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Date(s)
- 1979 - 2001 (Creation)
Extent
9 volumes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Leggett was a retired president of Grinnell College and former professor of English. He received his B.A. degree from Middlebury College in Vermont and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the Ohio State University. Before assuming the presidency at Grinnell, he taught English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, and the University of Washington where he moved into administrative work.
Mr. Leggett was a noted author in the field of English literature and writing; his publications include Handbook for Writers and Theme and Form. After his retirement he delighted family, friends, and colleagues with occasional letters and essays that he had bound and given as gifts.
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Keeping In Touch: Letters to Children. 1990-93
Letters To Friends. 1993-94
Miscellany: Essays and Papers. 1984-96
Miscellany II: Incidental Papers, Etc. 1979-96
Occasional Essays. 1991-95
Study to be quiet. 1997
Together again: Family reunion 1988; a dramatic essay in five acts You can’t have one without the other. 1998
Last but not least. 2000 (donated by Samuel Rebelsky)
It's a dog's life. 2001 (donated by Samuel Rebelsky)