Creator
John Muir
Recipient
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Transcription
MuirLos Angeles, Cal., Jan. 26, 1911.325 West Adams Street.Mr. R. U. Johnson,The Century Magazine.Union Square, New York.Dear Mr. Johnson:-I am glad you are going to give mo a memorandum of your relationship to Yosemite Park and other parks. Do not make it too short, as I want everybody to know that in particular you invented Yosemite Park.On receipt of your letter of Jan. 5th I wrote immediately to your son-in-law, Mr. Holden, at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, giving him my address and saying I hoped to meet him here, but I have not yet heard from him.I shall he glad to see Mr. Scott here.My ingressions of South America, that you mention, may he a long way off yet, but I hope to make that journey before it is too late.I am trying dictation and in the story of my life I find I can do something in the way of composition, though of course it has to be cast often.Glad you had such a splendid time at the academy and wish I could have been with you.Don't work too hard, now that you are Editor, since blessed. Gilder left you. Hoping to see you ere long, I amEver faithfully yours,John Muir
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1911 Jan 26
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson, 1911 Jan 26." (1911). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6000.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6000
Resource Identifier
muir20_0073-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0073
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
