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Letter From [Annie] Wanda Muir Hanna To [John Muir], [1911] Dec 30., Annie Wanda Muir Hanna
Letter From [Annie] Wanda Muir Hanna To [John Muir], [1911] Dec 30., Annie Wanda Muir Hanna
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[2]trip and that you are so well. I wish we could be with you and are anxious to hear all about the wonderful things you have seen for we have enjoyed your letters so much. The only trouble is that there are not enough of them and that they are too short.We are all well here and had a most delightful Christmas for the boys were old enough this year to get wildly excited over their toys and to enjoy the Christmas tree and everything that was going on tremendously and we had lots of fun watching them[1]Martinez Dec 30th …
Letter From Houghton Mifflin Co. To John Muir, 1911 Dec 30., Houghton Mifflin Co.
Letter From Houghton Mifflin Co. To John Muir, 1911 Dec 30., Houghton Mifflin Co.
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANYTHE RIVERSIDE PRESSCAMBRIDGE - MASSACHUSETTSDecember 30, 1911.Mr. John Muir,Martinez, Cal.Dear Sir:-We take pleasure in enclosing herewith a check to your order for $420.01 in payment of our account of sales as rendered to you due January 1st.Very truly yours,[Illegible]WFS/AGN05156
Letter From Annie K. Bidwell To John Muir, 1911 Dec 29., Annie K. Bidwell
Letter From Annie K. Bidwell To John Muir, 1911 Dec 29., Annie K. Bidwell
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[Chico], Dec. 29, 1911.
Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To [John Muir], [1911 ?] Dec 24., Charlotte H. Kellogg
Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To [John Muir], [1911 ?] Dec 24., Charlotte H. Kellogg
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[4]The Carmel Christmas days are cold and brilliant. Someday I am really going where I can be warm day after day after sunshiny day. Are you in that kind of country now?I wrote to Helen some time ago, but have not heard from her. I hope that she & her babe and Wanda and her babes are having happy holidays.Be wise and careful of your strength, dear lover of rivers and skies and trees. We want to see you strong when you come back.We shall be here again about August. And you? Jean sends you a big hug and a …
Letter From Mary Frances Kellogg To John Muir, 1911 Dec 23., Mary Frances Kellogg
Letter From Mary Frances Kellogg To John Muir, 1911 Dec 23., Mary Frances Kellogg
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
R.F.D. 289C, Pasadena,Dec. 23rd, 1911.Dear Mr. Muir:With this holiday greeting, I should like to explain to you what I afterward felt was an ungracious acknowledgment of your suggestion that I be one of several Sierra Club members to accompany your party to South America. That such a trip with you would have been the rarest treat of my life, I perhaps too readily assumed that you would understand. My unresponsive attitude was due to the fact that the trip was absolutely out of my reach because of financial inability. A silly pride instinctively prevented my telling you so at the …
Letter From John Muir To [Helen Muir Funk], [1911] Dec 9., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Helen Muir Funk], [1911] Dec 9., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Montevideo Dec 9 1911ship just about to sailHere are a few clippings that may amuse you. Give one to Charlotte & one to Mrs Sellers.Send $50 to Charlotte's Jean & charge to my acct.Its wonderful how I'm begged to dine & talk here & there where I thought I was wholly unknown.Goodby Darling Keep well, God bless youLove to all who love you.Your devoted father John Muir
Letter From P. A. Conard To John Muir, [1911] Dec 9., P. A. Conard
Letter From P. A. Conard To John Muir, [1911] Dec 9., P. A. Conard
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[letterhead] Dec. 9, 1911 Dear Doctor Muir,It is with very keen regret that I say "Goodbye" without seeing you again. The storm kept me from getting out to meet the friends who came on the Turakina, and kept them from getting ashore until so late that I thought you had gone at two o'clock. I have just learned from Dr. Goding that you did not go until five.Dr. Goding also told me that you missed your copies of the announcement we published. I am pleased to send you a few more.I also send some copies of today's "El Dia" which …
Letter From John Muir To [Katharine Hooker], 1911 Dec 6., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Katharine Hooker], 1911 Dec 6., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[4]Im glad you are not going to sell the Los Angeles garret & garden. Why, I hardly know. Perhaps because Im weary & lonesome with a long hot journey ahead & I feel as if I was again bidding you all goodby. I think you may send me a word or two to Cape Town, c/o the American Consul. It would not be lost for it would follow me.Its perfectly marvelous how kind hundreds of people have been to this wanderer & the new beauty stored up is far beyond telling. Give my love to Marian Maude & Ellie & …
Letter From M. Housepian To John Muir, 1911 Dec 6., M. Housepian
Letter From M. Housepian To John Muir, 1911 Dec 6., M. Housepian
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
S. S. ChristopherPier 4 BrooklynDec. 6th 1911Dear Dr. MuirNot knowing your present whereabouts, I am writing to your home address to thank you for the booklet, which I received in N. Y.I read it carefully & must say it is splendid (although I did not actually cry).I often think of the pleasant voyage & the nice little arguments we had on the Denis. It does a muggin like me lots of good to listen to older & wiser heads. I confess our arguments broadened my mind considerably.Wishing you long life & happiness wherever you may be & with05130
sincere thanks …
Letter From John Muir To David [G. Muir], 1911 Dec 5., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To David [G. Muir], 1911 Dec 5., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[Original letter in possession of David Gilrye Muir]Montevideo, Uruguay,Dec. 5, 1911.Dear brother Dave:I'm about to sail for South Africa after a wonderfully successful trip in S. America.Hoping you are well, I am, with loving good wishes to all the Pacific Grove clen,Ever faithfully your brother,JOHN MUIR05128
Letter From M[Argaret] Lunam To Buel A. Funk, 1911 Dec 2., Margaret Lunam
Letter From M[Argaret] Lunam To Buel A. Funk, 1911 Dec 2., Margaret Lunam
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[2]renewed kindness & he may be sure that many a heart amongst the poor will be gladened by his kindness.Hoping Mrs Funk & your little boy are very well.Trusting you will soon have Mr. Muir home again.Yours SincerelyM Lunam[1]WestfieldDunbar Decr 2d 1911To Buel. A. Funk EsqDear SirI beg to acknowledge your note with the enclosed I. O. U. for $100, please to convey to Mr Muir our warmest thanks for his06262
Letter From John Muir To Wanda [Muir Hanna], 1911 Nov 30., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Wanda [Muir Hanna], 1911 Nov 30., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[letterhead]Nov 30, 1911Dear Wanda,Ive not heard from you direct since leaving New York on this long trip south Helen however has kept me in touch with you all. I've just returned from a long trip across the Andes in Chile & received a lot of letters that had been forwarded from Para, Brazil one of which from Helen more than a month old brought the distressing news that you had been seriously ill. but reassuring me that you were better & would soon be well. I fondly hope that this has has proved true. For several years you have worked …
Letter From Katharine Hooker To [John Muir], [1911] Nov 30., Katharine Hooker
Letter From Katharine Hooker To [John Muir], [1911] Nov 30., Katharine Hooker
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[1]15 Maplewood ApartmentsClifton, Cincinnati, Ohio Nov. 30Garret (1911)My dear friendIt is a longer time than I meant to let go by since I have written to you, but if I had written as often as I have thought about you, you would have had a continuous stream of messages.I am glad, very glad that your pleasure in the journey you are making began at once--with the sight of thos wondrous forests. I speculate as to where you are and what you are doing now, and after a while I shall have another letter from you and learn something about it.09997 …
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 Nov 29., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 Nov 29., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[in margin: Please send postal order fro $2. to enclosed address & charge to my acct.JM][letterhead]Nov. 29, 1911 -Darling Helen,I was so glad to get your cheery newsy letter of the 26th of October on my arrival from Chile after a long hard hard but most successful hunt for Araucaria imbricataBoth Bud & the baby will doubtless be somebody some day. As for yourself you have always been a wonderful shining somebody since your first appearance on this planet.I crossed the Andes from here three or four weeks ago to Santiago. Thence went south 4 or 5 hundred miles to …
Letter From John Muir To [Henry F.] Osborn, 1911 Nov 29., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Henry F.] Osborn, 1911 Nov 29., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Royal HotelBuenos airesNov. 29, 1911My dear Professor OsbornYour letter dated September 25th makes me very happy it's so full of hearty good news and good work all so inspiring - all the family well, tingling with Rocky Mountain radium and God's best love. No wonder yon are rejoicing in the fine cretaceous work ahead of you. I should haveogreatly enjoyed being with you on the Red Deer River trip. And that the confounded Titanothere had been out of the way leaving you free for South America and South Africa. But we must not complain, for oftentimes our loneliest wanderings are …
Letter From Rob[Er]T W. Bliss To John Muir, 1911 Nov 29., Robert W. Bliss
Letter From Rob[Er]T W. Bliss To John Muir, 1911 Nov 29., Robert W. Bliss
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Nov. 29 1911My dear Mr. MuirI have caused a notice to be published in the daily papers that a reception would be held at the Legation tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, from 5 to 7 pm, but fearing you may not have seen it I write to05121
express my hope to that you will come to the reception & meet a few of your countrymen who live in this distant country.Mrs. Bliss asks me to say to you that she very much hopes you will give us the pleasure of lunching with us next Friday, December 1st at 1230. Our house is …
Letter From Edmund N. Carpenter To John Muir, 1911 Nov 26., Edmund N. Carpenter
Letter From Edmund N. Carpenter To John Muir, 1911 Nov 26., Edmund N. Carpenter
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
E. I. DU POINT DE NEMOURS POWDER CO.WILMINGTON. DELAWARE, U.S.A.E. N. CARPENTER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVECASILLA 1422, VALPARAISO, CHILE, S.A.Direccion Cablegráfica: "CARPONT"SANTIAGO CHILE, 26" NOVEMBER 1911.DR. JOHN MUIRUNITED STATES LEGATIONBUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINADEAR DOCTOR MUIR:While crossing the Cordillera a week ago I made a number of kodak snap shots from the train. These have just been developed with better results than I sometimes have, so I enclose copies in hopes they will remind you of the Yankee of1c1na you are to visit on your next trip to Chile.With best wishes for a successful journey. I remain,[Illegible]05120
Letter From Marion Momville Pope To John Muir, 1911 Nov 18., Marion Momville Pope
Letter From Marion Momville Pope To John Muir, 1911 Nov 18., Marion Momville Pope
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
the home in the Outlands. It is sold now, and we are leaving in a fortnight for Buenos AiresI have kept up down here the old custom that we had at home,---the table always set for tho unexpected guest. My husband and I sit down alone so often, but we each hare at our right the ordered place, oftener empty than filled---though I can always see in my imagination's eye, those dear familiar figures who will not sit at any board again here. If you can come to us, Mr Pope will gladly call for you, and we will imagine …
Letter From Buel A. Funk To Margaret H. Lunam, 1911 Nov 17., Buel A. Funk
Letter From Buel A. Funk To Margaret H. Lunam, 1911 Nov 17., Buel A. Funk
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Los Angeles, Cal.November 17th1911.Mrs. Marge ret H. Lunan,Westfield, Dunbar,Haddingtonshire, Scotland.Dear Madam:-Mr. Muir writes me from Rio do Janeiro to send you $100 of which he wishes you to keep one half for your self, and give the other half to the poor.Wishing you a merry Christmas for Mr. Muir, I remain,Yours truly,[Illegible]05118
Letter From Willard Jefferson Sigler To John Muir, [19]11 Nov 16., Willard Jefferson Sigler
Letter From Willard Jefferson Sigler To John Muir, [19]11 Nov 16., Willard Jefferson Sigler
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
To Mr. John MuirNature, as an impersonal it, should be studied causally, as well as in effects. Serving full for causes, and full for effects, but serving causes before effect in a single positive differential causal [service?]Incidentallyin the interests ofSelfevidence, presentation,[Presence?]Serving, saving, preservingRespectfully from a private individual citizenMr. Willard Jefferson Sigler11-16-1109872
Letter From John Muir To Wanda [Muir Hanna], 1911 Nov 14., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Wanda [Muir Hanna], 1911 Nov 14., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Santiago, ChileNov. 14, 1911Dear WandaJust a word to let you know that I fondly hope you are all well.So far I've been wonderfully successful in my studies etc. Am just starting south in search of araucari woods & expect to return in a week or two to Buenos Aires & sail thence for South Africa.Ever devotedly yoursJohn Muir05117
Dont let the boys forget me.Remember me to the [Reids?] Smith & all who care to hear from me
Letter From Henry Prather Fletcher To [?] Jenkins, [Ca. 1911] Nov 14., Henry Prather Fletcher
Letter From Henry Prather Fletcher To [?] Jenkins, [Ca. 1911] Nov 14., Henry Prather Fletcher
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Nov 14[letterhead]Dear Mr JenkinsThis note will introduce Mr John Muir one of the greatest American scientists. Anything you can do for him I will take as a personal favor.Vy trulyHenry P. Fletcher09857[Henry Prather FletcherEnvoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of AmericaAlameda 1584Santiago - Chile09857]
Letter From D. W. Reimers To John Muir, 1911 Nov 13., D. W. Reimers
Letter From D. W. Reimers To John Muir, 1911 Nov 13., D. W. Reimers
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
CAIXA POSTAL 728,PARA. BRAZIL/ 13/11/11.Dear Professor Muir,The books have all arrived this morning and we are all alike delighted at the prospect of reading them at an early moment. In fact, I have just taken up and finished straight away your charming story "STIKEEN": I can see you in almost every line of it. Please accept my very sincere thanks for your kind remembrance and be assured of my highest appreciation. It is with very great pleasure that I look back upon the days when you were with us. One feels more than ever as the days go on how …
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 Nov 8., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 Nov 8., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[2]& Araucaria woods. Then returning here & find a a way to far off South Africa thence home.Of my Amazon trip I have already written you. Had glorious times among the rocks & waters of Rio de Janeiro Bay (as glacial as those of Alaska) & in other Parana Arucaria Braziliensis woods & the fiords between Santos & Rio Grande do Sul.Everbody kind find lots of friends & am[1][letterhead]Nov. 8, 1911Darling Helen,I arrived here yesterday & received your long letter from Martinez telling the health & general wellbeing of your little family & of Wanda's.Your letter with others was forwarded …
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 [Nov ?]., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 [Nov ?]., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Darling HelenHope you're all well. Am just leaving Paranagua for Montevideo on steamer Sirio. Have had glorious time in forests of Araucaria Braziliensis, in state of Parana & am quite wellLove to all.J. M.05114Mrs Buel A. FunkCaliforniaU. S. A.233 Formosa Ave& HOllywood.
Letter From Anna R. Dickey To John Muir, [Ca. 1911] Nov ., Anna R. Dickey
Letter From Anna R. Dickey To John Muir, [Ca. 1911] Nov ., Anna R. Dickey
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[2]shall see you in our little home, although I fancy Los Angeles will not see so much of you now the dear Hookers are making their home in San Francisco.I am quite desolate over the thought that next year Ellie girl will go with them. She and Maude are to be my guests at a concert tomorrow to hear a very good Irish singer, McCormick by name. I see all too little of them even so near[1]Dear Mr Muir,I cannot tell you how much pleasure your letter and the enclosed "appreciation" in Spanish gave us. I think it was my …
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 Oct 10., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 Oct 10., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
1911Rio de Janeiro Oct 10Darling Helen,Ive been here 3 days & leave today for Santos. Thence I go inland 4 or 5 hundred miles to look for Araucaria Braziliensis in the state of Parana Rio harbor is a glacial fiord. A glorious place I'll return to Rio from the woods thence go to Buenos Aires. Thence to Valparaiso etc.I am feeling quite well & of course fondly hope you & family are
I wish you would tell Buel to send $100 to Mrs Margaret H. Lunam, Westfield, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.By postal order of course & tell her in the letter …
Letter From [Katharine Hooker] To John Muir, [1911] Oct 4., Katharine Hooker
Letter From [Katharine Hooker] To John Muir, [1911] Oct 4., Katharine Hooker
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[4]next door to Osgoods After we have lived in it long enough to be ready to undertake some trouble, we shall build another, there will be [illegible] enough after we have moved this one away. We are having it put in order and made clean, and by the time you come back it will be all ready for you to come and visit us in it. A man wants to buy the house in Los Angeles.[1]3255 Pacific AveOct. 4Just received Sep 16 on return from [illegible] to ParaMy very dear friendThis at Buenos AiresIt was good to hear from you …
Letter From Ellie Mosgrove To John Muir, [1911] Sep 31., Ellie Mosgrove
Letter From Ellie Mosgrove To John Muir, [1911] Sep 31., Ellie Mosgrove
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[1][letterhead]Dear Mr. Muir,Are we not true to our teaching and our love for the pines and running waters.Helen, Marian and I are here together and are having a beautiful time. Do you know that granite when I walk or stand on it thrills me. Its solidity, color and vastness.05112
[2]We were two weeks on the large Lake but had to come up to our old love the Glen. The flowers are beautiful. The larkspurs are very tall and the castillegas flaming.Do you remember a Mr. Stewart of Vesalia President of the Mt. Whitney Club. He is here and remembered all …
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 Sep 26., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 Sep 26., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Para, Brazil Sep 26, 19Darling Helen,The hardest part of my big trip is done. I go aboard the steamer San Paulo today for Rio de Janeiro & am quite well with loving hopes you & your little family are also well. Have made lots of friends & have fared astonishingly well every way.Give this news to Charlotte & Wanda. Am in great haste Address your next letter to Buenos Aires Argentine Republic S. America. c/o American consul.With all devoted love wishesYour wandering fatherJohn Muir