John Muir Collection of Research Material: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, December 4, 2003.
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Overview of the Collection
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.
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. John Muir Collection of Research Material, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
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.
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
Indexing Terms
Subjects
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.)
Forms/Genres
Brochures.
Clippings.
Offprints.
Pamphlets.
Additional Contributors
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.
Folder 1
1891.
"List of Published Writings of John Muir:" [pamphlet]. 1 item.
Folder 2
1899-1935.
Reproductions of photographs of John Muir, 1838-1914. 3 items.
Folder 3
1912, Nov.
John Muir, 1838-1914, "My Boyhood:" [clipping of article from The Atlantic Monthly]. 1 item.
Folder 4
[before 1914].
William Frederic Badé, 1871-1936, "Despoiling the Hetch-Hetchy:" [clipping of article]. 1 item.
Folder 5
[before 1914].
John Muir, 1838-1914, Photographs of original drawings. 11 items.
Folder 6
[after 1914].
Herbert Wendell Gleason, 1855-1937, "John Muir:" [typescript of article].1 item.
Folder 7
1916-1941.
Miscellaneous articles regarding John Muir, 1838-1914. 5 items.
Folder 8
1916-1954.
Newspaper clippings regarding John Muir, 1838-1914. 3 items.
Folder 9
1930, Sep. 28.
Bailey Millard, 1859-1941, "Honors to John Muir:" [radio talk on the occasion of the opening of the John Muir Library, Vermont
Ave.]. 1 item.
Folder 10
[c. 1930].
Bailey Millard, 1859-1941, "John Muir: A Man of the Mountains:" [clipping of article]. 1 item. Catalogers’ note: signed by
author.
Folder 11
1933, Nov. 26.
Bailey Millard, 1859-1941, "Muir of the Skylands:" [clipping of article]. 1 item. Cataloger’s note: signed by author.
Folder 12
[c.1938].
John Muir Association, "Redwood Mountain:" [pamphlet]. 1 item.
Folder 13
1939, Apr. 22.
Golden Gate International Exposition, "John Muir Day:" [program]. 1 item.
Folder 14
[c.1939].
Offprints and flyers concerning proposed John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park. 5 items.
Folder 15
1940, May 28.
Notes on address by Ed Ainsworth…given before a meeting of the John Muir Association. 1 item.
Folder 16
1940, May 28.
Notes on address by F. M. Fultz given before a meeting of the John Muir Association. 1 item.
Folder 17
[c.1940].
Color reproductions of scenes in Yosemite National Park. 9 items.
Folder 18
1951.
George Matthew Adams, 1878-1961, "Loveable John Muir:" [magazine tear sheet]. 1 item.
Folder 19
1951-1961.
J. Marshall Watkins, Miscellaneous writings regarding John Muir, 1838- 1914. 1 item (16 pages).
Folder 20
1955
. J. Marshall Watkins, Miscellaneous writings regarding John Muir, 1838-1914 and nature. 1 item (7 pages).
Folder 21
1957, Feb. 19.
J. Marshall Watkins, "John Muir-Naturist-Prophet-‘Prose Poet’…:" [article]. 1 item.
Folder 22
1957, May 5.
Marquette County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors, "Maker Dedication Program Muir Memorial Park:" [program]. 1 item.
Folder 23
[1957].
California Conservation Council, "John Muir: Pioneer Conservationist- Explorer-Naturalist-Author:" [leaflet]. 2 items.
Folder 24
1957.
F. B. (Fred Benjamin) Trenk, 1900-, "The John Muir Memorial Park:" [offprint]. 1 item.
Folder 25
1957.
"John Muir Trails:" [brochure advertising lecture by Jean de Lipkau]. 1 item.
Folder 26
[n.d.].
Miscellaneous illustrations regarding John Muir, 1838-1914. 2 items.
Folder 27
[n.d.].
Photostat copies of photographs of John Muir, 1838-1914, and Helen Hunt Jackson, 1830-1885. 1 item.
