Creator
[Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr.]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
YALE UNIVERSITY,Secretary’s OfficeNew Haven, Conn.,April 18, 191lJohn Muir, LL.D.,Martinez, Cal.Dear Sir:-I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Yale Corporation hold yesterday it was voted to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Letters in case you can be present at the Commencement Exercises in New Haven, on Wednesday, June the twenty-first. We sincerely hope that you may be able to accept this invitation thereby enabling the University to honor itself in honoring you.Full information regarding the Commencement Exercises, entertainment in New Haven, etc., will be sent to you later. It is especially requested that the invitation contained in this communication to considered confidential. In early reply will be appreciated.I am, with high regard,Very truly yours,((signature illegible))Secretary
Location
New Haven, Conn.
Date Original
1911 Apr 18
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Stokes, Anson Phelps Jr., "Letter from [Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr.] to John Muir, 1911 Apr 18." (1911). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6057.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6057
Resource Identifier
muir20_0237-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0237
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
