Creator
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
850 Madison Avenue,New York City,Tuesday, May 7th, 1912.My dear friend:Your letter tonight from Martinez made us very happy, for it fairly brought you back to our midst. We miss you so much after your long sojourn. I imagine you now, pouring forth from your stores of nature and human nature wisdom, and our boys and girls taking the philosophy of the true life of ideas and of deep understanding of the glory and wonder of nature.I owe you, since our Alaska journey, and in many conversations, an altogether new nature-feeling, and a passion to save it from destruction.Save for regular Sundays at Garrison, our way has its even tenor, I am writing much - four or five hours a day, and am saying the last word in me on certain subjects, clearing decks for my larger work on the ?Josephine is as sweet as ever. Loulie has completely regained her strength. We are now considering a two months' journey in Italy and France, during June and July, and early August, possibly leaving here on the 12th of June.I fear you were unable to see Mrs. of Madame Hancock Ross. If you should return for a while to Los Angeles you could not do me a greater favor than to secure her approval for our American Museum work, under Merriam of Univ. of California, who will insure all new things to the State of California.We all send our greetings and love to you. Always,Faithfully yours,Henry Fairfield Osborn05190
Location
[New York]
Date Original
1912 May 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 29.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, "Letter from Henry Fairfield Osborn to John Muir, 1912 May 7." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6265.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6265
Resource Identifier
muir20_0965-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0965
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
