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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Essay about the psychology of the newly rich William Robinson Leigh American 4017.8437.14 pencil on paper
Essay against religion William Robinson Leigh American 4017.8437.15-16 pencil on paper
Typed short essay of "Navaho Weaver" William Robinson Leigh American 4010.2367 ink on paper
First draft for the caption to Leigh's painting "Buffalo Drive" William Robinson Leigh American 4410.337
Typed note regarding the return of "Buffalo Drive" from being photographed American 4017.2377 ink on paper
"Destruction Threatens our Civilization" American 4027.8407.1-.4 pencil on paper
"Two Acorns" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2494-.1 ink on paper
Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother asking why she fears art will detain him in Europe a year longer William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2201 ink on paper
Draft of "God" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.388a ink on paper
Draft of "There lived a gay young Katydid" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.401-.1 ink on paper
Advertisement for the tract "the Present (Modern) Shakespeare 'Epitaph' at Stratford-on-Avon Deciphered" American 5327.536.10 ink on paper
Brief prose on "The Survival of the Fittest" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.8437.17 pencil on paper
Typed note marking "Shelling Corn" painting by William R. Leigh William Robinson Leigh American 4010.2369 ink on paper
"Blue Pants" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2474-.1 ink on paper
Envelope containing several copies of the caption for Leigh's painting "Buffalo Drive" American 4017.2378 ink on paper
"What is Art" American 4027.8409.1-.4 pencil on paper
"Here I ate breakfast" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2498 ink on paper
Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother describing good progress in painting class and attending a concert by Sarasate William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2319 ink on paper
"GOD" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.388b ink on paper
"The Painted Desert" with note 'The only version which is correct' William Robinson Leigh American 4017.400-.2 ink on paper