Creator
Carl C. Zeus
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
San Jose, Cal. May 6th 1892.
John Muir, Esq.
San Francisco, Cal.
Dear Sir:
With much pleasure I read your charming description of the “Yosemite Valleys” and therefore I desire your advice in the selection of the best locality in “Yosemite Valley”, to pitch my tent for several months, in order to paint some large pictures for the Worlds’ Fair and the Royal Art Gallery in Munich. I have traveled much in the Western Wilds, partly in the interest of Rail Road Cos., but chiefly to secure the unknown picturesque scenery for “The Great Western Album”, therefore “I can rough it”. The chief object is to have my headquarter in such a center in order to make my studies with convenience. If you kindly mention where you camped and where your cabin was located, you will confer me a great favor. I have a comfortable outfit and two pupils to assist me and will devote as many month necessary to study those harmonious tints you so beautifully described.
Also do me the favor the give me the names of some persons who reside in the valleys, to secure reliable directions. Hoping to make your personal acquaintance to interest you for “The Great Western Album Scheme”, I am fraternally,
Yours truly,
Carl C. Zeus.
01578
Location
San Jose, Cal
Date Original
1892 May 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Zeus, Carl C., "Letter from Carl C. Zeus to John Muir, 1892 May 6." (1892). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 172.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/172
Resource Identifier
muir07_0559-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0559
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
