the john muir exhibit - new_and_improved - 1996 oct-dec

What's New or Improved

1996 October through December

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Most items below may also be found on the Alphabetical Index page.

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1996 December 27

available on The Life and Contributions of John Muir :

• John Muir , a biography from Yosemite Park Centennial 1890-1990: A History , by The Modesto Bee, McClatchy Newspapers Inc., 1990 (link to another Web site)
• John Muir -- Earth-planet Universe , by Moira Magneson (link to another Web site)

available on Places Important to John Muir :

• Numerous new sources about Yosemite

available on The Writings of John Muir :

• "Reminiscences of Joseph LeConte" , by John Muir, The University of California Magazine (September 1901) (link to another Web site)

1996 December 23

available on Scientific Names in Honor of John Muir :

• Erigeron muirii , Muir's Fleabane: detailed information, including a photo and a bibliography, about this plant

available on The Writings of John Muir and Places Important to John Muir :

• A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf , by John Muir (1916). The complete text of this book arranged by chapter.

1996 December 20

available on Places Important to John Muir :

• "Historic Martinez" (California USA) , by the Martinez Chamber of Commerce

1996 December 17

available on The Life and Contributions of John Muir :

• John Muir: The Wilderness Journeys , the introduction by Graham White (1996)

available on The View From John Muir's Window :

• The 1996 August issue of the newsletter of the John Muir Memorial Association

available on The Writings of John Muir :

• The Yosemite , by John Muir (1912). The complete text of this book arranged by chapter.

1996 December 16

available on Educational Resources :

• Environmental Education in the BLM features teacher resources on topics such as Great Basin ecosystems, gold mining, and fire ecology.

1996 December 10

available on Bibliographic Resources :

• John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings , edited and introduced by Terry Gifford (the dust jacket for this book)

1996 December 2

available on The Life and Contributions of John Muir :

• "John Muir: Wilderness Hero" , by Harold W. Wood, Jr (link to another Web site)

1996 November 29

available on The Life and Contributions of John Muir :

• "Learning From the Laws of Nature: Nature as Salvation in the Early Works of John Muir" , by Apple Gifford
• "Why climb mountains? John Muir and Clarence King at a historical crossroads of American mountain climbing" , by Erica Goldman

available on Places and Schools Named After John Muir :

• John Muir Middle School , located in Wausau, Wisconsin USA
• John Muir (Elementary?) School , located in San Jose, California USA
• John Muir Middle School , located in San Jose, California USA

1996 November 23

available on The Writings of John Muir :

• Steep Trails: California - Utah - Nevada - Washington - Oregon - The Grand Canyon , by John Muir, edited by William Frederic Badè (1918). The complete text of this book arranged by chapter.

1996 November 21

available on The Writings of John Muir and Places Important to John Muir :

• Three new items, acquired by permission, from the wildernet Web site:
  • "Mountain Thoughts" , written by John Muir during the 1870s, collected by Linnie Marsh Wolfe in John of the Mountains (1938).
  • "Snow-Storm on Mount Shasta" , by John Muir, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1877 September (with illustrations)
  • "Wild Wool" , by John Muir, Overland Monthly, 1875 April
• Two versions of Muir's tale of his adventure with the dog Stickeen. Relocated to the Exhibit from elsewhere on the Sierra Club's Web server.
  • "Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier" , by John Muir -- the 1915 (shorter) version
  • "Stickeen: The Story of a Dog" , by John Muir -- the 1909 (longer) version, with annotations (file size = 54 kilobytes)

1996 November 18

new feature : Scientific Names in Honor of John Muir

available on John Muir Day Study Guide :

• New, revised, and corrected hyper-links have been added to a number of the documents, including
  • A Note to the Teacher
  • John Muir Geography Cards
  • John Muir's California
  and the several "Resources" pages.

available on Places and Schools Named After John Muir :

• John Muir Elementary School located in Parma, Ohio USA

1996 November 14

available on Places Important to John Muir :

• This geographical page as been re-organized with many new links added.

1996 November 11

available on About the Exhibit :

• A new section: Notices , includes content rating and Wilbur and Your Web Browser

available on Related Resources on the Internet :

• Search the Internet for John Muir , the start of a new feature

1996 November 9

available on The John Muir Newsletter

• "John Muir and the Feminist Movement" , by Ronald H. Limbaugh

available on The Life and Contributions of John Muir :

• John Muir on the Ecology Hall of Fame Web site

available on Pictures: Muir Artifacts :

• Photo of a John Muir cloth patch

available on Places and Schools Named After John Muir :

• John Muir Elementary School located in Kirkland, Washington USA

1996 October 24

available on John Muir Memorial Association and John Muir National Historic Site Description and Visitor Information and News and Upcoming Events :

• Tentative schedule for An Evening in the Park (the John Muir National Historic Site) presented by the John Muir Memorial Association.

1996 October 15

available on Bibliographic Resources :

• The John Muir Bibliography has been updated.

1996 October 12

available on Bibliographic Resources and The John Muir Newsletter

• Letters from Alaska by John Muir , edited by Robert Engberg and Bruce Merrell, a review by Frank E. Buske

1996 October 4

available on The Writings of John Muir :

• The Mountains of California (1894). The complete text of this book arranged by chapter.

1996 October 2

available on The John Muir Newsletter and Places Important to John Muir :

• Added final two parts of the series John Muir in Russia by William H. Brennan

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