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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
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
"The World War - Why?" William Robinson Leigh American 4027.8520.12
Letter with envelope from Leigh in Kenya to Ethel describing their adventures in travel toward Nairobi William Robinson Leigh American 3867.2552
Essay on 1938 current world affairs and religion William Robinson Leigh American 4017.8437.25-32 pencil on paper
Caption for Leigh's painting "The Culprit" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2374 ink on paper
Two newspaper "Book A Day" reviews of William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" American 4127.760.33
A review of "Buffalo Drive", a painting by William R. Leigh Berkeley Williams, Jr. American 4027.8520.27
Envelope associated with letter 3876.2458 William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2461
Tract and advertisement for "The False 'Shakespeare Epitaph" American 5327.536.1-.2 ink on paper
"Let Us Not Despond" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2493-.2 ink on paper
Newspaper article from "The Dallas Morning News", "West's Art Needs Size, Dean of Painters Says" with photo of William R. Leigh and wife, Ethel American 4127.760.5-.6
Time magazine cover American 5017.4378-.1
"Scribner's Magazine" containing Leigh's "The Coward" American 5027.4363
"An American Artist's Tribute to Ireland" American 5327.538.1-.2 ink on paper
Draft of "The Club-Foot Mind" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.386 ink on paper
Newspaper clipping of article "Historic Moment at Jamestown Relived in Painting by W.R. Leigh with image of "Pocahontas" the Rescue of Captain John Smith American 4117.763.2
"When I Was Four" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2491
Article and photo of William R. Leigh's "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" on display at the Old North Church in Boston American 5027.4369 ink on paper
Reminder note of an appointment American 5327.113
Front cover of the American Rifleman American 5027.4386