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679 Items

September 26, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel regarding upcoming trip to Belgian Congo, painting at Lake Hannington and black-white relations

December 29, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Leigh describing camp at Kebali and travel by car to Compala

October 7, 1883 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding expenses and her decision to leave West Virginia Plantation

April 27, 1884 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother concerning Meyer, Leigh, and Paul moving to separate rooms and the new school year bringing a group of, in Leigh's judgment, questionable students

September 29, 1884 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother discussing the merits of European and American mountain scenery and describing the art of Professor Raupp of Munich

February 15, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother telling that he has four cavities

June 17, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother describing conclusion of Venice trip and his return trip to Munich

November 9, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother concerning Uncle Chapman's business troubles and nude figure work

April 11, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to "Brother" about plans for Easter trips and over summer

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 13, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding holiday for Prince Regent's birthday, seeing Carmen, and nude male models in school

September 2, 1888 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding two paintings of a young girl, hasn’t heard from Professor Loefftz yet

July 14, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter from Leigh to his mother regarding his work on a panorama of the Battle of Waterloo high up near the ceiling on clouds and sky

February 4, 1932 | ink on paper

Letter from Blazer to Leigh with list of Mescalero words and phrases

July 16, 1934 | ink on paper

Letter (unsigned carbon copy) from Leigh to Blazer asking for revision suggestions on the nineteen chapters of "Littlefoot" mailed to Blazer

May 1, 1928 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from H.G. Paine to Leigh regarding scholarly interpretation of Elizabethan usage

August 31, 1932 | ink on paper

Postcard from H.W. Wack to Leigh describing the itinerary of his trip

June 6, 1930 | ink on paper

A letter to the editor of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from anonymous reader regretting that Leigh's play, "Clipt Wings" claims that Queen Elizabeth had illegitimate sons

February 14, 1950 | ink on paper

Letter to Mrs. Edith Rongstad from W. R. Leigh regarding mixture of paints to copy colors of "Home Sweet Home" painting

1/26/1929 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Richard to Leigh acknowledging his letter about African trip and the museum hall