Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to Helen [Muir Funk], 1913 May 15.
Creator:
[John Muir]
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
Helen [Muir Funk]
Date:
1913 May 15
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir21_0414-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
San Francisco
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission
to publish or exhibit them, see
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning
them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving- the forests and other natural
features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Board of Directors-1912-1913Martinez. San FranciscoBerkeleySan Francisco. . BerkeleyStanford
University San Francisco Los Angeles Los AngelesMr. John Muir, PresidentProf. A. G. McAdie, Vice-PresidentProf. J. N. Le Conte,
Treasurer .Mr. William B. Colby, Secretary .Prof. Wm. F. BadeProf Vernon L. KelloggMr. B. T. ParsonsMr. Willoughby RodmanMr.
Clair S. Tappaan Honorary Vice-PresidentsHon. James Bryce, British Embassy, Washington, D. C.Mr. Henry S. Graves, Forester
Washington, D. C.Pres. David Starr Jordan . . Stanford UniversityMr. J. Horace McFarland . . Harrisburg, Pa.Outing CommitteeProf.
J. N. Le Conte Mr. B. T. ParsonsMr. Wm. B. Colby, Chairman and ManagerEditorial BoardSIERRA CLUB 402 MILLS BUILDINGProf. Wm.
F. Bade. Editor .... BerkeleyMr. Wm. B. Colby, Notes and Correspondence, BerkeleyMrs. B. T. Parsons, Book Reviews BerkeleyMr.
A. H. Allen Mr. Elliott McAllisterMr. Clair 8. Tappaan, (Los Angeles) Assistant ManagerProf. J. B. Church, Jr. Mr. Edward
T. ParsonsProf. J. N. Le Conte Prof. H. W. RolfeSan Francisco, Cat.San Francisco, May 15, 1913. Darling Helen:- I thank
you for your long letter with a delightful cheery ring in it from end to end, which has relieved me from the miserable anxiety
I suffered after you had been taken with the Grippe. Of course Buel has told me all the details of the ranch down there. Everything
looks apparently hopeful and your life there, even in a business way will now be all plain sailing. I was at the University
yesterday to take a degree with John Swett, who also obtained the degree of Doctor of Laws, and of course he was delighted.
The Commencement was quite a pleasant show. Four or five acres of gaily dressed men and women made a beautiful flower bed
and Commencement exercises were all In good taste and went off smoothly, as did the alumni dinner, to which Swett and I were
invited. I am going down this afternoon to see Charlotte and Baby Jean and will return home tomorrow, hoping to find Buel
still there. Be sure to keep those boys fenced off from the railroad tracks. Ever your devoted father,