Creator
Nellie M. Gleason
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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for your accommodation and wait for a suggestion from you as to terms.
The date we would leave to you, but preferably some Friday evening September.
Sincerely Yours,
Nellie M. Gleason
Pres. S.K.F.
Mrs. R. P. Gleason
August ninth
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Albany Hotel
Oakland
Mr John Muir.
Martinez, Cal.
Dear Sir.
The Star King Fraternity of Oakland, a literary society composed of men and women who meet for study and instruction, is much interested in the subject of mountain climbing, and hope to have one or two evenings devoted to the subject that will be in the nature of round-table talks
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by people who have had experience.
We wish very much that you would speak to us on the subject also, as a climax. Would it be possible for us to induce you to do so?
There are a great many people in Oakland who would be more than glad to hear you, and if you consented, the Fraternity would open its doors to its friends.
We would not wish to limit you to the subject of mountain climbing, or ask you to prepare a formal paper. An
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informal talk on the mountains that you have visited and the birds and flowers and trees that help to make them beautiful would be just as welcome to us, and perhaps less trouble to you.
The Star King Fraternity is allied with the Unitarian Church and I should have asked Mr. Weudte [diacritic] or Mr. Warren Olney to speak a word to you in our behalf but Mr. Olney is away at present and Mr. Weudte [diacritic] very busy.
if you can come we will make whatever arrangements you wish
Location
Oakland [Calif.]
Date Original
1897 Aug 9
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 24.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Gleason, Nellie M., "Letter from Nellie M. Gleason to John Muir, 1897 Aug 9." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2285.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2285
Resource Identifier
muir09_1008-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 1008
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
