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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Article for immediate release regarding Scroll Award presented to Leigh by the NY City Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc., early 20th century
Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 127.492]
Identifier: 5327.277.5
Description
Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed document]NEWS ABOUT:Scroll Award to W. R. Leigh
by the Fine Arts Dept. of the
N. Y. CITY FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S
CLUBS, INC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mrs. Claire M. Senie, President of the New York City Federation of Women’s Clubs, Inc., announces that William R. Leigh whom Collier’s on November 11th last, called “America’s Sagebrush Rembrandt” has...
Dates:
early 20th century
Newark Evening News article with photo of Leigh and his canvas "Struggle for Existence", November 2, 1950
Item — Folder 479: [Barcode: 127.479]
Identifier: 5327.533.9
Description
Folder 479
Dates:
November 2, 1950
News release from Grand Central Art Galleries inviting recipient of release to attend exhibit of Western water colors by Leigh, early 20th century
Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 127.492]
Identifier: 5327.276.6
Description
Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page document]
[printed red letterhead text]NEWS
GRAND CENTRAL ART GALLERIES
15 VANDERBILT AVENUE, NEW YORK 17, N. Y.
Telephone: MUrray Hill 6-4737FOR INFORMATION - CALL:[remainder of text is typed] EXHIBIT OF W. R. LEIGH’S
WESTERN WATER COLORS[line of dashes separate the heading from the body of the text]A select group of...
Dates:
early 20th century
News release from Grand Central Art Galleries regarding Leigh's exhibition "Eight Decades in Review", early 20th century
Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 127.492]
Identifier: 5327.276
Description
Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [Single page document]
[printed red letterhead text:]NEWS
GRAND CENTRAL ART GALLERIES
15 VANDERBILT AVENUE, NEW YORK 17, N. Y.
Telephone: MUrray Hill 6-4737FOR INFORMATION - CALL:
[remainder of text is typed] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Photos on Request
Helen Shelley, Publicity
CO 5-2077
EIGHT DECADES IN REVIEW
(Paintings from 1872 to 1955 by William R. Leigh, A. N....
Dates:
early 20th century
Newspaper article about death of Leigh at 88, March 13, 1955
Item — Folder 479: [Barcode: 127.479]
Identifier: 5327.533.14
Description
Folder 479
Dates:
March 13, 1955
Newspaper article "Artist Sues Union over Painting" with photo of Leigh, November 2, 1950
Item — Folder 479: [Barcode: 127.479]
Identifier: 5327.533.13
Description
Folder 479
Dates:
November 2, 1950
Newspaper article "Roundup and Safari" with photo of "An African Episode", 1950
Item — Folder 479: [Barcode: 127.479]
Identifier: 5327.533.18
Description
Folder 479
Dates:
1950
Photocopy of newspaper article from Newark Star with photo of Leigh and his "Struggle for Existence", November 2, 1950
Item — Folder 479: [Barcode: 127.479]
Identifier: 5327.533.17
Description
Folder 479
Dates:
November 2, 1950
Photocopy of newspaper article "Roundup and Safari" with picture of "An African Episode", mid-20th century
Item — Folder 479: [Barcode: 127.479]
Identifier: 5327.533.5
Description
Folder 479
Dates:
mid-20th century
Reprinted magazine article from "Town and Country Review" of Biographical Sketch of W. R. Leigh, "An Artist of Distinction", early 20th century
Item — Folder 516: [Barcode: 127.516]
Identifier: 5377.270a
Description
Folder 516
Dates:
early 20th century