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Letter From Maggie Rae Lunam To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 16., Maggie Rae Lunam Dec 1912

Letter From Maggie Rae Lunam To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 16., Maggie Rae Lunam

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]take a little leisure at Xmas time & go to Wanda's & Helen's & see all the little boys. With sincerest thanks & kind wishes for your Xmas timeBelieve me yours affectyMaggie Rae LunamExcuse a messy pen[1]WestfieldDunbarDecr 16th 1912Dear CousinWe have received your kind letter with the enclosed Money Order, it is indeed kind & mindful of you to cheer the poor of your native town & also to remember05320

[2]mother & I at Cmas time. I am very sorry to say Mother is very feeble does not get out of bed now I have had to get a woman …

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Letter From G. H. Sayre To John Muir, 1912 Dec 13., G. H. Sayre Dec 1912

Letter From G. H. Sayre To John Muir, 1912 Dec 13., G. H. Sayre

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Baines AvenueSalisburyRhodesia13 Decr 1912Dear Professor MuirIt was most kind of you to send me a copy of your book "Stickeen" some months ago & I hope you will accept my apologies for the delay in expressing my thanks for the book & the kindly thought which prompted the sending of it. I have found it very interesting as have also many of my friends to whom it has been lent.I trust the remainder of your tour after we parted at [Umtali?] passed off pleasantly, & profitably from the scientific point of view & that some day you wil pay another …

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Letter From John Muir To Howard Palmer, 1912 Dec 12., John Muir Dec 1912

Letter From John Muir To Howard Palmer, 1912 Dec 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Original in possession of Mr. Howard Palmer, Sec'y American Alpine Club, New London, Conn.]To Howard PalmerMartinez, Cal. December 12, 1912.Mr. Howard Palmer,Secretary American Aline Club, New London, Conn.Dear Sir:-At the National Parks conference in Yosemite valley last October, called by the Hon[orable] Sec[retary] of the Interior, comparatively little of importance was considered. The great question was "Shall automobiles be allowed to enter Yosemite", It overshadowed all others, and a prodigious lot of gaseous commercial eloquence was spent upon it by Auto-club delegates from near and far.The principal objection urged against the puffing machines was that on the steep Yosemite grades …

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Letter From F[Rancies] J. G[Arrison] To John Muir, 1912 Dec 11., Francies J. Garrison Dec 1912

Letter From F[Rancies] J. G[Arrison] To John Muir, 1912 Dec 11., Francies J. Garrison

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET. BOSTONDec. 11, 1912John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Calif.Dear Mr. Muir:We are sending you by this mail proof of the first five galleys in duplicate of the story of your boyhood and youth, and will ask you kindly to revise and return to us the blue pencilled set, keeping the other for yourself. We trust that you will find our divisions, chapter titles and captions satisfactory, but if not we [illegible]ll of course be glad to modify them as you think best. The remaining proofs will follow speedily, and we shall be glad to have them returned at …

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Letter From G[Eorge] H[Arrison] Mifflin To John Muir, 1912 Dec 11., George Harrison Mifflin Dec 1912

Letter From G[Eorge] H[Arrison] Mifflin To John Muir, 1912 Dec 11., George Harrison Mifflin

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL ROOMSHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET . BOSTONDecember 11, 1912.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, California.Dear Mr. Muir:You may have noticed, the announcements regarding our Riverside Readers that we are publishing for use in the schools. We are attempting to make these Readers just as attractive as possible to children, both from the point of view of their literary content and of their appearance. It is our hope that by means of these books a large number of children throughout the country will become better acquainted with the authors on our list and that this school acquaintance will lead later to the extensive …

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The Pacific Weekly, December 11, 1912, University Of The Pacific Dec 1912

The Pacific Weekly, December 11, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From John Muir To Parsons [Family], 1912 Dec 10., John Muir Dec 1912

Letter From John Muir To Parsons [Family], 1912 Dec 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, MondayDec. 10, 1912Dear Mr & Mrs ParsonsIve got all my notebooks & half of the copy safe in the bank vault & I'm back in my lonely old work den trying to write, while I look back with pleasure at the happy weeks I spent at your hospitable high homeI'm sending with this the Nov. Atlantic you wantedWith all good wishes for the coming New YearI am faithfully gratefully yrsJohn Muir

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Letter From Sarah [Muir Galloway] To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 7., Sarah Muir Galloway Dec 1912

Letter From Sarah [Muir Galloway] To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 7., Sarah Muir Galloway

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]friends and relatives in Detroit and also her daughter in Wisconsin.I shall hope to hear from you again some day and that you are well amid all of your taxing work.With kindest regardsI am affectionately Sarah.[1]Pacific Grove, CalifDecr 7th 1912My dear brother JohnDavid is home again and we were glad to see him. He brough news of the clan in the Valley, and we were glad to know that all were so well, for Bertha too was getting well. David also brought your kind remembrance, a gift to each one of us, and I send many thanks for mine and …

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Letter From Fredric W. Goding To John Muir, 1912 Dec 7`., Fredric W. Goding Dec 1912

Letter From Fredric W. Goding To John Muir, 1912 Dec 7`., Fredric W. Goding

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: Goding]AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICEMontevideo, Uruguay, Dec.7/12.Dear Mr. Muir:Please accept my sincere thanks for copy of your "Yosemite," which I have read with great pleasure. No could write such a description unless he loved the place; and the description of the valley on page 8 is one of the finest word pictures it has ever been my pleasure to read. The whole book is a continual series of happy surprises too facinating to leave until the last page has been reached.The copies sent in my care have been delivered to Mr. Conard, and to the Legation, awaiting the return of …

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Letter From F[Rancis] H. Allen To John Muir, 1912 Dec 4., Francis H. Allen Dec 1912

Letter From F[Rancis] H. Allen To John Muir, 1912 Dec 4., Francis H. Allen

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL ROOMSHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET . BOSTONDecember 4th, 1912.Dear Mr. Muir,Have you, by chance, an early portrait of yourself which could appropriately serve as the frontispiece for "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth"? If you have, we shall be very glad if you will send us a copy at once for reproduction.Yours very truly,[illegible]John Muir, Esq.FHA/T05311

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Letter From Henry Fairfield Osborn To John Muir, 1912 Dec 4., Henry Fairfield Osborn Dec 1912

Letter From Henry Fairfield Osborn To John Muir, 1912 Dec 4., Henry Fairfield Osborn

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYNEW YORKOFFICE OFTHE PRESIDENTFOR THE PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION FOR SCIENCE4 December, 1912My dear Mr. Muir:We have all been reading with delight the first article in the November Atlantic and are looking for the second instalment in the December number. You had so many misgivings about the interest in these articles that I am sure you will be delighted to know that we all enjoyed it vastly, and I have heard many outsiders express the same opinion.We all continue well and happy and send you our Thanksgiving greetings and love.Always faithfully yours,[illegible]Mr. John Muir.05312

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Letter From Francis Burton Harrison To Walter L. Fisher, 1912 Dec 3., Francis Burton Harrison Dec 1912

Letter From Francis Burton Harrison To Walter L. Fisher, 1912 Dec 3., Francis Burton Harrison

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[illegible]possible value in connection with land development , only the amountof water that could be drawn off at a certain fixed level was estimated; This amount Mr. Martin and Mr. O’Shaughnessy figured at125,625 acre feet, or in gallons,-40,933,000,000. Bellow this levelin the large reservoir there are approximately 15.000,000,000gallons more, which makes the total capacity of the large reservoiras above stated, 65,000,000,000. Mr. O’Shaughnessy’s suggestion thatthe project would be tremendously valuable for city supply, led tofurther investigation which brought to light the other reservoirsherein mentioned. The following is a quotation from a report datedJuly 29, 1912, made by Mr. O’Shaughnessy to …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1912 Dec 2., John Muir Dec 1912

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1912 Dec 2., 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 thesupport 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—1912-1913Mr. John Muir. President . . . . MartinezProf. A. G. McAdie. Vice-President . San FranciscoProf. J. N. Le Conte. Treasurer . . . BerkeleyMr. William E. Colby, Secretary . . San FranciscoProf. Wm. F. Badè . . . . . Berkeley Prof. Vernon L. Kelloer . . Stanford UniversityMr. E. T. Parsons . . …

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Letter From John Muir To Osborn [Family], 1912 Dec., John Muir Dec 1912

Letter From John Muir To Osborn [Family], 1912 Dec., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

To the OsbornsWith all my heart dear friends I wish you a happy new year. New or far none of you are ever out of sight or beyond loving heart touch For in looking toward your happy home all the world is transparent.Forever YoursJ MCaliforniaDecember 1912

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Letter From John Muir To Henry Randall, 1912 Dec., John Muir Dec 1912

Letter From John Muir To Henry Randall, 1912 Dec., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Dec 1912Harry Randall,Dear old work-mate and fellow-traveler of the auld lang syne Yosemite days I'm very glad to get your kind New Year greetings showing that you have not forgotten me.You should visit Yosemite after all these years. None you knew are left--Galen Clark, Hutchings, Leidig, George Kenney all dead, but the Valley itself is changed very littleYou remember that long rough walk down the Canyon. You would enjoy riding through it on a railroad.Heartily wishing a happy New YearI am faithfully your friendJohn Muir05307

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Mary Averell] Harriman, 1912 [Dec]., John Muir Dec 1912

Letter From [John Muir] To [Mary Averell] Harriman, 1912 [Dec]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(Copied from fragment marked Y-8) [illegible] 1912 Dear Mrs. H[arriman]:I heartily wish you and all your blessed family, children and grandchildren, a happy Hew Year. I've not had a letter from you for a long time, but oftentimes I get good tidings of you thru Mr.Herrin, How time flies, especially after the three score and ten mark is passed. In my lonely old library den at home I'm Just now correcting proof of the first volume of my Autobiography book, commenced at your beautiful Pelican Bay Camp, and how many happy memories it brings vividly to viewl I suppose it …

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Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To [John Muir], [Ca. 1912 Dec]., Charlotte H. Kellogg Dec 1912

Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To [John Muir], [Ca. 1912 Dec]., Charlotte H. Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

How could I have been certain I had sent this letter back to you. I seem to remember so well having written you about it.But it is better late than lost, and I hope you won't think too badly of me.I am still trying to pack our bag for Carmel! I may in the end have to trim Jean's pine bough on the way from the station to the cabin! How are you?Charlotte05140

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Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To [John Muir], [Ca. 1912 Dec]., Charlotte H. Kellogg Dec 1912

Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To [John Muir], [Ca. 1912 Dec]., Charlotte H. Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]if cold. Do keep a big fire in your room.I am so disappointed to send you the handkerchiefs without the case I had ordered for them. When it was delivered Friday it was so small that you would have had to lose your temper (if you could) every time you tried to get them in and Vernon and I both threw it aside in disgust. That comes of living in the country! We hope to be in the little house[1][in margin: in February. early February perhaps. Are you foolishly keeping resolutions? Wont you break them and come again. soon?Always devotedly …

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Plunge Into The Wilderness, John Muir Dec 1912

Plunge Into The Wilderness, John Muir

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

812 THE PRICE OF ANGER new; we do not know how to go about it. We may be agreed that a thing is bad, but we are at odds how to stop it.' We listen to orators at election time and they tell us that if we vote for Brown, Jones, or Robinson, he will get after those fellows who are keeping us all from growing prosperous and happy, and that as soon as he is elected the Golden Age will be at hand. The fortunate candidate then confides to us that what we want is a thing to be …

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Letter From Mildred Price Fenhagen To John Muir, [1912 ?] Nov 27., Mildred Price Fenhagen Nov 1912

Letter From Mildred Price Fenhagen To John Muir, [1912 ?] Nov 27., Mildred Price Fenhagen

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]sings at the heart of it."Believe meEver sincerely yours,Mildred Price FenhagenaddressMrs. G. Corner Fenhagenc/o Gov. Architect OfficeManilaPhilippine Is.[1]November twenty-seventhManila, P.I.[letterhead]Dear Mr. Muir,Your "Three Experiences in the Yosemite" I came across but recently. I enjoyed them particularly for they refreshed memories of the loveliest summer I have ever spent. And you made that summer, in which I needed rest and [could?] breathe deeply of the calm and beauty of the National Park which surrounded me, possible, as you have made05306

[2]it possible for so many others who have longed for the great out-of doors in nature's vastness but who have had …

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Letter From John Muir To [Margaret Rae Lunam], 1912 Nov 26., John Muir Nov 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Margaret Rae Lunam], 1912 Nov 26., 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 thesupport 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—1912-1913Mr. John Muir. President . . . . MartinezProf. A. G. McAdie. Vice-President . San FranciscoProf. J. N. Le Conte. Treasurer . . . BerkeleyMr. William E. Colby, Secretary . . San FranciscoProf. Wm. F. Badè . . . . . Berkeley Prof. Vernon L. Kelloer . . Stanford UniversityMr. E. T. Parsons . . …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1912 Nov 26., John Muir Nov 1912

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1912 Nov 26., 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 thesupport 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—1912-1913Mr. John Muir. President . . . . MartinezProf. A. G. McAdie. Vice-President . San FranciscoProf. J. N. Le Conte. Treasurer . . . BerkeleyMr. William E. Colby, Secretary . . San FranciscoProf. Wm. F. Badè . . . . . Berkeley Prof. Vernon L. Kelloer . . Stanford UniversityMr. E. T. Parsons . . …

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Letter From Myra C. Marshall To John Muir, 1912 Nov 25., Myra C. Marshall Nov 1912

Letter From Myra C. Marshall To John Muir, 1912 Nov 25., Myra C. Marshall

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]little beauties in nature that had escaped my notice before, and which have since been a constant delight to me when I go out "into the heart of things."My disappointment in not seeing you last year when you were in Washington and I in Switzerland, can not be allayed until you come on and make us a visit in our house.I must hear about your long splendid trip.[1]Nov 25 1912[letterhead]My dear Mr. Muir,How can we thank you for the bountiful feast of beautiful Nature you have sent us?The entire morning has been spent in reading aloud from your first summer …

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Letter From John Muir To [Katharine Hooker], 1912 Nov 20., John Muir Nov 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Katharine Hooker], 1912 Nov 20., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez Nov 20. 1912Dear friend, I received your kind heart-note last evening just as I was packing my grip for Berkeley.Mr Parsons has engaged a typewriter for me & I'm going to stop at this house up the hill back of the university until another book is made.I'm now on way to Berkeley & of course will not be able to be with you tomorrow or for along literary while though as you know I'd like tomore than will ever appear.I'm well but a little thin from light eating. Anyhow, work is the watchwordEver affectionatelyJohn Muir

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The Pacific Weekly, November 20, 1912, University Of The Pacific Nov 1912

The Pacific Weekly, November 20, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1912 ?] Nov 18., Katharine Hooker Nov 1912

Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1912 ?] Nov 18., Katharine Hooker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

3277 Pacific Ave.S. F. Nov 18My dear friendAre you not working too hard? Can't you come down here and stop a night or two with us? If you could come Thursday in time for dinner it would be very nice. let me have a line05301

from you and tell me how you areAffectionately yoursKatharine Hooker

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Letter From Marie A. Fisk To John Muir, 1912 Nov 16., Marie A. Fisk Nov 1912

Letter From Marie A. Fisk To John Muir, 1912 Nov 16., Marie A. Fisk

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]and keep up courage knowing that there is a blessed reunion and after all the years are short. Was much entertained in reading your story of the Boyhood in Scotland in the Atlantic for November, and shall watch with much anticipation for every installment of your life history. None can be more interesting than the November number. Just imagine the little three year old boy [setting?] off to school; then the little chaps in their games of "scootcher." It is all very delightful. I do hope you will come and see me again. Won't you?Very cordially,Marie A. FiskNovember sixteenth.[1]Pasadena Cal.510 …

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Letter From John Muir To [Richard A. Ballinger], 1912 Nov 13., John Muir Nov 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Richard A. Ballinger], 1912 Nov 13., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

SIERRA CLUB 402 MILLS BUILDING San Francisco. Cal.Board of Directories-1912-191[illegible]Mr. John Muir, President . . . . MartinezProf. A. G. McAdie. Vice-President . San FranciscoProf. J. N. Le Conte. Treasurer . BerkeleyMr. William E. Colby. Secretary . . . San FranciscoProf. Wm. P. Bad'e . . . BerkeleyProt Vernon L. Kellogg . . Stanford UniversityMr. E. T. Parsons . . . . San FranciscoMr. Willoughby Rodman.Los . . . AngelesMr. Clair S. Tappaan. . . . Los AngelesOuting CommitteeProf. J. N. Le Conte Mr. E. T. ParsonsMr. Wo. E. Colby, Chairman and ManagerMr. Clair S. Tappaan, ( Los Angeles) Assistant …

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The Pacific Weekly, November 13, 1912, University Of The Pacific Nov 1912

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

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From Thomas Price To John Muir, 1912 Nov 12., Thomas Price Nov 1912

Letter From Thomas Price To John Muir, 1912 Nov 12., Thomas Price

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

very deep interest, as you well know.How are you? I sincerely hope you are well, and hope that next time I get to California I may see you once again. You opened a new world of beautiful things to me, and I shall always beGratefully yours,Thomas PriceMr. John MuirMartinez. Cal.[letterhead]November 12 1912My dear Muir:I am thinking of you this morning, having just read the first part of your autobiography in the "Atlantic."Please let me congratulate you most heartily - I am so glad that the wonderful story of your life is to be read at last!I shall follow it with05299

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