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Letter From John Muir To [Annie K.] Bidwell, 1912 Apr 31 [Ca. 1912 May 1]., John Muir Apr 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Annie K.] Bidwell, 1912 Apr 31 [Ca. 1912 May 1]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Bidwell PapersBancroft LibraryMartinez, April 31, 1912Dear Mrs Bidwell,Nothing in my big lot of mail is more delightful than your new year greeting for it stirred and brought forward innumerable fondly cherished memories, and friends become more and more precious in the serene light of life's evening.I have just returned from a very long trying trip through South America and Africa, and it was while exploring in Chili that the news of dear Hooker's death reached me. How long and noble his life has beenRemember me to Sallie, write me a long letter, and believe me, dear friend,ever faithfully affectionately yoursJohn …

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Letter From John Muir To Katharine Hooker, 1912 Apr 28., John Muir Apr 1912

Letter From John Muir To Katharine Hooker, 1912 Apr 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez April 28, 1912Dear Katharine HookerHome at last in my old library den. House & home desolate. Nobody in it save a hungry mouse or two, but the garden grounds about it are beautiful, fresh & leafy & rosy rejoicing in brightest springtime overrunning all bounds, surpassing in number & extravagant exuberance those of most of your sunny south gardens at their best, while the Lebanon & Himalaya Cedars & the Australian bushes & trees & the oaks on the hills seem happier than ever.Strange to say both Wanda & Helen want to sell the blessed old place to an …

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Letter From Fordyce Grinnell, Jr. To John Muir, 1912 Apr 23., Fordyce Grinnell Jr. Apr 1912

Letter From Fordyce Grinnell, Jr. To John Muir, 1912 Apr 23., Fordyce Grinnell Jr.

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Pasadena, California.April 23, 1912.Mr John Muir233 Formosa Ave.,Hollywood, Cal.My dear Sir:On Thursday evening, May 2, the Entolmological Club will meet at Christopher's, 551 So. Broadway, Los Angeles, Prof. C. O. Esterly and Dr. Davidson will speak on the Oil Fly, Psilopa Petrolei, the larvae of which live in the crude petroleum near Los Angeles, the only organism which does so, as far as I know. There will be other communications and general discussion among the students of insect life of this vicinity, followed by a banquet.We would be very glad to have you present with us on this occassion, as …

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Letter From Cha[Rle]S F. Lummis To John Muir, 1912 Apr 23., Charles F. Lummis Apr 1912

Letter From Cha[Rle]S F. Lummis To John Muir, 1912 Apr 23., Charles F. Lummis

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Apr 23 1912Dear Young Uncle John:[in margin: Gen 3174](Old U.J. is the name of Slabsides) [John Burrough's home in N Y State]Quinn read me this morning that you have returned from another of your youthful gaddings & are going to sit down awhile. Hooray! You must have had a bully time; but I'm glad you have come back. I think you are too young to by globe-trotting.

2[in margin: Gen 3174]And I'm glad you are going to be in reach. There is a Lynch court just waiting for a chance at you!Excuse pencil--it's my only [safe?] [fist?] now. I've been …

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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 Apr 1912

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 Apr 1912

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 …

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

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

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Letter From Cha[Rle]S Elmer Rice To John Muir, 1912 Apr 16., Charles Elmer Rice Apr 1912

Letter From Cha[Rle]S Elmer Rice To John Muir, 1912 Apr 16., Charles Elmer Rice

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(Apr. 16, 1912)[letterhead]John MuirMartinez, CaliforniaDear Mr Muir:Early in Feb. I wrote you not knowing that you were in S. America.I am told by your friends in Los Angeles that you are now at home & advised to write again. This is the subject. We have now almost completed a very handsome set of portraits & letters of the 71 members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. We have an excellent full page portrait of you and are very much in need of a few lines from you to mount with it in this Literary set.will you kindly allow …

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Letter From John Muir To [George R.] King, 1912 Apr 15., John Muir Apr 1912

Letter From John Muir To [George R.] King, 1912 Apr 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

N. Y.April 15, 1912Dear Mr King,Glad to hear from you, I'm going to start for Los Angeles & home on the 17th prox.I have no plans as yet for the summer should I not be at home when you go to our house you will find Wanda at the adobe a few hundred yds distant. Good luck to youEver faithfully yoursJohn Muir

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1912 Apr 15., John Muir Apr 1912

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1912 Apr 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

N Y. Apr. 151912Darling Helen[in margin: 716]I expect to reach Los Angeles by the Santa Fe Limited next Sunday afternoon at 2.30.The Yosemite book is out & looks fine. The Autobio story will be out soon after parts of it are printed in the Atlantic or other magazines. I had lots of proof reading etc to do on these two books, & am glad they are at last off my hands. I'm looking05174forward joyfully to seeing you & your wonderous family & Wanda's.Be sure to let Wanda & Mrs Thompson know I'm coming. I got your letter with Charlotte's Also …

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Letter From John Muir To Parsons [Family], 1912 Apr 12., John Muir Apr 1912

Letter From John Muir To Parsons [Family], 1912 Apr 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Parsons Family PapersBancroft LibraryNew YorkApril 12 / 1912Dear Mr & Mrs Parsons,I thank you warmly for your kind generous letter. I'll soon be home.I was in Boston yesterday, showed Chamberlain & Gleason the call clipping & had long talk on H.Hy affairs All look good for us. Sorry to hear of Colby illness, give him my love Ever faithfully yoursJohn MuirMr. E. T. ParsonsSierra ClubMill's BuildingSan Francisco, Cal.

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Letter From David Kling To John Muir, 1912 Apr 12., David Kling Apr 1912

Letter From David Kling To John Muir, 1912 Apr 12., David Kling

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

1183 Beag[illegible] StrBrooklynApr 12 1912Dear Mr MuirThis is from one of your boys that accompanied you on your trips through Australia and New Zeeland, and having seen your name in papers I would like to see you very much05171

D. Klingthat is if you can spare time for me kindly call me up on phone Bedford 7442 I shall be home all day Saturday and Sunday.SincerelyDavid KlingApril 12. 1912.

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Letter From John Muir To [Moores Family], 1912 Apr 12., John Muir Apr 1912

Letter From John Muir To [Moores Family], 1912 Apr 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Original in possession of Mr. Merrill Moores850 Madison Avenue,New York,April 12, 1912.Dear Merrill, Charles, and all your great family:You know how I sympathize with you in yourbereavement. The sad news came this morning and stirred a thousand"blessed, dearly cherished memories.- your mother's great kindnesswhen I was in darkness, and her sisters and all you children when you were young - reading for me, bringing flowers and love into my dark room. Never in all my wanderings in all these years has anything in the least dimmed the love light of that blessed IndianaMoores-Merrill-Graydon lang syne.God bless and comfort you.John Muir. …

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Letter From Geo[Rge] R. King To John Muir, 1912 Apr 10., George R. King Apr 1912

Letter From Geo[Rge] R. King To John Muir, 1912 Apr 10., George R. King

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

49 Temple Place,Boston, Mass.,Apr. 10, '12.My dear Mr. Muir;I heard Sunday that you were with Mr. Burroughs, and hopedyou would come to Boston before your return to California.I am going West this month myself. "Country Life" wants me to make some views of your place at Martinez. I would be glad if you will permit me to make some while you are there.How I wanted to go with you to South America. I must give up the Sierra Club trip to Kern Canyon. I go from here to Grand Canyon, then Yosemite and Yellowstone.I will be glad for a line …

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Letter From Merrill Moores To John Muir, 1912 Apr 10., Merrill Moores Apr 1912

Letter From Merrill Moores To John Muir, 1912 Apr 10., Merrill Moores

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]Indianapolis, April 10, 1912.Dear Mr. Muir,I was in New York all last week being busy on law business nearly all of the time. I saw in the papers on Tuesday morning that you were on for Mr. Burroughs's birthday: and I wanted much to see you especially as I had had to leave home at a time when my mother was suffering much pain with a rheumatic attack. Her physician had told me that it was entirely safe to leave her; and as she had read with great interest your letters and papers in the magazines during the last year, …

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

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 …

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Letter From C. H. Lomax Mitchell To John Muir, 1912 Apr 4., C. H. Lomax Mitchell Apr 1912

Letter From C. H. Lomax Mitchell To John Muir, 1912 Apr 4., C. H. Lomax Mitchell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

159 Godwin AvenueRidgewood N. J.April 4, 1912My dear Mr. Muir:Out of the deep of 34 or 35 years' time memories are arroused at sight of your portrait published in the N. Y. Times of this date.In 1877 or 1878, I was employed by Genl. John Bidwell, and enjoyed the privilege of going with him and his party to Mt. Shasta and on over to Lassen's Peak country.As I remember you joined the General at Sisson's and remained with his party until its return to Chico.Camp was made at Sisson's for the night. Next day we drove up the mountain, pitching …

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

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

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Letter From Clara Barrus To John Muir, 1912 Mar 31., Clara Barrus Mar 1912

Letter From Clara Barrus To John Muir, 1912 Mar 31., Clara Barrus

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

424 Seventh Avenue, Pelham, N.Y.,March 31, 1912.Dear "John Of Mountains":I hear you are back again, actually having withdrawn from the spell of your beloved auracharia (I don't know how to spell it). Now if you go West without coming to see me in my little Swiss chalet out here in Pelham, I shall be sure you care for your millionaire friends more than you do for those who shared the wealth of the Grand Canyon and Yosemite with you.I am out here since mid-January, and now have a center of my own and all my belongings about me. Mr. and …

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

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

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]have been able to welcome you there!I do not know how long it is since you have had news of us. I wrote to the address you gave me in Africa as soon as I received it but it may not have reached you. Marian is still in Cincinnati and expects to stay there for another month working in Dr. Fischer's laboratory. Then she will come back to San Francisco and[1][letterhead]March 29To think that you should have landed in New York and found no letter waiting from me! I had no idea you could get there so soon. When your …

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John Muir Returns. Botanist Hunted The 'Monkey Puzzle' Tree In Brazil., John Muir Mar 1912

John Muir Returns. Botanist Hunted The 'Monkey Puzzle' Tree In Brazil., John Muir

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

WEDNESDAY, M. ΓûáJOHN MUim BETUBWS.] , I Botanist Hunted the "Monkey ' Puzzle" Tree in Brazil. ΓÇóJohn Muir, the botanist and explorer, i who has been away nearly a year hunt- I ing scarce trees in South America and j Africa, returned to-day by the Hamburg- i American liner Kaiserin August┬⌐ "Victoria. He spent several months in the forests of Brazil and further south in the Andes and then took a 32-day sail from Buenos Ayres to Cape Town, from which point he began his African trip. Although 7* years old, Mr. Muir, or j "professor," as he is generally …

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Letter From [August Drahma] To John Muir, 1912 Mar 27., August Drahma Mar 1912

Letter From [August Drahma] To John Muir, 1912 Mar 27., August Drahma

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

To John Muir. On Reading: The Snow Banners Of The Sierra'sMuir: I stand with thee as one in trance. Upon these mountain heighths the heart finds rest Like you lone eagle's on that meet ling crest, Whose kingly vision sweeps the vast expanse. Here, praise long silent, finds an utterance.Chill as the snow that caps yon mountain brow Is man in concourse with his God-save nowWhen soul finds language in omnipotence. Look: Poet! - Friend! - a miracle of graceIs here interpreted in Nature's form And speaks the dread Apocalypse of God. Oh! Love Divine; that recks not time nor …

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The Pacific Weekly, March 27, 1912, University Of The Pacific Mar 1912

The Pacific Weekly, March 27, 1912, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacific Weekly, March 20, 1912, University Of The Pacific Mar 1912

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

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1912 Mar 15., John Muir Mar 1912

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir Funk], 1912 Mar 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead][in margin: Send word to Mrs Sellers, Mrs Thompson & Mrs Jones]Hello! Darling Helen,You now seem precious near, for all my wanderings over South America & Africa are done & I start today for New York on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria of the Hamburg American line. So now there is nothing left of the big hard trip but homegoing with fond hopes of finding you all well. I'm quite well myself & have had wonderful luckin my studies health & everything. I suppose the incomparable boy is now quite manly. I'll be in New York by the 26th of March, …

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Letter From W[Illiam] H. Trout To [John Muir], 1912 Mar 15., William H. Trout Mar 1912

Letter From W[Illiam] H. Trout To [John Muir], 1912 Mar 15., William H. Trout

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Lufkin Texas March 15th 1912John Muir Martinez CalDear Friend JohnI have purposed writing you sometime soon, ever since last August, when I returned from my last Pacific coast journey. You being in South America at the time, knew nothing about it, and most probably have not learned about it since. When I was last with you I was quite determined, health and strength being spared, to make another good leisurely visit to the Pacific. I had a short one to Seattle at the time of their Worlds Exposition, combining business with it, and seeing the neighboring towns. Last summer our …

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Letter From John Muir To Osborn [Family], [1912] Mar 15., John Muir Mar 1912

Letter From John Muir To Osborn [Family], [1912] Mar 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]Dear friends HookersI start today for New York on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria all my big trip done except the delightful homegoing, fondly hoping to find all well. I may have to linger in N. Y. a few weeks proofreading etc. Write as soon as you receivethis c/o R. U. Johnson The Century Magazine Union Square New York telling all good Hooker tidings.Ever Your affectionate friendJohn MuirNaples March 15, 1912Guess how often I thought of you while here!J. M.

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Letter From John Muir To Osborn [Family], [1912] Mar 13., John Muir Mar 1912

Letter From John Muir To Osborn [Family], [1912] Mar 13., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear OsbornsI'm now headed straight homewards expect to arrive New York March 26th on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and fondly hope to find you all wellFaithfullyMarch 13John Muir

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

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

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To John Muir, 1912 Mar 12., Charlotte H. Kellogg Mar 1912

Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To John Muir, 1912 Mar 12., Charlotte H. Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]just that way?She was a good little traveler, despite the rough voyage and has given us no great anxiety. I have an English nurse come in from ten till six to take her for her airings and to leave me free to go to the museums as I often do with Mr. Kellogg, or to visit the too numerous galleries and fascinating theaters. She will stay, too, if we wish to go out in the evening.We are a half hour from the museums, in St. John's Wood, where the air is much better than in the city, a loss of …

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