Creator
Marian Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]warm these days as tho' Christmas candles and New Year resolutions were going to burn brightly forever.I hope you are staying on indeifinitely at 325, it means much comfort to the inmates.Faithfully your friendMarian Hooker[1]University of Cal. HospitalSan FranciscoJan. 2, 1911My dear Mr. MuirIt was a great surprise and pleasure to me to receive the book on Italy from you. That beloved country is much in my mind these days as a haven of care-free pleasure and peace--and Hutt[illegible] delightful presentation of
[2]those haunts makes me long more than ever to get back among them for a while. I am very glad you have been at 325 again. It is always such a pleasure to Mother to have you there. The holidays have passed pleasantly with me; full of work with interest and presenting both sides of life. I wonder if suicides are more frequent in the time of[3]general rejoicing. I watched one poor young thing dying for several days and was glad when her last painful gasp failed, and I saw two gay Xmas trees, the life of them made by the entranced little boys that scampered around, and I have had much in my mind the poor brave Willards facing their loss and his battle with health, and the world is as sunny and
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1911 Jan 2
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 27 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hooker, Marian, "Letter from Marian Hooker to John Muir, 1911 Jan 2." (1911). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5984.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5984
Resource Identifier
muir20_0027-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0027
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
