Creator
Anna R. Dickey
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1]Dear Mr Muir,It was a very lonely Dickey-bird that perched on the porch under my oaks for tea tonight and wondered at the perversity of man!We stopped at the P. O. and I received a ten page letter from Donald full of his work in the Ojai and begging me to hold05342
[in margin: [3]out with me after tea to gather wild flowers the house seemed so deserted. I am grateful to you for these few days but like most gratitude it has a tinge of asking for more -Ever sincerely your friendAnna Roberts DickeyBox 701Pasadena.tel. Home 3934.][2]you prisoner until his return. You must make good your promise to come back to us soon. I enclose Mr Clover's article in tonight's News.Margaret Craig telephoned she thinks she has some "very interesting negatives" of you. I shall eagerly await results and shall have something to show when you come back I am sure.I made little Bessie go
Location
Pasadena [Calif.]
Circa Date
[1912]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Recommended Citation
Dickey, Anna R., "Letter from Anna R. Dickey to John Muir, [ca. 1912]." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6442.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6442
Resource Identifier
muir20_1585-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 1585
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
