Brown (Mary Louise) Collection of Muiriana, 1980-1982

Muir, John, 1838-1914

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John Muir (born April 21, 1838, Dunbar, Scotland – died December 24, 1914, Los Angeles, California), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which h...

Brown, Mary Louise, 1916-

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Biography Mary Louise Brown studied the life, works, and bibliography of John Muir for many years. She seems to have intended to createa film or films about the great naturalist. Her papers consistof many binders of notes, annotations of published texts by and about Muir, illustrations and notes for original scenarios based on various periods of Muir's life. Brown writes of her work, "I probably represent a lot of others hurrying ...

Young, Samuel Hall, 1847-1927

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Samuel Hall Young was born in Pennsylvania in 1847, educated at the University of Wooster and Princeton Theological Seminary and graduated from Western Theological Seminary in 1878. Ordained a Presbyterian minister in June 1878, he came to Wrangell, Alaska, where he married Fannie E. Kellogg and organized the first Presbyterian Church in Alaska. He traveled with John Muir in Southeast Alaska and recounted the experiences in "Alaska Days with John Muir" (1915). Young established missions at Haine...

Wolfe, Linnie Marsh, 1881-1945

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Brown, Mary Louise, 1916-

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Biography Mary Louise Brown studied the life, works, and bibliography of John Muir for many years. She seems to have intended to createa film or films about the great naturalist. Her papers consistof many binders of notes, annotations of published texts by and about Muir, illustrations and notes for original scenarios based on various periods of Muir's life. Brown writes of her work, "I probably represent a lot of others hurrying ...