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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Letter from Richard to Leigh describing trip to Alaska with Charlie Workman American 3837.2697
Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother describing sketching in Rothenburg and farmers with their pigs at market William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2120 ink on paper
CUE Magazine article on William R. Leigh as the "Last Frontier's Painter" American 4117.763.13
Clipping from Christmas News Leader "He Makes the West Live" American 4127.756
Caption for Leigh's painting "The Culprit" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2374 ink on paper
"On! On!" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.413-.6
Issue of "The American Girl" magazine with Leigh's Zuni Indian girl on the cover American 5027.4389
Handwritten diary of Leigh's trip to Wyoming written inside a McCutchon Drawing Tablet American 4027.8530a
Cardboard etched proof of article for short advertisement for "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 5327.1157.7
"My Soul" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.392 ink on paper
Clipping from El Palacio "The Narrowing Circle" American 5337.236
"The Democratic Cult of Know-Nothing" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8520.10
Program for awards ceremony for the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal American 5127.729 ink on paper
Two volume photocopy of "My Life", Part I William Robinson Leigh American 2317.145
"The Black Buffalo" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.381-.1 pencil on paper
Newspaper article from Milwaukee "Journal" on William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" whose sketches supplement Carl Akeley's work in Africa American 4127.760.28
Unreleased article "Governor of Maryland Presents Award to W. R. Leigh" with enclosed copy of Governor McKeldin's speech American 4027.8520.25
"An American Artist's Tribute to Ireland" American 5327.538.1-.2 ink on paper
Letter from William Leigh to his mother William Robinson Leigh American 3876.8514
"Hist!" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.404-.2 ink on paper