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Articles 23581 - 23610 of 29979
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Part 09 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir
Part 09 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir
John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908
No abstract provided.
Part 05 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir
Part 05 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir
John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908
No abstract provided.
Letter From S. C. Smith To J. William White, 1908 Jan 1., S. C. Smith
Letter From S. C. Smith To J. William White, 1908 Jan 1., S. C. Smith
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESWASHINGTONJanuary 1, 1908.Prof. J. William White,1810 S. Rittenhouse Square,Philadelphia, P.A.[in margin: 1913 Who's who address 18 Consord Ave Cambridge Mass]Dear Sir:I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of recent date protesting against the use of Hetch Hetchy for the storage of water for San Francisco. I will take pleasure in laying your communication before the committee and can assure you that it will receive due consideration.Yours very truly,S. C. SmithDear Mr Muir:I wish I could do something more to help you. I have written to the [illegible] Congress - [illegible] mentioned in your circular letter.I shall speak …
Letter From [John Muir] To [James R. Garfield], [Ca. 1908 Jan]., John Muir
Letter From [John Muir] To [James R. Garfield], [Ca. 1908 Jan]., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[letterhead][Ca Jan. 1908]The Honorable Secretary of the InteriorSir:The Sierra Club begs to submit the following suggestion as to road building & other needed improvements in Yosemite National Park.-1- That a general plan for the treatment of the floor of Yosemite Valley be made by a competent landscape artist & carried out under his [supervision?] at a cost of about one hundred & fifty thousand [dollars?] This would include the thinning & clearing of undergrowth jungles; the building of a permanent system of roads located with reference to scenery aesthetic effects etc, [instead?] of the present haphazard dust sand & mud …
Part 04 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir
Part 04 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir
John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908
No abstract provided.
Letter From Paul Shoup To John Muir, [Ca. 1908]., Paul Shoup
Letter From Paul Shoup To John Muir, [Ca. 1908]., Paul Shoup
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
P 818 (10-08-500 m)
[illegible]
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
TELEGRAM
56 Paid.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank
Received at
Martinez
(WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT)
San Francisco
Mr.J.Muir
Martinez
Cala.
Mr. Calvin has telegram from Mr.Harriman saying he well be very glad to meet you Mr. Calvin. Invites you to go to Los Angles in his private car leaving third and Townsend to-morrow evening at eight o clock .Will you kindly reply any time after eight thirty o …
Letter From [John Muir] To F. L. Noble, [Ca. 1908]., John Muir
Letter From [John Muir] To F. L. Noble, [Ca. 1908]., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Parks
Rainier
I fear on Wednesday
I cant get to town today, but this will be no hindrance to the effectiveness [illegible]
All [illegible] [illegible]ted as far as I [know?] [illegible]d [illegible] is a formal resolution in favor of the park - Jordan is just the man to draw it up. then all you [have?] to do
This Rainier Park [will?] [benefit?] [Washington?] is to [send?] it [illegible] tho [illegible] of the com [illegible] & all the world.
for [illegible]gon[illegible] & [illegible] [up?] to [Miss?] S[illegible]dmore
[No?] part of the [illegible]rish Reservoir is more [admirably?] adapted by nature for a …
Letter From W[Illia]M Keith To John Muir, [Ca. 1908 ?]., William Keith
Letter From W[Illia]M Keith To John Muir, [Ca. 1908 ?]., William Keith
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Dear MuirI enclose $80.80 check, it was $90.80 but the last time you were down here I gave you $10.00 leaving a balance of $80.80 I forgot about it or would have sent it before. How is Helen. I should like to hear about her. Herrin was in yesterday & was enquiring about you & talking about the Mexican trip. nothing new, soI am as usualYours with love toHelen.W Keith04124
Letter From Kirk And Mary Munro To John Muir, 1908 Jan ., Kirk Munro, Mary Munro
Letter From Kirk And Mary Munro To John Muir, 1908 Jan ., Kirk Munro, Mary Munro
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
A great many happy good wishes to dear John Muir from his friends Kirk and Mary Munroe
Cocoant Grove Florida
P O Box 178.
John Muir
Martinez
California
Jan
1908. 06810
Letter From John Muir To Helen Muir, [1908 Jan]., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Helen Muir, [1908 Jan]., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[JAN. 1908?]
Martinez Wednesday
Darling Helen,
I got home Monday only a few hours late tho No 7 was in 5 sections. All are well except Strentzel who has measels, & wicked Charlie Baumgard who fell on the hill & broke his leg. He is in the hospital & I suppose some of us should visit him big sinner tho he be.
Have laid the business we discussed Sunday before Mr Coleman & it will be settled somehow ere long
I had a fine hearty letter from the President.
No rain today.
Remember me to the Van Dykes & Miss …
Letter From Henry G. Bryant To John Muir, [1908]., Henry G. Bryant
Letter From Henry G. Bryant To John Muir, [1908]., Henry G. Bryant
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
American Alpine Club
COUNCILORS
PROF. JOSEPH N. LECONTE
REV. HARRY P. NICHOLS
PROF. HARRY FIELDING REID
PROF. A. LAWRENCE ROTCH
PRESIDENT
PROF. JOHN MUIR
VICE-PRESIDENT
PROF. CHARLES E. FAY
MR. HARRINGTON PUTNAM
SECRETARY
MR. HENRY G. BRYANT
806 LAND TITLE BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA
TREASURER
MR. GEORGE VAUX. JR.
404 FRANKLIN BANK BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA
[1908]
Prof. John Muir,
President American Alpine Club,
Martinez, California.
My dear Professor Muir:
It is planned to hold the next business meeting and dinner of the Club on Friday, December 31st, at the rooms of the Appalachian Mountain Club in Boston. Them. As. Adv. of Science will …
Hetch Hetchy Damming Scheme., John Muir
Hetch Hetchy Damming Scheme., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
SAN FRANCISCO AND TfitE l::HETGHY EEBER'VOffi i i ' A* HEABING ' HE1P BEFORE THE I 33 m4m PUBLIC LANDS OE THE 5, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ': DECEMBER 16,1908 ON H. J. EES. 184 3 [II. I, Keg. 1M, Btotletli Congress, fUsf session,] Whereas under authority of tho act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one (volume tliirty-oiie, Statutes at Large, page seven hundred and ninety), tho Secretary of the Interior has granted to the city and county of fian Francisco a permit for what are known aa tho Lake Eleanor and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir sites . in the Yosomito …
Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [Ca. 1908]., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [Ca. 1908]., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[The?] objections to making H. H. a reservoir are briefly1 That such use would to a great damaging extent defeat the purpose & nullify the effect of the law creating the Park.For Hetch Hetchy far from being a common meadow [lake?] 1000s of [illegible] & a mere "minor feature" as claimed by the [supplicants?] is a counterpart of Yosemite, & a great & wonderful feature of the Park next to Yosemite in beauty grandeur & importance of location visited by thousands even though as yet [ac?]cessible only by trail.[illegible] [dam?]med as proposed it not o[nly?] [illegible] be made utterly ma[illegible] …
The Hetch-Hetchy Valley., John Muir
The Hetch-Hetchy Valley., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
Sierra Club Bulletin. Vol. VI. San Francisco, January, 1908. No. 4. THE HEXCH-HETCHY VALLEY By John Muir. ' It is impossible to overestimate the value of wild mountains and mountain temples as places for people to grow in, recreation grounds for soul and body. They are the greatest of our natural resources, God's best gifts, but none, however high and holy, is beyond reach of the spoiler. In these ravaging money-mad days monopolizing San Francisco capitalists are now doing their best to destroy the Yosemite Park, the most wonderful of all our great mountain national parks. Beginning on the Tuolumne …
Postcard From C.H.K. [Charlotte H. Kellogg] To John Muir, Circa 1908, Charlotte H. Kellogg
Postcard From C.H.K. [Charlotte H. Kellogg] To John Muir, Circa 1908, Charlotte H. Kellogg
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Mr. John Muir, Martinez, California Ver Staaten U.S.A. Cortina 4th Sept. My dear friend, This isn’t good but it may give you a faint notion of the kind of country we are in. We had to come to the mts. To recover from our heavenly villa! Even an olive garden can’t be antidote sufficient for the August airs of Italy. I told Mr. Kellogg last night that you would say we ought to be thanking our stars that we’re not breathing in 6 sq. yd. of Brussels carpet every time we open our mouths. The color in these peaks is …
Letter From A. C. Vroman To E[Dward] H. Harriman, [Ca. 1908]., A. C. Vroman
Letter From A. C. Vroman To E[Dward] H. Harriman, [Ca. 1908]., A. C. Vroman
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Vroman'sStaionery,Books,Photo Sup's
Mr. E.H.Harriman,
Pasadena, [ ]
Dear Sir:
Pardon the liberty taken herein, but after your visit to Japan in 1905 I had in correspondence with Mr. Skeda S. Nakamura (& also in conversation with them last summer while in Japan) word that you and Mr.Sweaim(?) were interested in the collection of "Netsuke"? Somewhat of a "sufferer" myself from that cause thought perhaps you might be interested enough to take an hour or so' "off duty"? to run through my collection,which I have been picking up during several trips to Japan in past 18 years.
Something over 2000 pieces, …
Surface Water In Cities, John R. Rood
Surface Water In Cities, John R. Rood
Articles
It is evident that no one hard and fast rule could be applied to all cases, either in city or country, without producing injustice and impolitic results. The needs and conditions in city and country are different. They usually differ widely in different parts of the same city. These considerations have induced the Supreme Court of New Hampshire to adopt the flexible rule, that: "In determining this question all the circumstances of the case would, of course, be considered; and among them the nature and importance of the improvements sought to be made, the extent of the interference with the …
The Pacific Pharos, January, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific
The Pacific Pharos, January, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific
All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly
No abstract provided.
Legal Education In The United States, Horace Lafayette Wilgus
Legal Education In The United States, Horace Lafayette Wilgus
Articles
The origin of law schools is lost in antiquity. It is probable there were advocates in Babylonia,1 and schools for the education of judges and scribes (perhaps the ancestral lawyers) in Egypt,2 more than 2000 years B.C. The Civil Code of Deuteronomy was published 621 B.C.,3 and soon afterward schools of the prophets were formed for its study.4 When Ezra left Babylon for Jerusalem (485 B.C.) he "set his heart * * * to teach in Jerusalem statutes and judgments,"5 and the ruins of his school could be seen by the law students at Husal, 500 years later.6 It is …
Are Too Many Executive Officers Elective?, Bradley M. Thompson
Are Too Many Executive Officers Elective?, Bradley M. Thompson
Articles
We propose very briefly to call attention, to so much of the present constitution of Michigan as has to do with the executive department, and to consider the methods which the people have adopted for selecting those public servants whose official duty it is to enforce the law, to maintain public order and protect private rights.
Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1907 Dec 29., A. H. Sellers
Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1907 Dec 29., A. H. Sellers
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
My house No is 320 West California St.
[letterhead]
Dec 29, 1907
Dear Mr Muir-
We were greatly shocked at what you wrote about poor Helen. The desert is an interesting place to visit but to be banished there for two years seems very hard. I did not answer your letter because I was trying to find some one who had acquaintances at Moh[illegible]- B[illegible] or some other "eating home town" on the desert, but so far have not succeeded. I met Lukens & he says he recomended you going to a ranch near Dagget, but I thought it would …
Letter From Mina Merrill To [John Muir], [Ca. 1907 ?] Dec 29., Mina Merrill
Letter From Mina Merrill To [John Muir], [Ca. 1907 ?] Dec 29., Mina Merrill
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[2]
reading it now with great interest. I have always loved trees. They are our friends almost as much as human beings. Certainly we depend upon their beauty as much as anything God has made.
The Monarchs you tell of thrill and inspire one. This world is very beautiful, it seems as if
[1]
425, N. Capital Ave
Our good Friend,
Your beautiful book came on Christmas and the gift touched me very much. It would have been dear Sister Katis I knew and I could see her smile and almost hear her expressions of pleasure over your kind remembrance. …
Letter From C. Hart Merrian To John Muir, 1907 Dec 28., C. Hart Merrian
Letter From C. Hart Merrian To John Muir, 1907 Dec 28., C. Hart Merrian
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
1919 - 16 St., Washington
Dec. 28, 1907.
My dear Mr Muir:
The California goodies which you so kindly sent to contribute to the Merriam-Bailey supply of nutrient just missed Christmas and timely are continuing the good cheer into the winter. We have just opened the nuts & raisins and have divided with the Baileys - who and [arrd.?] a few days before Xmas.
How is Helen? Have been intending to write ever since my return, but have been under great pressure of work here & also have had to go on 2 trips to New York & New Haven. …
Letter From Anna H. Martin To John Muir, 1907 Dec 28., Anna H. Martin
Letter From Anna H. Martin To John Muir, 1907 Dec 28., Anna H. Martin
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
My dear Mr. Muir:
I know that I cannot sufficiently express my pleasure and pride in the last reunion on Christmas morning. So I shall not attempt to. But believe that I appreciate your kindness.
I am seriously considering forming a
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"Sierra Club annex" to my library, and in this annex my "National Parks" will bear the most honored place.
Looking forward to meeting you again sometime, if not in Reno, in the mountains, and with greetings to your family, believe me
Sincerely and Cordially yours,
Anna H. Martin.
Reno.
28 December 1907.
Postcard From Annie K. Bidwell To John Muir, December 24, Circa 1900-1910, Annie K. Bidwell
Postcard From Annie K. Bidwell To John Muir, December 24, Circa 1900-1910, Annie K. Bidwell
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Mr. John Muir, Martinez, Cal. Dear friend, I passed a day with Sir Joseph and Lady Hooker last July and we talked much of you. Received a Christmas greeting from them yesterday. Sir Joseph was […] happy and Lady Hooker was beautiful and lovely. I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Yours […] Annie K. Bidwell
Letter From Helen Greame Sperry To John Muir, 1907 Dec 23., Helen Greame Sperry
Letter From Helen Greame Sperry To John Muir, 1907 Dec 23., Helen Greame Sperry
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[4]
came back through the Hetch-Hetchy.
O I do hope the people will be able to save it from the water companies
Mr. Sperry joins me in Christmas greetings to you and Helen, and may the new year bring you every happiness and prosperity
Very sincerely yours
Helen Greame Sperry.
December 23, 1907.
Berkeley. 2830 Der[illegible] St.
[1] Dec 23, 1907
My dear Mr. Muir-
First one thing then another has come to prevent Mr. Sperry and me from going to see you and Helen- and now hear through Mr. Keller that you are going to Arizona again Do you …
Letter From John Muir To [Annie K.] Bidwell, 1907 Dec 21., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Annie K.] Bidwell, 1907 Dec 21., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, December 21, 1907
Dear Mrs Bidwell:
Many thanks for the sketch of the blessed General's career, Mr Benjamin seems to have done his work lovingly well but the sketch is too short. Some time I hope to see the General's life written deep & broad like his character & influence on our grand state.
The portrait is very fine & lifelike The foreword too is good, The sketch I have not yet read on account of anxious are of my daughter Helen. This evening we take the train for the Mohave desert near Daggett where or in some similar …
Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1907 Dec 21., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1907 Dec 21., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
O Martinez, Dec. 21, 07
Dear Mr. Colby:
Helen and I start this morning for Mohave desert near Daggett. She will probably be there or in some similar desert for a couple of years. I hope, after getting her and companion settled, to be home occasionally, so my address until further notice will be Martinez. All mail will be forwarded from [there] should my absence be prolonged.
We must not rest in our H.H. battle until after the Secretary's decision, if then, tho' all my news is favorable so far. I'll write again ere long. Good luck, and Good bye. …
Letter From Daniel Beard To John Muir, 1907 Dec 19., Daniel Beard
Letter From Daniel Beard To John Muir, 1907 Dec 19., Daniel Beard
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
DANIEL CARTER BEARD,
FLUSHING, L.I.
December 19, 1907.
Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, California.
My dear Mr. Muir:-
I am sending you a copy of my latest book, one of an edition of twelve copies. In the hurry to have these books published before the holidays, several obvious typographical errors have occurred and probably some others which have escaped my eye, but the original notes from which the most serious parts of the book were written, were carefully and conscientiously made and I trust some of them may be of value to even persons like you of wide research and observation, …
Letter From F. M. Fultz To John Muir, 1907 Dec 18., F. M. Fultz
Letter From F. M. Fultz To John Muir, 1907 Dec 18., F. M. Fultz
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
City Schools, Burlington, Juwa.
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
Burlington, Ia. Dec. 18, 1907
Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.
Dear Mr. Muir:
I am sending you, by this mail a photograph of yourself. You will perhaps remember that it was taken on the trail leading up to Vernal Falls. I thank you very much for having allowed me to take your picture, especially where the surroundings were so appropriate. If you should desire other copies of the picture, I shall be very glad to furnish them to you, asking only your continued friendship in return.
I wish to express the pleasure …