Creator

A. C. Vroman

Recipient

John Muir

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[letterhead][1]Sept. 10 1913My dear Muir:I know that you will be pleased to know that the Board of Education Pasadena City schools have seen fit to call the building which was our Old high school (which is the finest building by far, in Pasadena of any of our 20 school houses, with the exception of our new High School Plant costing $600.000.00) The John Muir School.?I want to say also that 40000 other people are honored and proud of this opportunity to show our love for the 05533[2][letterhead]name of John Muir and now shall be most pleased to show you about your Monument when down this way which I hope will be soon.I am not authorized to break this word to you but taking my own liberty to mention it. The board will probably do so in a more formal manner later.I have promised to place a complete set of John Muirs works suitably bound in the building I am anxious to have you autograph05533

Location

Pasadena, Calif.

Date Original

1913 Sep 10

Source

Original letter dimensions: 24 x 15.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0746-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0746

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University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Page Number

Page 1

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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