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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1068 Items

October 19, 1884 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother relating that school begins the following day and Professor Nicolas Gysis will be his drawing teacher

March 8, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to Mother about working on several trial drawings to be presented for decisions on which students will be expelled before Easter

July 12, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother requesting money

November 22, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding professor and paper award received

June 7, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother back in the Academy studying under Loefftz and continuing account of Easter trip

November 28, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding his thirty nature heads, of which, only five have not been sold or given away

April 17, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding visit to Chiemsee and laying out a landscape

November 12, 1888 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding more studies ready to send to Uncle Alfred other family news

January 10, 1892 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother reporting on the cold weather in Munich

April 15, 1932 | ink on paper

Unsigned letter from Blazer to Leigh regarding a book ready for publication

1932 - 1934 | ink on paper

Two miscellaneous envelopes addressed to Leigh from Blazer

November 21, 1929 | ink on paper

Letter from H.W. Wack to Leigh regarding the publication of Arts and Decoration containing the Grand Canyon photograph

December 8, 1933 | ink on paper

Postcard from W.H. Hennesey to Edward C. Leigh thanking him

January 30, 1931 | ink on paper

Note from H. S. Howard to Leigh accompanied by a poem about Shakespeare by Howard, hoping to have it read at the meeting of the American Bacon Society

8/15/1923 | ink on paper

Letter from Richard to Leigh and wife with news of family and a request for Leigh to give lectures on his African experience

May 28, 1921 | ink on paper

Letter from Edith Terry to Ethel Traphagen congratulating her on her engagement to Leigh

April 14, 1951 | ink on paper

Form letter signed by Ethel Traphagen to owners of Leigh's work that cites current honors given to him

July 1936 | ink on paper

Draft, Part 1 of "Frontiers of Enchantment - a Painter's Adventures in Africa"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Notes and word translations

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Grinding Corn" short essay about Hopi maidens