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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1068 Items

January 14, 1932 | ink on paper

Letter from Blazer to Leigh with notes on Venturito, Santana, Chapultepec, and Billy the Kid

June 9, 1934 | ink on paper

Letter from Blazer to Leigh regarding Leigh's received manuscript and Blazer's assistance with revisions

May 1, 1928 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from H.G. Paine to Leigh regarding scholarly interpretation of Elizabethan usage

August 31, 1932 | ink on paper

Postcard from H.W. Wack to Leigh describing the itinerary of his trip

June 6, 1930 | ink on paper

A letter to the editor of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from anonymous reader regretting that Leigh's play, "Clipt Wings" claims that Queen Elizabeth had illegitimate sons

February 7, 1921 | ink on paper

Letter from Richard to Leigh thanking him for oils purchased to enlarge Grand Canyon lithograph and congratulating him on his upcoming marriage

November 11, 1931 | pencil on paper

Unsigned draft of final four paragraphs of letter to Edith Terry from Leigh about visit to Hollywood

July 14, 1930 | ink on paper

Letter from Elizabeth Page to Ethel regarding William's recovery and his book, "Clipt Wings"

circa 1928 | ink and pencil on paper

Copy of manuscript of "Clipt Wings" submitted to printers, corrected by Min Oehler

early 20th century | ink on paper

"The value of painting"

early 20th century | ink on paper

"And this delightful herb whose living Green…"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"American Wife"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Notes on word definitions

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Ideas for stories

February 10, 1952 | ink on paper

Newspaper article from Milwaukee Sentinel, Art and Artists: "No 'Modern Art' in Wildlife Paintings at Sports Show"

early 20th century | ink on paper

List of 48 drawings with descriptions for "Frontiers of Enchantment"

early 20th century | ink on paper

Typescript of untitled work regarding "Modern Art"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Notes for the manuscript of "My Life"

April 27, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Traphagan Leigh describing the sights and sounds of Lucania [sic] Camp

September 19, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing Ackeley's hospitalization, request to paint landscape to be given to governor, and comments about Jansson and others in the party