Creator

Mary Frances Kellogg

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

R.F.D. 289C, Pasadena,Dec. 23rd, 1911.Dear Mr. Muir:With this holiday greeting, I should like to explain to you what I afterward felt was an ungracious acknowledgment of your suggestion that I be one of several Sierra Club members to accompany your party to South America. That such a trip with you would have been the rarest treat of my life, I perhaps too readily assumed that you would understand. My unresponsive attitude was due to the fact that the trip was absolutely out of my reach because of financial inability. A silly pride instinctively prevented my telling you so at the time-- But courtesy and appreciation demanded a frankness, which, though so late, I am now sending you.I will send this to Martinez, though not sure you are yet back from your trip. In gratitude for your kindness.

Location

Pasadena [Calif.]

Date Original

1911 Dec 23

Source

Original letter dimensions: 19 x 29.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0747-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0747

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

3 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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