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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
John Muir : prophet among the glaciers
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
The adventurous life of a nineteenth-century seaman, the first American to view Antarctica
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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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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.
photCL 97
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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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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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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