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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Transmittal note with sketch American 4027.8375 ink on paper
Letter from Blazer to Leigh enclosing seventy pages of notes on Mescaleros American 3837.2642 ink on paper
Notes for the manuscript of "My Life" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8447 ink on paper
"The Incubus of Fashion" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8496 pencil on paper
Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother discussing Leigh's charcoal drawing of Venus, time frame to begin painting, and his health issues William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2112 ink on paper
Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about plays seen and fight between Germans and Greeks William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2220-.1 ink on paper
Four letters to the editor by an anonymous Reader, criticizing Leigh's book "Clipt Wings" accompanied by a note to a Dr. de Liebing hoping to have the galley-proofs reviewed American 4027.8512-.1 ink on paper
Letter from Edith Terry to Leigh wishing him well after long hospital stay and thanking him for the copy of "Clipt Wings" American 3837.2703 ink on paper
Letter and envelope from Blazer to Leigh noting Blazer's sparse information to report on Mescalero death observances American 3837.8324 ink on paper
"Circumstantial Evidence: A Case of Homicide" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.2527.1-2 pencil on paper
Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother with sketches of a woman spinning, a man with a walking stick, and the toe of a boot. Leigh's Mother added a note to the letter regarding his age William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2126-.1 ink on paper
Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother noting Barkhous' death and describing the people, houses, and topography of Planegg William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2237.1-.2 ink on paper
Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Traphagan Leigh containing several personal preferences William Robinson Leigh American 3867.2512 ink on paper
Thank you note from Elizabeth Koeniger to Miss Traphagen for booklets and press excerpts American 3827.2666 ink on paper
Letter and envelope from W. H. Prescott to Leigh regarding the marriage of Francis Bacon and Marguerite de Valois American 3827.2649 ink on paper
List of 48 drawings with descriptions for "Frontiers of Enchantment" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.2561 ink on paper
Letter and envelope from Leigh to Mother regretting the death of his cousin, Eddie Williams William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2145 ink on paper
Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding not attending the Academy ball because of the expense William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2330 ink on paper
Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing sounds of night, lions, and fires William Robinson Leigh American 3867.2532 ink on paper
Four copies of "Clipt Wings" typescript copyrighted in 1928 American 4027.2447 ink on paper