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John Muir : prophet among the glaciers
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The adventures of Nat Palmer, antarctic explorer [and] clipper ship pioneer
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John Muir letter to [Clara] Barrus
Manuscripts
John Muir wrote this letter to Clara Barrus, a physician with the state psychiatric hospital in Middleton, New York, from Martinez, California on September 23, 1909. In this letter, Muir writes that he is "glad to hear my little books are considered worth reading and have helped to incite others to go forth and see God's handiwork for themselves." He also mentions a letter from John Burroughs, an American naturalist and nature essayist, in which Burroughs has finished at least one article about the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Muir also hopes that Burroughs will next write about Yosemite. He closes the letter about the health of a woman named Helen, who is doing well.
mssHM 80949
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Original posts, Chamisso Island. Arctic Ocean. Erected in 1826 by H.M.S. "Blossom" in search of Sir John Franklin
Visual Materials
Photograph album containing 36 prints that depict Alaskan nature scenes, various Native American life scenes, and the fur trade in the nineteenth century. The photographs were taken in 1881 and 1883. It is unclear if the photographs taken in 1883 are from one of the "Corwin's" voyages. The collection is particularly strong in images of fur trade expeditions and merchants; Native American villages and people; and views of the Arctic Ocean.
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Margaret Deland correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection is comprised solely of correspondence, the vast majority of which was written by Margaret Deland to her first cousin, Madeleine Romaine Wade Poindexter. The only other author represented in the collection is American writer Alice Wellington Rollins (1847-1897) who also wrote letters to Poindexter. Issues discussed within the correspondence include nineteenth century authors and their works, the status of women in religious life, female suffrage and women's rights, United States politics and government, and Deland's personal life.
mssHM 41267-41382
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My story: memoir :
Manuscripts
A photocopy of a privately printed memoir of Anna Grace Evans, who, at the time of printing, was 108 years old. The memoir begins with a history of her parents and continues through her own life and the lives of her husband and children. She describes growing up at the end of the 19th century in the American West, especially in Kansas and Colorado. Though her father was a shoemaker and her family usually lived in town, Evans goes into great detail about farm life, cowboys, ranching, Native Americans, and the challenge of trying to survive in a sometimes-hostile climate; but Evans also relates many stories of going to church, to dances, and enjoying a busy social life in the places where she lived. The memoir ends with a detailed timeline of events in her husband's life which includes important dates for Anna Grace and the other members of the family. Though the original memoir was printed in 1981, it is not noted when this photocopy was made or by whom.
mssHM 84104
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Captain John, Hupa, ca. 1899
Visual Materials
This collection contains approximately 10,000 photographs, negatives and ephemera created or compiled by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California. The bulk of the collection dates from 1903 to the 1920s and includes photograph albums and individual photographs with views of Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, California, and the Southwest of North America; pictures documenting Nicholson's basket collecting trips primarily between 1902 and 1912; images of Nicholson's stores and residences in Pasadena, including the building of the "Grace Nicholson Treasure House of Oriental Art" in the mid-1920s; and personal photographs of Nicholson, her family, friends, and associates. Nicholson's personal snapshots and photograph albums provide a valuable resource for studying Native American communities, particularly in Northern California, in the early 20th century. Many of the photographs depict daily life and include images of homes, community events, dances and rituals, families and children, and portraits. Most of these photographs were taken by Grace Nicholson or her assistant, Mr. Carroll S. Hartman, and are often accompanied by Nicholson's handwritten identifications.
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