Creator
Charles W. Stoddard
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
Nov 29 1913
300 W. 72d St.
Society for the Conservation of National Parks,
Mr John Muir Prest
I thank your society for literature about Hetchy Bill &c I have been in the valley and several other times in California. I have written earnestly to President Wilson & to Senator Root, both of whom I know personally, urging the preservation of H Hetchy and have also urged many others to do the same. This is a commercial age. The beautiful temples of Egypt and the East, the Alpine glories of Switzerland, the falls of Niagara have all become the prey of the materialist & the merchant. I
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hoped that Yosemite and its adjuncts would be spared.
Sincerely yours,
Charles H. Stoddard
[in margin: Misc g]
Location
New York
Date Original
1913 Nov 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24 x 15 cm.
Recommended Citation
Stoddard, Charles W., "Letter from Charles W. Stoddard to John Muir, 1913 Nov 29." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4172.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4172
Resource Identifier
muir21_1014-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 1014
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
