Creator

Florence Scripps Kellogg

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[4]& that the articles in the magazine sound very familiar to her.We will never forget our lovely trip together last summer & hope we may have the pleasure of your company again at some future time.With very best wishes for the new year, I amAffectionately yours,Florence Scripps Kellogg[1]La JollaFeb. 6th 1912Dear Mr. Muir,It was sweet of you to remember us with the kind note & good wishes at Christmas. We did not know until then where you were. I wish you would come down & see us again in Altadena.I have been reading with much enjoyment your articles in the05154

[2]"Atlantic Monthly."We had such a jolly Christmas & New Year's day. "Winnie Skylark" was with us & all my family & it was a joyful, happy time. The children took part in a little play. & Ellen arranged living pictures as reproductions of famous patinings in her new studio.Ellen is very busy & much absorbed in her painting & has completed a portrait[3]of my father which was on exhibition in Pasadena, with the work of several Calif. artists.My sister & I are here for a week's visit with our aunts & to see Dorothy at the Bishop's school. She has not seemed very well since Xmas. Perhaps she had too much dissipation at that time. If she doesn't get better soon I shall take her home.Winnie says to give you her love

Location

La. Jolla [Calif.]

Date Original

1912 Feb 6

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 24.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0817-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0817

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

2 pages

Keywords

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

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