Creator
Martin Kellogg
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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Thanks -
I which be very glad to see a forestry department added to the Univ
But as I know very little almost nothing on [illegible] of Scientific forestry I must decline the honor. You so kindly offer of [illegible] me to the Regents as honorary professor my dear [Dr?] [illegible].
I heartily thank you for wishing to remember me as Hon Prof of Forestry to the Board of Regents of the University. You have I [illegible] me this is a great honor & assure you as it [happily?] [appointment?]
[as?] Cal has the noblist forests in [O?] & I hope & pray you find some on everyway able & [illegible] to touch the peoples [their] values & how to use them without destroying them.
With best wishes and for the University & [admiration?] & respect for the work you have done on [building?] it.
I am very truly yours
JM
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[letterhead]
Apr. 30. 1899
Dear Mr. Muir:
I should like to nominate you to our Board of Regents, as an "Honorary Professor of Forestry." We have two or three Honorary Professors now: Judge Lindley, who gives a Law course; Mr Schussler, who gives no course, but is asked to
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give one or more lectures a year, as may suit him. The same easy requisitions would apply to you!
"Honorary", alas! means without pay - only a [missionary?] work. It might lead, as I should hope it would, to more work and a proper compensation at some future time.
It would, I am sure, gratify us all to see your name in the faculty list. But I must first obtain your consent, which
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I trust will not be withheld.
Yours sincerely,
Martin Kellogg
[illegible]. B. I select "forestry" for a title, as that is a topic of growing importance. Of course my results of your rich experience would be acceptable, and educative to our young people.
Location
Berkeley, Calif.
Date Original
1899 Apr 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Kellogg, Martin, "Letter from Martin Kellogg to John Muir, 1899 Apr 30." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2389.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2389
Resource Identifier
muir10_0777-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0777
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
