Leech Family Papers, 1896

Collection Overview

Title: Leech Family Papers, 1896

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 08/29/2005

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection includes a valentine addressed to Johnnie Leech and three manuscript poems. Two of the poems are about the Civil War and all are about death.

Box and Folder Listing

Folder 1

Item 1: Valentine
Item 2: Brother Green, 19 Feb 1896: Manuscript poem about the Civil War. The poem was folded tearing the page and a section is missing.
Item 3: The Last Fierce Charge: Manuscript poem about the Civil War.
Item 4: The Blind Orphant [sic]: Manuscript poem about a blind child whose father has remarried after his mother died.