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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
"The Visitor" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.407-.5 ink on paper
Handwritten short essay "Shelling Corn" about the Havasupai in Cataract Canyon William Robinson Leigh American 4010.2366 pencil on paper
New York Herald Tribune article with photo of Leigh at 86 and painting "Buffalo Drive" American 4117.763.5
"As I go walking down the street" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.3521.1-.5
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
Catalogue for the Annual Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society American 5127.1037
Clipping from The Crown Colonist "An Artist in Africa" American 5067.4383
Essay draft of "Impressions of an Artist While Camping in the Grand Canyon of Colorado" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8391-.1
Typed note regarding the return of "Buffalo Drive" from being photographed American 4017.2377 ink on paper
Newspaper book review in the "Journal" of Providence, Rhode Island of William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 4127.760.21
"The Most Tragic Blunder on Record" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8520.11
Two volume photocopy of "My Life", Part II William Robinson Leigh American 2317.146
Letter from Pawnee Bill to John McKinley regarding people waiting to cross into Oklahoma on February 1, 1889 American 3826.8430
Draft of "Spiritual Advisers", "Prayer" and "Religious People" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.391 ink on paper
An essay regarding Americans their lingo and difference from others American 4027.8405.1-.11 pencil on paper
Newspaper review in Fairfield, Louisiana, "Ledger" of William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 4127.760.38
A review of "Buffalo Drive", a painting by William R. Leigh Berkeley Williams, Jr. American 4027.8520.27
Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding his solo visit to Prien am Chiemsee and brief and unpleasant encounter with acquaintances William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2233
"The How and What Men" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.383.1-.12 pencil on paper
Booklet authored by Yale students satirizing Shakespeare's authenticity American 5327.536.13b ink on paper