Creator
Men of Nineteen Fourteen
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
OFFICE OFMEN OF NINETEEN-FOURTEEN202 SOUTH CLARK ST.CHICAGO, ILL.[illegible]Dear Sir:Please correct and return Biography below for MEN OF NINETEEN-FOURTEEN, the only obligation on your part being the acceptance of one copy containing your Biography, payable after delivery if satisfactory.Muir, Dr. John, Martinez, Cal. Geology Natural history. Dunbar, Scotland, April 21, 38.Hon. A.M., Harvard, 96; LLd, Wisconsin, 97. Student of wildernesses. F.A.A; Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters; Acad. Arts and Letters; Sierra Club(pres); Am. Alpine Club(pres);Wash. Acad. Botany; discovered Muir Glacier.Or you can substitute a new or longer Biography to exactly suit yourself if you so desire.Return to, MEN OF NINETEEN FOURTEEN,202 S. Clark St., Chicago, III.05905
ALMOST READY FOR PUBLICATIONPROGRESSIVE MEN OF TO-DAYMEN OF 1914TWENTIETH CENTURY EDITIONNOTEWORTHY AS HAVING ACHIEVED success in their chosen vocations in the various Educational, Civil, Military, Industrial and Commercial lines of human effort; Men of thought and men of action who have been effective in the establishment and maintenance of the good name of our commonwealth; Prominent Citizens in all walks of life who are in truth the founders, makers and builders of our great Republic as manifested in America's great institutions of finance, commerce and trade, and its unparaleled progress in Education, Literature, Art, Science, and in the whole fabric of the Social and Industrial and Commercial Development of our Nation.Complete in One Royal Octavo VolumeLIBRARY EDITION TEN DOLLARSPrinted in large type with embossed covers, gold stamps and gilt edges, bound substantially by the best of skill, exploiting the axiom that "A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever.”EXPERIENCED SUBSCRIPTION BOOK AGENTS WANTEDIN EVERY PART OF THE UNITED STATES
Location
Chicago
Circa Date
1914
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Fourteen, Men of Nineteen, "Letter from Men of Nineteen Fourteen to John Muir, 1914." (1914). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6701.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6701
Resource Identifier
muir22_0865-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0865
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
