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Letter From John Muir To R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson, 1911 Jan 26., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson, 1911 Jan 26., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

MuirLos Angeles, Cal., Jan. 26, 1911.325 West Adams Street.Mr. R. U. Johnson,The Century Magazine.Union Square, New York.Dear Mr. Johnson:-I am glad you are going to give mo a memorandum of your relationship to Yosemite Park and other parks. Do not make it too short, as I want everybody to know that in particular you invented Yosemite Park.On receipt of your letter of Jan. 5th I wrote immediately to your son-in-law, Mr. Holden, at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, giving him my address and saying I hoped to meet him here, but I have not yet heard from him.I shall he …

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Letter From William F. Herrin To John Muir, 1911 Jan 26., William F. Herrin Jan 1911

Letter From William F. Herrin To John Muir, 1911 Jan 26., William F. Herrin

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]January 26. 1911My dear Mr. Muir,Different things have cooperated to prevent out on starting on our trip to Mexico, among them the indisposition of my daughters, both of whom have been enough out of sorts to prohibit travelling for pleasure, and now Judge [Levitt?] advises me that he will be in Los Angeles about ten days hence, and I cannot be absent04945

while he is here. However, I hope that a month hence we can definitely fix our plans for the trip. I suppose you are not inconvenienced by this delay and that our trip when we take it will …

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Letter From Florence Willard To John Muir, 1911 Jan 26., Florence Willard Jan 1911

Letter From Florence Willard To John Muir, 1911 Jan 26., Florence Willard

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: Florence Willard]Pasadena, CaliforniaThursday January 26, 1911.Dear Dear Mr Muir,Mrs Hooker brought me a wonderful surprise today from you, and I am going to try to tell you at once how dear it was of you to send it to me. I don't believe anything hurt worse than to lose our books and ever since the fire I have gone around thinking of this or that treasured volume that I no longer had. I think one can miss books as much as people, don't you? And now! Now I am going to get some of those that I lost …

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The Pacific Weekly, January 24, 1911, University Of The Pacific Jan 1911

The Pacific Weekly, January 24, 1911, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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John Muir Visiting Us. Noted Naturalist And Nature Lover Is Glenwood Guest Today. Is Here With Editor Of The Dial. Takes Auto Ride Over The City And Talks Fascinatingly Of His Life, His Books And Nature., John Muir Jan 1911

John Muir Visiting Us. Noted Naturalist And Nature Lover Is Glenwood Guest Today. Is Here With Editor Of The Dial. Takes Auto Ride Over The City And Talks Fascinatingly Of His Life, His Books And Nature., John Muir

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

r PRESS: SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1911 JOHN MUIR VISITING US NOTED NATURALIST AND NATURE LOVER IS GLEN- WOOD GUEST TODAY Is Here with Editor of the Dial. Takes Auto Ride Over the Oity and Talks Fascinatingly of His Life, His Books and Nature John Muir, noted geologist, explorer and author-naturalist, a guest whom Riverside is proud to honor, has been lodging for the past 24 hours at the Mission Inn. Mr. Muir came trmth from his ranch near Martinez at the invitation of his friends, Colonel and Mrs. A. H. Sellers, of Pasadena, and also because, as he says, …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1911 Jan 18., Robert Underwood Johnson Jan 1911

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1911 Jan 18., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Robert Underwood Johnson,EDITOR.CLEARANCE CLOUGH BUEL,ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR.January 18, 1911.Mr. John Muir,325 West Adams Street.Los Angeles, California.Dear Muir:I am very glad to get your good letter of January 11th from Los Angeles, also to know that you are working on the Yosemite book. I’ll make a little memorandum of my relationship to the park, as I remember it, and if it is any use to you all right, and if not, no bones will be broken.The President of our company, Mr. Scott, who has been ill, is going out to California for a rest, and I think he is going to Los …

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Letter From John Burroughs To John Muir, [1911] Jan 18., John Burroughs Jan 1911

Letter From John Burroughs To John Muir, [1911] Jan 18., John Burroughs

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

BurroughsLa M[illegible] Park Cali,Jany 18Dear Muir,Your "hello" & "Hurrah" sounded good, & made me feel more at home at once. And the invitation from Mr & Mrs Hooker hits the right spot. We will gladly accept it by & by. Dr Burroughs is expected here today to stay 2 weeks, & she will want to see you & I trust you will want to see her,04942

come over. We have been taken into the house of Mrs Atkinson & are more than comfortable. We are in clover to our eyes. Come & see. I see Mr [Brown?] every day. Mrs. …

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Letter From [Charlotte And Vernon] Kellogg To John Muir, 1911 Jan 17., Charlotte Kellogg, Vernon Kellogg Jan 1911

Letter From [Charlotte And Vernon] Kellogg To John Muir, 1911 Jan 17., Charlotte Kellogg, Vernon Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Stanford University17th January 1911Very dear John MuirThe engraver has the inscription and it will be only a few days before Charlotte Jean has her plate. and I hope not long before you see her with it.Your letter with the04941

added gift all cosily tucked inside followed the inscription one. Thanks and thanks again. It came for her very important six months old birthday.Now that the sun has come back we may get a new picture.I am on my way to hear one of the lectures of the "Peace" course that Doctor Jordan is giving. He hasan assistant who presents the …

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The Pacifc Weekly, January 17, 1911, University Of The Pacific Jan 1911

The Pacifc Weekly, January 17, 1911, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1911 Jan 16., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1911 Jan 16., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 16, 1911.325 West Adams Street.Dear Mr. Colby:-Thanks for your kind letter and the book which yon forwarded.I am now at work on the King’s River yosemites, and I would like to have the part of the King's River region which ought to be added to the General Grant and Sequoia National Parks definitely described, because I wish to recommend the preservation of the region in the Yosemite Guide-book.And please tell me how much of the new road to the King's River canyon has been actually built, and describe its course, where it starts from, where it …

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Letter From John Muir To John Burroughs, 1911 Jan 13., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To John Burroughs, 1911 Jan 13., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(Original in possession of Dr. Clara Barrus)325 West Adams Street,Los Angeles, Cal.,Jan. 13, 1911.Dear John Burroughs:Hello and Hurrah!!!! Welcome to the grand side of the continent!!!! I am stopping at the above address and will probably be here quite a little while.Mr. Browne is staying in Pasadena. I saw him the other day. He brought the first news of your coming this way with Mrs. Burroughs. Your friends, Colonel and Mrs. Sellers, I see quite frequently. They are both well and will be glad to see you.Mr. and Mrs. Hooker told me to convey their compliments to you and Mrs. …

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Letter From Maggie [Margaret] Rae Lunam To [John Muir], 1911 Jan 11., Margaret Rae Lunam Jan 1911

Letter From Maggie [Margaret] Rae Lunam To [John Muir], 1911 Jan 11., Margaret Rae Lunam

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]cheering thought James Hay was able to write us for New Year we were so pleased to see his handwriting for he had been ill with bronchitis.We hope your Wanda & her family keep very well & that you have good news from Helen Mother joins me in kindest loveYours affeclyMaggie Rae Lunam[1]WestfieldDunbar Janry 11th 1911Dear CousinI think I must write & tell you what was done with the extra money you sent for this Cmas of course £5 went its usual way for coal etc for the poor. I went to the M[illegible] and saw Mr & Mrs

[2]Borland …

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Letter From F[Rancis] J. Garrison To John Muir, 1911 Jan 11., Francis J. Garrison Jan 1911

Letter From F[Rancis] J. Garrison To John Muir, 1911 Jan 11., Francis J. Garrison

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

449Jan. 11, 1911.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Cal.Dear Mr. Muir:We send herewith the first 16 pages of your ‘First Summer in the Sierras," together with the half title, title and copyright pages, and shall be grateful if you will return the set bearing the printers’ revises with your own marks, if any are necessary, as promptly as possible, as we are anxious to issue the work as early as possible in the spring. Please retain the unmarked duplicates as usual, and believe usVery truly yours,Houghton Mifflin Company.[Illegible]25

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Letter From John Muir To Frank H. Holden, 1911 Jan 11., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To Frank H. Holden, 1911 Jan 11., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 11, 1911.Mr. Frank H. Holden,Fairmont Hotel,San Francisco, Cal.Dear Sir:-I learned through your father that you were soon to be in San Francisco, and as I am very anxious to meet you I am sending you my address. At present and for a month or so it will be 325 West Adams Street, Los Angeles. No doubt you will be passing this way anyhow. I shall be delighted to see you.Faithfully yours,[signed]John Muir10047

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1911 Jan 11., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1911 Jan 11., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 11, 1911.325 West Adams Street.My dear Mr, Colby:-Many thanks for the maps. They are just what I wanted. You forwarded a letter for me the other day from Charles Dutton in which he says that with the letter he had sent me a book. If not too heavy and clumsy I wish you would address it to me here, and charge the stamps to my account.I am glad you liked the opening chapter of "My First Summer." As to the way it reads, there is no secret about it that 1 know of, or I would …

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Letter From O. W. Lehmer To John Muir, 1911 Jan 9., O. W. Lehmer Jan 1911

Letter From O. W. Lehmer To John Muir, 1911 Jan 9., O. W. Lehmer

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

o.W. LEHMERSUPERINTENDENT ANDTRAFFIC MANAGERYOSEMITE OPEN ALL YEARMERCED, CALIFORNIA January 9, 1911.Mr. John Muir,325 West Adams Street,Los Angeles, Cal.Dear Mr. Muir:Your letter of the 5th inst. I do not know that I can give you anything for your book as far as the building of the Yosemite Valley Railroad is concerned except what you already know.[illegible] is eighty miles long, and the entire distance except the first twenty-four miles is built through the precipitous Merced River Canon.. the roadbed was practically blasted out of the solid rock for the entire distance in the canon. Work was commenced in September 1905 and …

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Letter From Charlotte & Vernon Kellog To [John Muir], 1911 Jan 9., Charlotte H. Kellog, Vernon Kellog Jan 1911

Letter From Charlotte & Vernon Kellog To [John Muir], 1911 Jan 9., Charlotte H. Kellog, Vernon Kellog

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Stanford University9th January 1911You overwhelm us with your beautiful and generous thought of Charlotte-Jean!I have waited till Mr. Kellogg returned (he came back last night from a ten days bacheloring at Carmel) before answering your letter. I felt that I ought to say straight away that you must not do more for the babe, sweet as your impulse to was. But after talking it over we both feel that04936

if you are still of that mind, we should all three be very happy to have you increase your gifts--say to fifty in all--that would mean twenty more, wouldn't it? And …

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Letter From C. A. Brant To John Muir, 1911 Jan 6., C. A. Brant Jan 1911

Letter From C. A. Brant To John Muir, 1911 Jan 6., C. A. Brant

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EL TOvAR, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA FRED HARVEYJan. 6, 1911Mr. John Muir,325 west Adams St.,Los Angeles, Cal.My dear Mr.Muir:-On behalf of Mrs. Brant as well as self please accept thanks for your very charming favor of the 3rd. inst. we of course both sincerely trust that your New Year wishes will come true and that the best in the world will come our way and that at least a portion will remain with us; but in order to make us truly and thoroughly happy we are in hopes of having a long visit from you and some of your friends some …

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Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To [John Muir], [1911?] Jan 6., Charlotte H. Kellogg Jan 1911

Letter From Charlotte [H. Kellogg] To [John Muir], [1911?] Jan 6., Charlotte H. Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Stanford University6th JanuaryWhat glorious news! I am writing Helen by this post, and a son to start her family with! All blessings upon him!I am so happy for you, too, because I know what this means to you. There is no time now04955

to write, just to send our love and good wishes.Charlotte-Jean had plenty from her most generous friend for her plate and a little bank account. We must see you soon. and Helen and her boy. How I should love to run down to you all this minute.Charlotte

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1911 Jan 3., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1911 Jan 3., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 3, 1911.Dear Mr. Colby:-1 came away in a hurry and forgot my maps of the Yosemite, Kings River, and Kern River regions, and I wish you would send me copies of these and any other maps you think would be usefulto me in my yosemite work,[illegible]charging same to my account, and oblige, yours faithfully,[illegible]

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1911 Jan 2., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1911 Jan 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, Cal.,Jan. 2, 1911.325 West Adams Street,Dear Mr. Lukens;-Of course you know that I am wishing you a "Happy New Year." Strange to say, although I have been down here several weeks shut up in a garret. I have never managed for some reason to call on you, as I have oftentimes wished to do.I trust that you are all prospering. How is little Lottie getting on? Let me hear how you all are, Mrs. Lukens and her sister, and wish them for me all the best New Year&s greetings.Hoping to see you ere long, I am, Faithfully your …

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Letter From John Muir To Charles Keeler, 1911 Jan 2., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To Charles Keeler, 1911 Jan 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, Cal., Jan, 2, 1911.325 West Adams Street,Mr. Charles Keeler,2727 Lwight Way,Berkeley, Cal,My dear Charlie:-I think with you that it is a long time since we have had the pleasure of meeting. When I begin to write it seems as though I could think of nothing else, and oftentimes my friends must fancy I have forgotten them, though I never forgetIn your desire to mingle with the currents of art, literature and science where they flow deepest, I sincerely sympathize; and wish you every success. You are fortunate in having so capable and living a grandmother to care for …

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Letter From John Muir To Colby [Family], 1911 Jan 2., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To Colby [Family], 1911 Jan 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 2, 1911.325 West Adams Street.Dear Mr. and Mrs. Colby:-I thank you for your beautiful Season'sGreetings. The picture of the lake is charming, and better yetare the two boys.Wishing you all a truly happy New Year, I am,Ever faithfully yours.[illegible]

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Letter From John Muir To J. E. Calkins, 1911 Jan 2., John Muir Jan 1911

Letter From John Muir To J. E. Calkins, 1911 Jan 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 2, 1911.325 West Adams Street.Mr. J. E. Calkins,Lordsburg,Cal.Dear Mr. Calkins:-Many thanks for your New Year's good wishes and for your cordial invitation to your home. I am now pegging away at a book on Yosemite Valley which ought to have been written long ago. All my stuff is here and I feel like sticking to my den until I get it off my hands.I think I told you that a book called "My First Summerin the Sierra" would be brought out by Houghton Miflin nextspring. In the meantime four chapters are running through theAtlantic Monthly. I …

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Letter From Marian Hooker To John Muir, 1911 Jan 2., Marian Hooker Jan 1911

Letter From Marian Hooker To John Muir, 1911 Jan 2., Marian Hooker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]warm these days as tho' Christmas candles and New Year resolutions were going to burn brightly forever.I hope you are staying on indeifinitely at 325, it means much comfort to the inmates.Faithfully your friendMarian Hooker[1]University of Cal. HospitalSan FranciscoJan. 2, 1911My dear Mr. MuirIt was a great surprise and pleasure to me to receive the book on Italy from you. That beloved country is much in my mind these days as a haven of care-free pleasure and peace--and Hutt[illegible] delightful presentation of

[2]those haunts makes me long more than ever to get back among them for a while. I am …

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Cathedral Peak And The Tuolumne Meadows., John Muir Jan 1911

Cathedral Peak And The Tuolumne Meadows., John Muir

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

Sierra Club Bulletin Vol. VIII. San Francisco, January, 1911 No. 1 CATHEDRAL PEAK AND THE MEADOWS* By John Muir. TUOLUMNE August 9, 1869.ΓÇöI went ahead of the flock and crossed over the divide between the Merced and Tuolumne basins. . . . From the top of the divide and also from the Big Tuolumne Meadows the wonderful mountain called Cathedral Peak is in sight. It is a majestic temple of one stone, hewn from the living rock, and adorned with spires and pinnacles in regular cathedral style. I hope some time to climb to it to say my prayers and …

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My First Summer In The Sierra., John Muir Jan 1911

My First Summer In The Sierra., John Muir

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

VI CONTENTS Lucas, E. V., The Embarrassed Eliminators 617 Lynn, Margaret, A Step-Daughter of the Prairie 379 Mather, Frank Jewell, Jr., The Four Winds 91 Matthews, Charles Grant, Homesickness . 362 Mayo, Katherine, Big Mary 112 McClellan, Alexander G., A British View of American Naval Expenditure ... 34 McClellan, George B., The Tendency of Municipal Government in the United States 433 McLean, Caroline Brett, A Little Baby . 529 Miller, William T., What is Wrong with our Boys ? 789 Mitchell, Mary E., For the Honor of the Company 641 Montague, Gilbert Holland, German and British Experience with Trusts . …

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1911 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Junior Class, Morvin Wanner Godshall, Wesley Reiff Gerges Jan 1911

1911 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Junior Class, Morvin Wanner Godshall, Wesley Reiff Gerges

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1911 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

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Letter From Betty Averell To John Muir, [Ca. 1911]., Betty Averell Jan 1911

Letter From Betty Averell To John Muir, [Ca. 1911]., Betty Averell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: Mrs William H. Averell.325 East Avenue - Rochester. New York.]see you here we only wish we could have had more visits. We shall look forward to the day when we may - Dont forget the South American trip - hurrah! for the Amazon! -Dear love to you Mr Muir, fromBettySaturday morningDear Mr. Muir:-.We are sending you our Rochester address hoping that it will not only mean we may hear from you but that you will follow it up and come to see us! It has been such a pleasure to05142

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Descriptive Pamphlet, 1911, The Rockefeller University Jan 1911

Descriptive Pamphlet, 1911, The Rockefeller University

The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research: Descriptive Pamphlet

No abstract provided.

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