Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir Funk]
Transcription
kind. I'm trying to finish the book on Yosemite before I set out for the other America. I got a copy of "My First Summer" from the publishers two or three days ago. It looks well. In a week or so it will be in the stores.I'm so glad your little boy is thriving & is so dear a child. I haven't heard from Wanda since I left California. Give my kindest regards to Buel & his mother & that little girl.Devotedly your fatherJohn Muir1911[letterhead]New YorkMay 30Darling Helen,Your letter recd yesterday, telling our dear Sellers death Sunday, made me sad & lonely. I suppose you know that J. D. Hooker the friend in our greatest need was taken violently ill the day of dear Seller's death & died Wednesday evening. And Keith too gone. I wonder if leaves feel lonely when they see their neighbors falling.Mrs. Harriman is exceedingly
Location
New York
Date Original
1911 May 30
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir Funk], 1911 May 30." (1911). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6090.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6090
Resource Identifier
muir20_0334-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0334
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
