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828 Items

January 8, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother advising her not to pay attention to criticisms of his work, he will try to get into Composition School

December 6, 1893 | ink on paper

Letter from Mrs. E.E. Lowry in Indiana Territory to Mes. M.W. Leigh concerning death of a son who boarded with Mrs. Lowry

August 17, 1932 | ink on paper

Letter from Blazer to Leigh regarding work on "Crooked Finger's Elk" manuscript and receipt of a copy of "Western Pony"

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

"Dead World - Earth's pallid satellite"

circa 1920 | ink on paper

"Why Did I Go To Africa?"

early 20th century | ink on paper

Essay "A day in the Grand Canyon with a Painter"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"Capital" on the ownership or control of natural resources

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Note on The Individuality Imbecility

early 20th century | pencil on paper

List of words, minerals and other

February 6, 1957 | ink on paper

Newspaper clipping from "The New York Times" about two Rembrandt portraits bought by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

early 20th century | ink on paper

"Clip Springer Group" card created to celebrate Ackeley's birthday

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