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The Pacifc Weekly, October 2, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacific Weekly, September 25, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacific Weekly, September 18, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacific Weekly, September 4, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From J. E. Crichton To E[Dward] T. Parsons, 1912 Aug 26., J. E. Crichton

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

The City of SeattleWashintonDEPARTMENT OF HEALTHAND SANITTIONAugust 26th, 1912.E.T. Parsons,Sierra Club,402 Mills Bldg.,San Francisco.Dear Sir:In answering your communications, received August 24th, I beg to state that your understanding of the matter regarding the Chicago - Milwaukee Railroad etc., is not exactly correct.We were opposed to the franchise being granted through a portion of our watershed. Our watershed, however, at the point of crossing by the railroad is narrow so that their camps were easily located outside of the shed. They were not to exceed a half mile from our watershed but yet entirely within the adjoining river basin.The typhoid rate …

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1912 Aug 10., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]Storm-and-fog bound for two daysAugust 10 1912Dear Muir:I have your letter with Freeman's report. Thank you. Please send me antying you may see, have or put on paper to [countract?] it.Of course the question is not yet settled whether other sources are available. [Hazer?] simply considers the character of the water.As we go to press six weeks before publication I must have material for another editorial--in November--early in September. Do what you can.05248

My editorial in August "A D[illegible] of the [South?] to itself" is being widely sent out and copied and favorably commented on.I dont understand your letter in …

Letter From Charles N. Elliot To John Muir, 1912 Aug 9., Charles N. Elliot

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]August 9th, 1912.Dear Mr. Muir,I am at a loss how to adequately express my appreciation of your gift of "Stickeen," which has just reached me. I would that I might in some more tangible way than words, show you how deeply your delicate kindness affects me. I have always loved your story of the little dog companion of your dangerous Alaskan adventure, and the book containing it--a gift from its writer will ever be one of my most prized possessions. As I have said, I wish it were possible to show my appreciation in some other way than a new …

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1912 Jul 6., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

J[letterhead]July 6, 1912Dear Muir:Owen is out today after six weeks of typhoid at my house, which has kept Mrs. Johnson and me in town.I am very anxious to get off to the country near by & (when Buel comes back July 21) to some real vacation. Before I go I ought to know what our next year's programme will be. Can't you let me know definitely about the two articles on the Amazon & the Victoria Falls. I'm trying here to get05219

some Amazon pictures. Have you any fine ones or Victoria Falls? Or can you tell me where I …

Letter From [John Muir] To [?] Aimers, 1912 Jun 20., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Hollywood, Cal.,June 20. 1912.1525 Formosa Ave.My dear Aimers:- I arrived home in blessed California in a little over a year after leaving it, after a grand time in your South America and in Africa.Here is an outline sketch of the whole trip, some of the brightest spots of which I owe to ycur kindness.After a few extremely interesting days in and about Rio de Janeiro I went to Santos. Thence into the interior of the State of Parana, whore I found extensive forests of the magnificent Araucarie Brazillensis,a species that I have long wished to seegrowing in its native primeval …

Letter From A[?]H Pleker To John Muir, 1912 May 15., A. H. Pleker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EvmDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORWASHINGTONADDRESS ONLY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORMay 15 1912Mr. John Muir,Martinez, California.Sir:There have "been forwarded to you under separate cover the publications listed below which I think will be of interest to you:Proceedings of the Rational Park Conference. Geological History of ths Yellowstonenational Park. Geysers.Geological History of Crater Lake.This office plans to issue a number of short publications similar to those sent that will deal with all of the natural features in the national parks including the flora and the fauna. We have now in press an article on ths lakes of Glacier Park, and Mr. F. …

The Pacifc Weekly, May 15, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From Ferris Greenslet To John Muir, 1912 May 8., Ferris Greenslet

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

May 8, 1912.Dear Mr. Muir,Please forgive our delay in writing you concerning the final details of the publication of your book, "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth". After your very pleasant and satisfactory call the other day, we took up the matter afresh with the editors of the Atlantic Monthly, and the Youth's Companion. The former magazine is ready now to use four installments for $500.00, and make something of a feature of them in the prospectus of the coming fall, provided that we and you, are willing to defer publication of the book until after the first of …

Letter From John Muir Et Al To Harold French, 1912 May 1., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

"To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of Sierra Nevada Mountains."SIERRA CLUB402 MILLS BUILDINGSan Francisco, Cal.Board of Directors-1911-1912Mr. John Muir, President MartinesProf. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President San Francisco.Prof. J. N. Le Conte, Treasurer BerkefeyMr. William E. Colby. Secretary San FranciscoProf. Wm. F. Badè BerkeleyProf. Vernon L. Kellogg Stanford UniversityVice Prof. E. C. Franklin, resignedProf. W. C. Morgan BerkeleyMr. E. T. Parsons San FranciscoMr. Willoughby Rodman Los AngelesOuting CommitteeProf. …

A Future Paradise For Mankind In South America. John Muir, Famous Naturalist Of The Sierras, Home From A Year's Trip Abroad, Describes The Vast Possibilities Of The Amazon Valley And Tells Of Dangers That Threatened Yosemite National Park., John Muir

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

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Letter From R. B. Marshall To John Muir, 1912 Apr 19., R. B. Marshall

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

U. S. Geological Survey,Washington, D. C.,April 19, 1912.My dear Mr, Muir:The Marshalls welcome home their dearest of friends!Our friend McFarland of the AmericanCivic Association tells me that he had an hour of real pleasure with you in New Yorkon the fifth of March, and this is the nineteenth of April and we have not had even that promised note or wire saying you are coming,and when, to make us that long delayed visit. It is not fair--not like our John Muir--to stay in the largest city when "country" Washington has a small corner begging for you. Come-come. Mrs. Marshall and …

The Pacific Weekly, April 17, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From Harold A. Caparn To John Muir, 1912 Apr 4., Harold A. Caparn

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

American Society of Landscape ArchitectsEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEHAROLD A. CAPARN. President,156 Fifth Avenue, New YorkWARREN H. MANNING, Vice-President,1101 Tremont Building, Boston, Masa.CHARLES DOWNING LAY, Secretary,103 Park Avenue, New YorkHENRY V. HUBBARD, Treasurer,101 Tremont Street, Boston, Mesa. FERRUCCIO VITALE, 1913,St. James Building, New YorkJAMES STURGIS PRAY, 1914,jo Garden Street, Cambridge, Mass,PERCIVAL GALLAGHER, 1915,Brookline, Mass.156 Fifth Avenue, New YorkApril 4 1912.John Muir, Esq.,c/o Professor Henry Pairfield Osborn#850 Madison Avenue.Dear Sir:-The American Society of Landscape Architects is planning a movement to arouse public interest in and appreciation of the layout and purpose of Central Park. We wish to bring people to understand that it is …

The Pacific Weekly, April 3, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacific Weekly, March 13, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From [William F. Bade] To Theodore Roosevelt, [Ca. 1912 Mar]., William F. Bade

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[illegible]My dear Colonel Roosevelt:-It is with great hesitation that 1 write yon at this time regarding new aspects of the Hetch-Hetchy controversy. But a number of influential men out here, whose opinions on the Hetch-Hetchy project 1 share, have urged me to bring to your attention the grounds upon which officials of San Francisco nor; urge the acquisition and development of Hetch-Hetchy. By their own confession in public print they at this time repudiate the claims of public necessity by which they persuaded Mr. Garfield to make the grant, and at the same time concede (what in063182.Washington the same officials …

The Pacific Weekly, February 28, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From [William F. Bade] To [Walter L. Fisher], 1912 Feb 13., William F. Bade

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Feb 13, 1912.The Secretary of the Interior,Washington, D. C.My dear Sir:-Replying to your letter of February 1, 1912, regarding a supplementary hearing to be held in San Francisco at the request of the City Attorney, I beg to say that I consider the holding of such a hearing most inadvisable for the following reasons:1. The policy of the San Francisco papers, inspired by local prejudices, has been to cartoon and ridicule any one who publicly attempts to represent the interests of the larger public and the nation. The papers have never given truthfully the faots of the situation, and063162.large numbers …

The Pacific Weekly, February 7, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacific Weekly, January 31, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacific Weekly, January 24, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From Percy V. Long To Walter L. Fisher, 1912 Jan 20., Percy V. Long

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(COPY)CITY ATTORNEYSan FranciscoJanuary 20th, 1913Hon. Walter L. Fisher,Secretary of the Interior.Washington D. C.Sir:-Mr. Maruden Hanson, City Engineer of this City, has handed as a copy of your letter to him of January 5th in which you request the City of San Francisco to indicate the matters it desires to present to you (other than these of an engineering sharneter) with regard to the pending order to show cause why the permit for the use of the Heteh Hatehy Valley as a reservoir should not be revoked, and the manner in which the City desires to present such facts. You also …

1912 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Junior Class, Florence Ada Brooks, Albert Franklin Long

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1912 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

The History Of The Town Of Bowdoinham, 1762-1912, Silas Adams

Maine Collection

The History of the Town of Bowdoinham, 1762-1912

by Silas Adams

Fairfield Publishing Company, Fairfield, Maine, 1912.

Contents: Ch.I - The Early Settlement - Land Disputes between Rival Co.'s - Fort Richmond / Ch. II - Building of Mills in Town - Organization of Town - First Town Meetings - Attempt to Set Off Cathance Point from Bowdoinham - Town Furnish Preachers / Ch. III - Organization and Names of the Different Churches in Town / Ch. IV - Voting Places Previous to 1800 - Laying out and Building Roads - Legal Documents and Transfers about 1810 - Specimen Account …

Descriptive Pamphlet, 1912, The Rockefeller University

The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research: Descriptive Pamphlet

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Letter From Charles N. Elliot To John Muir, [Ca.1912 ?]., Charles N. Elliot

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Charles N. ElliotArchitect325 Failing Building,Portland, Oregon,Dear Mr. Muir:I am at a loss how to adequately express my appreciation of your gift of "Stickeen", which has just reached me.I would that I might in some more tangible way than words, show you how deeply your delicate kindness affects me. I have always loved your story of the little dog companion of your dangerous Alaskan adventure, and the book containing it — a gift from its writer will ever be one of my most prized possessions. As 1 have said, I wish it were possible to show my appreciation in some other …