Creator
T[heodore] P. Lukens
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
Pasadena Cal
Jan 12 - 1901
Dear Mr Muir
I have received your valued letter, and am delighted to know I have done something to help you, for you have done so much to help me in my eagerness to learn something of Forestry, if I could only have a few days in each year with you in the Forests, I would get along well So many people have asked me, and I have asked others, is there nothing descriptive of the Conifers of Cal, compact and with no other matter, so that it can be carried in the Mountains to enable one to become acquainted with the Conifer, if there could be a small book giving the Botanical and comon name Range Distinguishing character of growth Foliage, especialy number of needles of pines Fertile Cones, distinguishing features and how borne on the trees
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Male cones or flowers Length of time cones are maturing Seeds, collor, shape, winged or not in fact every feature should be mentioned, for the very thing left out might leave the student in darkness, as it often has me. I am not competent to prepare such a work, but can assist with some Photos, and then they work to be useful and reliable should be over the signature of John Muir, then all will have confidence in it. Can you take the time to describe the Conifers for me, and I will do the rest and submit to you before publication. With kindest regards to all in which my people all join I am
Ever you Greatful Friend
T. P. Lukens
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Location
Pasade?, Calif.
Date Original
1901 Jan 12
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Lukens, Theodore P., "Letter from T[heodore] P. Lukens to John Muir, 1901 Jan 12." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4378.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4378
Resource Identifier
muir11_0569-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0569
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
