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Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1904 - 1971

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Matt Rizzo papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rizzo
Abstract

Typescript essays and a treatise (some in Braille) by Matt Rizzo, Chicago philosopher/writer who was blinded in a robbery at age 22. Collection also includes photo-reproductions of Rizzo with son Charlie and guide dogs, a news clipping about Rizzo's life, audiocassettes of Rizzo dictating parts of his works, a Perkins Brailler, and Rizzo's two Brailling slates with an accompanying stylus for writing Braille.

Dates: approximately 1940s-2002

Robert W. Bergstrom papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bergstrom
Abstract

Research and legal case files for the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder criminal court proceedings, and the 1959-1970 civil suits of Leopold vs. Meyer Levin et al. over Levin's book Compulsion. Bergstrom represented Levin in the latter case.

Dates: 1924-1999; Majority of material found within 1959-1970

Filtered By

  • Subject: Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago X

Additional filters:

Subject
Audiocassettes -- 1951-2000 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Blind -- Printing and writing systems -- Equipment and supplies 1
Blind -- United States 1
Braille -- 1951-2000 1