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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
"I have a restive ferver in my marrow" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2485 ink on paper
Draft of "Last night I woke from fevered dreams" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.403-.1 ink on paper
Arizona Highways vol. XXVII, no. 7 American 5037.4377 ink on paper
Photograph of William R. Leigh presenting portrait to Leo T. McCauley, Consul General in New York American 4027.8520.6
Newspaper article from "New York Herald Tribune Books", "True Picture of a Weird World" with photos of drawings of African wildlife by William R. Leigh American 4127.760.14
Letter from Pawnee Bill to John McKinley regarding people waiting to cross into Oklahoma on February 1, 1889 American 3826.8430
"The Two Arms of Usury" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.8437.24 pencil on paper
Caption for Leigh's painting "The Marauder" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2372 ink on paper
"The Evil Called Modern Art" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8520.22
Two newspaper reviews of William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 4127.760.32
Envelope from William Leigh to his mother William Robinson Leigh American 3876.8513
Program for awards ceremony for the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal American 5127.729 ink on paper
"The Vale Where Life is Easy" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2490-.1 ink on paper
News release for Grand Central Art Galleries regarding "Eight Decades in Review" (Paintings from 1872 to 1955 by William R. Leigh) American 4027.8520.38
Lower part of article from "Sunday Mirror Magazine Section" describing William R. Leigh's experience in Africa and book, "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 4127.760.49
Letters and envelope from The Press of the Pioneers to students and collectors announcing the publication of The Tabors and The American Fur Trade American 3837.2643
"Art What is it" American 4027.8411.1-.6 pencil on paper
Essay on the Paleolithic men during the last ice age in France and Spain American 4017.385.1-.8 pencil on paper
Hoofs and Horns Magazine, Tucson, AZ article on Leigh, "West on 57th Street" American 4117.763.18
Draft of "The Pearl-diver" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.389-.1