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
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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