The collection was donated by John M. Macgregor, who may have been Jacobs's lawyer, and the material comes from his files.
Images of Jacobs include portrait prints and contact prints spanning a number of years, and a photograph of a dinner party at her home. There is also a newspaper article that includes a picture of Jacobs painting the portrait of Sloan Simpson O'Dwyer, the wife of the Mayor of New York, in 1950.
There are photographs and drawings of portraits by Jacobs and subjects include Kahlil Gibran, Wayman Adams, and Pu Yi, the Emperor of China. Also includes is a large booklet of text and photographs that document the time Jacobs spent in China, titled, "China's last Emperor Pu-Yi and his Empress.
Jacobs often used prints or drawings of portraits as christmas cards and the collection includes a few examples of these.
Other photographs include a photo sent to Jacobs from Lowell Thomas of himself and others posed outside the Forbidden City, in Lhasa, China (1949).
There is a few pieces of correspondence, including letters from Burt Brown Barker (1955-1966), of the University of Oregon, who addressed Jacobs as "Duchess." There is also a poem sent to her from an admirer, a letter from Louise Young's nurse, "Trudy," a letter from Pear S. Buck about a book Jacob's sent her of Jacobs time in China, and a letter regarding the owners of one of Jacob's paintings, "Emperor and Empress."
The collection also contains notes and a draft of a manuscript on China that Jacobs was planning to write. These are contained in an envelope.
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[Identification of item], Leonebel Jacobs papers, Coll 402, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Donated by John M. MacGregor, 1972.
Collection processed by Tanya Parlet, 2013.
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This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.