Creator

Warren Olney

Creator

Warren Olney

Recipient

[John Muir]

Transcription

whereas there have been filed with the sierra Club certain complaints against the [management] of the Yosemite valley; and whereas it is the policy of this [club] to give all such complaints a fair and just hearing and investigation, and at the same time to be entire justice to the Yosemite Valley [Commission;]
Now therefore, be it resolved that a Committee of five be appointed by the President of the Club to investigate all such complaints at are now on file with the [secretary] or as may hereafter be made; said Committee to report at its earliest [opportunity] and to have full power to incur such expense as may to them seem necessary for the purpose of carrying on [the] investigations.

01612

Belcher, and after seeing him he may refuse to act, can you not suggest the name of some fairminded man who has not yet taken any part in this discussion to go in his place?

Yours truly,
Warren Olney
(Enclosure)

01612

Location

[San Francisco, Calif]

Circa Date

[1893]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir07_1492-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 1492

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

Copyright Statement

Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Owning Institution

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

Pages

2 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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