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 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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Item is a playbill or small poster for a combined magic show and film presentation that Alex Leighton and D.P. Mannix put on around Nova Scotia in August 192-? at the Digby Hospital Fair.
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.
Item is a transcript of a conversation that Alex Leighton had with a long-time resident and neighbour in Smiths Cove about the history of the families in the area.
Item is a letter written by Frank L. Baum on his personal stationary with a border featuring images of his books. His is in response to a letter from Alec suggesting that he write an "Oz" play.
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.
