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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Envelope associated with letter 3876.2458 William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2461
Letter from Mary H. Witheise to Leigh seeking to borrow $500 American 3827.2730 ink on paper
Newspaper article from "Sunday Mirror Magazine Section", "An Artist Looks at Africa in 'Frontiers of Enchantment'" by William R. Leigh, with photos of habitat groupings photographed by Carl Akeley American 4127.760.48
The Popular Magazine cover American 5017.4380
Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother describing Americans exhibiting their summer work and American Club electing officers William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2130 ink on paper
"Natural History" magazine containing Leigh's article, "Painting the Background for the African Hall Groups" American 5027.4364
Advertisement for the tract, "The False 'Shakespeare Epitaph" American 5327.536.3
Hoofs and Horns Magazine, Tucson, AZ article on Leigh, "West on 57th Street" American 4117.763.18
"Visions of Yesterday" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2506
Copies of William R. Leigh's painting "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" American 4327.8485d-g
Art Students League News includes announcement of watercolor show American 5027.4385
"The Geant Eland Group" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.355.1-.2
"Prayer" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.391.2 ink on paper
Letter from A.N. Blazer to G.F. Valtee regarding internal combustion engine American 3837.8336 ink on paper
Newspaper article from "New York Herald Tribune Books", "True Picture of a Weird World" with photos of drawings of African wildlife by William R. Leigh American 4127.760.14
"Story of a Wild Indian" A. H. Womack American 4027.8520.14
"The Lion Group" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.382-.1 pencil on paper
Diary by MRL of W. R. Leigh's African expeditions, the Akeley expedition of 1926-27, and the Clark-Carlisle trip of 1928 American 5317.797-.2
An essay on the origin and meaning of new art American 4027.8403.14-.15 pencil on paper
Two newspaper reviews of William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 4127.760.32