Item is a letter from L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz, responding to a letter written to him by Alexander Leighton suggesting that Baum write a play about Oz.
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.
Item is a typed manuscript by Alexander Leighton describing his 1936 summer project filming a recreation of a traditional Digby County Mi'kmaq porpoise hunt and the subsequent rendering of the blubber into oil. The manuscript was commissioned by the magazine Movie Makers.
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.
Item is a letter written to his father from Alexander Leighton during his residency at Johns Hopkins. The letter addresses his sister Gertrude's mental health and details about equipment for a film project.
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.
Item is a copy of the magazine featuring an article about the ten best films of 1937 as chosen by the Movie Makers staff in which Alexander Leighton's "Porpoise Oil" received an honorable mention.
Item is a medallion awarded to Alexander Leighton for his film Porpoise Oil's selection for screening at the First International Photographic Exhibition held at Grand Central Palace in New York, April 18-24, 1938.
File contains manuscripts for unpublished papers: "Barriers to the care of mental illness," "Antecedents of the mental health movement in Atlantic Canada : some implications for today," "The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.
Item is a diary kept by Alexander Leighton between October 1935 and March 1936 describing the behaviour and feeding habits of a pair of beavers kept by Alex and James (Jimmy Hutchins?) for observation.
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.
Item is a six-page family history written by Dorothea Leighton's older sister, Rosamond, for the purpose of giving Doreen and Ted Leighton and Jean Armstrong "a general idea of the family background."
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."
Item is a letter to his family dated December 19, 2004, in which Alex Leighton ("Dee") described his mother's life. There is a one-page addendum written by Jane based on a conversation with Alex's cousin Harry Hamilton.
Item is a diary about family events and holidays that includes entries by Alexander Leighton and Dorothy Leighton, Gussie Leighton, and entries by the children, Ted, Doreen and Russell, which are often transcribed by one of the adults. Papers were removed from the binder in which they were kept.
Item is a diary about family events and holidays that includes entries by Gussie, Alexander Leighton, Archie Leighton, Dorothy Leighton and the children, Ted, Doreen and Russell. Most entries are written from home in Trumansburg, NY, with a section written during the family's trip to California in 1958. Papers were removed from the binder in which they were kept.
File contains a family tree for John A. Leighton (b. 1775) with details of some of the descendants of John Alexander Leighton (b.1841) and Caroline Wilson. There are brief biographical sketches of John Alexander Leighton (b. 1775), John Murray Leighton, Margaret Currie, John Alexander Leighton (b. 1841), Caroline Wilson, William Leighton and Christine Wilson.
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.
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.
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
Item is a certified copy of Alexander Leighton's record of birth from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics, issued on 15 October 1940.
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