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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1035 Items

March 22, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding trip to Venice

August 9, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding sketching and painting at Chiemsee

December 14, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding recent drawings and approval of submissions

July 5, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding suicide of King Ludwig II

December 21, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding the new director at the Academy

May 16, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding his trip home around the end of July

December 9, 1888 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding high praise from Loefitz on his paintings and work on paintings of little girly and a baby nearly finished

May 17, 1936 | ink and pencil on paper

Typed draft Part VIII, Chapter 37, Mt. Kilimanjaro, "The Greater Koodoo"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Poetry and Prose

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Religion"

early 20th century | ink on paper

"What is the matter with our art?"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Ideas for stories

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Love"

March 16, 1931 | ink on paper

Letter from A.N. Blazer to Leigh about collaboration on proposed publication

September 23, 1933 | ink on paper

Letter from Blazer to Leigh including notes on Mescalero war paint and scalps and the Jarilla mountains

September 19, 1925 | ink on paper

Letter from Orra Wever Smith to Leigh thanking him for "Wyoming Bear Dog" painting and recalling a happy summer spent at Miss Mary Withers

February 5, 1931 | ink on paper

Letter from A.V. McDermott to Miss Tyroler including copy of Clipt Wings review

20th century | ink on paper

Poem "The Two Poets" by C.W. Hopper on Shakespeare and Burns differences, thinking that Burns was lowly born while Shakespeare may have been Queen Elizabeth's son

February 14, 1950 | ink on paper

Letter to Mrs. Edith Rongstad from W. R. Leigh regarding mixture of paints to copy colors of "Home Sweet Home" painting

August 3, 1923 | ink on paper

Letter from Edith Terry to Leigh regretting he did not recover "The Black Peril" and enclosing her poem "Mother Love"