Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. Goelet
Transcription
[Rough draft of letter - marked "Copy letter to Mrs. Goelet, 647 Fifth Ave.-N.Y."]Martinez, California, June 1, 1909.Dear Mrs. Goelet:Many thanks for your kind letter and the photographs recalling delightful days. When-next I cross the continent rest assured I'll look you up and gladly go exploring in Central Park for signs of ancient ice and show you glacial features so wondrous smooth and bright your jokes will all be quenched in praise of polar snow. Yes, truly, in your park there are burnished mirror rocks in which you may see far back into the sculpturing, beauty-making ice mantles Of the past.Glad you like Stickeen. So many are reading his story I may try to write some more good words for-our "poor earth-born companions and fellow mortals" of whom we really know so little. I've been locking-over old note-books and have found lots of sketches of animals With traits wonderfully human, but none so tellingly displayed as those of Stickeen. Still they may have a corroborative value to make it worth while to gather them into a book for young folks.J. M.
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1909 Jun 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Mrs. Goelet, 1909 Jun 1." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5791.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5791
Resource Identifier
muir18_0512-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0512
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
