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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1035 Items

October 13, 1884 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother with sketches of a woman spinning, a man with a walking stick, and the toe of a boot. Leigh's Mother added a note to the letter regarding his age

March 1, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to Mother regretting the death of his cousin, Eddie Williams

July 12, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother requesting money

November 15, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding gold dollar, German cooking and care required in painting

June 7, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother back in the Academy studying under Loefftz and continuing account of Easter trip

November 21, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about selling three drawings to an American

April 17, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding visit to Chiemsee and laying out a landscape

October 28, 1888 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding works in progress and comments on works of colleagues

December 20, 1891 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother describing more of his trip to Italy, beginning with Naples and continuing with 26 pages of details

early 20th century | pencil and ink on paper

Notes for the manuscript of "My Life"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Blook and Ability"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Can anybody tell me where this circle begins or ends?"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Note for part of a story

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Poem mentioning Hitler and Wilson

January 14, 1894 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh in Munich to "Mother" discussing Eckstein and Braun and studio Leigh has taken

September 12, 1932 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Blazer to Leigh regarding newspaper clippings being sent to Leigh and an enclosed draft of "Crooked Finger's Elk"

June 6, 1922 | ink on paper

Note from C. S. Barston, Salmagundi Club, to Leigh asking him to submit a story to be included in a book with fall publishing date

August 3, 1930 | ink on paper

Letter from Orra Wever Smith to Leigh praising Clipt Wings and his many talents

May 15, 1936 | ink on paper

Unsigned copy of letter to Ramesh Gupta from Leigh criticizing the play manuscript of The Idol

1939 | ink on paper

Unsigned letter to Mr. Frank Phillips, New York, NY discussing the paintings of William R. Leigh as outstanding examples of true Western Art, as the two Phillips has purchased, "Custer's Last Fight" and "The Lookout"