John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes was first compiled and annotated by William F. Kimes & Maymie B. Kimes in 1977 with an extensive update for the 1986 edition. The bibliography includes citations to Muir's nearly 300 published pamphlets, journal articles, speeches, and other writings.
We thank the the heirs of Kimes' for granting permission to use the substantive bibliographic annotations for this database.
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At St. Paul. The Fur Seals of the Pribilof Group-Habits of the Natives-The Annual Catch of Fur Seals-Physical Appearance of the Islands. St. Paul, Alaska, May 23, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 112
Date Original: 7-13-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 19-23; no. 347, pp. 18-22
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Dodging The Ice. The Corwin Hard Pressed-Crowded by the Drifted Pack on a Lee Shore-An Esquimo Baby-Repairing the Damages to the Ship-The Wreck of the Schooner-Loleta-Plover Bay. Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, June 15, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 116
Date Original: 7-13-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 67-[77]; no. 347, pp. 62-[71]
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On the Siberian Coast. The Corwin Enters the Arctic-First News of the Missing Whalers-A Story of Death and Disaster-In the Ice Pack-Over the Ice in an Esquimo Sleigh-Reluctance of Esquimos to Leave Their Homes. Steamer Corwin, Kapkan, Siberia, May 31, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 113
Date Original: 7-13-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 23-[46]; no. 347, pp. 22-[43]
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Pushing Northwestward. The Corwin Meets with a Disaster-The Rudder Smashed by Ice Floes-Getting Up a Sleigh Party-Landing on Kolintchin Islands, 6 P.M., June 2, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 114
Date Original: 7-13-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 47-52; no. 347, pp. 44-49
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The Aleutian Islands. Geological Notes of the Group-Glaciers and Volcanoes. Fauna and Flora of the Group-Agricultural Notes-The Inhabitants. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) (By the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer Dora ... the following delayed letter ... came to hand:) Ounalaska, May 21, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 117
Date Original: 7-25-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 9-14; no. 347, pp. 8-13
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Near Cape Serdze. Rejoined by the Land Party-Confirmation of the Discovery of Wreck of the Vigilant-List of Relics Recovered. Steamer Corwin (Off the Tchuchi Village of Tapikan, near Cape Serdze, Siberia), June 29, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 118
Date Original: 8-15-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 101-[108]; no. 347, pp. 92-[98].
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Return to St. Michael's. Preparing for Another Cruise-The Busy Season at St. Michael's-San Francisco Prospectors Heard From-Fauna and Flora-Volcanic Cones. St. Michael's, Alaska, July 8, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 120
Date Original: 8-15-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 123-128; no. 347, pp. 112-116
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St. Laurence Island. Arctic Volcanoes-A Land of Lava and Craters-A Ghastly Scene in an Arctic Golgotha-The Work of a Famine. Steamer Corwin, St. Laurence Island, Alaska, July 3, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 119
Date Original: 8-15-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 117-[122]; no. 347, pp. 106-[ 111].
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At East Cape. Ashore-A Siberian Village-The Arctic Hunter's Luxurious Home-Arctic Cemeteries-Botanizing on the Siberian Shore-Tracing the Ice Floods. Steamer Corwin, East Cape, Siberia, July 1, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 123
Date Original: 8-16-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 109-115; no. 347, pp. 99-104
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At Metchigme Bay. Glacier Work at Plover Bay-A Crazy Native-His Idiosyncracies and Attempted Suicide. Steamer Corwin. Near the Mouth of Metchigme Bay, On the west side of Behring Strait, June 27, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 122
Date Original: 8-16-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 93-100; no. 347, pp. 85-91
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At St. Michael's. An Arctic Summer Scene-Description of the Trading Post Yukon River Indian Trappers-Outfitting the Corwin. St. Michael's, Alaska, June 20, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 121
Date Original: 8-16-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 85-[92]; no. 347, pp. 78-[84].
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Coniferous Forests of the Sierra Nevada. I.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 124
Date Original: 9-1-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 189, pp. 139-172; no. 341, v. 4, pp. 161-190; no. 429; no. 463
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The Jeanette Search. Exploration of Herald Island-No Signs of the Missing Ship. Dangers of Arctic Exploration-Fauna and Flora of the North. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Off Herald Island), Arctic Ocean, July 31, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 125
Date Original: 9-28-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 163-[171]; no. 347, pp. 149-[157].
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Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 126
Date Original: 9-29-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 172-173, 178-188; no. 347, pp. 158-159, 163-173
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Coniferous Forests of the Sierra Nevada. II.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 127
Date Original: 10-1-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 189, pp. 172-179, 200-225; no. 341, v. 4, pp. 191-197, 227-[251].
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From the Arctic. Return of the Revenue Cutter Thomas Corwin. No Tidings of the Jeannette-Fruitless Effort to Revisit Wrangel Land.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: A5-a
Date Original: 10-21-1881
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On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) ... Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 128
Date Original: 10-22-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 189-[199]; no. 347, pp. 173-[182].
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Perils of Whaling. The Corwin Among the Whaling Fleet Off Point Barrow. Destruction of Whaling Ships by Ice-Esquimaux Wreckers. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, off Point Barrow, August 18, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 129
Date Original: 10-24-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 200-[213]; no. 347, pp. 184-[196].
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Out Of The Arctic. The Most Northerly Coal Mine in the World. The Corwin in a Gale-Effects of the Northern Current. The Diomedes-Dangers to Navigation in Behring Strait. The Point Barrow Signal Service Expedition-What It Expects to Do. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia), August 25, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 130
Date Original: 10-25-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 214-[222]; no. 347, pp. 197-[204]
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In Plover Bay. Reindeer Farming on the Arctic Shores of Siberia. Graphic Description of Reindeer Farmers and their Flocks. Glacier Groovings-Desolate Appearance of the Land. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, Siberia, August 26, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 131
Date Original: 10-26-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 223-[235]; no. 347, pp. 205-[216].
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An Ice-Bound Shore. Cruising along the Edge of 'the Pack'-Off Wrangel Land. 'Hove to' in an Arctic Gale-The Corwin's Misadventures. Aboriginal Merchant Middlemen of Two Continents. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Arctic Ocean, Between Herald Shoals and Point Hope, September 3, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 132
Date Original: 10-27-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 236-[243]; no. 347, pp. 217-[223].
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Homeward Bound. End of the Corwin's Cruise in the Arctic Ocean. Elephant Point-A Fossil Glacier and its Exuberant Vegetation. Shipwrecked Prospectors-An Alaskan Silver Mine and Oonalaska Scenery. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Oonalaska, October 4, 1881.
John Muir
Kimes Entry Number: 133
Date Original: 10-31-1881
See also Kimes Entry Number: See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 224-[252]; no. 347, pp. 224-[231].
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![[Description of the Great Glacier.] by Captain L.A. Beardslee](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/1113/thumbnail.jpg "[Description of the Great Glacier.] by Captain L.A. Beardslee")
[Description of the Great Glacier.]
Captain L.A. Beardslee
Kimes Entry Number: 144B
Date Original: 1-1-1882
