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John Muir Reminiscences (discovery layer)

This collection consists of reminiscences by John Muir's contemporaries that had a direct bearing on Muir's life and career. Several were collected by William F. Badè probably as research for his book Life and Letters of John Muir.

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Reminiscence of John Muir by J. E. Calkins

J. E. Calkins

My acquaintance with John Mttir was an episode that I have been constrained to think revealed a phase of his psychological organization that was little known…
Reminiscence of John Muir by Cecelia Galloway (1 of 2)

Cecelia Galloway

From Cecelia Galloway Washington Hotel iortlaad, Oregon JOHN iviUIR By Cecelia Galloway Hot So Long Ago there was a roan whose name and fame were known around the world….
Reminiscence of John Muir by Ellen Graydon

Ellen Graydon

303 Downey Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana My dear Mrs. Wolfe, My sister and I will be happy to give you any information we have concerning Mr Muir. Unfortunately …
Reminiscence of John Muir by Katharine Merrill Graydon

Katharine Merrill Graydon

JOHN MUIR By Katharine Merrill Oraydon While the goldseekers of *49 were risking their perilous way by land and by sea to California, there came to our Middle west a Scotchman
Reminiscence of John Muir by C. Hart Merriam

C. Hart Merriam

TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN MUIR by C. Hart Merriam John Huir was doubtless more widely known and more generally loved than any other Oalifornian. He left a trail that is worth …
Reminiscence of John Muir by Helen Swett

Helen Swett

John Muir in Our House. In these days of research to try to determine what are the lasting values in human affairs, the importance of a happy childhood with a sense of security …
Reminiscence of John Muir by Cecelia Galloway (2 of 2)

Cecelia Galloway

My Dear Mrs. Wolfe - Your letter dated the 20th came this morning as I was eating my little breakfast. Please note first that my room number is …
Reminiscence of John Muir by Helen Muir (1 of 2)

Helen Muir

2682 sierra way, San Bernardino, Calif. Dear Linnie: It is good to lay aside the formality we both used for so long, I hardly know why. It seems to me I'v known you for a long time…
Reminiscence of John Muir by Helen Muir (2 of 2)

Helen Muir

Excerpt letter from Helen Muir to Linnie Marsh Wolfe - 2/26/43 PAPA'S STUDY: There was one picture taken of Papa at his desk, (the flat top one he used for writing set in the north windows…
Reminiscence of John Muir by William A. Magee

William A. Magee

Dr. Wm F. Bade with compliments from William A. Magee [Publishe din Sierra Club Bulletin 21 (Feb 1936) 25-34 PERSONAL RECOLLECTION OF JOHN MUIR By William…
Reminiscence of John Muir by Grace Sterling Lindsley

Grace Sterling Lindsley

Hist. Soc. Mus. Recollections of John Muir by Grace Sterling Lindsley. During the discussion of Dean Russell's paper on the Life of John Muir, at the meeting of …
Reminiscence of John Muir by Anna Galloway Eastman

Anna Galloway Eastman

My dear Dr. Badè: Yours to my daughter Marjorie came to this address in due time. I immediately wrote to her to look among some of my things in my Pacific Grove house…
Reminiscence of John Muir by Gertrude H. Mills

Gertrude H. Mills

Waitsfield, Vermont Jan. 23, ‘23 My dear Dr. Badé, A recent letter from Miss Anne Sawyer brought me the message from you, and I feel that I owe you an apology…
Reminiscence of John Muir by Kittie Hodgson

Kittie Hodgson

Archer Fla [Florida] May 17th 1920 Mr. W. F. Badè Berkeley Cal. [California] Dear Sir Your letter was received some weeks ago, and am sorry it has remained …
Reminiscence of John Muir by H. E. Cole

H. E. Cole

Wis. Hist Soc Mus Baraboo Daily News, LITTLE JOURNEY TO THE BOYHOOD HOME OF JOHN MUIR. Sept. 23, 1919 By H.E. Cole. Excerpts. Mr. Cole made journey with …
Reminiscence of John Muir by Merrill Moores

Merrill Moores

MERRILL MOORES House of Representatives U. S. December 2, 1919. Dear Mr, Bade, I was with John Muir in the Yosemite Valley from June to October, 1872…
Reminiscence of John Muir by Annie K. Bidwell

Annie K. Bidwell

B KOIISC iJCSS OF JOHN MUIH Dictated" by Mrs. Annie K. Bi&well San Franeiseo, Janmry 29, 1517. H] husb-.,nd. and 1 fesd planned for a earnping trip on lit,…
Reminiscence of John Muir by Alfred Bradley Brown

Alfred Bradley Brown

Mr WM [William] Frederic bade Boston, Mass. My Dear Sir, At your request [I] will send you as many of the letters of the late John Muir as I shall be able to find. One I received from him while I was in the [army] during the Civil War. I will also write a few personal reminiscences of our boyhood days and later....
Reminiscence of John Muir by M. S. Griswold

M. S. Griswold

Waukesha, Wis. March 30, 1917. Prof. William Frederic Bade, Boston, Mass. Desr Sir: Conforming to your courteous request made to me in yours of the.20th instant…
Reminiscence of John Muir by James Whitehead

James Whitehead

Emporia, Kansas, karch 7,1317. Mr.William Fredrick Bade, 323 Marlborough St, Boston,Uaae. Jiy near Sir:- Your letter acknowledging receipt of John Muir matter received …
Reminiscence of John Muir by E. E. Gilmore

E. E. Gilmore

E. E. Gilmore POSTMASTER Lennox, South Dakota Tyrone, N.M. September 24,1916—191 Mr William L. Bade, Berkeley,Calif, Kind Sir: Yours of the 14th instint/ has …
Reminiscence of John Muir by Mrs. McChesney

Mrs. McChesney

Reminiscences of John Muir by Mrs. McChesney September 22, 1916. We had offered John/Muir a room with us, and he stayed there a whole winter (address …
Reminiscence of John Muir by W. H. Trout

W. H. Trout

[Copied from ms. of W. H. Trout's family history] THE COMIHG OP THE MUIBS About this time (1863) on one midsummer day a grown up "beardless boy called at our mill applying for work…
Reminiscence of John Muir by Charles R. Van Hise

Charles R. Van Hise

JOHN MUIR ADDRESS DELIVERED BY CHARLES R. VAN HISE UPON THE OCCASION OF THE UNVEILING OF A BRONZE BUST OF JOHN MUIR BY THE SCULPTOR C. S. PIETRO …
Reminiscence of John Muir by S. Hall Young

S. Hall Young

[.Address before Laymen's Missionary Conference, San Francisco, California] ALadEA BAYS WITH J0H1 LIUIH %7 S. Hall i'oung February 23, 1916. Your fellow Californian…