Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Helen & Wanda Muir]
Preview
Transcription
May's June 3/06 - SundayDarlings, I'm here as usual for a day after a hard weeks work in the University Library in the paleontology alcove where I sit silent & alone from morn til eve wandering in the deeper silence of the enchanted old, old forests of the coal age The hours & days go on neither long or short glorious for imagination & mind, but tough for the old paleontological body nearing 70. There is no fatness in this work - only leanness, I'm getting thinner though fairly well fed. I get up at six am in the Sig woods from 9 to 5. with an hour or so for lunch at the Faculty Club where I meet the Profs not only of the University here but many from other universitys visiting here. I have also met a number of
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
1906-06-03 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir16_0263-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0263
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
