovery from typhoid fever. His letter dated July 2, 1909, refers to his own imminent departure for Ireland to see her; by 27 August he is again writing her from Philadelphia.
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