Creator
Mrs. A. C. Flanders
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
00874
Prof John Muir
Dear Friend
I trust my explanation will be sufficient plea for pardon in troubling you. I think you have a warm corner in your heart for Portage and will tell you as briefly as possible my request. A Society of Ladies here have during the past winter made up cards 20 by 30 inches upon which we have pasted pictures of authors, Travellers
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etc each card devoted to one person. for instance one was of Longfellow. perhaps the following will give you an idea. These cards are put into the City [drawing of card] Library, and from there are loaned to the ward schools and the scholars are drilled (as a division) they are after a time exchanged and others take their place. Now will you kindly give me the address of certain Magazines which will
supply us with “Mr John Muir” portrait and perhaps the glacier and other things of interest to the young minds, we are trying to aid. We do not ask you to procure them but to aid us in the persuit. You doubtless hear from R frequently, and while there must be constant changes going on still there are many of the old acquaintances left who are glad to read articles from your pen indeed with enthusiasm and warm regard trusting to your good will I remain very sincerely yours
Mrs A C Flanders
Location
[Portage, Wisc]
Circa Date
[1880]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Flanders, Mrs. A. C., "Letter from Mrs. A. C. Flanders to John Muir, [ca 1880]." (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 603.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/603
Resource Identifier
muir04_0403-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0402
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
