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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
"America, the hour is here" by Edith Terry American 4017.2475-.1 ink on paper
Press news from Burr Galleries about artists and their work, listing William R. Leigh American 4027.8520.36
Two newspaper reviews from Massachusetts and West Virginia of William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 4127.760.23
Receipt of payment for consultation fee American 3827.2652.1
"A Summer Night's Fantacy" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2489 ink on paper
"The Sink Hole, second part" American 4027.8408.1-.2 pencil on paper
Photocopy of pages from Arizona Highways American 5327.1175
Newspaper article in the Negaunee, Michigan "Iron Herald" with photo of William R. Leigh and his painting "The Rough Riders" American 4127.760.39
"O I seen a crow on a hickory limb" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8525
Drafts of "EDFU" with note William Robinson Leigh American 4017.396 ink on paper
Excerpts from Reader's Digest American 5327.536.14 ink on paper
Two advertisements for sales of William R. Leigh's play "Clipt Wings" about Shakespeare American 5327.1151-.1
Reprint article from "The Journal of the American Museum of Natural History" entitled "A Night With An African Herder" American 5067.252
Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother describing a walk to Royal Park, watching the ice skaters, pretty girls and the beauty of the snowy woods William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2137
Note Leigh sent out correcting a caption for a painting of "The Rescue" William Robinson Leigh American 4010.2370 ink on paper
Newspaper clippings "Mastery of the Rope is an Art" with photo of Leigh's painting "The Master Hand" American 4117.763.7
Photograph of William R. Leigh presenting portrait to Leo T. McCauley, Consul General in New York American 4027.8520.4
Log book for the S.S. Reliance cruise around the world with handwritten notes January 14-27 American 3627.276
Rough draft of "Ventura's Courtship" Armer Newton Blazer American 4027.8520.20
Clipping from The Patrician, "William Robinson Leigh" American 5317.272