Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Katharine] Hooker
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[ca 26 Jun 1911]II went to New Haven Tuesday morning the 20th, was warmly welcomed and entertained by Professor Phelps and taken[His degree Yale]to the ball game in the afternoon. Though at first a little nervous, especially about the approaching honorary degree ceremony I quickly caught the glow of the Yale enthusiasm. Never before have I seen or heard anything just like it the alumni assembled in classes from all the country were arrayed in wildly colored uniforms, and the way they rejoiced and made merry, capered and danced, sang and yelled, marched and ran doubled quadrupled octupled is utterly indescribable Autumn leaves in whirlwinds are staid and dignified in comparison.Then came memorable
Location
[New York]
Date Original
[1911 Jun 26]
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0409-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0409
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
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
