Creator
Helen [Muir Funk]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
Home, Oct. 2, 1914.Dear Papa:-I received your letter saying you were going to send my vines and so I have been on the lookout for them. I feel sure they will do well as the ground around this yard is pretty good and there is lots of shade and water. All the things I have planted so far are doing beautifully. If the things you are sending this time grow I may ask for some others, if it is no trouble to you. I would like a nice wistaria root if there are any that could be dug up, a large one would be all the better. But Ill try what you are sending now first and then send for more if they all grow. I enjoy fussing with my vines and coaxing them to grow and they repay me beautifully for my care of them.We are all well as usual, the little boys all growing and so comfortable and good. My girl takes the work off my hands and leaves me plenty of time for the children and the little garden I am starting to make, now that the summer heat is over. I hold my weight of 138 lbs. tho little Buel keeps nursing and growing, and I do feel so well.When you were cleaning up the house did you run across some children's books in the closet in my old my room? There were two on one of the shelves in there the last time I was there, one about the "Babes in the Wood" and the other a larger one of stories and verses for children. I want both these saved for my boys to have when they are old enough to read. Somewhere in the old house there is a book on Insects that you gave me, also one full of magnificent photographs of animals. Can I have these someday for the boys I thought Ied speak of them so you would save them for me. I hope you keep well and that your book is going well too. Lovingly always Helen.[illegible]05860
Location
[Daggett, Calif. ?]
Date Original
1914 Oct 2
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Funk, Helen Muir, "Letter from Helen [Muir Funk] to [John Muir], 1914 Oct 2." (1914). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6655.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6655
Resource Identifier
muir22_0697-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0697
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
