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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding dental work, weather, and Meyer trying to make up with him William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2434 ink on paper
Typescript by T.W. Allen regarding Leigh and "Clipt Wings" American 4027.8370-.1 Ink and pencil on paper
Letter from H.W. Wack to Leigh regarding script of play American 3827.2678 ink on paper
Letter from Leigh to his mother requesting information about himself and his father William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2049 ink on paper
Newspaper clipping from "The Christian Science Monitor" about Paul Revere's story and the Old North Church American 4027.727 ink on paper
Ideas for stories William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8471 pencil on paper
Letter from Leigh to his mother about his possible opportunity to join Professor Deffreger's Composition School as well as work on his painting of a mother and baby that he would be able to sell William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2451 ink on paper
Multiple essays and poems related to the topic of art American 4027.8403.1-.10 pencil on paper
Letter from William H. Perkins and Lillian Barlow to Leigh concerning their mutual concepts about Shakespeare being Queen Elizabeth's son American 4027.8503 ink 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 from John C. Traphagan to Gordon T. Hicks declining nomination to Board of Thomas Gilcrease Institute American 3827.8302 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
Unpublished typescripts of chapters not used in the book William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2472 ink on paper
"The Victim…Which?" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8477 pencil on paper
Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding money issues William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2216-.1 ink on paper
Transmittal note with sketch American 4027.8375 ink 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 from Blazer to Leigh enclosing seventy pages of notes on Mescaleros American 3837.2642 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
"The Manly Art" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.2517 ink on paper