Creator

Clara Barrus

Creator

C[lara] B[arrus]

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[1]May 26- Hilo. MawaiiH. I.We spent the night on [ruin?] of crater of Halea Kala & saw the sunset & sunrise at that place. Saw thro' field glo[illegible]es the "Silver Sword" [growing?] [an one of sub craters?]. Here is its picture & here is one of the leaves of the plant. C. B.Mr. John MuirMartinezCalifornia04510 [2]J. B. wants to know if you knew this plant. They say it grows only in Haleakala.

Location

Hilo, Hawaii

Circa Date

[1909] May 26

Source

Original letter dimensions: 9 x 14 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir18_0492-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 18, Image 0492

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

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