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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Magazine "Forum and Century" with notes on article "The Failure of the Art Critics II" Raphy M. Pearson American 5327.529
Newspaper article with photo of William R. Leigh's painting "The Killer" American 4127.760.1-.2
Tract and advertisement for "The False 'Shakespeare Epitaph" American 5327.536.1-.2 ink on paper
Caption for Leigh's painting "Waterpockets" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2373a-c ink on paper
Photograph of William R. Leigh's painting "Writing the Epitaph" American 4027.8520.7
Newspaper article from "The Milwaukee Journal", "Artist Who Worked with Carl Akeley on African Trips Has One Man Show" with drawing "Lion Hunt" by William R. Leigh American 4127.760.3-.4
Envelope with notes regarding John McKinley American 3826.8431
"An American Artist's Tribute to Ireland" American 5327.538.1-.2 ink on paper
"There grew two roses side by side" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2486a-e ink on paper
Announcement in German honoring William R. Leigh's painting of figures in the world-famous Panorama of the Crucifixion of Christ at Jerusalem American 4027.8520.24
Newspaper article in "The New York Evening Post" on William R. Leigh's play "Clipt Wings" American 4127.760.47
Envelope from William Leigh in Munich, Germany addressed to his mother in California William Robinson Leigh American 3876.8515
Booklet authored by Yale students satirizing Shakespeare's authenticity American 5327.536.13b ink on paper
"The How and What Men" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.383.1-.12 pencil on paper
Newspaper clipping "Borah Scorches Heflin's Bigotry" American 4127.734
Newspaper clipping from the Youngstown Vindicator "Our Fabulous West" (1906-1953) with photo of Leigh's painting "Buffalo Drive" American 4117.763.16
Letter from William Seward, Huntington Press, to Mrs. Leigh regarding proposed portfolio on African Hall field studies and window displays for "The Western Pony" American 3827.2739
"Let Us Not Despond" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.393b-.2 ink on paper
"Hist!" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.404-.2 ink on paper
Unreadable handwritten note about Philadelphia and Boston American 4327.113