Nathan F. Leopold collection, 1926-1991 (inclusive).

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Nathan F. Leopold collection, 1926-1991 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82905041

Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and books. Most of the collection was received from John P. Long. The correspondence traces Long's involvement with Leopold and his case.

.25 linear ft.

Texas Christian University

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SNAC Resource ID: 8291659

Texas Christian University

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Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904 or 5-1971

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Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (1904-1971) is notorious for his partnership with Richard Loeb in the murder of a 14-year-old neighborhood boy, Bobby Franks, on May 24, 1924. Both from prominent Kenwood families and students at the University of Chicago (Leopold 1920-1924 and Loeb 1919-1924), they planned an intellectual exercise, "the perfect murder." They were discovered eight days later. With Clarence Darrow working for the defense, they were sentenced to life imprisonment. Paroled in 1958, N...

Long, J. (John), Indian trader

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