Creator
A. C. Vroman
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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Sept. 10 1913
My dear Muir:
I know that you will be pleased to know that the Board of Education Pasadena City schools have seen fit to call the building which was our Old high school (which is the finest building by far, in Pasadena of any of our 20 school houses, with the exception of our new High School Plant costing $600.000.00) The John Muir School.?
I want to say also that 40000 other people are honored and proud of this opportunity to show our love for the
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name of John Muir and now shall be most pleased to show you about your Monument when down this way which I hope will be soon.
I am not authorized to break this word to you but taking my own liberty to mention it. The board will probably do so in a more formal manner later.
I have promised to place a complete set of John Muirs works suitably bound in the building I am anxious to have you autograph
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them when down.
I trust you are well & that you will yet suceed in keeping Hetch Hetchy from the vandals.
Mrs. Sellers is still in much sorrow & cannot seem to get away from the loss of our beloved Colonel.
Come and see us.
Sincerely yours
A.C. Vroman
I enclose Bill as requested runs back to 1911.
V.
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Location
Pasadena, Calif.
Date Original
1913 Sep 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24 x 15.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Vroman, A. C., "Letter from A. C. Vroman to John Muir, 1913 Sep 10." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4083.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4083
Resource Identifier
muir21_0746-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0746
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
