Creator
Norman F. Coleman
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]Dec. 24, 1909Mr. John Muir,Muir, Cal.Dear Sir,Next spring, Mar 23-25, our association will meet in Pendleton, Oregon, about forty miles south of here. At that time Whitman College, of whose faculty I am a member, will be offering a course of lectures on Conservation. I write to enquire if it will be possible for you to visit both Teacher's Association and College and give one or more lectures at each. Mr. Wayne Darling one of the overseers of our college has strongly recommended that we write to you; and even without his recommendation our acquaintance with you as a writer and as a lover of woods and hills would give us pleasure in the prospect of seeing and hearing you.Our course in Conservation is free to students and citizens. The association will have some friends and will share with the college the expense of bringing you here. If you can come please let me know what the total expense04660 to us will be, including your travelling expenses.I hope that you will consent to come. You have friends, I know in this region who will welcome you. And you will have an opportunity to speak important truths to hundreds of teachers and students and citizens. We expect about five hundred teachers to be in attendance at Pendleton, from Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Could you give at least two illustrated lectures in each place?Yours respectfully,Norman F. Coleman04660
Location
Walla Walla, Wash.
Date Original
1909 Dec 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Coleman, Norman F., "Letter from Norman F. Coleman to John Muir, 1909 Dec 24." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5959.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5959
Resource Identifier
muir18_0979-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0979
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
