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Letter From A[Ntonie] Schmitt To John Muir, 1910 Jan 6 ., Antonie Schmitt Jan 1910

Letter From A[Ntonie] Schmitt To John Muir, 1910 Jan 6 ., Antonie Schmitt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

San Francisco, Jan. 6, 1910.Dear Mr. Muir,Your esteemed favor of the 3d. inst. was duly received and thank you very much for your kind New Year wishes.As to the photographs of the Kern etc. you say of just having received, I desire to inform you that I am not the guilty party; but as to mine which you received some time ago, you may use them for illustrations, and if you desire any further assistance, I am at your service as I still have the negatives.Regards the Hetch Hetchy I am boosting for it's preservation at every opportunity and look …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles F.] Lummis, 1910 Jan 6 ., John Muir Jan 1910

Letter From John Muir To [Charles F.] Lummis, 1910 Jan 6 ., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Jan. 6, 1910—My dear Lummis: Turn over a new leaf. Never a word from you these days except in a bothersome bill- 'I think I paid all them Indian & Archaeological things ten or twenty years ahead when I tried to start a self preservation society. Most all my time is taken up making out money orders & standing in the mud waiting for the post man to take the money. So the thing must stop until like yourself I can get clerks to do the work & so leave me time to write a line or two on …

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Letter From Norman F. Coleman To John Muir, 1910 Jan 6 ., Norman F. Coleman Jan 1910

Letter From Norman F. Coleman To John Muir, 1910 Jan 6 ., Norman F. Coleman

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]Jan. 6, 1910.Mr. John Muir,Martinez, Cal.Dear Sir,I thank you for your very kind letter. I regret that you could not accept our invitation for next spring. We do not want an experienced lecturer, a fluent talker upon regular topics; and I still have hope that you will visit us, at least to speak to our students. I myself fee as you do, that our campaign for the conservation of wealth needs to be complemented by a campaign for the conservation of beauty. I feel too that our students and teachers, in their academic and professional isolation, need to be taught …

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Letter From Ferris Greenslet To John Muir, 1910 Jan 5 ., Ferris Greenslet Jan 1910

Letter From Ferris Greenslet To John Muir, 1910 Jan 5 ., Ferris Greenslet

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL ROOMS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET BOSTONJanuary 5, 1910.Dear Mr. Muir,It is a pleasure to receive, in an envelope bearing your corner-card, the very able pamphlet dealing with the matter of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley. That is a matter in which I have a very keen interest.By the way, isn't there a manuscript of yours dealing with a trip through the Yosemite many years ago that we had some correspondence about with a view to fall publication? This would be a particularly timely season for such a book, and it is one that we should heartily, welcome.Sincerely yours,[illegible]John Muir, Esq.04666

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Letter From Edith Simons To John Muir, [1910 Jan 5]., Edith Simons Jan 1910

Letter From Edith Simons To John Muir, [1910 Jan 5]., Edith Simons

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear [John?] Muir:January the FirstI wish you a Happy New YearAnd besides, I hope you mayHave many, many Friends to wish youAll I wish for you to-day.Indeed we wish this and much more to! May the season bring you all the joy and richness that you so well deserve! Can you not come down to Berkeley and spend just a[in margin: little time between Charlie and us? It would make me so happy to have you!Cordially,Edith Simonds.The little [illegible] sends her special New Year love to her kind friend, Mr. Muir!]

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Letter From Charles [A.] Keeler To John Muir, 1910 Jan 5 ., Charles A. Keeler Jan 1910

Letter From Charles [A.] Keeler To John Muir, 1910 Jan 5 ., Charles A. Keeler

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Berkeley, Cal.,2727 Dwight Way,January 5, 1910.My dear Mr. Muir:I have meant to write you ere this a word of greeting at the holiday season, but all three of the children have been ill with mumps and tonsilitis, and I have had my hands full with a variety of duties. Now all are well save Leonarde, who must, in the course of a few months, I fear, have a rather serious operation performed. But we hope to have him strong and well and in good spirits for it meanwhile.What a splendid fight you are making for the Hetch Hetchy! You are …

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Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir Funk], 1910 Jan 3 ., John Muir Jan 1910

Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir Funk], 1910 Jan 3 ., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Jan. 3. 1910.Darling Helen-I'm glad to hear you are so well & happy. We are all well here. Wanda's boys are growing in size & comliness & so are the Reid twins Bertha seems as well as ever.We have had cold weather lately. Last night the heaviest frost of all. Diablo is white. Daggett must be bitter cold & stormy now. You need to take extraordinary pains to meet such violent changes.Wishing you both everything good for the new year I amyour loving father

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Letter From John Muir To Mary E. Newton, 1910 Jan 3, John Muir Jan 1910

Letter From John Muir To Mary E. Newton, 1910 Jan 3, John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Jan. 3, 1910 Dear Newtons, I sincerely thank you for your kind holiday greetings and send you the same right heartily. I’m tempted to write you a letter but am overloaded with penwork and must be bravely brief. With all good wishes I’m faithfully yours John Muir

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1910 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Junior Class, Ernest Carl Wagner, Frederick Leroy Moser Jan 1910

1910 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Junior Class, Ernest Carl Wagner, Frederick Leroy Moser

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1910 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

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Letter From John Muir To [Francis Fisher] Browne, 1910 Jan ?., John Muir Jan 1910

Letter From John Muir To [Francis Fisher] Browne, 1910 Jan ?., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

To Blessed Browne with best New Year heart wishes of his affectionate friendJohn Muir.1910

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Letter From Charlotte [H.] Kellogg To [John Muir], [Ca. 1910 ?]., Charlotte H. Kellogg Jan 1910

Letter From Charlotte [H.] Kellogg To [John Muir], [Ca. 1910 ?]., Charlotte H. Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Tuesday21 SALVATIERRA STREETSTANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA.My dear friend-We have just decided that the baby is to be christened Sunday afternoon at four o'clock- and we want you to be here- Cant you possibly arrange to come? - Early if you can. but late, if it cant be early- and then you could go south on Monday or any time you had to leave. There is only [time?] [I?] urge you to make us and bonnie Jean happy in this way-Charlotte Kellogg04926

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Letter From Mary C. Bradley To John Muir, [Ca. 1910]., Mary C. Bradley Jan 1910

Letter From Mary C. Bradley To John Muir, [Ca. 1910]., Mary C. Bradley

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear Mr. Muir:Our warmest Holiday greetings - to you, whom we cordially admire & love! May the new year bring you only kindly experiences! & come & see us - why cannot you come. in their vacation time? We [illegible] are j[illegible]g-09906

ging serenely on- as old folks should, & we cling more closely than ever to the old friends. Come & give us a thrill of pleasure.Every heartedly yoursMary C. Bradley

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Letter From Florence Merriam Bailey To John Muir, [Ca. 1910 ?]., Florence Merriam Bailey Jan 1910

Letter From Florence Merriam Bailey To John Muir, [Ca. 1910 ?]., Florence Merriam Bailey

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]I tried to get a copy of this [illegible] this year, but found it only as the first page of a calendar. I wish the publishers would re-issue it as a card. When are you going to tell us more of the04924

message of the mountains? And what has become of that autobiography that you promised to write? It would be an inspiration to so many that it ought not to be delayed.With renewed thanks for our Christmas feastwith its grateful thought, and with our heartiest New Year wishes to you all.Sincerely yours,Florence Merriam Bailey.

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Letter From Katharine Bennett Gorrill To John Muir, [Ca. 1910]., Katharine Bennett Gorrill Jan 1910

Letter From Katharine Bennett Gorrill To John Muir, [Ca. 1910]., Katharine Bennett Gorrill

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[2]pleased with your thought of me that he telephoned to me as soon as he reached the office. The same afternoon we went off on a trip for two days and had such fun planning what we should buy. - First of all we are to get your books and maybe when you come to[1]Dear Mr MuirI'm sure I don't know how to tell you how much pleasure I have already had and am going to have in the more than generous gift you sent me through Will. He was so04922

[3]see me you will write in that. Then we …

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The Hetch-Hetchy Valley, A National Question., John Muir Jan 1910

The Hetch-Hetchy Valley, A National Question., John Muir

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

Vol. XVI MAY, igio No. s THE HETCH-HETCHY VALLEY A National Question By JOHN MUIR rT,HE better part of the world is be- jj ginning to know that beauty plays an important part in human progress, and that regarded even from the lowest financial standpoint it is one of the most precious and productive assets any country can possess. Most of our forests have already vanished in lumber and smoke, mostly smoke. Fortunately, the federal government is now faithfully protecting and developing nearly all that is left of our forest and stream resources; nor even in these money-mad commercial days …

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John Muir, Nature Love, Here. 'Praying In Woods Saves Men.' Veteran Friend Of Forests Still Busies Himself With Writing And Climbing At 72; Engaged On New Books Now., John Muir Jan 1910

John Muir, Nature Love, Here. 'Praying In Woods Saves Men.' Veteran Friend Of Forests Still Busies Himself With Writing And Climbing At 72; Engaged On New Books Now., John Muir

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

OUTlZ LOS ANGELES EXAMINEE John Muir, Nature Lover, Here "Praying in John Muir, at the Home of J. T>. Hooker. 1 Veteran Friend of Forests Still Busies Himself With Writing and Climbing at 72; Engaged on New Books Now John Muir is a guest at the home of J. D. Hooker of this city. Mr. Muir is reckoned as much a part of California as the mountains, glaciers and forests which he has, through love of nature, made the objects of his life Γûá woi;k. He visited the Tosemite Valley forty- two years ago, and later drew for the …

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Letter From L[Oulu] P[Erry] O[Sborn] To John Muir, [Ca. 1910]., Loulu Perry Osborn Jan 1910

Letter From L[Oulu] P[Erry] O[Sborn] To John Muir, [Ca. 1910]., Loulu Perry Osborn

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Come & see us-[Ever?] yr friendL.P.O.Our dearest loveWe often think of the glory & inspiration of you dear dear J. M.Write to us &04925

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Letter From Charlotte [H.] Kellogg To [John Muir], [Ca. 1910 ?]., Charlotte H. Kellogg Jan 1910

Letter From Charlotte [H.] Kellogg To [John Muir], [Ca. 1910 ?]., Charlotte H. Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]could see her. How you must have enjoyed her visit.If she comes north again, she must come to visit us. I have written her and I hope she will want to.V.L K. is back and feeling well after his week of cooking over the fire place and tramping down the coast. Doctor Jordan is[1]Stanford UniversityThursday nightDear friend-The inscription has just come and we are very happy over it. I shall take it up Monday (when I go to town to begin a somewhat dreaded dentist's siege) and then you shall come soon and see the little plate. I want it …

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Letter From Myra Crow Marshall To John Muir, [Ca. 1910 ?]., Myra Crow Marshall Jan 1910

Letter From Myra Crow Marshall To John Muir, [Ca. 1910 ?]., Myra Crow Marshall

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(4)which could never be obliterated. I feel much richer having read them. They appeal to me much in the same way as your little story of "Stikeen".Mr. Marshall and I often wish that there was some more "lobbying" for you to do, or at least that something would transpire to bring you back to us again— for such treats come to us but seldom-Always-Myra Crow MarshallSunday.[1] 831 N. St. SacramentoMy dear Mr. Muir-After two months of illness I am writing to thank you for that last charming book on La Salle which I have only partly read as yet owing …

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Letter From William Colby To John Muir, Circa 1910, William Edward Colby Jan 1910

Letter From William Colby To John Muir, Circa 1910, William Edward Colby

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

My dear Mr. Muir: Mr. Marshall has promised to visit us and stay over Sunday with us in Berkeley and Mrs. Colby & I want you to be with us too. We have plenty of room for you both & Mr. Marshall is anxious to see you. We can outline our Hetch Hetchy program for this Fall more in detail. Come down Saturday in time to meet us in Monaghans [?] for lunch at 12:30. There are many things I want to discuss with you and you can find out just when & how to connect with Taft. Drop me …

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Letter From Joseph B. Gilder To John Muir, 1909 Dec 29., Joseph B. Gilder Dec 1909

Letter From Joseph B. Gilder To John Muir, 1909 Dec 29., Joseph B. Gilder

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

JOSEPH B. GILDEREDITORJEANNETTB L. GLLDERASSOCIATE EDITORPUTNAM'S MAGAZINENO 27 WEST 23D STNEW YORKDec. 29th, 1909.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Calif.Dear Mr. Muir:I wonder if it would be possible for you to let us have a brief paper on John Burroughs? It seems to me he has reached an age, and a decree of distinction, which would quite justify the printing in such a magazine as this of a paper on his relations to the study of nature, the correct information he has disseminated, the attractiveness of his literary style and the charm of his personality. And the conjunction of your name with his …

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Letter From W[Illia]M M. Chauvenet To John Muir, 1909 Dec 28., William M. Chauvenet Dec 1909

Letter From W[Illia]M M. Chauvenet To John Muir, 1909 Dec 28., William M. Chauvenet

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

REGIS CHAUTENET. W. M. CHAUVENET.REGIS CHAUVENET & BROTHER.MINING ENGINEERSANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS.937 EQUITABLE BUILDING,DENVER.LABORATORIES:620 CHESTNUT STREET.St. Louis, Dec. 28-1909,John Muir,President of Society for the preservation of National Parks. 302 Mills Building, San Francisco. Dear Professor Muir,The information conveyed in your "Statement of the Hetch-Hetchy case to date " shocks me so deeply that I feel equal, could I get the chance, to eloquence enough and rage enough to stay any congress or to sway any convention.Your work, on mountain and on glacier I have delighted in from my college days, and my work in the mining school. With you and …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1909 Dec 27., John Muir Dec 1909

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1909 Dec 27., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Hetch Hetchy again/New year greetingsin Congress — Martinez, Dec. 27, 1909-Dear Mr Lukens; I was very glad to get your letter full of sincere good wishes. May the year now drawing nigh bring you fullness of joy & all the good, heart can wishI'm in my book den working away on old notes. When I'll get down to pasadena I don't know. We are having a big Hetch Hetchy fight again in Congress. Help us all you can. I can send you as many of our new pamphlets as you can find use for.Warm New Year greetings to yourself & …

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Letter From R[Ichard] A[Chilles] Ballinger To John Muir, 1909 Dec 27., Richard Achilles Ballinger Dec 1909

Letter From R[Ichard] A[Chilles] Ballinger To John Muir, 1909 Dec 27., Richard Achilles Ballinger

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORWASHINGTONPersonal.December 27, 1909.My dear Mr. Muir:Yours of the 20th instant is just received, and I note what you say respecting the exchange of lands in the national park with the City of San Francisco. Your suggestion strikes me with much favor.In view of the present complications surrounding this matter and the submission to the voters of San Francisco of a bond issue, I have felt that I should be careful in making any public expression regarding the subject. I would respectfully suggest that you write Hon. F. W. Mondell, Chairman, Committee on Public Lands, House of …

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Letter From Norman F. Coleman To John Muir, 1909 Dec 24., Norman F. Coleman Dec 1909

Letter From Norman F. Coleman To John Muir, 1909 Dec 24., Norman F. Coleman

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]Dec. 24, 1909Mr. John Muir,Muir, Cal.Dear Sir,Next spring, Mar 23-25, our association will meet in Pendleton, Oregon, about forty miles south of here. At that time Whitman College, of whose faculty I am a member, will be offering a course of lectures on Conservation. I write to enquire if it will be possible for you to visit both Teacher's Association and College and give one or more lectures at each. Mr. Wayne Darling one of the overseers of our college has strongly recommended that we write to you; and even without his recommendation our acquaintance with you as a writer …

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Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir Funk], 1909 Dec 23., John Muir Dec 1909

Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir Funk], 1909 Dec 23., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Home, Dec. 23. 1909Darling Helen; I devoutly wish you & your husband a happy new year May all your years be full of Heaven's best gifts. Give my hearty greetings to all the Funks & Van Dykes.I sent you some eatable odds & ends a week ago by express which no doubt you have received ere this. A box of the candy was for May Van Dyke.Miss Katharine Graydon's address is 303 Downing Ave. Indianapolis, Ind.Helen Lukens Gant's is 182 East Walnut St PasadenaCharlotte's is Mrs Vernon L. Kellogg, Stanford UniversityThe Sellers have returned to their home 320 West California …

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Letter From John Muir To [Katharine] Hooker & Marian, 1909 Dec 23., John Muir Dec 1909

Letter From John Muir To [Katharine] Hooker & Marian, 1909 Dec 23., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Dec. 23, 1909Dear Mrs Hooker & Marian; Here's a charming morning, calm sunshine & frost. "Glorious Hooker weather" I said as I looked out of my den window & saw a superb growth of white crystal ice-ferns adorning the tin roof. Fine for Marian, all the sky medicine. This with holiday rest will drive away the last greedy stragglers of the flock of small cough folk to other pastures or other worlds, & leave her triumphantly able for the hard work ahead.I suppose it's now time for New Year greetings. Most of them are easily said, but for those …

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Letter From Charlotte Kellogg To [John Muir], 1909 Dec 22., Charlotte Kellogg Dec 1909

Letter From Charlotte Kellogg To [John Muir], 1909 Dec 22., Charlotte Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]on the desert, and is Mr. Funk at work there? And please send me here address, I should like to send her some little doily or something for her house.Does Miss Lunam still live — the cousin at Dunbar?The dear Stickeen story with the inscription I prize more than I can tell you. It came early my first Christmas greeting . Many, many thanks, my dear friend - And again warmest greeting to you[1] Carmel-by-the-sea22 December 1909.Merry Christmas! We are both sending you greeting and wishing very much we might see you this holiday season.We planned to surprise you in …

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Letter From John Muir To Mrs. [William] Colby, 1909 Dec 22., John Muir Dec 1909

Letter From John Muir To Mrs. [William] Colby, 1909 Dec 22., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Dec. 22, 1909—Dear Mrs Colby,I sincerely thank you for your kind invitation for Wednesday evening next. I'll come if I can get away from here which at present seems hardly likely amid the plans of the family & relations.With Christmas greetings & all good wishes for the new year I am everfaithfully yoursJohn Muir

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Letter From Helen Lukens Gaut To John Muir, 1909 Dec 21., Helen Lukens Gaut Dec 1909

Letter From Helen Lukens Gaut To John Muir, 1909 Dec 21., Helen Lukens Gaut

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Helen Lukens GautMagazine Correspondent182 East Walnut Street[Pasadrna ?], Cal.Dec. 21, 1909.My dear Mr. Muir:-I thank you most sincerely for the splendid testimonial you sent me. Its value to me will be great.In this same mail I am forwarding the six [Illegible] booklets, also a tinted photograph of a brook scene that I took in the Klamath River country this summer, which I hope you will accept with my best greetings. I also enclose a "chromo" of a homely, but good-natured subject.Col. Sellers and wife have returned from the East,and are at their home on Calif. St.I believe my father has …

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