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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1035 Items

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

January 5, 1932 | ink on paper

Photo and carbon copy of letter to Edith Terry from Leigh with comments on "Clipt Wings" and "The Black Peril"

July 15, 1930 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Ryan Walker to Leigh and Ethel thanking them for press information about Leigh's book and for an article from "The Review"

1933 | ink on paper

Four unbound drafts of "Western Ponies"

October 1951 | ink on paper

Article from Long Island Forum magazine, "Westerns for Ranch Houses" with photo of Leigh painting "Old-Time Longhorn Roundup"

August 31, 1942 | pencil on paper

Letter to Robert M. La Follette Jr. commenting on article in The Progressive

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"The Public"

June 5, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Traphagen Leigh describing racial tensions and criticizing white inhabitants of Nairobi

October 27, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel regarding the journey on foot

April 22, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Traphagan Leigh describing climate, the Wakomba tribe and their lifestyle

December 23, 1883 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother concerning why he doesn't attend Harper's receptions and more about Meyer