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Letter From H[Erbert] H. Allsop To John Muir, 1912 Jul 25., Herbert H. Allsop Jul 1912

Letter From H[Erbert] H. Allsop To John Muir, 1912 Jul 25., Herbert H. Allsop

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

4& sail from Marseilles on Aug 16th ss. "Goth" so please address all letters &c to Jinja P. O. Uganda. I wonder if you would let me know what prospects there are in your part of the world for a young man like me--a Rubber Planter & all round business man--servants & secretarial combined besides outside work. Uganda is not much of a place to take a wife to & although I am not married yet I should like to. I don't want to be another mans servant always but would to strike out on my own.Kindest regardsYours sincerelyH. H. …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir] & Buel [Funk], 1912 Jul 23., John Muir Jul 1912

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir] & Buel [Funk], 1912 Jul 23., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(2nd son)Home July 23, 1912Darling Helen & BuelCongratulations on the joyful growth of your happy family. The glad news that all was well reached me last eve on reaching home from the long auto trip to the Giant Forest & Yosemite by Santa Barbara & Paso Robles. I was thinking of you all the way & am so glad to know you are well. Send word often. None of the fruit you like is ripe. Perhaps some may be worth sending in a week or two.God bless you dear. So prays your devoted fatherJohn MuirBuel. Please forward all my letters …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1912 Jul 23., Robert Underwood Johnson Jul 1912

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1912 Jul 23., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

July 23, 1912ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON,EDITOR.CLARENCE CLOUGH BUELASSOCIATE EDITOR.CABLE ADDRESS:"CENTURY, NEWYORK."My dear Muir:I forgot in my last letter to you toask you to lend us any photographs of the Amazon which you may happen to have. I think you said you had some of the river, as well as of the Victoria Falls. Please send both.I am daily expecting a note from you in reply to my Letter of July 9; so that I may rest easy in my vacation with the assurance that you are going to write those two articles.Faithfully yours,R. U. JohnsonMr. John Muir ,Martinez, Cal.You saw that …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], [1912 ?] Jul 21., John Muir Jul 1912

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], [1912 ?] Jul 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Tuesday July 21st [1912]Darling Helen,Your good tidings of Friday & Saturday arrived Monday. I'm so glad you famous twain keep so well through all weather changes.All I fear is your going home too soon.Remember me to Mrs. Thompson when next you see her & tell her to write how she is getting on. Mrs. Sellers also.Isn't there something I can send you?Ever your devoted fatherJohn Muir

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Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1912] Jul 10., Katharine Hooker Jul 1912

Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1912] Jul 10., Katharine Hooker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1][letterhead]July 10My dear friendI had begun to think you had already run away to the mountains, for when I passed through Los Angeles I could not get one answer from you over the telephone, and Homer Earle tried many times without success.I had not the time to go out to Hollywood, for we went on to the south at once and spent two weeks between Los Angeles and Mexico. Going over the border at Tia Juana we found a small dirty village and a handful of brown young men playing at soldiers. They grinned at us and seemed to realize …

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

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

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

304 HOYT STREETPORTLAND,OREGONJuly 9,1912.Dear Mr. Muir:-I thank you for the inscription in my copy of "My First Summer in the Sierra". This gives the volume that personal touch which I prize in the books I love, for, some way, I like to think of my books as having been actually handled by their authors and to be able to read in them a few words just as they came from the pen which wrote the book.I have "Our National Parks" and hope soon to possess your last book -- "The Yellowstone" -- which I have examined with great interest and …

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Letter From Betty Averell To John Muir, [1912 ?] Jul 7., Betty Averell Jul 1912

Letter From Betty Averell To John Muir, [1912 ?] Jul 7., Betty Averell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[2]write to me & you see I don't hesitate to remind you of it! Early this morning I was re-reading one or two of your Amazon South America letters & they made me wild with desire to hear more[1]July 7th[in margin: Soon. The Rochester address always [illegible] me -Love to youfrom Betty.]809Rochester NYDear Mr Muir,I wonder if you've forgotten to keep the promise you made the day you left New York? The promise was to05220

[3]of your trip--including the Africa experiences. Our short glimpses in New York were so unsatisfactory. another [illegible] proof that I dislike the social civilization of …

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

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 …

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Letter From John Muir To [Henry F.] Osborn, 1912 Jul 2., John Muir Jul 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Henry F.] Osborn, 1912 Jul 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, July 2, 1912Dear Professor OsbornI have'nt forgotten the saber tooth and hopeto obtain a good specimen though have made no progress as yet.Love to you all and to all who love youEver faithfully yoursJohn Muir

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Letter From John Muir To [Katharine Hooker], 1912 Jul 2., John Muir Jul 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Katharine Hooker], 1912 Jul 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

1525 Formosa Ave.,Hollywood, [California],July 2 1912.Dear friend:I was hoping to get another glimpse of you on your return from San Diego until Mrs. Dickey sent word that you had hurried back north. What a load of good work and good pleasure you must be carrying these eventful days. All this southland seems lonely since you left it. From Hollywood the big Eddy science dome is sometimes dimly visible through sea fog and dust, and it marks for me the location of the West Adams home where so many memorable days and weeks and months were spent.I've been at work here …

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Letter From Elizabeth A. Briggs To John Muir, 1912 Jun 29., Elizabeth A. Briggs Jun 1912

Letter From Elizabeth A. Briggs To John Muir, 1912 Jun 29., Elizabeth A. Briggs

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[3]another grand book. I have "My First Summer in the Sierra" "Our National Parks" "The Mountains of California" and that wonderful little book "Stickeen." [illegible]oI only wish I could express the pleasure your books have given me. I loaned them to a dear lady seventy-five years old who thinks whe is too old to travel[1]Miss Briggs Canada BooksJune 29 1912Dear John Muir,I have been wishing to write to you for some weeks, ever since your return home. which was made known to me through the columns of the Boston Sunday Globe. I think it05216

[2]is advisable to read the Sunday …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby & Parsons [Family], 1912 Jun 24., John Muir Jun 1912

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby & Parsons [Family], 1912 Jun 24., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

1525 Formosa Avenue,Hollywood, Cel., June 24, 1912.Deer Mr. Colby and Mr. and Mrs. Persons:-I thank you very much for your kind wishes to give me a pleasant Kern River trip, and am very sorry that work has been so unmercifully piled upon me that I find it impossible to escape from it, so I must just stay and work.I heartily congratulate you and all your merry mountaineers in the magnificent trip that lies before you. As you know, I have seen something of nearly all the mountain chains of the world, and have experienced their varied climates and attractions of …

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Letter From Herbert W. Gleason To John Muir, 1912 Jun 20., Herbert W. Gleason Jun 1912

Letter From Herbert W. Gleason To John Muir, 1912 Jun 20., Herbert W. Gleason

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Our National Parks Yellowstone ParkYosemite Park Glacier ParkMt. Rainier ParkGrand Canyon of ArizonaLuther Burbank and his Wonderful Plant ProductionsEl Camino Real — a Tour Among the Old Spanish MissionsThe Gardens and Deserts of Southern California,Yosemite Valley and the Big TreesCamping and Tramping with the Sierra Club in the High Sierras Along the California Coast Trees and Wild Flowers of CaliforniaHetch-Hetchy and the Grand Canyon of the TuolumneVolcanic Peaks of the Pacific Coast AlaskaThe Canadian AlpsIn the Heart of the SelkirksRambles in the Canadian Rockies At the Sources of the Columbia RiverWild Flowers of the Canadian RockiesIn Thoreau's CountryThe Maine WoodsWild …

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

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 …

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Letter From Mary Frances Kellogg To John Muir, 1912 Jun 18., Mary Frances Kellogg Jun 1912

Letter From Mary Frances Kellogg To John Muir, 1912 Jun 18., Mary Frances Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]Tues. June 18, 1912My dear Mr. Muir:I was sorry to miss you yesterday when I called. Mr. Bernays, chairman of the outing committee of the Southern California section of the Sierra Club, asked me to let you know about reaching Griffith Park Saturday. He hoped you would get there by six, and have supper with us. The Sierra Club members are to meet at the picnic grounds near the Hollywood entrance--about05212

a quarter of a mile from Western Ave. & Hollywood Boulevard.I know that all are looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you there.Very sincerely,Mary Frances Kellogg

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Letter From Charles N. Elliot To John Muir, 1912 Jun 15/17., Charles N. Elliot Jun 1912

Letter From Charles N. Elliot To John Muir, 1912 Jun 15/17., Charles N. Elliot

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

304 HOYT STREET PORTLAND,OREGONJune 15,1912.Dear Mr.Muir:-I thank you for your kindly courteous letter granting my request for an autograph inscription in my copy of "My First Summer in the Sierra. The volume goes forward by today's mall. Whatever you may write therein will be much prised and greatly appreciated,as it will give the book that personal touch which I so value in the volumes I love best. I do not want to ask too much,but will say that you cannot make the note which you may direct to me in the book,too long.Thank you for expressing the wish that we …

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Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1912 Jun 12., John Muir Jun 1912

Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1912 Jun 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Hollywood, Cal.,June 12, 1912.1525 Formosa Ave.Dear Kr. Calkins:-I have often thought of you since I returned and I assure you that you ere far from any danger of being forgotten.As you say, I have had a grand saunter over two continents,and have had wonderful success not only in finding whet I was looking for in particular, but a great deal that I was not looking for and did not expect to see. I am now writing up some of my notes, but it is a long job to get them in anything like shape, and a harder job than traveling, …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1912 Jun 10., John Muir Jun 1912

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1912 Jun 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Hollywood, Cel., June 10, 1912.1525 Formosa Avenue.Dear Mr. Colby:-The train on which I started for Los Angeles left so early that I was not able to see you at the Kills Building 1 am glad to hear the good news about securing the Soda Springs. Of course I will stand by you in making up the required sum.I am working on my notes down here, but I hope to be in San Francisco before you start. I cannot say at present that I will be able to go to the Kern River with you. I have been away from home …

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Letter From John Muir To Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912 Jun 10., John Muir Jun 1912

Letter From John Muir To Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912 Jun 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

449Martinez, Cal., June 10, 1912.Houghton Mifflin Company,4 Park Street,Boston, Mass.Deer Sirs:-In reply to your kinc letter of May 8th I wouldsimply repeat what I said et our last meeting concerning thepublication of "My Boyhood end Youth." Go ahead end do whetyou think is best.Cordially yours,John Muir

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1912 Jun 10., John Muir Jun 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1912 Jun 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Cel., June 10, 1912.My dear Johnson:-Never mind the $100.00 Soda Springs money. We have already raised enough so that Mr. Colby, Mr. Parsons and myself can easily complete the sum required.I very much enjoyed your editorial from the June number. I am working on my Amazon notes and will soon be able to tell you if I can get something out of it to make the articles you wish.Ever faithfully yours,John Muir

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles F.] Lummis, 1912 Jun 10., John Muir Jun 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Charles F.] Lummis, 1912 Jun 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Hollywood, Cal., June 10, 1912. 1525 Formosa Avenue.Dear Lummis:-I first heard the sad news of your blindness from our blessed old friend,Francis Browne, and as I was at one time threatened with blindness, and was blind for several weeks, I know what that darkness is and am able to sympathize with you.After my return from a long trip in South America and Africa I have found no permanent homo or abiding place as yet. But no matter, I shall pay you a visit as scon as I can find my way to you.I am very glad that you can write, …

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Letter From Felipe T. Smith To John Muir, 1912 Jun 3., Felipe T. Smith Jun 1912

Letter From Felipe T. Smith To John Muir, 1912 Jun 3., Felipe T. Smith

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

BARRACAS DE MADERSDEL PAISFABRICAS DE CAJONESPARA ENVASESHaciendas"ONTARIO NIAGARA"Direccion Telegrafica: "SMITH"Felipe T. Smith Hijos y Cia.VICTORIA y TEMUCOCasa establecids esx I894AVEINIDA PRAT 26 CORREO: CASILLA 158Victoria (Chile), June 3rd, 1912.Mr. John Muir,Martinez, Cal. U. S. A.Dear Sir:-I see by late papers that you have returned from your trip to South Africa. i am pleased to know that you have returned safe, sincerely hope that you have had a pleasant trip and that the people there have not treated you worse than what you were treated here.we received the books that you ordered to be sent and thank you very much, I …

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Letter From Mary Frances Kellogg To John Muir, 1912 Jun 3., Mary Frances Kellogg Jun 1912

Letter From Mary Frances Kellogg To John Muir, 1912 Jun 3., Mary Frances Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]June 3, 1912Dear Mr. Muir:It was kind of you to send me a greeting after your return home. I was thankful to know of your safe return after your long, hard year of travel. I believe those of us who are members of the Sierra Club have a special affection for you and feel a special pride in all you have achieved.I do appreciate your wishing to keep out of the "social rush," yet I very much hope you05206

will be prevailed upon to be with us at our Sierra Club bon-fire rally in Griffith Park shortly before the big …

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Letter From Anna R. Dickey To John Muir, [Ca. 1912 Jun]., Anna R. Dickey Jun 1912

Letter From Anna R. Dickey To John Muir, [Ca. 1912 Jun]., Anna R. Dickey

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[2]Geary) San Francisco to look up some accessible place in the woods. He is disappointed in the ranch he counted on because the road is not yet finished and the stage trip from Branscomb will be too difficult. Later he says he will join me if I take a cabin in the woods or by the sea but it seems indefinite at present. perhaps i shall be led to the right place if I "serenely fold my hands and wait." Maude[1]You nice Mur Muir you, how dared you run away while I was in my beloved Ojai! I wrote you …

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Vacation, John Muir Jun 1912

Vacation, John Muir

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

Vacation WANDER A WHOLE SUMMER, IE YOU CAN. THOUSANDS OF GOD'S WILD BLESSINGS WILL SEARCH YOU AND SOAK YOU AS IF YOU WERE A SPONGE AND THE BIG DAYS WILL GO BY UNCOUNTED. IF YOU ARE BUSINESS TANGLED AND S*0 BURDENED BY DUTY THAT ONLY WEEKS CAN BE GOT. OUT OF THE HEAVY-LADEN YEAR, GIVE A MONTH AT LEAST. THE TIME WILL NOT BE TAKEN FROM YOUR SUM OF LIFE. INSTEAD OF SHORTENING IT WILL INDEFINITELY LENGTHEN IT AND MAKE YOU TRULY IMMORTAL. NEVERMORE WILL TIME SEEM SHORT OR LONG AND CARES WILL NEVER AGAIN FALL HEAVILY ON YOU, BUT …

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Letter From C[Harles] W[Alter] Carruth To John Muir, 1912 May 31., Charles Walter Carruth May 1912

Letter From C[Harles] W[Alter] Carruth To John Muir, 1912 May 31., Charles Walter Carruth

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[3]engaged our attention would very much like to have the pleasure and honor of putting your name on its list of Honorary Members, and as a Director of the Club. I wish that you would authorize me to present your name in this way. Prof Henry Morse Stephens and two others are the only names on the list at present. There are no fees nor duties connected with this membership--but, if sometimes we might have an informal talk from you on your travels or any phase of your work, we would appreciate it highly.Trusting that I may have the pleasure …

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Letter From Walter L. Fisher To William E. [F.] Bade, 1912 May 29., Walter L. Fisher May 1912

Letter From Walter L. Fisher To William E. [F.] Bade, 1912 May 29., Walter L. Fisher

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORWASHINGTONMay 29, 1912.Dear Sir:It has been found necessary to grant the city of San Francisco a further extension of time within which to present the matters hearing upon the use of the Hetch Hetchy as a reservoir site. The prep-are taken and presentation of the data required from the city of San Francisco by the Board of Army Engineers has been in charge of Mr. Marsden Manson, the San Francisco city engineer, Mr. Manson has unexpectedly broken down in health to such an extent that his physician has ordered him to stop work. As a result …

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Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1912] May 29., Katharine Hooker May 1912

Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1912] May 29., Katharine Hooker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

3277 Pacific Ave. S. F.May 29My dear friendTo think of your arriving in Los Angeles and our not being there in the old spot.Our belongings are heaped up about us here, while plumbers and carpenters keep up a din all day long. After a while we hope to be settled but meantime only fancy this! I am going to Los Angeles again. I expect to arrive next Monday morning with my brother Edward05203

and his wife. We are to make some motor trips together, just where I don't know till we get there and arrange with Johnson, the chauffeur as …

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Letter From Walter L. Fisher To James Ralph, Jr., 1912 May 28., Walter L. Fisher May 1912

Letter From Walter L. Fisher To James Ralph, Jr., 1912 May 28., Walter L. Fisher

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

May 28, 1912.Dear Sir:As you art doubtless already advised, on last Thursday City Attorney Long and Mr. John R. Freeman held a conference at my office with the Board of Engineers on the Hetch-Hetchy matter, at which the request of the city of San Francisco for a further extension of time in which to present its evidence was carefully considered, I was quite sorry to hear of Mr. Manson's incapacity and appreciate the difficulty of filling his place so as to enable the City to present its case within the time fixed.As a result of our conference it was agreed …

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Letter From Frances Williamson To John Muir, 1912 May 24., Frances Williamson May 1912

Letter From Frances Williamson To John Muir, 1912 May 24., Frances Williamson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

83 Paisley St. Guelph, CanadaMay 24th 1912John Muir EsqDear SirIn the Spring of one of the late seventies, you were on the train in Sonoma Co. California between Fulton, and Petaluma. You stopped to look at some wild flowers I a young girl was carrying back to San Francisco. I did not know then, but I was afterwards told, to whom the flowers had given pleasure. I soon after went to Yosemite need say no more. In 1899 I read your paper on the Valley, in a magazine. I tried to put some of the thoughts in concrete form. The …

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