Descriptive Summary
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Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Related Material
Descriptive Summary
Title: William Frederic Badè Collection
Dates: 1870-1944
Collection number: MSS 338
Creator:
Badè, William Fredric
Collection Size:
1 linear foot
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: The collection consists of the papers of William
Frederic Badè and including primarily Badè correspondence and contracts
concerning books by or about John Muir, writings about John Muir, transcribed
correspondence of John Muir
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
Preferred Citation
William Frederic Badè Collection. MSS 338. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
William Fredric Badè (1871-1936) was Muir's literary executor and first
biographer. He edited and published Muir's posthumous books: A Thousand Mile
Walk to the Gulf, Cruise of the Corwin, Steep Trails, and Travels in Alaska. He
wrote and published The Life and Letters of John Muir in 1924. In the creation
of Life and Letters, Badè gathered thousands of letters from Muir, as well as
botanical specimens, reminiscences with those that knew Muir, and notes. Badè
also served as president of the Sierra Club from 1918-1922 and edited the
Sierra Club Bulletin for years.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of the papers of William Frederic Badè and
including primarily Badè correspondence and contracts concerning books by or
about John Muir, writings about John Muir, transcribed correspondence of John
Muir, an account of William and Elizabeth's 1917 honeymoon book retracing
Muir's 1867-68 "Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf," and drafts of The Life and
Letters of John Muir.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Muir, John, 1838-1914.
Muir, John, 1838-1914. A Thousand Mile
Walk to the Gulf.
Muir, John, 1838-1914. The Life and
Letters of John Muir.
Sierra Club – History
Naturalists – United States
Conservationists – United
States
Related Material
University of the Pacific Holt-Atherton Special Collections John Muir
Papers MSS 048 Series 5A Bade, 5 linear feet UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
William Frederic Badè Papers BANC MSS 72/174 c, 2 boxes