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Cataloging, By Esther Crawford, Esther Crawford, C. E. Addens Aug 1899

Cataloging, By Esther Crawford, Esther Crawford, C. E. Addens

Reports of the Secretary to the President Student Affairs President’s Correspondence, 1900-1907

Booklet concerning cataloging in the library, with an order invoice inside.

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Letter From C[Harles] K[Endall] Adams To John Muir, 1897 Sep 22., Charles Kendall Adams Sep 1897

Letter From C[Harles] K[Endall] Adams To John Muir, 1897 Sep 22., Charles Kendall Adams

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

September 22nd, 1897.

Mr. John Muir, LL. D.,
Martinez, California.

My dear Dr. Muir:

On my return after an absence of some weeks I find upon my table your letter of July 8th. Though it does not seem to require an answer, I cannot deny myself the pleasure of informing you that it was received and that it gave me great satisfaction. We at this University are proud of the work you have done and are still doing, and we shall continue to watch with interest whatever of your writings comes under …

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Letter From Thomas W. Ball To John Muir, 1897 Apr 28., Thomas W. Ball Apr 1897

Letter From Thomas W. Ball To John Muir, 1897 Apr 28., Thomas W. Ball

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

HARPER & BROTHERS
FRANKLIN SQUARE,NEW YORK
ART DEPARTMENT

April 28, 1897.

Dear Sir:-->The illustration of your article on The national Parksand Forest Reservations, is referred to me.
Before using any of the illustrative material, which you kindly sent us, it will be necessary to get the photographers' consents to use their pictures. Will you kindly procure this for us, or else send us their addresses which are not given on the photographs, so that we say communicate directly with them?
In addition to the photographs you inclose to us three clippings from some publication. We would prefer the original …

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Work-A-Day World, April 1897, University Of The Pacific Apr 1897

Work-A-Day World, April 1897, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1897 Jan 7., John Muir Jan 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1897 Jan 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Jan 7, 1897

My dear Johnson

Thanks for New Year's best wishes & for news of Sargents sad blows of fortune But Sargent will not down, He will soon be on his firm Mastodonic legs again strong & available as ever. I am trying to get the Sierra club to take plain open ground on the Yosemite question as to the advisability of recognizing it as a natural part of the Yosemite National Park, which it really is & sooner or later must become in fact.
I am also trying to write the confounded syndicate forest letters you & …

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Letter From Warren Olney To Stephen M. White, 1896 Dec 17., Warren Olney Dec 1896

Letter From Warren Olney To Stephen M. White, 1896 Dec 17., Warren Olney

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(COPY -letter from files returned to Mr. Warren Olney)

San Francisco, December 17, 1896.

Senator Stephen M. White,

Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:

I desire to acknowledge the letter you sent me in regard to the reservation of that portion of the Sierras bordering Lake Tahoe on the west. Before Senator Perkins went to Washington 1 was in constant communication with him in regard to the matter. President Jordan of Stanford University was in Washington on official business lately and made the matter of this reservation a subject of special consideration. He had interviews with the Secretary of the Interior …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1896 Nov 19., Robert Underwood Johnson Nov 1896

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1896 Nov 19., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

November 19th, 1896.

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Muir:-

I inclose herewith a letter from Mr. McClure of the MoClure Syndicate and Magazine. Prof. Sargent (with whom I have been talking over the matter to-day) and I both think that you could do a great deal of good by writing these articles, and we trust the terms will be satisfactory to you.
In any event, please communicate direct with Mr. McClure as his offer is, of course, only a tentative one, and is dependent …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1896 Nov 14., Robert Underwood Johnson Nov 1896

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1896 Nov 14., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

November 14th, 1896.

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.

R. U. JOHNSON,

ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,

ASSISTANT EDITOR.

John Muir, Esq.

Martinez, California.

My dear Muir:-

I have been in correspondence with Prof. Sargent, whom I have also seen, in regard to the letters which you have in mind about the forests. On his return from Washington in the first part of next week I shall hope to have a decision to make to you.
I have been in communication with three syndicates, and I think, on the whole, the best way would be to have the letters distributed through McClure, …

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Letter From George Hansen To John Muir, 1896 Oct 16., George Hansen Oct 1896

Letter From George Hansen To John Muir, 1896 Oct 16., George Hansen

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[illegible]Jackson, Amador Co. , Cal.
Oct. 16th. /96.

John Muir Esq.

Dear Sir,

I receivedyesterday your kind note of the 12th., I hasten toaccept the acquaintanceship with you, which is offered in such warmness of expression, that it ranks high with a man removed from this world's activity and achievements.
But as to the business proposition of your communication, may I beg of you to give me instructions to the limit of your generosity after you have had an insight in the list which I send by even mail? - You learn from it , that my collection amounts to …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To Charles Sprague Sargent, 1896 Sep 30., Robert Underwood Johnson Sep 1896

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To Charles Sprague Sargent, 1896 Sep 30., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL-DEPARTNENT
THE CENTURY-MAGAZINE
UNION SQUARE NEW YORK

September 30th, 1890

R. W. GILDER. EDITOR.

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

Prof. Charles S. Sargent,
Chairman of the Forest Commission,
Flagstaff, Arizona.

Dear Prof. Sargent:-

I am very glad indeed to have your note of the18th of September; and I am communicating at once with the Bacheller Syndicate, and shall write you their attitude as soon as I learn it.
I am still trying to get an interview with the new Secretary of the Interior with a view of pushing along the Montana reservation. I am asking …

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Letter From Edwin H. Abbot To John Muir, 1896 Sep 19., Edwin H. Abbot Sep 1896

Letter From Edwin H. Abbot To John Muir, 1896 Sep 19., Edwin H. Abbot

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)


to write it myself, I hope this fiends Professor Herrick of Chicago University (just arrived from Europe) who was Philip's College Chum, and companion in his Mexico town and the ascent of W. [Dana?] and the mountains about Yo Semite will furnish you a really excellent meeting. He not only has been on the most intimate terms of friendship, and knew Philip better than almost anybody else, but is himself so skilled a writer, that he can give you what is worth the subject as well as your proceedings. If this will not be


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Cambridge, Mass.

[letterhead]

September 19, …

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Letter From W[Illiam] H. Trout To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1896 Aug 17., William H. Trout Aug 1896

Letter From W[Illiam] H. Trout To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1896 Aug 17., William H. Trout

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

548 Madison St Milwaukee Wis Aug 17th 1896

Mrs John Muir

Dear Madam

I take the liberty of addressing this letter to you, in order to obtain your account P.O. adress. I promised Mr Muir a large family photo, but neglected to get his addresss: often though of it, but hated to interrupt the precious conversation by asking. I considered that I had it in some old letters, but these if I now have them, seem hard to find. So I am presuming on the good nature of the P.O men, to find you, without your direct address; which then …

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Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1896 May 30., Charles Sprague Sargent May 1896

Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1896 May 30., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., May 30, 1896

My dear Mr. Muir:

I return to you with many thanks the communications you have been good enough to send me in reference to the Big Trees.
Engelmann, in The Botany of California, speaks of the fruit of Sequoia as maturing the second year. This I should think must be a mistake, as there is nothing to show on any of my specimens that it does not ripen the first autumn. If I am wrong about this,I wish you would send me a line by return post that I may …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens , 1896 May 4., John Muir May 1896

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens , 1896 May 4., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

As Pres. of S. Club he appoints me on committee

Martinez, May 4, 1896.

My dear Lukens

At the last election of the Sierra Club I was reelected president & I appointed you a member of the Standing Committee on Publications & Communications. I hope you will be able to give some attention to the articles in our bulletings & above all have a good long one of your own on your travels in the Sierra.
We all enjoyed your visit ever so much & hope it will not be long ere You & Your wife make us another visit, …

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Letter From T. Brook White To John Muir, 1896 Apr 2., T. Brook White Apr 1896

Letter From T. Brook White To John Muir, 1896 Apr 2., T. Brook White

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[letterhead]

Historian [Mazamas?]

April 2. 1896.

John Muir Esq

President Sierra Club

San Francisco Cal.

Dear Sir

A determined effort is now being made in Congress to restore threefourths of the Cascade Range Forest Reserve to public entry. The entire Oregon delegation headed by Senator Mitchell favors the reopening of the reserve.
The move is being made solely in the interest of the sheep men.
Judge Bellinger of the United States Circuit Court is one of several influential men here who are strongly opposed to any encroachments on the Reserve and he is able personally to reach the President …

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Revolutionary Defences In Rhode Island, Edward Field Jan 1896

Revolutionary Defences In Rhode Island, Edward Field

Primary Sources

This is a digitized version of Edward Field's Revolutionary Defences In Rhode Island: An Historical Account of the Fortifications and Beacons Erected During the American Revolution, with Muster Rolls of the Companies Stationed Along the Shores of Narragansett Bay. It includes the full text of the book along with illustrations and drawings of the various fortifications in the colony during the American War for Independence.

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Letter From W[Illiam] R[Ussell] Dudley To John Muir, 1895 Jul 8., William Russell Dudley Jul 1895

Letter From W[Illiam] R[Ussell] Dudley To John Muir, 1895 Jul 8., William Russell Dudley

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Glenville, Cal.

July 8 1895

Mr. John Muir.

My Dear Sir

Your kind letter and the enclosed articles, your valuable list of publications all came to hand, in good time for my departure southard. I delayed answering and acknowledging your communications until I was on the verge of the forest. We--one assistant and myself, went south to the Tehachapi Mts. and went up Antelope Canon, in to the heart of these mts. to near Tehachapi Pk where we camped at an elevation of 6000# through some weather very hot in the valley below, but very comfortable where we were. …

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The Shahzada's Visit To Great Britain, 1895 : A Selection Of Articles From English Periodical Literature, With Summaries In Persian., The Queen: The Lady's Newspaper & Court Chronicle Jul 1895

The Shahzada's Visit To Great Britain, 1895 : A Selection Of Articles From English Periodical Literature, With Summaries In Persian., The Queen: The Lady's Newspaper & Court Chronicle

Documents and Reports

News coverage of the Afghan prince, Shahzada Nasrullah's visit to Great Britain by the British publications. Photocopies articles accompanied by commentary in Persian, bound in one volume.

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Letter From Helen Leach Reed To John Muir, 1895 Feb 2., Helen Leach Reed Feb 1895

Letter From Helen Leach Reed To John Muir, 1895 Feb 2., Helen Leach Reed

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

74 Huntington Ave.,
Boston, Feb. 2, '95.

Mr. John Muir,
Dear Sir:

Your reputation as a naturalist, and the fact that I have just read with interest your Century communication on forest preservation induces me to trouble you with this letter.
I own 160 acres of redwood land in Mendocino Co. about 10 miles east of Point Arena. I bought it in 1886, hoping at some time to sell it to some mill. I find it very hard, however, to get any satisfactory information from California, 1, as to whether redwood land is in general danger from people who would …

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94 Law Class: "Our Book" Jan 1894

94 Law Class: "Our Book"

Yearbooks & Class Year Publications

On induction to emeritus class of University of Michigan in June 1946, the surviving members of the Law Class of 1894 tell of their activities and experiences during the first 50 years following their graduation and admission to the bar in 1894.

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Letter From Ja[Me]S M. Hay To [Margaret Hay] Lunam, 1893 Jul 9., James M. Hay Jul 1893

Letter From Ja[Me]S M. Hay To [Margaret Hay] Lunam, 1893 Jul 9., James M. Hay

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Mersey View House,
Birkenhead, 9 July, 1893.

My dear Mrs. Lunam;

I duly received your note and was much interested in your account of Mr. John Muir's visit. I write specially to say that no doubt when he is about to return to his American home he will do so by way of Liverpool, and we offer him a hearty welcome to our house here for the few days he may have to spare after his visit to Switzerland and the wonders of the Continent.
I should like to introduce him to one or two here, Sir isdward Hussell, for …

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King's River Yosemite., John Muir Mar 1893

King's River Yosemite., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THB' TRAVELS ft. KING'S RIVER YOSEMITE. JOHN MUIR. OWN in the heart of the High Sierra there is a magnificent rival . to the Yosemite in the Big King's River Canyon, or King's River Yosemite. The general characters as to the floor and walls, vegetation and rock - sculpture, are the same in both; but the King's Valley, although somewhat narrower, is longer, deeper, and lies imbedded in grander mountains. It is situated on the south fork of King's River, above noble forests of Sequoia and sugar- pine, and beneath the shadows of the highest mountains in the range. It …

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Letter From Geo[Rge] G. Mackenzie To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1893 Feb 13., George G. Mackenzie Feb 1893

Letter From Geo[Rge] G. Mackenzie To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1893 Feb 13., George G. Mackenzie

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Raymond, Cal., Feb. 13.

1893

Dear Mr. Johnson:

Yours of the 13[th?] rec’d yesterday. I am now in communication with Robinson from whom I rec’d a letter on Saturday, asking me to come to San Francisco, with the prospect of getting work on the Call in the Yosemite business and perhaps permanently. The request struck me when “dead broke”, or I would have been in the city by this time, although I have been preparing, and am all ready, to publish a little country paper here, the first number to appear either this or next week. I would have …

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Letter From John W. Noble To [Robert Underwood Johnson], 1893 Jan 25., John W. Noble Jan 1893

Letter From John W. Noble To [Robert Underwood Johnson], 1893 Jan 25., John W. Noble

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

January 25th, 1893.

My dear Sir:

Yours of yesterday received.
B. F. Allen will be here soon, on order made some days ago when 1 will arrive at his views and have report made.
If convenient, l should be pleased to receive the article A Rival etc."
I have again asked my chief clerk to endeavor to get communications to the Senate on Yosemite printed.
Thanks for your compliment and wish you were as reported.

Yours truly,

John M. Noble.

Muir'8 Article on Kings River Canon "A Rival to the Yosemite."

06426

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Letter From [Willia]M H. Mills To Robert Underwood Johnson, 1893 Jan 5., William H. Mills Jan 1893

Letter From [Willia]M H. Mills To Robert Underwood Johnson, 1893 Jan 5., William H. Mills

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(12-22-91—5000.)

OFFICE

CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
LAND DEPARTMENT.

FOURTH AND TOWNSEND STREETS.
San Francisco, Jany. 5.Tth.....'93
Robert Underwood Johnson Esq.
Care of the Century Magazine,
New York , N.Y.

My Dear Mr Johnson:-

I have before me your esteemed favor of Dec. 7th,and in return I thank you very sincerely for the courteous manner in which my friend Steffens was received by you and for the very efficient service you rendered him in securing a foot-hold in journalism. I believe in my young friend. He comes of stock that has been successful. His father is one of the wealthiest men …

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Handbook Of The Southern Illinois State Normal University, Southern Illinois State Normal University Jan 1893

Handbook Of The Southern Illinois State Normal University, Southern Illinois State Normal University

SIU Historical Documents

No abstract provided.

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Histories Of American Schools For The Deaf, 1817-1893, Edward Allen Fay Jan 1893

Histories Of American Schools For The Deaf, 1817-1893, Edward Allen Fay

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

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Letter From B. L. Allen [Special Agent General Land Office] To John Muir, 1892 Dec 12., B. L. Allen Dec 1892

Letter From B. L. Allen [Special Agent General Land Office] To John Muir, 1892 Dec 12., B. L. Allen

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[letterhead]

San Francisco Dec 12, 1892

John Muir Eqr

Martinez Cal

Dear Sir,

As Special Agent of the Gen Land Office I was directed by the [illegible] Commissioner to examine and locate the boundaries of the proposed [Tulare?] Forest [Reservation?], as asked for by a petition, Signed by Citizens of Fresno [Tulare?] and Kern Counties – also asked for by the American Foresty Association- I have completed the examination of Said Reservation- and am now at work on my report to the Department at Washington. I understand that there is likely to be some opposition or protest made to …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1892 Dec 8., Robert Underwood Johnson Dec 1892

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1892 Dec 8., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

December 8th, 1892

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.
R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
C. C. BUEL
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, California.

Dear Mr. Muir-

I send you herewith advance sheets of my editorial in the January Century, which will show you that I have got back to work again on the Yosemite question.
I am now in communication with Secretary Noble to see what can practically be done in the way of a repeal of the grant of '64 in case the Legislature does not act promptly. It seems to me that you men in California who know most …

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[Extracts From Picturesque California.], John Muir Dec 1892

[Extracts From Picturesque California.], John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE YOSEMITE IN WINTER. J39 THE YOSEMITE IN WINTER. BY JAMES M. CAKSON. O understand the Yosemite rightly, to comprehend its wonderful possibilities and appropriate the extraordinary variety of aspects under which Nature presents that stupendous tern Mr. S. M. Cunninefha ple of hers ; to learn the lessons taught in that great school for the instruction of the human soul in the workings of all-powerful force, and read correctty the hieroglyphics and picture-writings that elevate the mind to some idea of the infinite, we must see the valley under all the many changes of atmospherical condition. We must see …

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