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John Muir collection of papers, [ca. 1860-1914]
BANC FILM 1968; BANC MSS C-H 101 Box 1; BANC MSS C-H 101 Box 2
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Title:
John Muir collection of papers, [ca. 1860-1914]Creator/Contributor:
Muir, John, 1838-1914, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Muir, Helen.Creator/Contributor:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Butler, James Davie, 1815-1905, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Colby, William Edward, 1875-1964, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937, Correspondent.Abstract:
Letters from Muir to his daughter Helen, W.E. Colby, R.U. Johnson, and others; letters to Muir including one from Ralph Waldo
Emerson, 1872; 2 letters to Helen Muir regarding her father's death; letters to W.E. Colby from Charlotte Kellogg and Helen
Muir. Included also: seminar paper about the Emerson letter.
Letters from Muir to J.D. Butler and others; letters to Muir, mainly from relatives; poems by Helen Muir; copy of report by
Muir on geology and botany of Mt. Shasta, 1875.
Much of the correspondence relates to Muir's interest in conservation and Yosemite National Park.
Date:
1860 (issued)Subject:
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)Mount Shasta (Calif.)
Note:
Report on geology and botany of Mt. Shasta, 1875 : 1RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. Use microfilm. Original may be used only by permission
of the curator.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
Copy of report on geology and botany of Mt. Shasta, 1875 : also available on microfilm (BANC FILM 1968).
Items from this collection were microfilmed as part of the John Muir papers, edited be R.H. Limbaugh and K.E. Lewis, and available
in The Bancroft Library as BANC MSS 86/212 c FILM.
Physical Description:
2 boxes.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 952:4) and positive (BANC FILM 1968).
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC FILM 1968
BANC MSS C-H 101 Box 1
BANC MSS C-H 101 Box 2
Origin:
Various placesCopyright Note:
Report on geology and botany of Mt. Shasta, 1875 : 1RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. Use microfilm. Original may be used only by permission
of the curator.