Creator
[Wanda Muir]
Recipient
[Louie Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
[1]
[11/23/01
Berkeley
Dear Mama
I went to the opera last night with Mrs Pitcher to hear the Meistersinger and everyone enjoyed it wonderfully, the quintet where [Gadski?], Shermman-H[eich?], De R[u?]ski, Bishpam and Dippel all sing is marveous (I fear these people would hardly know there names the way I've spelled them) I do wish that you could hear some of it, couldn't you come down for Monday's Matinee? I couldnt go with you, but that wouldnt matter. I suppose you have heard from the papers how good Mrs Hearst is being to us about music, I went to the Damrosch recital this afternoon, it was delightful and we all went almost crazy,
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and better still I am going to hear Shumman-Hieck and Bishpam sing Monday afternoon, and it is all free you know. I am not going to hear Carmen tonight a I expected for Calve is not going to sing and Tallulah and I were too sleepy to stay up so late unless it were something very exceptionally good. I got home at 2 A.M. this morning, and went up to college at 9 and had an awful English ex I guess I got through alright but it wasn't exactly pleasant. I saw Miss Eastwood at the opera last night and she said that she could
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not come up Thanksgiving, have you invited the folks over for dinner then. I hope there wont be any other company then for I want to rest, sleep and calm down a little after all this rush and excitement. I will be home Wednesday night at the usual time. Time to go to bed, Goodnight
With love
Wannie
Friday night
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Location
[Berkeley, Calif.]
Circa Date
[1901 Nov 2]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 19.5 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Wanda, "Letter from [Wanda Muir] to [Louie Strentzel Muir], [1901 Nov 23]." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4486.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4486
Resource Identifier
muir11_0941-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0941
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
