New Mexico -- Land of Enchantment
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\nations\United States\states\Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Article "Exhibition of Western Paintings by W. R. Leigh" at the Grand Central Art Galleries, early 20th century
Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 127.492]
Identifier: 5327.277.6
Description
Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed] EXHIBITION OF WESTERN PAINTINGS BY W. R. LEIGH On Tuesday, January 11, the Grand Central Art Galleries, 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, will open a large one-man show of recent works by William R. Leigh, who is the one living member of that trio of great American artists — the other two being of course Remington and Charles Russell — who have achieved fame as delineators of the...
Dates:
early 20th century
Article for immediate release regarding Leigh's Retrospective Painting Exhibition in Maryland, early 20th century
Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 127.492]
Identifier: 5327.277.1
Description
Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed]1953 or 54 [noted in pencil at top of page]Publicity: Helen Shelley
1680 Broadway (5th Floor)
New York 19. CO. 5-2077 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENEWS about
Retrospective Painting Exhibition - 1906-1954
of W. R. LEIGH
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Hagerstown, Md., Feb.28 - March 31, inclusive Never can it be said that William Robinson LEIGH,...
Dates:
early 20th century
Carte des États-Unis d’Amérique, 1830
Item — Drawer E-12, Folder: Map 117
Identifier: 3976.554
Translated Title
Description
Map of the United States of America
Description
From catalog info:
U.S./Canada/Mexico
Thierry, French Engraver
Paris: [1830]
Scale: 1:15,400,000
Atlas plate no.75 from Geographie Moderne.
Shows Louisiana and Oregon Territory as part of U.S. Oklahoma, shown as part of Arkansas Territory.
Not found in Phillips
Dates:
1830
Descriptive lists of the 33 photographs of paintings from the envelope, early 20th century
Item — Folder 500: [Barcode: 127.500]
Identifier: 5327.525.1a-.2a
Description
Folder 500 Transcript (DCI) [page 1]
[typed document] STUDIES by W. R. LEIGH
Address: 1680 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y.
Telephone: Columbus 5-20771. White Hopi burro with native saddle. The Hopi Indians use a great many donkeys because they are more docile than horses. They got these animals originally from the Spaniards.2. Black Hopi burro with native saddle.3. Gray and white pinto Hopi...
Dates:
early 20th century
Envelope containing "33 photographs of W.R. Leigh studies on exhibit thru Mr. A. Bement", early 20th century
Item — Folder 500: [Barcode: 127.500]
Identifier: 5327.525
Description
Folder 500
Dates:
early 20th century
Fechin--The Tartar, June 4, 1939
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8064
Description
Newspaper article from the Los Angeles Times about painter Nicolai Fechin.
Dates:
June 4, 1939
Letter from Gilcrease to Stone, tells of travel plans, and therefore will not be able to see Stone, September 3, 1946
Item — Folder 30: [Barcode: 201.30]
Identifier: 3827.7843
Description
Folder 30
Dates:
September 3, 1946
Letter from Richard to Leigh referencing a hunting trip, the Cody "Gold Rush", Yellowstone Park and Buffalo Bill Museums, and Rockefeller and H. C. Bunpas, 3/1/1931
Item — Folder 353: [Barcode: 127.353]
Identifier: 3826.2693
Description
Folder 353 Transcript (DCI) [first page of multi-page letter]
[handwritten in cursive with ink]
[stationery with personal letterhead of four lines centered at top of page:
“WILL RICHARD”, “SCULPTOR-TAXIDERMIST”, “THE CODY MUSEUM”, “CODY, WYO.”] Mar 1 / 31Dear Leigh: - It looks as tho I never would get around to answer your long letter of over a month ago, but I received it just as I was about to start down to...
Dates:
3/1/1931
Man with Burro, late 19th century - early 20th century
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.270.83
Description
Black and white photograph of a man with a burro walking down a street in New Mexico.
Dates:
late 19th century - early 20th century
Map of the United States and Territories, 1866
Item — Drawer MC-6, Folder: Map 209
Identifier: 3926.707
Description
From catalog info:
McClelland, D. Engraver & Publisher.
A map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys...
Washington, D.C.: General Land Office, 1866.
Theodore Franks, Draftsman.
Scale: one inch equals 60 miles.
Phillips, Maps, p.915.
Dates:
1866