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Letter From John Muir To James [R.] Garfield, 1908 May 1., John Muir May 1908

Letter From John Muir To James [R.] Garfield, 1908 May 1., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Form 168THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.INCORPORATED24,000 OFFICES IN AMERRICA. CABLE SERVIVE TO ALL THE WORLD.This Company TEANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have bee [illegible] to by the sender of the following message.Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in trasmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon,nor in any case where this claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with …

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The Pacific Pharos, Commencement Issue 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific May 1908

The Pacific Pharos, Commencement Issue 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1908 Apr 28., Robert Underwood Johnson Apr 1908

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1908 Apr 28., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

April 28, 1908R.W. GILDER, EDITOR.R.U. JOHNSON,ASSOCIATE EDITOR.C.C. BUEL,ASSISTANT EDITOR.Dear Mr. President:Please do not misunderstand my position on the Hetch-Hetchy question.Human life is more sacred than scenery, and if it were the only alternative, sooner than see the city of California go without an abundant supply of good water I would cheerfully dam up the Yosemite itself!Both as concerns the city and the Yosemite National Park this is a matter of colossal importance. You say:"The question is simply whether they can get, on substantially as good terms, substantially as good a supply from some other source. If they cannot, the Hetch …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1908 Apr 21., John Muir Apr 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1908 Apr 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

To Theodore Roosevelt[Martinez, CaliforniaApril 21, 1908]Dear Mr. President:I am anxious that the Yosemite National Park may be saved from all sorts of commercialism & marks of man's work other than the roads, hotels, etc., required to make its wonders & blessings available. For as far as I have seen there is not in all the wonderful Sierra, or indeed in the world, another so grand & wonderful & useful a block of Nature's mountain handiwork.There is now under consideration, as doubtless you well know, an application of San Francisco Supervisors for the use of Hetch Hetchy Valley & Lake Eleanor …

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Letter From Ferris Greenslet To John Muir, 1908 Apr 9., Ferris Greenslet Apr 1908

Letter From Ferris Greenslet To John Muir, 1908 Apr 9., Ferris Greenslet

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

April 9, 1908.

Dear Mr. Muir:

It is not often that we have so keen pleasure as that which came to us to-day in Mr. Ticknor's letter telling us that we may hope soon to have the opportunity of publishing a book by you. There are several of us here in the office who have long been great admirers of "Stickteen," and we believe we can make a very successful little book of it. We will be particularly glad to give the book a place upon our fall list, which is, as it chances, an uncommonly good one; and we …

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Letter From E[Dward] T. Parsons To James R. Garfield, 1908 Mar 14., Edward T. Parsons Mar 1908

Letter From E[Dward] T. Parsons To James R. Garfield, 1908 Mar 14., Edward T. Parsons

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

3/14/1908Hon. James Rudolph Garfield,
Secretary of The Interior,
Washington. D. C.

Sir:-

In a letter of February 2C, from your Department, over the signature of your Chief Clerk, Edward M. Dawson, acknowledging one of mine, he styles it:"protesting against the granting of so much of the application of the City of San Francisco for reservoir SITES in the Yosemite National Park as relates to the Hetch Hetchy Valley"
I wish to state thai the general public of this city and elsewhere have never heard [Illegible]the application being for SITES or DIFFERENT SITES. Only here and there is it becoming known …

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A Short History And Some Of The Graduates Of The Department Of Law Of The University Of Michigan, Burke A. Hinsdale Mar 1908

A Short History And Some Of The Graduates Of The Department Of Law Of The University Of Michigan, Burke A. Hinsdale

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

History of the University of Michigan Law School reprinted from The Michigan Alumnus March, 1908 issue.

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The Pacific Pharos, March, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Mar 1908

The Pacific Pharos, March, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacific Pharos, February, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Feb 1908

The Pacific Pharos, February, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From Harvey Reid To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 27., Harvey Reid Jan 1908

Letter From Harvey Reid To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 27., Harvey Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Jany 28, 1908

My Dear Friend:

Your kindly greeting by card was very grateful to me. I note your name occasionally in the papers. Once, perhaps two years ago, with keen regret that you were reported dangerously ill. I trust that you recovery has been complete.
I am doing some very congenial work for the public just now which this letter head discloses. This will be mailed from Des Moines when I am just closing a two weeks stay delving among old archives and old newspapers and interviewing old citizens. For there are no official records on file of …

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Letter From William Kent To John Muir, 1908 Jan 17., William Kent Jan 1908

Letter From William Kent To John Muir, 1908 Jan 17., William Kent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Jan 17 1908

My dear Mr Muir

The suit for condemnation of the 47 acres in the heart of Muir Woods is still pending.
There is little doubt of the outcome. At the same time no better thing can be done than to continue to arouse public opinion as to the present and future value to the people of this beautiful and restful wilderness.
I wish you could write a letter which I can publish leaving out anything laudatory of my action, but stating your view of the value of the property and the hope that adjoining owners may …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1908 Jan 13., John Muir Jan 1908

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1908 Jan 13., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Jan. 13, 1908

Dear Mr. Colby:

Of course I heartily approve of the proposed vote of thanks to Mr Kent, & suggest a slight change in the form of the resolution as follows:
Resolved: That the Sierra Club extend a hearty vote of thanks to Mr William Kent in testimony of its appreciation of his noble gift to the Federal Government of the Redwood Canon [diacritic] on Mt Tamalpais with its magnificent primeval groves of Sequoia sempervirens, to be devoted as a public park & pleasure-ground to the people forever.
By order of the Board of Directors

Jan '08 …

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Hetch-Hetchy Valley Menaced. San Francisco's Selfishness Would Rob State Of One Of Its Most Beautiful Spots, Reserved In National Park, The Peer Of Yosemite.", John Muir Jan 1908

Hetch-Hetchy Valley Menaced. San Francisco's Selfishness Would Rob State Of One Of Its Most Beautiful Spots, Reserved In National Park, The Peer Of Yosemite.", John Muir

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

M/m, f'plain tb- a height -of 1800 I 3 feet and over its- massive.brow-flws a stream which makes the most .-graceful' fall I have'ever,, seen.;'From- the edge of the cliff it* is .perfectly fre'o in' the air" for' a thousand feet, men i breaks up into-a gagged, sheet of, cascades, among the bouldersof an earthquake-talus, It is in,all.its.,glory;iii June'when-the-snow is. melting fast, but-fades and vanishes-toward the end, of summer. The only fall T-know.'with ; which It mayfairlyhe compared,is the Yosemite Bridal Veil;-but it excels j evn'that favorite;fall in both he.ghti and .fineness of: fairy airy beauty, and if behavior.: .-;. …

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The Liberty Boys' Drum Beat, Or, Calling Out The Patriots, Harry Moore Jan 1908

The Liberty Boys' Drum Beat, Or, Calling Out The Patriots, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

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Mr. John Muir's Reply To A Letter Received From Hon. James R. Garfield In Relation To The Destructive Hetch-Hetchy Scheme., John Muir Jan 1908

Mr. John Muir's Reply To A Letter Received From Hon. James R. Garfield In Relation To The Destructive Hetch-Hetchy Scheme., John Muir

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

UQL DIAGR OF (SEE PRECEDING PAGE.) MR. JOHN MUIR'S MI CEIVED FROM HON, IN RELATION TO T METCIMSLSTfC] A LETTER RE- ES R. GARFIELD E DESTRUCTIVE Y SCHEME. Hon. Jas. R. Garfield, Secretary of Interior, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I have just received your letter on my return from Southern California, where I have been calling attention to the Yosemite National Park, and the persistent efforts now being made in Congress to obtain permission to destroy the Hetch-Hetchy Valley, one of its most wonderful and useful features. You have had ample opportunity to know where I stand on this …

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The Endangered Valley-The Hetch Hetchy Valley In The Yosemite National Park., John Muir Jan 1908

The Endangered Valley-The Hetch Hetchy Valley In The Yosemite National Park., John Muir

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

16; 38 SAN FBAN0I8C0 AND XHE HETOH BBTOHY BK8BBV0IB. man who finds ono of the highest uses pi nature in the feet that it, is made to be looked at. Such so-called practical men would have their days fU correcting fheniisfsikeiM the Almighty in this respect. I call your attention to the fact that the great JjubJlcV those who visit the park, and those who. may-visitit-haye now nobody towk *6."b|it the Congress in defense of their rights in \waderful nervation set apart for the use of all the people—indeed, of the whole world. The current Wend of public opfcio* is …

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San Francisco, Cal., December 16, 1908, Chairman Of The Public Lands Committee, House Of Representatives ...., John Muir Jan 1908

San Francisco, Cal., December 16, 1908, Chairman Of The Public Lands Committee, House Of Representatives ...., John Muir

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

Si 42 SAN FRANCISCO AND- THE; HETCH HETCHY BE$.E'r#tfiR. San. Francisco:, Cal., December 16,1908. Chairman, of Public Lands Couair^EK,.- . , .... .,.., _, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.i ., .-- .';,.-'-; ; : :;' The Yosemite National Park was created in order that the unrivaled aggregation of scenic features of this great natural Wonderland should bef preserved in pure wildness for all time for the benefit of the entire nation, and Hetch Hetchy Valley is a counterpart of Yosemite; and a great and wonderful feature of the park, next to Yosemite in beauty, grandeur, and importance, is the …

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1908 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Junior Class, Edgar H. Rhodes, Harvey M. Leidy Jan 1908

1908 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Junior Class, Edgar H. Rhodes, Harvey M. Leidy

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1908 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

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Hetch Hetchy Damming Scheme., John Muir Jan 1908

Hetch Hetchy Damming Scheme., John Muir

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

SAN FRANCISCO AND TfitE l::HETGHY EEBER'VOffi i i ' A* HEABING ' HE1P BEFORE THE I 33 m4m PUBLIC LANDS OE THE 5, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ': DECEMBER 16,1908 ON H. J. EES. 184 3 [II. I, Keg. 1M, Btotletli Congress, fUsf session,] Whereas under authority of tho act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one (volume tliirty-oiie, Statutes at Large, page seven hundred and ninety), tho Secretary of the Interior has granted to the city and county of fian Francisco a permit for what are known aa tho Lake Eleanor and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir sites . in the Yosomito …

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Are Too Many Executive Officers Elective?, Bradley M. Thompson Jan 1908

Are Too Many Executive Officers Elective?, Bradley M. Thompson

Articles

We propose very briefly to call attention, to so much of the present constitution of Michigan as has to do with the executive department, and to consider the methods which the people have adopted for selecting those public servants whose official duty it is to enforce the law, to maintain public order and protect private rights.

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The Hetch-Hetchy Valley., John Muir Jan 1908

The Hetch-Hetchy Valley., John Muir

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

Sierra Club Bulletin. Vol. VI. San Francisco, January, 1908. No. 4. THE HEXCH-HETCHY VALLEY By John Muir. ' It is impossible to overestimate the value of wild mountains and mountain temples as places for people to grow in, recreation grounds for soul and body. They are the greatest of our natural resources, God's best gifts, but none, however high and holy, is beyond reach of the spoiler. In these ravaging money-mad days monopolizing San Francisco capitalists are now doing their best to destroy the Yosemite Park, the most wonderful of all our great mountain national parks. Beginning on the Tuolumne …

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Surface Water In Cities, John R. Rood Jan 1908

Surface Water In Cities, John R. Rood

Articles

It is evident that no one hard and fast rule could be applied to all cases, either in city or country, without producing injustice and impolitic results. The needs and conditions in city and country are different. They usually differ widely in different parts of the same city. These considerations have induced the Supreme Court of New Hampshire to adopt the flexible rule, that: "In determining this question all the circumstances of the case would, of course, be considered; and among them the nature and importance of the improvements sought to be made, the extent of the interference with the …

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The Pacific Pharos, January, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Jan 1908

The Pacific Pharos, January, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Legal Education In The United States, Horace Lafayette Wilgus Jan 1908

Legal Education In The United States, Horace Lafayette Wilgus

Articles

The origin of law schools is lost in antiquity. It is probable there were advocates in Babylonia,1 and schools for the education of judges and scribes (perhaps the ancestral lawyers) in Egypt,2 more than 2000 years B.C. The Civil Code of Deuteronomy was published 621 B.C.,3 and soon afterward schools of the prophets were formed for its study.4 When Ezra left Babylon for Jerusalem (485 B.C.) he "set his heart * * * to teach in Jerusalem statutes and judgments,"5 and the ruins of his school could be seen by the law students at Husal, 500 years later.6 It is …

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Letter From [William] Colby To Editor "Daily Commercial News", 1907 Dec 16., William Colby Dec 1907

Letter From [William] Colby To Editor "Daily Commercial News", 1907 Dec 16., William Colby

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[16th]
December 1[illegible]th, 1907.

Editor of the "Daily Commercial News",
San Francisco, Cal.

Dear Sir:-

Your issue of the 10th inst. contained a criticism of my position on "The Hatch Hetchy Water Supply" and I assume that you will be fair enough to give me a "square deal" in the matter and hence send you this reply. The writer of that criticism is evidently one of those whom I referred to as being "wedded" to the Hetch Hetchy system, though he does not disclose his identity.
He brushes aside my reference to Professor [illegible]arx' statements made before the Common Health …

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Letter From Elliott Mcallister To John Muir, 1907 Dec 7., Elliott Mcallister Dec 1907

Letter From Elliott Mcallister To John Muir, 1907 Dec 7., Elliott Mcallister

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 the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

Board of Directors---1905-1906

Mr. John Muir, President
Martinez
Prof. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President
San Francisco
Prof. J. N. Le conte, Treasurer
Berkeley
Mr. William E. Colby, Secretary
Berkeley
Prof. George Davidson
2221 Washington St., S. F.
Prof. W. R. Dudley
Stanford University
Mr. J. S. Hutchinson, Jr.
San Francisco
Mr. Warren Olney
San Francisco
Mr. E. …

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The Pacific Pharos, December, 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Dec 1907

The Pacific Pharos, December, 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Letter From [William E. Colby] To Editor Of The Call, 1907 Nov 26., William E. Colby Nov 1907

Letter From [William E. Colby] To Editor Of The Call, 1907 Nov 26., William E. Colby

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 the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

SIERRA CLUB
2901 Channing Way
Berkeley, Cal.

Board of Directors-1907-1908

Mr. John Muir, President Martinez
Prof. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President San Francisco
Prof. J. N. Le Conte, Treasurer Berkeley
Mr. William E. Colby, Secretary Berkeley
Prof. Wm. F. Bade Berkeley
Prof. George Davidson 2221 Washington St., S. F.
Prof. W. R. Dudley Stanford University
Mr. Warren …

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Letter From John W. Noble To John Muir, 1907 Nov 25., John W. Noble Nov 1907

Letter From John W. Noble To John Muir, 1907 Nov 25., John W. Noble

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

ST. LOUIS, MO.,

November 25th 1907

Mr John Muir,

Martinez, California.

Dear Mr Muir

Your letter of the 15th Instant has just reached me on my return from the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress. and the printed petition to the Secretary of the Interior & the description of Hetch-Hetchy were received by me on my arrival at Muskogee, where convention was held.
The body assembled was so large, and the financial question so pressing, which "keeps water ways from the Lakes to the [illegible]" kept a good second, that opportunity was not found to press the particular question as to …

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Letter From Henry G. Bryant To John Muir, 1907 Nov 23., Henry G. Bryant Nov 1907

Letter From Henry G. Bryant To John Muir, 1907 Nov 23., Henry G. Bryant

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB

COUNCILORS
PROF. JOSEPH N. LECONTE
REV. HARRY P. NICHOLS
PROF. HARRY FIELDING REID
PROF. A. LAWRENCE ROTCH

PRESIDENT
PROF. CHARLES E. FAY

VICE-PRESIDENTS
PROF. ANGELO HEILPRIN
MR. JOHN MUIR

SECRETARY
MR. HENRY G. BRYANT
2013 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA

TREASURER
MR. WILLIAM S. VAUX, JR.
807 BAILEY BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, November 23, 1907.

Prof. John Muir,
Martinez,
California.

My dear Prof. Muir:

During a recent visit to Washington, Professor Fay personally invited Mr. Bryce to attend the annual dinner of the Club, to be held in Philadelphia on December 30th. The Ambassador was unable to accept so long …

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