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John Muir Newsletter, April/June 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Apr 1985

John Muir Newsletter, April/June 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 5 APRIL/JUNE 1985 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS MUIR CONFERENCE AN OUTSTANDING EVENT Over 250 registrants from all parts of the West attended the special John Muir Conference on the University of the Pacific campus April 12-13. Twenty-five speakers and panelists from thirteen differene academic institutions in nine different states and the Ditrict of Columbia participated in this edition of the California History Institute, highlighted by Hollywood actor Lee Stetson's highly-acclaimed one-man show: "Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John …

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John Muir Newsletter, January/March 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Jan 1985

John Muir Newsletter, January/March 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 5 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 JANUARY/MARCH 1985 NUMBER 1 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS WINDING DOWN THE PROJECT Shortly you will receive a flyer from Chadwyck-Healey, Inc. announcing the availability of the John Muir Papers on microfilm. We had hoped to have the microfilm edition ready by the time of the special John Muir Conference at the University of the Pacific on April 12 and 13. Instead, the flyer will have to serve until the final snags are worked out in filming and indexing. To date, all …

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John Muir Newsletter, November/December 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Nov 1984

John Muir Newsletter, November/December 1984, 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 4 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1984 NUMBER 5 & 6 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH. KIRSTEN E. LEWIS MICROFORM PROJECT PROGRESS (?) REPORT In our last newsletter we spoke confidently of wrapping up the project in time for the Muir Conference in April. Now we're not quite so sure. We'll be close, but technical problems and some staff changes have forced us to revise our timetable. At this writing we are projecting a July 1 publication date. One big recent change was the reorganization of our …

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John Muir Newsletter, August/October 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Aug 1984

John Muir Newsletter, August/October 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies X^ / Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 4 AUGUST/OCTOBER 1984 NUMBER 4 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS PROJECT UPDATE Muir scholars take note: the microform project is rounding third and heading for home. Since the last newsletter we have completed the filming of Series II (journals) and Series IV (illustrative works), and have begun filming Series III (manuscripts). The last series to be filmed, Series I (correspondence), is fully controlled but not yet camera-ready. By November we expect to have all the filming completed and processed. …

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John Muir Newsletter, May/July 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies May 1984

John Muir Newsletter, May/July 1984, 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 4 MAY/JULY 1984 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. UMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS PROJECT UPDATE Remember us? Sorry we have kept you waiting for news, but we have a good excuse: we're swamped! Since May 1 we have: - completed processing all remaining Muir papers scheduled for filming. This means the University of the Pacific collection is completely reorganized and controlled, and the incoming copies in other repositories incorporated into the filming sequence. The preliminary inventory has been replaced by a card …

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John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Mar 1984

John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1984, 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 4 MARCH/APRIL 1984 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS SEARCHING FOR LITERARY HEIRS: WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE? Previous issues of this Newsletter have described the search procedure used by Project staff to locate scattered Muir documents. Another search of equal importance is now being conducted to identify and contact individuals or entities who may claim ownership or control of literary rights to documents or photographs scheduled for publication. The 1978 copyright law clarified and strengthened the doctrine of …

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John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1984, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Jan 1984

John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1984, 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 4 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1984 NUMBER 1 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS SPECIAL NOTICE: A NEW PUBLICATION POLICY FOR THE JOHN MUIR PAPERS (Editor's Note: For the past several years, requests to publish material from the hand of John Muir or contained in the Muir collection at the University of the Pacific have been held up by the owners of the literary rights pending clarification of the copyright status. These legal questions have now been resolved and the Muir-Hanna Trust has …

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John Muir Newsletter, September/December 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Sep 1983

John Muir Newsletter, September/December 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies X^ / Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 3 SEPTEMBER/DECEMBER 1983 NUMBER 5 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. UMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS CATCHING UP We apologize for the delay in distributing this final newsletter of 1983. Our intentions were to keep the publication bimonthly if possible, but the fall workload and the delay in NEH funding news kept us from turning out a September- October edition. We are grateful for your patience and understanding. FUNDING UPDATE As anticipated in our last newsletter, the National Endowment for the Humanities has contributed $20,000 …

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John Muir Newsletter, July/August 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Jul 1983

John Muir Newsletter, July/August 1983, 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 3 JULY/AUGUST 1983 NUMBER 4 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS FUNDING UPDATE As we go to press we have not yet received formal word, but our "unimpeachable sources" tell us we are about to receive a major grant that will provide most of the Project funding for 1984. The next newsletter will hopefully fill in the details, but we could not wait to share the good news. DATING MUIR MANUSCRIPTS In previous editions we have descibed the complexities of …

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John Muir Newsletter, May/June 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies May 1983

John Muir Newsletter, May/June 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 X Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 3 MAY/JUNE 1983 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS FINANCIAL UPDATE Pardon our delay, but this is one case where no news is good news! Congress has approved favorable budget legislation for both NHPRC and NARS, and also has given the green light to a bill separating NARS from the General Services Administration. It remains to be seen what the ultimate outcome of the current budget battle with the White House will be, but unlike earlier Congresses, this Congress …

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John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1983, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies Mar 1983

John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1983, 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 3 MARCH/APRIL 1983 NUMBER 2 PROJECT UPDATE EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS Project staff had cause to celebrate last week. After nearly a year of intensive work they completed the control system for the 457 unpublished manuscripts and precursor drafts of publications that comprise Series III of the Muir collection at the University of the Pacific. Each of the 11,133 pages in this extensive and complex series has been identified, numbered, conserved if special care was needed, and arranged by chronological sequence where …

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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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