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Typescript (black and red inks, single-spaced) play script, clip pin bound in brown paper boards (front detached) of American Play Company,  Inc., New York.

Letter-size playscript in four parts, paper-bound with clip pins.  On cover, first part ("Act First"), the title in ink and "Act First," "Bronson Howard" in older faded pencil, and "1877" in darker, newer pencil.  Part I opens in manuscript with one page of characters, one of scenes listed, and one page of scene plots/plats, stage plans in detail.  The rest of the play in parts for each act is a combination of manuscript and typewritten, heavily revised pages.

Three-part typescript play script, with red-pencil underlining. Each part bound by clip-pins in blue sheets of "Rosenfield Typwriting" and stamped "Return to Samuel French...." Act I., 31 pp.; Act II., 42 pp.; and Act III., 37 pp. No changes to these pages, and on the back of Part III in pencil: "Mr. West."

Original typescript on thin paper, in black ink with red ink stage directions.  four acts separately paginated.  On last page (4-20), handwritten note in ink: "Final speech not right! Am re-doing it.  G.H.L."

Typescript, letter size. Stage directions in red ink.

Three lined copybooks, one labeled in ink with the author's name, the title, "Act 1," and in pencil "1884," the second "Act 2nd,"  and the third "Act 3rd."  The three books have printed text pages pasted into them, on the rectos, with directions on the versos, facing.  They appear to be signed as property of the author, p. 1 each.  Also, stamped "Return to Samuel French... N.Y." There are annotations in pen and pencil, some over struck.  A note in pencil at the opening of Act I. indicates this is one of twelve copies. The script includes significant changes in ink to the printed text.

Typescript on onion skin paper, in black and red inks. The script is preceded by one page with a Note, one page with an Author's Foreward, one page for characters, and one page of synopsis of scenes.  Stage directions in the script are in red type.

Typescript in an orange Samuel French clip-pin binder, with Leverton bookplate in inside front cover.

Typescript with text in black and stage directions in red, in tan clip-pinned binder of Samuel French. Bookplate in upper right of inside cover.

Four-part double-spaced typescript of play script for study purposes, each in a black school pin-clip binder, with paper labels on covers that read, "A Literal and Exact Translation of Ibsen's "Rosmerholm" by Ib Melchior, Hathaway Kale." Act I, 44 pp.; Act II., 40 pp.; 34 pp.; and Act IV., 27 pp. In the front of Part I., three groups of papers: (1) a pencil version of Act I., 44 pp.; (2) pages removed from a published version of Rosmersholm, pp. 277-342, Acts 2, 3, and 4 with copious pencil changes; and (3) a six-page single-spaced typescript "Information on the Character ULRIK BRENDEL. In 'Rosmersholm' by Henrik Ibsen."

2 newspaper clippings, one of which mentions Leverton.

24 items. Black and white, some silvering. Includes photos of scenes on stages, photos of groups, and various head shots of unidentified actresses.

7 items, black and white. 6 with silvering. Portraits of Leverton and an unknown woman with "1656" in pencil on the back. 1 of an unidentified child.

Includes pages from a catalog, typescripts and copies of information on stage scraft, the Northwestern University Theatre stage plan, and time sheets.

1 item on Smauel French stationary with handwritten notes in pencil.

Typescript and copies of course syllabi.

Diploma for Master of Arts from Northwestern University

12.5" x 16.5" black and white, silver gelatin portrait of Garrett Leverton. Stamped Alfredo Valente in lower right corner. Some silvering.

Includes both typescript and manuscript copies. Some are historic copies preserved by Leverton and others are from his employer, the Samuel French firm. Arranged alphabetically by author.

Playbills, newspaper clippings, and telegrams on the production of a play titled Gloriana.