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828 Items

February 24, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about uncle's opinion that Leigh can support himself and Academy ball attendance

July 27, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding Academy exhibition and departure

June 30, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother mentioning an artist he admires, Carl Mar who will be exhibiting a large painting

January 13, 1932 | ink on paper

Letter from Blazer to Leigh with notes on Mescalero customs and commentary on Billy the Kid

April 20, 1934 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Blazer to Leigh congratulating Leigh on completion of his 200,000 word book

April 30, 1928 | ink on paper

Letter from C. H. Grandgent to Henry Gallup regarding use of "thou" and "you" in Elizabethan English

November 13, 1931 | ink on paper

Unsigned copy of letter to H.W. Wack from Leigh giving account of voyage from New York to California via Panama and return overland via Southwest and South

June 4, 1930 | ink on paper

A letter to the editor of New York Evening Post from anonymous reader regretting that Leigh's play, "Clipt Wings" claims that Queen Elizabeth had illegitimate sons

December 3, 1920 | ink on paper

Letter from Richard, Sculptor-Taxidermist, Cody, Wyoming Museum, to Leigh inviting him to bear hunt in Bear Tooth Mountains and a hunting trip in Alaska

November 11, 1931 | ink on paper

Unsigned copy of letter from Leigh to Edith Terry describing his and Ethel's trip to Cuba, Panama, Mexico, and the United States

July 14, 1930 | ink on paper

Thank you note from Harriett H. Smith to Ethel for enclosing "The French Fashion Factory" and the notice of "Clipt Wings"

circa 1928 | ink and pencil on paper

Copy of manuscript of "Clipt Wings" submitted to printers, corrected by Min Oehler

early 20th century | ink on paper

"The value of painting"

early 20th century | ink on paper

"And this delightful herb whose living Green…"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

"American Wife"

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Notes on word definitions

early 20th century | pencil on paper

Ideas for stories

February 10, 1952 | ink on paper

Newspaper article from Milwaukee Sentinel, Art and Artists: "No 'Modern Art' in Wildlife Paintings at Sports Show"

early 20th century | ink on paper

List of 48 drawings with descriptions for "Frontiers of Enchantment"

early 20th century | ink on paper

Typescript of untitled work regarding "Modern Art"