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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Newspaper clipping "West Lives Vividly in Art Exhibition" American 4127.10
Second draft of "The Club-Foot Mind" with note William Robinson Leigh American 4017.386.2
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
"A Legend of the Northern Indians" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.2524
"These charming white shirts" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2503 ink on paper
Envelope containing several copies of the caption for Leigh's painting "Buffalo Drive" American 4017.2378 ink on paper
Newspaper book review in "Houston Texas Press", of William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 4127.760.22
Photograph of William R. Leigh's painting "Writing the Epitaph" American 4027.8520.7
"Let Us Not Despond" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2493-.2 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
Letter regarding the establishment of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City Ethel Traphagen Leigh, 1882 - 1963 American 4027.8520.23
Envelope from Leigh to his mother American 3876.8674
Draft of "Last night I woke from fevered dreams" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.403-.1 ink on paper
Booklet authored by Yale students satirizing Shakespeare's authenticity American 5327.536.13b ink on paper
Newspaper articles from several American papers on "An American Artist's Tribute to Ireland" with photo of Leigh's painting "Writing the Epitaph" being presented American 4127.760.9-.10
News release for Grand Central Art Galleries "OUR FABULOUS WEST" (1906 - 1953), "A Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings by W. R. Leigh" American 4027.8520.39
Draft copy of unsigned letter from Leigh to Reconstruction Finance Corporation suggesting building of three transcontinental military highways American 3827.2736
Letter from Leigh to his mother Mary White Colston Leigh describing voyage across North Atlantic Ocean William Robinson Leigh American 3876.1990 ink on paper