Creator
W. A. Meane
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
SEATTLE, Wash.,
Dec. 16, 1913.
Mr. John Muir,
MARTINEZ, Calif.
My dear Mr. Muir:
It is hardly likely that you will remember a boy of sixteen or seventeen to whom you granted the privilege of the use of your room in the University of Wisconsin during noon hour. Even if I mention my name, Will Mears, it may not revive any memories; still, I have the pleasantiest memories of you and have watched your career all these years. I tried twice to meet you in San Francisco, but without success. I have read your books, and have only lately finished your last book of "Reminiscences" I remember well your clock, the apparatus attached to your study desk which pushed the necessary book out, when the hour forth study of it came around, also the [illegible] Which tipped up your bed at the proper hour in the morning, and all the other contrivances and contraptions05633
you had so cunningly and skillfully made with your own hands.
I appreciate, perhaps, more than others the struggle you had to get through college, and also appreciate the great mark you have made in the world. I am now sixty-four years old and you must be over seventy. I have just lost my wife, which causes me to revert to my early days.
The University of Wisconsin has grown, as you have grown, and is now a great institution, as you are a great man, - known all over the world. I extend to you my felicitations on your climbing up the ladder of fame.
I wish you the compliments of the approaching holidays, and trust I may hear from you.
Kindly give me your San Francisco address when you are there, so I may make another effort to visit you when I am in that city.
With kindest regards, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
[illegible]802 Central Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash.
Location
Seattle, Wash.
Date Original
1913 Dec 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Recommended Citation
Meane, W. A., "Letter from W. A. Meane to John Muir, 1913 Dec 16." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4188.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4188
Resource Identifier
muir21_1075-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 1075
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
