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829 Items

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"

early 20th century | ink on paper

1922 pamphlet about Historic Shepherdstown and Jefferson County, West Virginia

May 24, 1911 | ink on paper

Newspaper article "Leigh Painting Received by Museum" from The Cody Times

December 19, 1941 | ink on paper

Letter from Colston to Dear Boy, his son, regarding a controversial article he is sending him about a covered-up murder

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Bluffing"

June 20, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Traphagen Leigh describing the Samburu, passing caravans, the Eastman group, and finishing water hole study

November 3, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing "a place where the White Fathers hold sway"

August 12, 1883 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding arrival in Munich with Mister Hallwig and his son Paul

December 30, 1883 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding sketching limbs and Christmas visits to several churches for décor and music

August 24, 1884 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother describing girls gathering water at Rothenburg fountains and also enclosing a letter to Mr. Fry, an uncle who helps financially

January 17, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother concerning his early tries at ice skating and regret that the etchings he sent were given to the wrong recipients

May 24, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding his stay in Venice

October 8, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother who now approves his staying in another year, and his return to Munich

March 25, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about plays seen and fight between Germans and Greeks

September 14, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother noting Barkhous' death and describing the people, houses, and topography of Planegg