File contains a wide array of communications to and from Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy, ranging from handwritten letters to email printouts. Correspondents seem to include friends, work acquaintances, and residents of Digby County (possible study respondents?).
File contains correspondence between Alexander Leighton and several different hospitals, clinics, universities, research institutions, and psychiatric associations regarding the development of psychiatric epidemiology programming.
File contains correspondence with or about Joseph Bloom. Also contains 4 of Joseph Bloom's published articles: "Patterns of Eskimo homicide," "Eskimo sleep paralysis," "An Athabascan Indian feud," and "Cross-cultural forensic psychiatry in Alaska."
File contains correspondence with or about Dorothy Borg. Also includes a memo by Ruth Benedict titled "Problems in Japanese morals submitted for study by psychiatrists."
File contains correspondence with or about Alan A. Boulton. Also includes a script for a presentation by Alexander Leighton in Saskatoon, titled "True and treated prevalence rates in geographically defined populations."
File contains correspondence with or about Frank George Boudreau between 1955 and 1958. Also includes conference programs, a newspaper article about Nova Scotia's economy, and Frank George Boudreau's memorial program from 1970.