Creator
Helen Muir
Recipient
[William] Keith
Transcription
[4]Dont you think you could come with Papa sometime, for just a little while if you cant spare much time. Ied take you horseback riding and show you my desert. The rest would be good for you. Tell Papa to bring you.If you are so good as to write to me again I'll surely answer soon.With best wishes to Mrs Keith,Sincerely Helen Muir[1][letterhead]Daggett, Cal.May 28thDear Mr Keith -Please dont think I've forgotten you because I didn't answer your kind letter last spring, for I dont forget my friends, and I often think of you and have your beautiful photograph in a fine gilt frame, here in my little shanty on the06250 [3]Wanda here with me for a few weeks visit and she too is better than when she came. I suppose you see Papa once in a while. I'll have him here again before long. Isnt it fine that Im near enough so Papa can come to me often.I hear you are working hard - I wish you would come down here and paint my desert - its so wonderfully beautiful.[2]desert. I have just been so busy getting well and growing younger that I havent been very good about writing letters.Summer is here now and I enjoy the long warm days, so full of sunshine and the beauty and fasination of the desert. And Im so well and can enjoy living so. Ive been here five months now. I have
Location
Daggett, Calif.
Circa Date
[1908] May 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Helen, "Letter from Helen Muir to [William] Keith, [1908 ?] May 28." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5437.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5437
Resource Identifier
muir17_0623-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0623
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
