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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1068 Items

early 20th century | ink on paper

"Rise, ye victims of starvation"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Essay on Hell

January 5, 1929 | ink on paper

Newspaper clipping "Prof. Barnes Now Explains Why He Thinks World Needs to Revise its Ideas of God"

May 24, 1930 | ink on paper

Letter from Isabel Temple to Thornton W. Allen Company protesting its advertisement of Clipt Wings

early 20th century | ink on paper

Card-sized advertisement for "Pastimes of Ancient China" shadow puppet performance to benefit the American (sic) Bureau for Medical Aid to China, Inc., New York City

Envelope with notes regarding John McKinley

Letter from William Leigh to his mother

Letter from Richard to Leigh describing trip to Alaska with Charlie Workman

"On! On!"

Magazine "Forum and Century" with notes on article "The Failure of the Art Critics II"

Photograph of William R. Leigh's painting "Writing the Epitaph"

Letter regarding the establishment of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City

News release for Grand Central Art Galleries "OUR FABULOUS WEST" (1906 - 1953), "A Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings by W. R. Leigh"

Graphic Magazine section from the Chicago Sunday Tribune

Clipping from El Palacio "The Narrowing Circle"

Newspaper article from Milwaukee "Journal" on William R. Leigh's book "Frontiers of Enchantment" whose sketches supplement Carl Akeley's work in Africa

Newspaper article in "The Dallas Times Herald" on "African Trip Inspires New Fashion Note" with photos of fashions by Ethel T. Leigh

CUE Magazine article on William R. Leigh as the "Last Frontier's Painter"

Issue of "The American Girl" magazine with Leigh's Zuni Indian girl on the cover

Cardboard etched proof of article for short advertisement for "Frontiers of Enchantment"