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John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1995/96, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1995/96, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter winter 1995-96 university of the pacific volume 6, number 1 HOW I FOUND SMOKEY JACK'S CAMP AND TWENTY-HILL HOLLOW ByRobert Bauer (Editor's note: When not raising turkeys, Robert Bauer is a graduate student in anthropology at California State University, Stanislaus, working on a master's thesis that places Muir and his work in the context of the land and people of the Sierra foothills between the Merced and Tuolumne rivers.) John Muir first came to eastern Merced County in 1868 by a circuitous route. Following a botanzing trip through Florida and Cuba, he was taken with a fever …
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Muir Newsletter fall 1995 university of the pacific volume 5, number 4 JOHN MUIR AND THE VAN DYKE RANCH: INTIMACY AND DESIRE IN HIS FINAL YEARS By Peter Wild (Editor's note: Well-known author, poet, biographer and nature writer, Peter Wild is Professor of Modern Language at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The following paper is an outgrowth of his recent research on the Muir family in the Southwest. Part One was published in the previous issue.) PARTTWO The Muirs owed much of Helen's well-being to the ranchers, Theodore Strong Van Dyke and his son Dix. The Van Dykes were …
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter summer 1995 university of the pacific volume 5, number 3 JOHN MUIR AND THE VAN DYKE RANCH: INTIMACY AND DESIRE IN HIS FINAL YEARS By Peter Wild (Editor's note: Well-known author, poet, biographer and nature writer, Peter Wild is Professor of Modern Language at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The following paper is an outgrowth of his recent research on the Muir family in the Southwest. Part Two will be published in the next issue.) PARTONE When occasional gunfire erupted in the town, it could be heard at the nearby desert ranch, but that didn't seem …
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter spring 1995 university of the pacific volume 5, number 2 JOHN MUIR AND ZEN BUDDHISM by Michelle L. Dwyer (Editor's note: Michelle Dwyer is an English and Philosophy double major at the University of the Pacific. This paper was prepared in the fall of 1994 for an undergraduate course, "John Muir and the American Environment. ") Many question whether John Muir followed traditional Christianity, mystic pantheism, ora combination of the two. After reading many of Muir's writings, it seems to me that he follows the religious beliefs of Zen Buddhism closely enough to say that Muir understood …
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1994/1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1994/1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter winter 19i4-9a university of the pacific volume 5, number 1 FOLLOWING MUIR'S FIRST SUMMER ROUTE by John Fiske (Editor's note: John Fiske, retired engineer and Muir aficionado, lives near Coulterville and has thoroughly explored the region, tracking Muir's 1869 route as described in My First Summer in the Sierra. A year ago he accompanied a group of Muir enthusiasts from Japan on an excursion that began near Snelling and ended in Tuolumne Meadows. Fiske's trail notes are reprinted below. His meticulous research, and his careful delineation of the current topography and nomenclature, are valuable contributions to modern …
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter fall 1994 university of the pacific volume 4, number 4 JOHN MUIR'S PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION By Janene Ford Library/Archives Assistant Holt-Atherton Library It is said a picture is worth a thousand words. John Muir could easily turn out a thousand words, but as far as we know he seldom, if ever, used a camera. However, it is evident that Muir recognized and respected the value of visual images. During his lifetime he amassed a collection of nearly 3,000 photographs, many of which were taken by acquaintances and friends such as William Keith, Charles Lummis, Theodore Lukens, Marion Delany, …
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter summer 1994 university of the pacific volume 4, number 3 JOHN MUIR IN RUSSIA, 1903 PART THREE by William H. Brennan (Editor's note: this is the last article in a three-part series by Bill Brennan, Professor of History at the University of the Pacific, a specialist in Russian and Soviet history and foreign policy. For prior articles, see the 1993 fall and winter issues of this newsletter.) When Muir left the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, then the capital of Imperial Russia, it was with an obvious sense of relief. He had found Peter the Great's pride and …
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter spring 1994 university of the pacific volume 4, number 2 JOHN MUIR AND THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT by Ron Limbaugh Was John Muir sympathetic toward 19th century feminism? Did he consider the rights of women worthy of at least the same respect as the rights of animals? Until recently it was not possible to explore these questions because of the lack of primary resources. Before 1970 the subject of Muir and his relationship with women was delicately side-stepped by scholars who were unable to win the confidence of Muir's heirs. Since then a new generation of heirs has …
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1993/1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1993/1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter winter 1993-94 university of the pacific volume 4, number 1 JOHN MUIR IN RUSSIA PART TWO by William H. Brennan (The second of a three-part series) During the reign of the Empress Catherine the Great, who lived over a century before Muir's journey to Old Russia, a curious incident occurred. The Empress, noted for being near-sighted, had prepared a boat excursion for a group of European royalty. She had wanted to show them the countryside with its prosperity and happy peasants. Her one-time lover and now chief advisor, Gregory Potemkin, knew that the visitors were bound to …
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter fall 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 4 JOHN MUIR IN RUSSIA PART ONE by William H. Brennan (Editor's note: Bill Brennan, a Russian and Soviet specialist, recently completed a study of Lenin that is scheduled for future publication. He has taught history at the University of the Pacific since 1976. This is the first of a two-part series, prepared especially for this publication.) Old Russia was still very much alive eleven years before the outbreak of World War One and considered itself to be a great power with a destiny to protect and preserve …
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter summer 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 3 JOHN MUIR IN THE ION BASIN by Laurel Bemis (Editor's note: a Stockton resident and recent graduate of the University of the Pacific, the author prepared this paper in a course offered by UOP's history department, "John Muir and the American Environment. " Excerpts from the John Muir Papers at UOP are used by permission of the Muir-Hanna Trust.) John Muir left New York on April 20, 1911 on a voyage that would fulfill his lifetime dream to travel to South America. One of his main reasons …
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter spring 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 2 1993 EARTH DAY CELEBRATES TH MUIR IMAGE by Janene Ford On a clear, sunny spring day the Earth Day Conservation Fair in Sacramento attracted thousands of people including large groups of school children. Sponsored by the California Department of Conservation, many organizations were invited to participate by setting up booths in front of the Capitol showing various aspects of recycling, alternative energy, conservation, and other reflections on "The Muir Image." The University of the Pacific, the John Muir National Historical Site, the Sierra Club and a number …
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter winter 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 1 THE 1992 JOHN MUIR WRITING CONTEST A "GLORIOUS" »3 \J v^ \s JtL/»J»3 Last year we launched our own writer's contest for Muir aficionados, hoping not only to promote Muir's environmental message but also to have some fun trying to emulate his evocative writing style. The results exceeded our expectations. Out of nearly two dozen entries, our panel of judges from the English Department at UOP awarded four prizes, one from the "Young Sequoia" (young adult) category and three from the "Old Yosemite" (adult) division. The winners …
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter university of the pacific fall, 1992 NATURE AND THE HUMAN SPIM volume 2, number 4 '» TOTIfi TRANSFORMATION OF HENRY LOOMIS by Ron Limbaugh A few years ago, while working on a research project at Yale's Sterling Memorial Library, I ran across a 90-page handwritten journal written by Henry Bradford Loomis, son of a prominent Yale mathematician and astronomer, an irresolute companion of John Muir during a three-month trip to Alaska in 1890. In labored but legible longhand, Loomis chronicled the expedition.' It is a fascinating record. Not only does it provide a starkly contrasting view to …
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter ^H^^^^H summer, 1992 university of the pacific volume 2, number 3 THE PASSING OF RICHARD HANNA The third child of Thomas R. Hanna and his wife Wanda (John Muir's eldest daughter), Richard died May 9 of this year in Hamilton, Montana. He and his younger sister, the late Jean Hanna Clark, were instrumental in turning over the John Muir Papers to the custody of the University of the Pacific in 1970. He was also the principal custodian of John Muir's personal library, and during the 1970s donated over a thousand volumes from that monumental collection to the …
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsle spring, 1992 university of the pacific volume 2, number 2 ON EARLY YOSEMITE ARTISTS AND TOURISM Katherine M. Littell of Harvard University has published a short essay about early Yosemite artists entitled, "Chris Jorgensen and the Pioneer Artists of Yosemite." It appeared in the fall, 1990 issue of the Harvard Graduate Society Newsletter. Littell reports that nineteenth century artists were very much responsible for the political viability of Yosemite. The new Yosemite Grant needed tourism to be finacially stable. California had accepted administration of Yosemite in 1866 but was not given any funds by the federal government …
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter winter, 1992 university of the pacific volume 2, number 1 "ON JOHN MUIR: LETTERS FROM ALASKA" by Robert Engberg Bruce Merrell and I have reviewed the articles which John Muir wrote for the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin during the years 1879 and 1880. They suggest that it was during his visits to still-wild Alaska that Muir first learned that he could shape public opinion. Only three years before his Alaska travels he had attempted to influence the California legislature to stop clear-cut logging in the higher Sierra Nevada ranges. The politicians ignored him, and Muir's political …
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter fall, 1991 university of the pacific new series, volume 1 number 4 TO OUR READERS Our readers and subscribers haye responded enthusiastically to the first year of issues in the new series of the John Muir Newsletter. .We here at the Muir Center are grateful for your accolades and encouragement, and we hope that more of you will become active supporters of the Center. We want to encourage you to demonstrate your support in two concrete ways, First, while we thank all our subscribers, we urge those of you who read the Newsletter but who have not …
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
J oh n M u i r N e ws I etter summer, 1991 university of the pacific hew series, volume 1 number 3 CALL FOR PAPERS California Immigrants: People, Plants and Animals CALIFORNIA HISTORY INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA APRIL 23-25, 1992 "California Immigrants: People, Plants and Animals" is the theme of the 1992 California History Institute, sponsored by the John Muir Center for Regional Studies at the University of the Pacific. The 500th anniversary of European expansion in the western hemisphere presents an opportunity for deeper reflection and analysis of the interaction between humans and the …
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
spring, 1991 JOHN MUIR MONOGRAPH TO APPEAR The John Muir Center for Regional Studies has completed its work on the papers presented in April, 1990, to the California History Institute on John Muir's life and work. The edited papers are now in the hands of a major publisher. The eventual volume will contain an introduction, fifteen separate essays, and an appendix. The book will be divided into six sections, each of which will focus on a different aspect of Muir's life and work. The sections include one on Muir the individual, another on Muir and religion, and a third on …
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1990/1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1990/1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
John Muir Newsletter winter, 1990-1991 JOHN MUIR NEWSLETTER REVIVED The John Muir Center for Regional Studies at the University of thePacific is very pleased to begin republication of the John Muir Newsletter. The first newsletter under this title ran six years and ended with the publication of the John Muir Papers (microform edition) in 1986. The current quarterly Newsletter will be published in fall and spring of each year, starting with this fall 1990 issue. The Newsletter will serve as a clearing house of information on John Muir, publications and events concerning Muir and his legacy, news of the environment, …
John Muir Newsletter, July/September 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, July/September 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \. Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 5 JULY/SEPTEMBER 1985 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS A NEW FORMAT NEXT ISSUE We have published this little newsletter the last five years as a means of keeping interested subscribers informed on the status of the John Muir Papers Microform Project. As you will see by the following item, the project is near completion, and by definition the raison d'etre for this modest rag will end. However, until the end of this year we will keep current Muir …
John Muir Newsletter, April/June 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, April/June 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 5 APRIL/JUNE 1985 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS MUIR CONFERENCE AN OUTSTANDING EVENT Over 250 registrants from all parts of the West attended the special John Muir Conference on the University of the Pacific campus April 12-13. Twenty-five speakers and panelists from thirteen differene academic institutions in nine different states and the Ditrict of Columbia participated in this edition of the California History Institute, highlighted by Hollywood actor Lee Stetson's highly-acclaimed one-man show: "Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John …
John Muir Newsletter, January/March 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, January/March 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 5 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 JANUARY/MARCH 1985 NUMBER 1 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS WINDING DOWN THE PROJECT Shortly you will receive a flyer from Chadwyck-Healey, Inc. announcing the availability of the John Muir Papers on microfilm. We had hoped to have the microfilm edition ready by the time of the special John Muir Conference at the University of the Pacific on April 12 and 13. Instead, the flyer will have to serve until the final snags are worked out in filming and indexing. To date, all …
John Muir Newsletter, November/December 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, November/December 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \ Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 4 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1984 NUMBER 5 & 6 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH. KIRSTEN E. LEWIS MICROFORM PROJECT PROGRESS (?) REPORT In our last newsletter we spoke confidently of wrapping up the project in time for the Muir Conference in April. Now we're not quite so sure. We'll be close, but technical problems and some staff changes have forced us to revise our timetable. At this writing we are projecting a July 1 publication date. One big recent change was the reorganization of our …
John Muir Newsletter, August/October 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, August/October 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies X^ / Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 4 AUGUST/OCTOBER 1984 NUMBER 4 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS PROJECT UPDATE Muir scholars take note: the microform project is rounding third and heading for home. Since the last newsletter we have completed the filming of Series II (journals) and Series IV (illustrative works), and have begun filming Series III (manuscripts). The last series to be filmed, Series I (correspondence), is fully controlled but not yet camera-ready. By November we expect to have all the filming completed and processed. …
John Muir Newsletter, May/July 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, May/July 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \ / Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 4 MAY/JULY 1984 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. UMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS PROJECT UPDATE Remember us? Sorry we have kept you waiting for news, but we have a good excuse: we're swamped! Since May 1 we have: - completed processing all remaining Muir papers scheduled for filming. This means the University of the Pacific collection is completely reorganized and controlled, and the incoming copies in other repositories incorporated into the filming sequence. The preliminary inventory has been replaced by a card …
John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \ Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 4 MARCH/APRIL 1984 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS SEARCHING FOR LITERARY HEIRS: WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE? Previous issues of this Newsletter have described the search procedure used by Project staff to locate scattered Muir documents. Another search of equal importance is now being conducted to identify and contact individuals or entities who may claim ownership or control of literary rights to documents or photographs scheduled for publication. The 1978 copyright law clarified and strengthened the doctrine of …
John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \ / Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 4 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1984 NUMBER 1 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS SPECIAL NOTICE: A NEW PUBLICATION POLICY FOR THE JOHN MUIR PAPERS (Editor's Note: For the past several years, requests to publish material from the hand of John Muir or contained in the Muir collection at the University of the Pacific have been held up by the owners of the literary rights pending clarification of the copyright status. These legal questions have now been resolved and the Muir-Hanna Trust has …
John Muir Newsletter, September/December 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
John Muir Newsletter, September/December 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies
Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015
Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies X^ / Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 3 SEPTEMBER/DECEMBER 1983 NUMBER 5 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. UMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS CATCHING UP We apologize for the delay in distributing this final newsletter of 1983. Our intentions were to keep the publication bimonthly if possible, but the fall workload and the delay in NEH funding news kept us from turning out a September- October edition. We are grateful for your patience and understanding. FUNDING UPDATE As anticipated in our last newsletter, the National Endowment for the Humanities has contributed $20,000 …