Nathan F. Leopold papers, 1924-1970 (bulk 1940-1970).

 

Descriptive Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center

By Mary E Janzen, Wendy S. Lee, 1982; rev. 2011

 

 

Chicago History Museum, Research Center

1601 North Clark Street

Chicago, IL 60614-6038

Web-site: http://www.chicagohistory.org/research

 

 

© Copyright 2011, Chicago Historical Society

 

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Title: Nathan F. Leopold papers [manuscript], 1924-1970 (bulk 1940-1970).

Main entry: Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971.

Inclusive dates: 1947-2002

Size:

23.5 linear ft. (54 boxes and 1 v.)

1 oversize folder.

8 sound recordings.

 

Restriction: Advance appointment required to see some items stored in the vault.

Restriction: For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).

Accession number: M1970.0064; M1975.0050; and M1977.0001).

Provenance statement: Part 1 of this collection was a gift of Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., in 1970 (M1970.0064). Part 2 of the collection was a gift of Ralph G. Newman (M1975.0050). Most of the collection was closed to researchers until Sept. 1, 1976. In 1976, Henry S. Johnson donated 44 letters from Leopold (M1977.0001), which were integrated into Part I of the Leopold papers.

Terms governing use: Copyright may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.

Please cite this collection as: Nathan F. Leopold papers, Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.

 

 

This descriptive inventory contains the following sections:

Biographical/historical note,

Summary description of the collection,

Description of some material related to the collection,

List of online catalog headings about the collection,

Arrangement of the collection,

Detailed description of archival series in the collection,

List of contents of the collection.

 

Biographical note:

Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., Richard Loeb, and Bobby Franks were all sons of wealthy German-Jewish families who lived within a few blocks of each other in the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. In the summer of 1924, their names made newspaper headlines when Leopold and Loeb, students at the University of Chicago and both 19 years old, confessed to the murder on May 21, 1924, of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, a student at the nearby Harvard School. This hideous crime created a sensation because it was committed without obvious motivation by privileged youths. The Loeb and Leopold families engaged attorney Clarence S. Darrow to attempt to save their sons from execution. Darrow, nationally prominent as an opponent of capital punishment and an advocate of other progressive social causes, argued that "mitigating circumstances," chiefly the youth of the defendants, were grounds for sparing their lives. His arguments apparently convinced the trial judge John R. Claverly, and on September 10, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were sentenced to life in prison for murder, plus 99 years for kidnapping.

 

Some members of the Leopold family changed their surname to Lebold to disassociate themselves from the notoriety of the crime and subsequent trial. However, the Leopolds kept in close contact with Nathan (nicknamed "Babe") while he served his sentence in the Illinois State Penitentiaries at Joliet and later at the newer portion of the prison known as the Stateville Correctional Center. Nathan's older brother, Foreman Lebold (called Mike) was especially active in the efforts to gain Nathan's parole.

 

Leopold and Loeb gradually adjusted to prison life. They conducted an adult education program in prison in the early 1930s, allowing the friends to meet daily in the course of their work. In 1936, Leopold was shattered by Loeb's murder at the hands of a fellow inmate, James Day. But the death of Leopold's co-conspirator removed a major obstacle to his eventual parole. Obtaining release from prison became his major preoccupation. To that end, in September 1945 he volunteered for a malaria research project and worked in the infirmary, qualifying eventually as an X-ray technician. In 1949, the governor of Illinois, whose term was ending soon, commuted Leopold's sentence to a number of years that made him eligible for parole eventually.

 

When Mike Lebold died in 1953, his friend Ralph G. Newman, a prominent Lincoln scholar and dealer in rare books and manuscripts, took up the goal of obtaining Nathan's parole. Leopold credited Newman more than any other individual for his eventual parole on March 13, 1958, particularly for bringing attorney Elmer Gertz into the case. Newman suggested that Leopold write his autobiography, Life Plus 99 Years, in which Leopold presented himself in a favorable light as a person who was completely reformed and well suited for parole. Many persons began to correspond with Leopold after the book was published, offering to help him win his parole.

 

Upon his release, Leopold began working in Castaner, Puerto Rico, in a Church of the Brethren Hospital, as a condition of his parole. He attended the University of Puerto Rico, receiving a degree in social work in 1968. He helped organize several benefits for the hospital, becoming well-liked by his co-workers and neighbors. Taking up a childhood hobby in ornithology, Leopold wrote Checkbook of Birds in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and he began work on a sequel to Life Plus 99 Years, tentatively titled Snatch for a Halo. In 1960 he sued Meyer Levin, author of Compulsion, a fictionalized version of the Franks case, which was later adapted for stage and screen. Leopold alleged that the use of his character for publication entitled him to a monetary compensation, but he lost the lawsuit.

 

In February 1961 Leopold married Gertrude Feldman Garcia de Quevada, and upon the completion of his parole they traveled extensively, visiting his friends and relatives, including his brother Samuel Lebold in Chicago. Nathan Leopold suffered for some years from diabetes, and on August 30, 1971, he died in Puerto Rico of a heart attack.

 

Summary description of the collection:

Correspondence with family, friends, attorneys, and prominent individuals solicited to advocate the parole of Nathan Leopold, Jr., from Stateville penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois, where he was serving a life sentence for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, a crime committed with Richard Loeb in 1924. Also present are materials on his life in Puerto Rico following his 1958 parole; together with the manuscript of Leopold's published autobiography, Life Plus 99 Years (1958), and materials concerning Leopold's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against author Meyer Levin concerning Levin's play, Compulsion (1959), book, and motion picture based on the Franks murder case. Additional topics include education in prison, ornithology, and tropical medicine. Correspondents include his lawyer, Elmer Gertz, and family friend, Ralph G. Newman.

 

Description of some material related to the collection:

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Nathan Leopold, Jr., collection of photographs (1982.0020); the Hal Higdon research papers on the Leopold and Loeb case; the Hal Higdon collection of Leopold and Loeb case photographs (1984.0145); the News photographs relating to the murder trial of Leopold and Loeb (1987.0440); movie film of the Kirtland warbler (1923); numerous digitized images from the Chicago Daily News negatives collection that are available online; and copies of a periodical for children written by Richard Loeb in 1916, all cataloged separately.

 

Northwestern University Library, Special Collections Department, holds a transcript of the Leopold and Loeb trial with other papers of Elmer Gertz.

 

List of online catalog headings about the collection:

Subjects:

Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971--Archives.

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938--Trials, litigation, etc.

Franks, Bobby, 1909-1924--Death and burial.

Gertz, Elmer, 1906-2000--Archives.

Johnson, Henry S.

Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971. Life plus 99 years.

Levin, Meyer, 1905-1981. Compulsion (Play)

Newman, Ralph Geoffrey, 1911-1998--Correspondence.

Ragen, Joseph Edward, 1896-

Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Ill.)

Stateville Correctional Center.

Actions and defenses--Illinois--20th century.

Drama.

Families--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.

Jews--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.

Murder--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.

Ornithology--Puerto Rico--20th century.

Ornithology--United States--20th century.

Ornithology--Virgin Islands--20th century.

Prisoners--Illinois--Joliet--20th century.

Parole--Illinois--20th century.

Prisoners--Education--Illinois--20th century.

Trials (Murder)--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.

Tropical medicine--20th century.

Leopold and Loeb trial, Chicago, Ill., 1924.

Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)

Joliet (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Puerto Rico--Social conditions--20th century.

 

Form/genre:

Audiocassettes.

Audiotapes.

Autobiographies.

Correspondence.

Manuscripts for publication.

Wills.

 

Added entries:

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938. Plea for Loeb and Leopold.

Gertz, Elmer, 1906-2000.

Johnson, Henry S.

Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971. Life plus 99 years.

Levin, Meyer, 1905-1981.

Newman, Ralph Geoffrey, 1911-1998.

United States--Illinois--Cook County--Chicago.

United States--Puerto Rico.

 

Arrangement of the collection:

The collection is arranged in parts 1 and 2, which are subdivided into six series.

Part 1. Nathan Leopold papers donated by Leopold (box 1-32):

Series 1. Biographical (box 1, folders 1-5)

Series 2. Prison correspondence, 1934-1953 (box 1, folder 6-box 2, folder 15)

Series 3. General correspondence, 1958-1970 (box 2-19)

Series 4. Topical files (box 20-32).

Part 2. Nathan Leopold papers donated by Ralph G. Newman, primarily 1952-1958 (boxes 33-54):

Series 5. Correspondence, 1952-1975 (box 33-42)

Subseries 1. Prison correspondence, 1952-1957 (box 33-34)

Subseries 2. Campaign for parole (box 34-42)

Series 6. Miscellany (box 42-54)

 

Detailed description of archival series in the collection:

There is considerable overlap and duplication of content between Parts 1 and 2.

 

Part 1. Nathan Leopold papers donated by Leopold (box 1-32):

The materials in Part 1 were held by Leopold while he resided in Puerto Rico and were shipped to Chicago Historical Society in 1970. Part 1 also contains 44 letters donated by Henry S. Johnson in 1976 that were integrated into Part I.

 

Series 1. Biographical (box 1, folders 1-5) contains general biographical information on Nathan Leopold including newsclippings and his will.

 

Series 2. Prison Correspondence, 1934-1953 (box 1, folder 6-box 2, folder 15) consists mainly of letters from Leopold's family and friends and also includes carbon copies of some of his own letters. This series is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Because prison rules permitted Leopold to write only one letter per week, others often wrote on his behalf, and this series includes several such letters

 

Series 3. General correspondence, 1958-1970 (box 2-19) consists of correspondence with family and friends following Leopold's parole in 1958, both incoming and copies of outgoing letters. Also included in this series is correspondence with his attorney Elmer Gertz and with Ralph Newman. The arrangement of this series is alphabetical by name of correspondent.

 

Series 4. Topical files (box 20-32) also is arranged alphabetically. This series includes information about the campaign for Leopold's parole, his life while on parole, and his publications on ornithology and tropical diseases. Series 4 also contains manuscripts and correspondence on the story of his life in prison, Life Plus 99 Years (box 22, folder 5-box 29). Papers concerning his lawsuit provoked by Meyer Levin's novel Compulsion and by the movie and play based on this novel are found in boxes 30-32.

 

Part 2. Nathan Leopold papers donated by Ralph G. Newman (box 33-54):

Part 2 is very similar in subject matter to Part 1 although it focuses on the years 1952-1958. Mr. Newman acquired copies of letters by, to, and about Leopold as he worked to achieve Leopold's parole. Some of the material in Part 2 was accumulated by Nathan Leopold at Stateville and shipped to Mr. Newman in the 1950s. Other material in Part 2 comes from Mr. Newman's own files, and some of seems to come from the office of Elmer Gertz, Leopold's last attorney. Part 2 is divided into two series: Series 5. Correspondence, 1952-1975, and Series 6. Miscellany.

 

Series 5. Correspondence, 1952-1975 (box 33-42), contains much of Leopold's prison correspondence (incoming and carbons of outgoing letters) from 1952-1957 in Subseries 1 (box 33-34). Materials in Subseries 2 relate directly to the campaign for parole (box 34-42). This subseries also contains copies of Leopold's letters to his lawyer Elmer Gertz and his letters to Ralph Newman after Leopold was released from prison. There is also a scrapbook of clippings about other persons convicted of serious crimes who eventually had won parole. Other parole-related materials are found throughout the Leopold papers.

 

Series 6. Miscellany (box 42-54) includes manuscripts of Life Plus 99 Years (a partial carbon) and reviews of it as well as a preliminary draft of the unpublished sequel, Snatch For a Halo (box 43, Folder 11. Lawsuit papers related to Compulsion are present also as well as more copies of Leopold's writings on ornithology and tropical medicine. Newspaper clippings in this series show the continuing public interest in the Leopold case. Boxes 48-54 contain books that Leopold owned in prison.

 

This series includes audio recordings (8 items) and an oversize folder containing the certificate commuting Leopold's sentence, Sept. 22, 1949.

 

List of contents of the collection:

Part 1. Nathan Leopold papers donated by Leopold (box 1-32)

Series 1. Biographical (box 1, folders 1-5)

box 1

folders:

1          Guide to the Nathan F. Leopold papers

2          Information folder: Provenance; Newsclippings in re: Leopold after his death and after his papers were opened for research

3          Selected items, including Leopold's will

4          "The Adaptation of Nathan Leopold" by Wm. Chisholm (from the Anthony Sorrentino papers at CHM)

5          Clarence Darrow's "Plea for Loeb and Leopold" (in book form)

6          Clarence Darrow, miscellaneous

 

Series 2. Prison correspondence, 1934-1953 (box 1, folder 6-box 2, folder 15)

box 1 - continued

folders:

7          Single letters by authors: A-Z, 1925-1952 (some originals in vault)

8          Letters without surnames of authors, 1929-1958 (some originals in vault)

9          Academic credit letters, 1933-1952

10        Ballenger, A. G., correspondence, 1953

11        Clark, Harold, correspondence, 1925 (some originals in vault)

12        Gerber, Harold, correspondence, 1925

13        Goldfarb, Samuel, correspondence, 1939-1953

14        Goodbye and Thank-you letters, correspondence, 1945-1946

15        Hicks, Robert, correspondence, 1952-1953

16        Kaufman, William, correspondence, 1936-1952

17        Launo, Terris, correspondence, 1935-1952

18        Lebold, Donald, correspondence, 1949-1951

19        Lebold, Grace and Joan, correspondence, 1951

20        Leopold (Lebold), Foreman M., correspondence, 1925-1952 (some originals in vault)

21        Leopold (Lebold), Samuel, correspondence, 1929-1949 (some originals in vault)

22        Lewis, George, correspondence, 1927-1951 (some originals in vault)

 

box 2

1          Lurrie, Sue, correspondence, 1924-25 (some originals in vault)

2          Marcus, L., correspondence, 1952

3          Morris, Charles, correspondence, 1925-1933 (some originals in vault)

4          Parole letters, correspondence, 1944-1949

5          Pearson, Karl, correspondence, 1934-1935

6          Ricke, J. B., correspondence, 1953

7          Row, Harold (of Brethren Service Commission), correspondence, 1953

8          Sandburg, Carl, correspondence, 1949-1952

9          Schwab, Mrs. Alfred, correspondence, 1925-1939

10        Selling, Lowell S., correspondence, 1952

11        Sutherland, Edwin, correspondence, 1935-1938

12        Van Vechten, Courtland C., correspondence, 1950-1952

13        Weir, Fr. Eligius, correspondence, 1949-1952

14        Wheeler, Charles, correspondence, 1952

15        Williams, Helen, correspondence, 1936-1949

 

Series 3. General correspondence, 1958-1970 (box 2-19)

box 2 - continued

16        Adams, Varian, correspondence, 1958-1962

17        Allen, Robert W., correspondence, 1969

18        Allen, William H., correspondence, 1965

19        Ambulance and Jeep, correspondence, 1968

20        American Broadcasting Company correspondence, 1965

21        American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene correspondence, 1963-1968

22        Anderson, Russell G. and Bernice, correspondence, 1958-1964

23        Arnold, Henry L., correspondence, 1958-1961

24-26   Ballenger, A. G., correspondence, 1958-1959, 1960-1963, 1964-1966

 

box 3

1          Ballenger, A. G., correspondence, 1967-1970

2          Bra, Gerardo, correspondence, 1967

3          Binstock, Rabbi Louis, correspondence, 1958-1964

4          Bonhomme, Annie Angelica, correspondence, 1966

5          Brameld, Theodore, correspondence, 1958-1959

6          Brethren Church Conference correspondence, 1964

7          Brethren Life and Thought correspondence, 1965

8          Brethren Ministers correspondence, 1958-1968

9          Brethren Press correspondence, 1967

10-12   Brown, Abel and Katharyn, correspondence, 1958-1961, 1962-1965, 1966-1970

13        Brubaker, Leland S. and Marie, correspondence, 1959-1968

14        Burd, Gerald, correspondence, 1959-1962

15        Byron, Prof. William F., correspondence, 1958-1967

16        Canadian Broadcasting Corporation correspondence, 1965

17        Campbell, Rev. Glen A. and Betty, correspondence, 1968

18        Carr, William, correspondence, 1961, 1966

19        Capital punishment, correspondence, 1965-1967

20        Cassidy, Michael A., correspondence, 1967

 

box 4

1          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, 1942-1966

2          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, 1962-1964

3          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, July 1964-Dec. 1965

4          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, Jan. 1966-March 1967

5          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, Mar-Dec. 1967

6          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, Jan-May 1968

7          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, May-Dec. 1968

8          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, 1969

9          Castaner: Hospital correspondence, Jan-Oct. 1970

10        Castaner: Hospital expense accounts, 1965-1967

11        Castaner: Hospital expense accounts, Jan. 1968-Aug. 1970

12        Castaner: Hospital benefit correspondence, 1964

 

box 5

1          Castaner: Hospital, Tony Beacon benefit correspondence, 1968

2          Castaner: Hospital contribution acknowledgements, 1966-1968

3          Castaner: Hospital, reports written by Leopold

4          Castaner: Hospital requests for donations

5          Chase, Mrs. Laura, correspondence, 1959-1964

6          Chicago Daily News correspondence

7          Church, Dr. Gerald and Joanne, correspondence, 1958-1967

8          Claiborne, Robert, correspondence, 1958-1961

9          Clark-Wismer, Dr. V. G., correspondence, 1958-1970

10        Cohen, Joan and Jerry, correspondence, 1958-1959

11        Cohen, Rose, correspondence, 1966

12        College of the Virgin Islands correspondence, 1968-1969

13        Colon, Jorge Hernandez, correspondence, 1954-1955

14        Conner, William, correspondence, 1967-1968

15        Continental campaign, Dec. 1958-Jul 1959

16        Continental campaign, Aug. 1959-Apr. 1962

17        Copperman, S. C., correspondence, 1963-1964

18        Corson, H. J., correspondence, 1958-1962

19        Cousins, Norman, correspondence, 1959

20        Credland, Mrs. Ruth, correspondence, 1958-1970

21        Cressy, Prof. Robert, correspondence, 1958, correspondence, 1961

22        Cronback, Rabbi Abraham, correspondence, 1958-1969

23        CRUV report on community analysis

24        Czarnecki, Mrs. Marie, correspondence, 1958-1961

 

box 6

1          Darling, Walter, correspondence, 1964, 1967

2          Sammy Davis Benefit correspondence, 1968-1969

3          Defiance College correspondence, 1965-1967

4          Diamond, Dr. Barnard, correspondence, 1958-1961

5          Driver's license correspondence

6          Edwards, J. Ll. J., correspondence, 1967

7          Epirotiki Lines correspondence

8          Erickson, Gladys, correspondence

9          Erickson, Albert, correspondence, 1963

10-11   Evans, William M., correspondence, 1963-1967, 1968-1970

12        Family planning, correspondence, 1967

13        Feldman, Dr. Leon H., correspondence, 1965-1967

14        Filler

15        Fink, Eli E., correspondence, 1959

16        Font,,,, Augustin E., correspondence, 1958

17        Fox, Dr. E. H., correspondence, 1958

18        Fredericksen, Johs and Kirsten, correspondence, 1963

19        Freeman, Warren N., correspondence, 1958-1968

20        Friedman, William J., correspondence, 1958

21        Fulford, David and family, correspondence, 1958-May 1962

 

box 7

1-2       Fulford, David and family correspondence, June 1962-1965, 1966-1970

3          Fund raising correspondence, 1968-1969

4          Gautier, Felisa de Ricon, correspondence, 1968

5-11     Gertz, Elmer, correspondence, Apr. 1958-Jan. 1 1959

 

box 8

1-11     Gertz, Elmer, correspondence, Jan. 2 1959-Nov. 1960

 

box 9

1-11     Gertz, Elmer, correspondence, Dec. 1960-Aug. 1961

 

box 10

1-22     Gertz, Elmer, correspondence, Sept. 1961-Feb. 1964

 

box 11

1-15     Gertz, Elmer, correspondence, Mar. 1964-Sept. 1967

 

box 12

1-5       Gertz, Elmer, correspondence, Oct. 1967-1970

6          Gianopulos, Philip G., correspondence, 1965-1966

7          Glasser, Joshua B., correspondence, 1958-1961

8          Glickman, Dr. I. Judah, correspondence, 1964

9          Goldberg, George, correspondence, 1958

10        Goldfarb, Samuel J., correspondence, 1958-1965

11        Gordon, Harold, correspondence, 1964

12        Gottesman, Rabbi Harold Z., correspondence, 1958

13        Graduate school application correspondence, 1962-1966

14        Groves, John S., correspondence, 1958

15        Hall, Jeanne M., correspondence, 198-1965

16        Hall, Livingston and family, correspondence, 1958-1961

17        Hammer, Heinrich, correspondence, 1958-1970

18        Hardin, Don and Lee, correspondence, 1968-1969

19        Hass, Mrs. Berdie, correspondence, 1958

20        Haverlin, Carl, correspondence, 1958-1961

21        Hefner, Hugh M., correspondence, 1964-1969

22        Heidelberger, James F., correspondence, 1961-1962

23        Henderson, Alfred J. and Lib, correspondence, 1967-1968

24        Herman, Alvin, correspondence, 1964-1967

25        Hinterbruhl, Austria, correspondence, 1963

 

box 13

1          Hipkiss, Rita M., correspondence, 1959

2          Kirsh, Mrs. Herbert, correspondence, 1958-1959

3          Hitzig, Dr. William M., correspondence, 1961

4          Horowitz, Richard and Hilda, correspondence, 1958-1959

5          Hospital, correspondence, 1965-1966

6          Huff, Dr. Clay G., correspondence, 1958-1966

7          Huston, James G., correspondence, 1962

8          Imprisonment correspondence, 1964-1966

9          Ingersoll, Rev. Fred, correspondence, 1958

10        Inter-American University correspondence, 1964-1967

11        Jackman, Miss Jennie, correspondence, 1958-1959

12        Jeep correspondence, 1964-1965

13        Jiminez-Torres, Dr. Carlos, correspondence, 1958

14-15   Johnson, Henry S., correspondence, 1958-1971 (accession M1977.0001)

16        Johnston, Larry and Mary, correspondence, 1958-1959

17        Jones, Larry, correspondence, 1966

18        Kalish, Myron, correspondence, 1967

19        Kansas Law Review correspondence, 1964-1965

20        Kelly, Col. John C., correspondence, 1958-1963

21        Kerner, Dr. Jerry W., correspondence, 1967-1969

22        Key, Wilson Bryan, correspondence, 1969

23        Kindy, Dr. and Mrs. Paul, correspondence, 1958-1962

24        Klem, John, correspondence, 1959

25        Kotter, Friedel, correspondence, 1964-1969

26        Koussevitski, Daniel, correspondence, 1963

27        Krainock, Mrs. Mildred Brooks, correspondence, 1958

28        Kraus, Dr. Bertram, correspondence, 1965-1966

29        Kutner, Luis, correspondence, 1967

 

box 14

1          Laevsky, Henry, correspondence, 1958

2          Laune, Dr. Ferris F., correspondence, 1958-1967

3          Lebold, Donald A., correspondence, 1958-1968

4          Lebold, Mrs. Foreman (Peggy), correspondence, 1958-1970

5-12     Lebold, Samuel N. and Ellie, correspondence, 1958, 1959, 1960-1961, 1962, 1963, 1964-1965, 1966-1968, 1969-1970

13        Leprosy in Puerto Rico, correspondence, 1967

14        Lerner, Leo and Deana, correspondence, 1958-1966

15        Lewis, George Porter, correspondence, 1958-1967

16        Library of Congress correspondence, 1968

17        Light, Ivan, correspondence, 1958

18        Lipman, Rabbi Eugene J., correspondence, 1958

19        Livingston, Mrs. Leon J. (Molly), correspondence, 1963-1964

20        Livingston Publishing Company correspondence, 1966-1967

21        Long, John P., correspondence, 1958

22        Look magazine correspondence, 1961

23        Lyle, Judge John H., correspondence, 1958

24        Lyons, Leonard, correspondence, 1962-1968

25        MacCormick, Austin, correspondence, 1964

26        Mackenzie, Locke L., correspondence, 1966-1968

27        Magaday, Paul, correspondence, 1970

 

box 15

1          Maremont, Arnold H., correspondence, 1958-1968

2          Marcus, Edel, correspondence, 1963

3          Maricaco Forest correspondence, 1961

4          Martin, Dr. Walter, correspondence, 1958-1960

5          Matheson, June, correspondence, 1958-1960

6          Mattick, Hans W., correspondence, 1958-1965

7          Mayer, Howard, correspondence, 1958-1966

8          Mays, Robert V., correspondence, 1959-1961

9          McCandless, James B. correspondence

10        McPartland, W. J., correspondence, 1961

11        Medical school correspondence, 1958-1959

12        Menninger, Dr. Karl, correspondence, 1958-1968

13        Merchan, Ulises, correspondence, 1969

14        Middleton, Douglas S., correspondence, 1958-1970

15        Miscellaneous correspondence, 1958-1964

16        Morris, Prof. Charles W., correspondence, 1958

17        Morris, Jerome S., correspondence, 1961-1963

18        Murray, Don, correspondence

19        The Nation correspondence, 1964-1968

20        National Association of Social Workers correspondence, 1958-1962

21        Nebraska Law Review correspondence, 1964-1966

22        Nelson, Rev. Leland A., correspondence, Feb. 1965

23        Newman, Edward A., correspondence, 1958-1959

24-26   Newman, Ralph G., correspondence, 1958-1968, Mar-Dec. 1958-1959

 

box 16

1-2       Newman, Ralph, correspondence, 1960-1961, 1962-1970

3          Nieves-Reviera, Carlos, correspondence, 1963

4          Ohlin, Lloyd E., correspondence, 1958-1960

5          Ouellette, Armand R., correspondence, 1965

6          Paoli, Tony, correspondence, 1963-1967

7          Paperback correspondence, 1965

8          Parker, Mrs. Ray, correspondence, 1966

9          Parkhurst, Norman E., correspondence, 1959

10        Paulson, Dennis R., correspondence, 1962

11        Peddicord, William c., correspondence, 1964-1967

12        Pick, Dr. John F., correspondence, 1958-1969

13        Plain Pigeon correspondence, 1963

14        Pont, Sra. Angelita, correspondence, 1958

15        Popular Library correspondence, 1965

16        Praeger, Herbert, correspondence, 1961-1965

17        Price, Lou and Faye, correspondence, 1958

18        Ragen, Joseph E., correspondence, 1958-1964

19        Rayner, Leonard, correspondence, 1967-1968

20        Rice, Justus B., correspondence, 1958-1964

21        Roback, Dr. A. A., correspondence, 1958-1961

22        Robinson, Lee, correspondence, 1958-1964

23        Rodriquez, Sofia, correspondence, 1958

24        Rosenberg, Murray, correspondence, 1961

25        Roth, Donald, correspondence, 1963-1966

26        Rover, Howard E., correspondence, 1963-1968

27-31   Row, W. Harold, correspondence, Mar-Dec. 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1962

 

box 17

1-7       Row, W. Harold, correspondence, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969-1970

8          Saadon Bin Ghani, correspondence, 1967-1968

9          Sanchez, Jose, correspondence, 1961-1964

10        Sbarbaro, John A., correspondence, 1958

11        Schechter, Herman, correspondence, 1967-1969

12        Schelly, Herbert, correspondence, 1958

13        Schmidt, Eleanor E., correspondence, 1958

14        Schlosser, Louis L., correspondence, 1958

15        Schofield, John J., correspondence, 1958-1959

16        Seabolt, Eunice, correspondence, 1959-1960

17        Seldes, Timothy, correspondence, 1958-1959

18        Shall, Herman, correspondence, 1967

19        Shubart, Mrs. Harry (Margaret), correspondence, 1958

20        Siegel, Jacob, correspondence, 1958

21        Silbert, Judge Samuel H., correspondence, 1958-1962

22        Silva, Ana Margarita, correspondence, 1958-1959

23        Simonson, Mrs. Burton E., correspondence, 1958

 

box 18

1          Siterley, Mrs. E. Cathleen, correspondence, 1958-1964

2          Smith, Lee, correspondence, 1958-1968

3          Smith, Maurice C., Jr., correspondence, 1958-1967

4          Snell, Marvin, M.D., correspondence, 1958-1959

5          Snyder, Dr. LeMoyne, correspondence, 195859

6          Sobell, Morton, correspondence, 1963-1968

7          Social Service fund correspondence, 1964

8          Spall, Louise, correspondence, 1959-1968

9          Spiegel, Samuel A. 1958-1959

10        Stanton, Dr. Howard, correspondence, 1961

11        Stein, Mrs. William, correspondence, 1968

12        Stoltzfus, Grant M., correspondence, 1958

13        Strauss, Helen, correspondence, 1962-1964

14-15   Strom, Adolph and family, correspondence, 1958-1963, 1964-1970

16        Studebaker, John P., correspondence, 1968

17        Sukov, Marvin, M. D., correspondence, 1958-1961

18        Susskind, David, correspondence, 1963

19        Taxidermists correspondence, 1962

20        Thiernau, Al, correspondence, 1958

21        Three Kings Day (Castaner Toy Committee) correspondence, 1958-1967

22        Townsend, Ralph and Mildred, correspondence, 1963-1969

23        Trohan, Dr. Walter, correspondence, 1958

24        Truzzi, Marcello, correspondence, 1969

25        Umpierre, Angel, correspondence, 1958-1963

26        University of Puerto Rico correspondence, 1968

27        Upjohn Company correspondence, 1958

 

box 19

1          Van Vechten, Courtlandt C., correspondence, 1958-1959

2          Vaughan, Samuel S., correspondence, 1964-1968

3          Weaver, Larry M., correspondence, 1965

4          Weinbert, Arthur, correspondence, 1958-1959

5          Weinhart, Samuel, correspondence, 1958

6          Weinstein, Rabbi Jacob J., correspondence, 1958

7          Weir, Fr. Eligius, correspondence, 1958-1970

8          Westfall, Viola, correspondence, 1959-1970

9          White, Mrs. Eleanor F., correspondence, 1958

10        White, Margaret E., correspondence, 1959

11        Williams, Florence, correspondence, 1958-1964

12        Williams, Helen, correspondence, 1958-1970

13        Williams, J. B., correspondence, 1958

14        Willoughby, William G., correspondence, 1963-1969

15        Winters, Carl S., correspondence, 1958-1959

16        Workman, Mrs. Donna, correspondence, 1959

17        X-ray machine correspondence, 1958

18        Zeisler, Ernest B., correspondence, 1958-1961

19-21   Miscellaneous correspondence, 1951-1953, 1960-1962, 1958-1970

 

Series 4. Topical files (box 20-32):

box 20

1          Acta Psychiatrica et Neurologica

2          American Society for Tropical Medicine Paper

3          American Sociological Review

4          The Auk; bird pamphlets by N. F.. Leopold

5          Brethren Service Commission

6          Canales, Nemesio R. (Report of Socio-Economic Conditions)

7          Capital punishment

8          Checklist of Birds of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, by N. F. Leopold

9-10     Clippings, miscellaneous articles

11        "Concept of Causality," by N. F. Leopold

12        Conference, Philadelphia Bar Association correspondence, 1970

13        Doubleday correspondence

14        Educational background correspondence

15        Employment correspondence

16        English A, Lessons, 1-25 (from Spanish) correspondence

17        Essays and articles

 

box 21

1          Essays and articles

2          Gluck, Dr. Bernard testimony, correspondence, 1924

3          Inmate Trust Fund Ledger, correspondence, 1954-1955

4          Job applications

5          Kirtland's Warbler habitat group disposition, correspondence, 1964-1967

6          Language studies correspondence

7          Miscellaneous

8          Miscellaneous pamphlets and magazine articles

9          Nutritional status of Barrio Montones, 4, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

10        Parole: Miscellaneous articles on parole attempt, 1952-1953

11        Parole: Letters to parole board

 

box 22

1          Parole: Lanne, Wm. F., Parole Prediction as Science

2          Parole: Newspaper clippings on bid for pardon, 1961

3          Parole: Pick, Dr. John F., testimony, 1959

4-5       Parole: Testimonials

6          Proposal to Muscular dystrophy

7          Parrots

8          Sephardic Jews

9          Stateville Correspondence School'10: Thesis for University of Puerto Rico, by Leopold, 1960

10        Thesis for University of Puerto Rico, by N. F. Leopold, 1960

11        "Tracing Parasitic Infection"

12        Travel

13        Travel: Round the World

14        University of Puerto Rico

15        Volunteer Library League

 

box 23

1-3       Life Plus 99 Years: book copy

 

box 24

1-2       Life Plus 99 Years: book copy

3          Life Plus 99 Years: introduction by Erle Stanley Gardner

4          Life Plus 99 Years: revisions

 

box 25

1          Life Plus 99 Years: corrected pages

2-5       Life Plus 99 Years: page copies

 

box 26

1          Life Plus 99 Years: correspondence with Doubleday, other publishers, & Ralph G. Newman

2-3       Life Plus 99 Years: proof copies

4          Life Plus 99 Years: syndication for Chicago Daily News

 

box 27

1-2       Life Plus 99 Years: revised copies

3          Life Plus 99 Years: proof copy

 

box 28

1          Life Plus 99 Years: proof copy

2          Life Plus 99 Years: book reviews

3          Life Plus 99 Years: contracts

4          Life Plus 99 Years: post-publication correspondence

5          Life Plus 99 Years: book reviews

6          Life Plus 99 Years: expense ledger

 

box 29

1-3       Life Plus 99 Years: manuscript copy

4-5       Compulsion lawsuit materials

 

box 30

1-3       Compulsion lawsuit materials

 

4          Compulsion lawsuit precedent: newsclippings re. John Goldfarb please come home lawsuit

5          Compulsion: answers to interrogations during trial

 

box 31

1          Compulsion: answers to interrogations during trial

2          Compulsion lawsuit opinion by Judge Brussel

3-4       Compulsion: excerpts from lawsuit trial record

5-6       Compulsion: identification of Nathan F. Leopold with Compulsion

7          Compulsion: identification with Compulsion, exhibits 1-33

 

box 32

1          Compulsion: notes on Compulsion "Truth and Falsehood"

2          Correspondence with Elmer Gertz & complaint of Compulsion lawsuit, 1958

3          Correspondence with Elmer Gertz & complaint of Compulsion lawsuit, 1959

4          Compulsion: miscellaneous articles on the movie

5-6       Compulsion: legal brief for lawsuit

7-8       Miscellaneous

 

Part 2. Nathan Leopold papers donated by Ralph G. Newman, primarily 1952-1958 (box 33-54):

Series 5. Correspondence, 1952-1975 (box 33-42):

Subseries 1. Prison correspondence, 1952-1957 (box 33-34):

box 33

1          Leopold's index to correspondence, including synopses of contents

2          Leopold's correspondence address index

3          Papers, unidentified and partially identified

4          Alinsky, Saul D., correspondence

5          American Medical Technologists correspondence

6          Arnold, Henry L., correspondence

7          Arnold, John, correspondence

8          Ballenger, A. G. (formerly Ballenberg), correspondence

9          Bechtoldt, Harold P., correspondence

10        Bettag, Otto L., correspondence

11        Binstock, Louis, Rabbi, correspondence

12        Bowers, G., correspondence

13        Bradley, Preston, correspondence

14        Brannon, Londus B., correspondence

15        Brown, Abel M., correspondence

16        Burgess, Ernest W., correspondence

17        Byron, William F., correspondence

18        Caldwell, Robert A., correspondence

19        Chicago Vorwaerts (extracts typed by Leopold)

20        Clevenger, A. S., correspondence

21        Cohen, Mr. And Mrs. Jerry, correspondence

22        Coulston, Frederick A., correspondence

23        Craige, Branch, Jr., correspondence

24        Cressey, Donald R., correspondence

25        Cronbach, Abraham, correspondence

26        Daykin, Samuel P., correspondence

27        Deep Rock Oil Corporation, correspondence

28        Dickson, James H., correspondence

29        Dort, Joseph A., correspondence

30        Edgcomb, John H., correspondence

31        Einstein, Albert, correspondence

32        Erickson, Gladys, correspondence

33        Fitzgibbon, Mayme, correspondence

34        Friedman, William J., correspondence

35        Fulford, David E., correspondence

36        Gardner, Erle Stanley; New York Times book review on Compulsion

37        Gault, Robert, correspondence

38        Gerber, Kenneth, correspondence

39        Glasser, Gwen, correspondence

40        Goldfarb, Samuel J., correspondence

41        Greenbaum, Walter J., correspondence

42        Greene, Alfred B., correspondence

43        Hammer, Heino, correspondence

44        Haynes, Fred E., correspondence

45        Heidelberger, James F., correspondence

46        Hicks, Robert W., correspondence

47        Hill, Henry C., correspondence

48        Howard, Earl Dean, correspondence

49        Huff, Clay G., correspondence

50        Hurlbut, James, correspondence

51        Ingersoll, Fred L., Rev., correspondence

52        Jung, Moses, correspondence

53        Karp, David: "In Search of a Motive"

54        Kauffman, William, correspondence

55        Keller, Helen, correspondence

56        Kupcinet, Irv, correspondence

57        Larson, John A., correspondence

58        Lebold, Donald A., correspondence

59        Lebold, Foreman M. and Peggy, correspondence

60        Lebold, Joan, correspondence

61        Lebold, Sam N., correspondence

62        Lejins, Pierre, correspondence

 

box 34

1          Leopold, N. F., Life Plus 99 Years, carbon copy, Chapters 13-21

2          Leopold, N. F., "Comments on Army Study":

3          Leopold, N. F., Study of prediction factors

4          Leopold, N. F., "Warren Ragen, as I see him"

5          Lewis, George Porter, correspondence

6          List: Letters left at the (prison) mail office

7          List: "People to whom letter of thanks is to be sent"

8          List: visitors expected

9          Long, John P., correspondence

10        McCallister, Frank W., correspondence

11        McClung, Paul, correspondence

12        McCoorty, John P., correspondence

13        Mandel, Leon II, correspondence

14        Maremont, Arnold H., correspondence

15        Martin, John B., correspondence

16        Maurer, Ernest W., correspondence

17        Metzger, Kurt L., Rabbi, correspondence

18        Meyer, Stanford S., correspondence

19        Meyers, Edward, correspondence

20        Mocciola, Miguel, correspondence

21        Montgomery, Mr. And Mrs. Bert, correspondence

22        Morris, Charles, correspondence

23        Newman, Ralph G., correspondence

24        Petersen, Mrs. W. H., correspondence

25        Pick, John F., correspondence

26        Potts, Max, correspondence

27        Pullman, Theodore N., correspondence

28        Ragan, Joseph E., correspondence

29        Rice, J. B., correspondence

30        Rogers, Don C., correspondence

31        Ryerson, Anthony M., correspondence

32        Sandburg, Carl, correspondence

33        Sanborn, Colin Campbell, correspondence

34        Sbarbaro, John A., correspondence

35        Selling, Lowell S., correspondence

36        Shuman, Nicholas, correspondence

37        Siegel, Jacob, correspondence

38        Silverman, S. Z., correspondence

39        Sinclair Crude Oil Company correspondence

40        Slingerland, Margaret, correspondence

41        Sponberg, Esther A., correspondence

42        Sukov, Marvin, correspondence

43        Stinn, Joseph, correspondence

44        Van Vechten, Courtlandt C., Jr., correspondence

45        Weir, Eligius, Rev., correspondence

46        Wheeler, Charles B., correspondence

47        Whorton, C. Merrill, correspondence

48        Williams, Helen, correspondence

49        Winters, Carl S., correspondence

50        Zeisler, Ernest B., correspondence

51        Zemans, Eugene S., correspondence

 

Part 2. Nathan Leopold papers donated by Ralph G. Newman, primarily 1952-1958 (boxes 33-54):

Series 5. Correspondence, 1952-1975 - continued

Subseries 2. Campaign for parole (box 34-42):

box 34 - continued

folders:

52        Personal correspondence: A-E, ca. 1955-1958 (large notebook)

 

box 35

1          Personal correspondence: F-K, ca. 1955-1958 (notebook)

2          Personal correspondence: L-Z, ca. 1955-1958 (notebook)

3          Assorted loose letters 1958, upon parole

4          Letters of thanks, 1958 (notebook)

5          Statement to press, Feb. 20, 1958 (notebook)

6          Petitions for parole and related documents, 1955-1958

7          Correspondence with Elvira Leduskukian, information on civil service

 

box 36

1          Adams, Varian B., correspondence, 1955-1958

2          Arnold, Henry L., correspondence, 1955-1958

3          Form letters, 1957-1958

6          Gertz' correspondence with others: A-G

 

box 37

1          Gertz' correspondence with others: H-N

2          Gertz' correspondence with others: O-R

3          Gertz' correspondence with others: S

4          Gertz' correspondence with others: T-Z

5-7       Supplementary material for Parole Board

8-14     Correspondence with Elmer Gertz, Feb-Oct. 1957

 

box 38

1-7       Correspondence with Elmer Gertz, Nov. 1957-May 1958

 

box 39

1-19     Correspondence with Elmer Gertz, June 1958-Nov. 1959

 

box 40

1-6       Correspondence with Elmer Gertz, Dec. 1959-Sept. 1971

7-14     Correspondence with Ralph G. Newman, 1951-1957

 

box 41

1-25     Correspondence with Ralph G. Newman, 1958-1960

 

box 42

1-3       Correspondence with Ralph G. Newman, 1961-1975

4          Friends letters, May-Aug. 1957

5          Thank-you letters, July 1957-Jan. 1958

6          Joseph E. Ragan correspondence

On shelf at end of collection:             Scrapbook prepared for parole effort

 

Part 2. Nathan Leopold papers donated by Ralph G. Newman, primarily 1952-1958 (box 33-54):

Series 6. Miscellany (box 42-54):

box 42 - continued

folders:

7-8       Paid bills, Dec. 1957-May 1958

9          Pardon petition, July 1957

10        Parole petition, Aug. 1957

12        Photostats

 

box 43

1          Press, RV, etc.

2          Public letters July-Aug. 1957

3          Publishers letters, 1957

4          Sandburg, Carl

5          Stratton Pardon Statement

6          Financial and personal accounts

7          Compulsion lawsuit materials

8          Gardner, Erle Stanley

9          Life Plus 99 Years reviews

10        Doubleday and Co.

11        Snatch for a Halo manuscript

 

box 44

1          Checklist of Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, by N. F Leopold

2          Graduation Exercises from University of Puerto Rico

3          The Tasks of Penology (includes Leopold article)

4          Life Plus 99 Years copy

5          Life Plus 99 Years, revised copy of chapter 22

6          "Statistical Interpretation of the Concept of Causality"

7          Castaner Benefit Publicity, Feb. 1968

8          Leprosy in Puerto Rico, a report

9          Articles by Leopold

10        Newsclippings

11        Newsclippings, 1952-1956

12-16   Newsclippings, Mar.-Sept. 1957

 

box 45

1          Newsclippings, Nov. 1957

2-3       Newsclippings, 1959

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings

4          Miscellaneous pamphlets

 

box 46

Newspaper clippings

 

box 47

Newspaper clippings

 

boxes 48-54

Books owned by Leopold in prison

 

Audio-recordings:

Unidentified tape-recordings (8 reels)

 

Oversize folder:

Certificate commuting Leopold's sentence, Sept. 22, 1949

 

Items stored in high-security storage (0V.B2.S2)

 

List of old card catalog headings for this collection:

The following entries were placed in the Manuscripts card catalog.

Subjects:

Leopold, Nathan F.

Capital Punishment.

Crime and Criminals. Chicago.

Darrow, Clarence Seward, 1857-1938.

Franks, Robert, 1910-1924.

Homosexuals.

Hospitals.

Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, IL.

Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville, IL.

Jews in Chicago.

Medicine.

Ornithology.

Prisons and Penology.

Puerto Rico.

 

Added entries:

Alinsky, Saul D.

Brown, Abel

Burgess, Ernest W.

Compulsion.

Gardner, Erle Stanley

Gertz, Elmer, 1906-

Hefner, Hugh M.

Keller, Helen

Kutner, Luis

Lebold, Foreman M. (Mike), 1895-1953

Levin, Meyer, 1905-

Life Plus 99 Years.

Loeb, Richard, 1905-1936

Mandel, Leon II

Mattick, Hans W., 1920-1978

Menninger, Dr. Karl

Newman, Ralph G.

Ragen, Joseph

Sandburg, Carl

Sbarbaro, John A.

Sobell, Morton

Susskind, David

Weinstein, Jacob J., Rabbi