Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Louie [Strentzel Muir]

Transcription

[letterhead]

Grindelwald. Aug. 13. 1893

Dear Louie- I have been in Switzerland only a few days, & have already seen many of the grandest & most famous of the Alpine peaks - Came in by Basle - Lucerne, etc, Yesterday came here by Meiringen & Interlaken. had a charming day had good near view of the Jungfrau This is a lovely morning & the white peaks of the huge mountains here are [aglow] in [illegible] [sunshine] The [lowest] of the glaciers of Switzerland is near the hotel with [Love] [Muir]

Location

Grindelwald [Switzerland]

Date Original

1893 Aug 13

Source

Original letter dimensions: 9 x 14 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir07_1267-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 1267

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

The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.

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.

Copyright Holder

Muir-Hanna Trust

Copyright Date

1984

Pages

1 page

Keywords

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

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