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John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Jan 1983

John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center V\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \ Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 3 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1983 NUMBER 1 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS HOP SIGNS PUBLICATION AGREEMENT WITH MUIR-HANNA FAMILIES The unpublished works of John Muir, including but not limited to correspondence, manuscripts and sketches, remain the literary property of the Muir- Hanna families and are currently protected by common-law copyright. Anyone seeking to publish any portion of the Muir papers must obtain permission from an authorized representative of the Muir-Hanna families. Last September the literary heirs appointed Richard R. Hanna and Ross …

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John Muir Newsletter, November/December 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Nov 1982

John Muir Newsletter, November/December 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 2 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1982 NUMBER 4 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS FUNDING UPDATE Christmas came in November for the John Muir Papers Microform Project. On November 16 we received word from Oakland, California, that the Muir Project had been awarded a $10,000 grant from the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, a private agency which supports many environmental and educational activities. At the end of the month we received a call from N.H.P.R.C. headquarters in Washington, informing us that the Publications and Records …

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John Muir Newsletter, September/October 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Sep 1982

John Muir Newsletter, September/October 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 2 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1982 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS FUNDING UPDATE Yes, we are alive and cautiously months! The long hiatus since our la temporary staff layoffs and in part from Washington relative to our fund arrived, and most welcome news indee victory recently when Congress overr 1982 supplemental appropriations bil authorized $1.5 million for NHPRC in they had received earlier this fisca that the 1983 NHPRC budget will also it stood prior to the fiscal wars of nationwide support for both …

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John Muir Newsletter, April/May 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Apr 1982

John Muir Newsletter, April/May 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 2 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 APRIL/MAY 1982 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS PROJECT UPDATE The project staff has made a major push to complete the preparation of control cards for the Muir correspondence, 1858-1914. The now completed series contains approximately 6,000 items, each having an individual, seven-segment control card. The original copy will be used as the target card when microfilming. The six carbon copies have been filed by author, recipient, place, date, repository, and accession number to assist Muir researchers and provide additional finding …

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John Muir Newsletter, March 1982 Special Edition, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Mar 1982

John Muir Newsletter, March 1982 Special Edition, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 2 MARCH 1982 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. UMBAUGH, K1RSTEN E. LEWIS SPECIAL EDITION We have just received an urgent request from the Coalition to Save our Documentary Heritage. They need help in their effort to ' prevent a devastating budgetary cutback of the National Archives and to prevent termination of the seventeen year old National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the funding agency for the John Muir Microform Project. When the Office of Management and Budget submitted its 19 83 budget, zero funding was …

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John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Jan 1982

John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 2 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1982 NUMBER 1 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS STATUS OF PROJECT FUNDING Since our last newslette critical November debate for the Muir Project is and phone calls which ke December 23 we were noti and Records Commission h Fiscal Year 1982, with t when Congress takes up H Treasury, Postal Service looks grim for both the staff have been cut 50%, cutbacks in staff and pa that are now cut out of r-- rushed off the xerox mach s in Congress-- …

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John Muir Newsletter, November 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Nov 1981

John Muir Newsletter, November 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies *_~fc~_j«t-fc University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 1 .NOVEMBER 1981 NUMBER 5 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH. JANICE D. MAGDICH URGENT URGENT- .—-URGENT ■ URGENT 'We have just received word from the Coalition to Save our Documentary Heritage that Congress will act within the next few days on an appropriations bill(H.R. Ul2l) for the National Archives which includes an earmarked amount of "up to" three million dollars for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the funding agency for the John Muir Microform Project. Since each side has proposed separate legislation, a …

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John Muir Newsletter, October 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Oct 1981

John Muir Newsletter, October 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 1 OCTOBER 1981 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 NUMBER 4 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. L1MBAUGH. JANICE D. MAGDICH UPDATE ON NHPRC FUNDING Yet final action on both an appropriations bill and an authorization measure for NHPRC must come soon. It is still not too late to phone or write your Congressional delegation, especially any members of the committes listed below, urging them to support at the very least a 75% refunding of NHPRC. And don't forget to make your opinion known at the .White House, since the President must ultimately approve …

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John Muir Newsletter, May/June 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies May 1981

John Muir Newsletter, May/June 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 1 MAY/JUNE 1981 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H LIMBAUGH. JANICE D MAGDICH STATUS OF MUIR PROJECT FUNDING After a long, drawn-out struggle to reauthorize funding for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the latest news from Capitol Hill is encouraging. Although the House version of the reauthorization bill was defeated early in May, on June 2 the Senate version (S. 1050) was approved on the consent calendar and now comes before the House with the backing of the Senate Republican leadership S. 1050 provides …

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John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Mar 1981

John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \ / Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 1 MARCH/APRIL 1981 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH. JANICE D. MAGDICH PROJECT FUNDING IN JEOPARDY On February 24, the Muir Project staff received a letter from Frank G. Burke, NHPRC (National Historical Publications and Records Commission) Executive Director, alerting all Grant Recipients that the Reagan Administration's budget recommendation to Congress eliminates all NHPRC grant funding after September 30, 1981. Congressional action on this recommendation is still pending, but Director Burke warns project directors to "begin planning for the cessation of …

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John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Jan 1981

John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

JOHN MUIR NEWSLETTER JL January-February 1981 An irregular publication of the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211 Editorial Staff: Ronald H. Limbaugh, Janice D. Magdich WANTED: NEWSLETTER ITEMS. This modest publication is designed to provide a clearinghouse for information and news of interest to Muir scholars and friends. You can help by sending newsworthy items to the editorial staff. Our space is very limited, so make it brief and camera ready if possible. The staff reserves the right to review and edit all material submitted. WANTED: COMMENTATORS AND REVIEWERS. If you are interested …

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Studies On The Natural History Of The Limpets Of The Family Acmaedae, Ferdinand Stanley Ruth Jan 1948

Studies On The Natural History Of The Limpets Of The Family Acmaedae, Ferdinand Stanley Ruth

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a report of the findings of two years of part-time work on the limpets of the family Acmaedae. The major portion of the work was done on the Monterey Peninsula between Point Pines, 36° 38' 30" N. latitude, 121° 56' 00" W. longitude, and Pescadero Point 30° 33' 40" N. latitude, 121° 56' 30" W. longitude. The work on homing in Acmaea persona, artificial parthenogenesis in the eggs of Acmaea pelta, and artifical insemination of the eggs of Acmaea pelta was carried on at the Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, California at 38° 14' 30" N. latitude, …

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