Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[J. E.] Calkins
Transcription
Martinez, Oct 29/07
Dear Mr Calkins
Many thanks for your grand Hetch Hetchy editorial It is just what is wanted to kindle fires of protest far & near. it has already gone far as the letters of Mr Tellinghast & Prof. McBride show, & soon personal letters will be flying about the Secretary & President thick as snow-flakes-ensuring I think complete victory. for at heart I feel sure the President is with us. We are trying to get all our 1000 Club members to write personal letters, especially those who have been in the Valley & we are getting booklists or small pamphlets to scatter broadcast.
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I have just returned from a two weeks trip to Hetch Hetchy & adjacent region; hence the delay in replying to your fine big generous letters. I got Keith our great artist to go with me & he was charmed with the Valley made 38 sketches & said over & over again that in its lovely picturesque park floor it far surpassed even Yosemite. It was too bad I could not have you on this trip; but your editorial so much needed would not have been got off as promptly & the Valley will wait for you. I have heard nothing from Washington beyond the letters I showed you & acknowledgements of receipt of others I sent on. Now the President has got home I may hear how the battle goes.
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Mr Tellinghast, kindly sent me six copies of your editorial with a warm letter ————
Lummis in Out West has a strong characteristic Lions den roar for H.H. this month & I expect still more from him
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for he always finds time to reply to everything - Heaven knows how.
Helen is suffering in bed from a severe cold but is now much better & we fondly hope she will be up & like herself in a week or two. But coming on at the beginning of the rainy season gives me no end of anxiety.
When [away you?] & Mrs Calkins coming back to us, I wish you could come & help me with those old notes, I suppose if I had them typewritten I might be able to make them readable. Helen & I would be delighted to have you all winter with us if you found nothing better to do. Possibly however I I may have to take Helen away tho she seems likely to be herself very soon. Anyhow come when you can, for we are ever faithfully yours,
John Muir
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Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1907 Oct 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 22 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [J. E.] Calkins, 1907 Oct 29." (1907). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3804.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3804
Resource Identifier
muir16_1135-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 1135
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
4 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
