Creator
Israel C. Russell
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GEOLOGIC BRANCH
Washington, D. C, February 5, 1892.
Prof. John Muir,
Martinez, California.
My dear Sir:
Prof. Ch. Dufour, of the University of Lausanne, Morges, Switzerland, has recently addressed a letter to the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey, asking for information regarding recent changes in the glaciers of America. Prof. Dufour's letter has been referred to me, with request that I assemble all available data bearing on the advance and retreat of the glaciers of this country.
As you are more familiar than any one else with the glaciers of the Sierra Nevada, I wish to ask if you will kindly inform me if they have advanced or retreated since you first became acquainted with them. I should like also to obtain similar information concerning the glaciers of Alaska. The more definite this information can be made the better it will be for the purposes in view.
Prof. Dufour has published a brochure on the glaciers of Europe in which it is shown that they are now retreating, and wishes especially to learn if a similar charge is taking place in the
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glaciers in America.
Any information which you may furnish will be duly acknowledged in publication, and any suggestions of climatic changes bearing on the discussion referred to will receive careful attention. I am confident that from your extended travels and careful observations you are in a position to cooperate very advantageously in this investigation, and trust that you may find time to write at least an abstract of your conclusions.
My report on last year's work in Alaska is nearly ready for publication, and I trust will be of interest to you. The question of renewing work in Alaska is now under consideration but has not been fully decided. If I do not revisit the St. Elias region this summer, I certainly shall a year later for the purpose of completing the work already begun.
Hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience, I remain with all good wishes,
Your sincere friend,
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Location
Washington, D. C.
Date Original
1892 Feb 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Russell, Israel C., "Letter from Israel C. Russell to John Muir, 1892 Feb 5." (1892). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 142.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/142
Resource Identifier
muir07_0448-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0448
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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
