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mssHM 66491 (1-27)
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Title: John Muir Collection of Research
Material
Dates (inclusive): 1891-1961
Collection Number: mssHM 66491 (1-27)
Collector: Watkins, J. Marshall.
Extent: 59 items.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection is made up of 59 ephemera items related to naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) collected by collector
J. Marshall Watkins while he was researching Muir. Includes pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings,
programs, poetry, and copies of Muir's writings and sketches.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. John Muir Collection of Research Material, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of J. Marshall Watkins, May 20 and June 14, 1961.
Processing/Project Information
The material was originally housed in the Ephemera Collection, but was transferred to the Manuscripts Department.
John Muir was a naturalist, conservationist, and author. His published works
include:
The Mountains of California,
Our National Parks,
The Yosemite, and
My First
Summer in the Sierra.
The collection is made up of 59 ephemera items related to John Muir including
pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, programs, poetry, and
copies of Muir's writings and sketches. The material was collected by J. Marshall
Watkins while he was researching John Muir. Authors include Ed Ainsworth, William
Frederic Badé, Francis M. Fultz, Herbert W. Gleason, Bailey Millard, John Muir, and
J. Marshall Watkins. Other subjects include Muir's conservation work in California
including his involvement with the Hetch Hetchy Valley, Kings Canyon National Park,
and Yosemite National Park. There is one pamphlet entitled "Redwood Mountain,"
published by the John Muir Association as well as a leaflet printed by the
California Conservation Council regarding the life of John Muir. Many of the
brochures are for events related to John Muir such as "John Muir Day" in San
Francisco in 1939, a dedication of a Muir memorial park in Wisconsin, and a lecture
entitled "John Muir Trails." Also included are offprints and flyers concerning the
proposed John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park, and nine color reproductions of
scenes in Yosemite National Park.
Arranged chronologically.
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
- John Muir letters, 1902-1955. (Call number: mssHM 31308-31353)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Muir, John,
1838-1914.
Watkins, J. Marshall,
collector.
Conservationists --
California.
National parks and reserves --
California.
Naturalists -- California.
California --
Description and travel.
Hetch Hetchy Valley
(Calif.)
Kings Canyon National
Park (Calif.)
Yosemite National Park
(Calif.)
Brochures.
Clippings.
Offprints.
Pamphlets.
Ainsworth, Ed, 1902-1968.
Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936.
Fultz, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1857-.
Gleason, Herbert Wendell, 1855-1937.
Millard, Bailey, 1859-1941.
Muir, John, 1838-1914.
California Conservation Council.
John Muir Association.