Leech Family Papers, 1896 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Leech Family Papers, 1896

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 08/29/2005

Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865., Poets, American - Kentucky

Languages: English

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.

Subject/Index Terms

Civil War, 1861-1865.
Poets, American - Kentucky

Box and Folder Listing

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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.