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Collection: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

1068 Items

April 13, 1922 | ink on paper

Carbon copy of letter from Edmund W. Putnam, G. P. Putnam and Sons, to Leigh rejecting his play manuscript, "The Black Peril"

June 16, 1930 | ink on paper

Letter from Solar Sturges Mfg. Co. to Leigh enclosing etching press circular

March 1, 1935 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Margaret Louise Wallace to Leigh regarding his play The Vagabomd Poet

October 19, 1939 | ink on paper

Unsigned letter to Dr. Phillip G. Cole of Tarrytown, New York requesting an appointment to meet with Dr. Cole along with William Robinson Leigh, "his old friend"

11/17/1929 | ink on paper

Letter from Richard to Leigh regarding his trip to Mombasa with comments about Martin Johnson and wife

December 11, 1929 | ink on paper

Letter from H.W. Wack to Mrs. Leigh regarding Newark Museum's accepting Leigh's "Grand Canyon" painting

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Letter from H. W. W. to Mrs. Leigh, with envelope addressed to Wm. Robinson Leigh, Esq., regarding choices of book cloth

early 20th century | ink on paper

"The Bogy-Man"

circa 1880 | ink on paper

2 drafts of essay describing Leigh's panorama painting "The Crucifixion of Christ" housed in Einsiedeln, Switzerland

July 12, 1910 - August 7, 1910 | ink on paper

Typed copy of Leigh's diary from his Wyoming trip

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Democracy"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Story ideas appraisals and others

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Incomplete thought for a poem

April 1959 | ink on paper

Newspaper clipping from "The Christian Science Monitor" about Paul Revere's story and the Old North Church

January 4, 1928 | ink on paper

Letter from Albert M. Todd to Leigh thanking him for his Christmas card and recalling "The Great Spirit" painting

December 21, 1965 | ink on paper

Letter from Gordon T. Hicks to John C. Traphagan regretting latter's decision not to join Board of Gilcrease Institute

July 8, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing difficulties, his painting of Mt. Kenya and adventures into the swamp

November 3, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing "a place where the White Fathers hold sway"

September 9, 1927 | ink on paper

Letter from A. Katherine Berger managing editor to Leigh regarding publication of his article on paintings for African Hall in American Museum of Natural History

December 2, 1883 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother discussing improving his spelling and Meyer's wardrobe