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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1035 Items

January 13, 1932 | ink on paper

Letter from Blazer to Leigh with notes on Mescalero customs and commentary on Billy the Kid

April 20, 1934 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Blazer to Leigh congratulating Leigh on completion of his 200,000 word book

April 30, 1928 | ink on paper

Letter from C. H. Grandgent to Henry Gallup regarding use of "thou" and "you" in Elizabethan English

November 13, 1931 | ink on paper

Unsigned copy of letter to H.W. Wack from Leigh giving account of voyage from New York to California via Panama and return overland via Southwest and South

June 4, 1930 | ink on paper

A letter to the editor of New York Evening Post from anonymous reader regretting that Leigh's play, "Clipt Wings" claims that Queen Elizabeth had illegitimate sons

December 3, 1920 | ink on paper

Letter from Richard, Sculptor-Taxidermist, Cody, Wyoming Museum, to Leigh inviting him to bear hunt in Bear Tooth Mountains and a hunting trip in Alaska

November 11, 1931 | ink on paper

Unsigned copy of letter from Leigh to Edith Terry describing his and Ethel's trip to Cuba, Panama, Mexico, and the United States

July 14, 1930 | ink on paper

Thank you note from Harriett H. Smith to Ethel for enclosing "The French Fashion Factory" and the notice of "Clipt Wings"

circa 1928 | ink and pencil on paper

Copy of manuscript of "Clipt Wings" submitted to printers, corrected by Min Oehler

February 10, 1952 | ink on paper

Newspaper article from Milwaukee Sentinel, Art and Artists: "No 'Modern Art' in Wildlife Paintings at Sports Show"

January 4, 1928 | ink on paper

Letter from Albert M. Todd to Leigh thanking him for his Christmas card and recalling "The Great Spirit" painting

March 9, 1948 | ink on paper

List of 48 "Original Pen and Ink Sketches by W.R. Leigh"

February 4, 1927 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Nairobi to Ethel describing the replica 34"X 66" of his Congo study he is doing for the King of Belgium

October 14, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel regarding trip to eight day trip to the Congo and purchase of a native harp to be used in future painting

February 18, 1927 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh with newspaper clippings and booklet of exhibition at American Museum of Natural History, New York to Ethel Leigh

December 9, 1883 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his Aunt Lizzie regarding Saturday evening student club entertainment

July 7, 1884 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother describing July 4th supper and July 5th Academy "picnick,"and his expectation to enter "Nature" school in the fall

December 14, 1884 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother describing a nice walk to Grosshesselake and the beauty of nature as well as apologizing for not attending church

May 5, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother describing trip from Brenner Pass to Verona

September 20, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about dance and steamboat trip