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Object Type: Letter and Envelope

156 Items

March 22, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding trip to Venice

August 9, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding sketching and painting at Chiemsee

March 25, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about plays seen and fight between Germans and Greeks

September 27, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding her letter to Uncle Chapman

March 20, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother making comments about Meyer and Schencka

June 11, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Bayerischzell to his mother in West Virginia regarding his trip up into the mountains

March 25, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Nairobi, Kenya Colony to Ethel Traphagen Leigh, New York, reporting incidents on ship, arrival at Mombasa and Nairobi, and impressions of both cities

July 21, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing Ackley's plan to join Eastman group while he goes to Lake Nevosha

November 17 - 22, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Uganda to Ethel in New York regarding a fruitless hike up a mountain and the death and burial of Mr. Akeley

March 29, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding trip to Venice and rail to Innsbruck, Brenner Pass, and Verona

August 24, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding possibility of Academy fees doubling for foreign students

March 30, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding money, walk through countryside and proposed trip to Tyrol

October 7, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding his return to Munich and money received from Uncle Alfred

March 27, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding his desire to visit Schleishiam and Paris

June 23, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother reporting he is back in Munich as the weather in the mountains was so rainy

March 27, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Traphagen Leigh describing visit of Aga Khan and with Kline, trip to escarpment of Rift Valley, and observation of Indian-Black tensions

August 1, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing bout with Malaria, colors in his study of Mt. Kenya, and descriptions of two villages

November 23, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Uganda to Ethel regarding his painting of two active volcanos near a lake and cautioning her not to mention Mr. Akeley's death yet

April 19, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding return to Munich and the Academy opening

August 30, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding difficulty sketching, painting, and swimming in Chiemsee weather