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early 20th century | ink on paper

"I have a restive ferver in my marrow"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"The Lion Group"

early 20th century | ink on paper

Draft of "The Fairy and the Spoons"

early 20th century | ink on paper

"With books and work and healthful play"

early 20th century | ink on paper

Draft of "Let us not despond"

early 20th century | ink on paper

"The Visitor"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Idealism"

January 20, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother acknowledging his Uncle Alfred's letter reporting sale of Leigh's work

May 20, 1930 | ink on paper

Letter from B.S. Steadwell, World Purity Federation, to Thornton W. Allen Co. requesting review copy of "Clipt Wings"

1936 | ink on paper

Excerpts from Reader's Digest

early 20th century | ink on paper

Draft of "Spiritual Advisers", "Prayer" and "Religious People"

early 20th century | ink on paper

"Hopi Dialect"

early 20th century | ink on paper

"Of the pictures you left me to look at"

early 20th century | ink on paper

Second draft of "The Word of God"

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

early 20th century | ink on glossy card stock

Magazine-quality black and white photos of two paintings by Leigh, "The Top of Mt. Mikeno, Africa" and "An African Tree Without a Name"