Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[J. E.] Calkins
Transcription
Martinez, Jan. 7, 1909.Dear Mr Calkins:Many thanks for your long kind plans for getting the books, so often talked about, off my hands. It looks well, & is perfectly delightful & if tried I doubtless would be the only one in the company found wanting. You say "suppose you pack up those notes, books, specimens & what not". You have no idea how many they are. Your 5 rooms would be filled to the ceiling & poor Mrs Calkins would groan aghast at such housekeeping. I'm trying now to condense & arrange the stuff so as to make it portable & available, Keeping the best of it in the bank safe until wanted. Even this seemingly easy work will take lots of time- especially when so seriously interrupted by business, Yosemite park etc therefore as far as I can now see I must peg away here a while longer. Ever yoursfaithfully John Muir09208
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1909 Jan 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [J. E.] Calkins, 1909 Jan 7." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5649.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5649
Resource Identifier
muir18_0043-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0043
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
