Collection of research material related to John Muir, 1891-1961.

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Collection of research material related to John Muir, 1891-1961.

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The collection is made up of 59 ephemera items related to John Muir including pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, programs, poetry, and copies of Muir's writings and sketches. The material was collected by J. Marshall Watkins while he was researching John Muir. Authors include Ed Ainsworth, William Frederic Badé, Francis M. Fultz, Herbert W. Gleason, Bailey Millard, John Muir, and J. Marshall Watkins. Other subjects include Muir's conservation work in California including his involvement with the Hetch Hetchy Valley, Kings Canyon National Park, and Yosemite National Park. There is one pamphlet entitled "Redwood Mountain," published by the John Muir Association as well as a leaflet printed by the California Conservation Council regarding the life of John Muir. Many of the brochures are for events related to John Muir such as "John Muir Day" in San Francisco in 1939, a dedication of a Muir memorial park in Wisconsin, and a lecture entitled "John Muir Trails." Also included are offprints and flyers concerning the proposed John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park, and nine color reproductions of scenes in Yosemite National Park.

59 items.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6737001

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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...

Fultz, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1857-

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Fultz was born on Aug. 21, 1857 in Wilton Junction, IA; Ph. B (1886) and MA (1889), Iowa State Univ.; taught at Burlington (IA) High School, 1886-95; superintendent of Burlington Public Schools in Burlington (1899-1909) and Santa Barbara, CA (1909-13); moved to Los Angeles in 1913; became director of conservation and reforestation in LA city schools, 1925-32; was a member of the Sierra Club, and also a lecturer, giving illustrated lectures on subjects ranging from CA, HI and Yellowstone to campi...

Badé, William Frederic (1871-1936).

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William Frederic Bade was a Professor at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California. From the description of William Bade fonds. [1928]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 660202672 Biographical Note William Frederic Badè, born in Carver, Minnesota on January 22, 1871, attended the Moravian College in Pennsylvania where he obtained his doctorate in 1898, teaching Greek, German, Hebrew and Ol...

John Muir Association.

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Watkins, J. Marshall.

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John Muir was a naturalist, conservationist, and author. His published works include: The mountains of California, Our national parks, The Yosemite, and My first summer in the Sierra. From the description of Collection of research material related to John Muir, 1891-1961. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499724 ...

California Conservation Council

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Gleason, Herbert Wendell, 1855-1937

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Photographer. From the description of The Canadian Rockies : photograph album, [ca. 1910]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 15507820 Landscape photographer. From the description of Robbins collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason photographic negatives of images taken in 1902 of Concord, Mass. [graphic], 1902. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 39847760 From the description of Robbins collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason photograph...

Millard, Bailey, 1859-1941

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Bailey Millard (1859-1941) was born in Markesan, Wisconsin. Much of his education was obtained as a printer's devil and tramp printer. He worked his way west through a succession of newspaper and printing shops. In the 1890s he was city editor or literary editor of the San Francisco Call and the Examiner, and in 1918-1919 was managing editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin . From 1913-1914 he was managing editor of Munsey's of NY. In San Francisco he was acquainted with and published a suc...

Ainsworth, Ed, 1902-1968

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Edward Maddin Ainsworth was born in 1902 in Waco, TX; attended Texas A & M and UCLA; worked for newspapers in Waco, TX, San Pedro and Bakersfield, CA, and Atlanta, GA, before coming to work at the Los Angeles Times as a copyreader in 1924; progressed from city editor to state editor, editorial page editor, asst. to the managing editor, and eventually became a columnist; author of column, On the move; member, Board of Governors, Los Angeles County Museum; member, Zamorano Club, Death Valley 4...