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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1035 Items

May 14, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding drawing class and an account of trip to Verona and Venice

September 27, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother about money and painting

March 13, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding painting and work on nude figure

August 31, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about painting in Planegg and discussing his dreams, which include studying in Paris

January 30, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about returning home when Academy closes for summer, borrowing money to stay another year, and opening a studio

June 28, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding friends, comparing art schools, bringing home every scrap of his work as it is "sellable"

June 11, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Bayerischzell to his mother in West Virginia regarding his trip up into the mountains

1933 | ink on paper

Unbound final draft of "Western Ponies" with introduction and printer's proof

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Hopi Winnowing Grain"

early 20th century | ink on paper

Bound copy of Leigh's essay "Painting the Backgrounds (for the African Hall Group)"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

List of little-used words

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Definitions of rubrics and secular notions

August 1, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing bout with Malaria, colors in his study of Mt. Kenya, and descriptions of two villages

July 20 - August 4, 1883 | ink on paper

Passengers track chart for steamer Sharpsburg from Baltimore to Bremen

February 4, 1932 | ink on paper

Letter from Blazer to Leigh with list of Mescalero words and phrases

July 16, 1934 | ink on paper

Letter (unsigned carbon copy) from Leigh to Blazer asking for revision suggestions on the nineteen chapters of "Littlefoot" mailed to Blazer

May 10, 1928 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from H.G. Paine to Leigh answering earlier inquiry regarding Elizabethan usage of thou and you

January 7, 1933 | ink on paper

Letter from I. Rosenfeld to Leigh regarding paintings to be listed in The Western Pony

January 30, 1933 | ink on paper

A letter from Julius Hopp of the Shakespeare Theatre of New York informing Leigh that the producing director, Percival Vivian is not interesting in producing Leigh's play, "Clipt Wings"

4/30/1921 | ink on paper

Letter from Richard to Leigh welcoming June visit, letters expressing best wishes for his "Movie Play" and asking for 50 reproductions for Ned Frost and trade for Fred's Ranch