2002 What's New or Improved

2002 December 30

available on Book Chapters, Annotated John Muir Bibliography

Added annotation for "John Muir," in Ralph Waldo Emerson: Days of Encounter , by John McAleer

2002 December 8

available on Life and Contributions of John Muir

A Tribute to John Muir: Naturalist, Writer, and Man by George Hamlin Fitch - San Francisco Chronicle - December 28, 1914
Muir Laid to Rest Across the Bay - [Report of John Muir's Funeral] - San Francisco Chronicle - December 28, 1914

2002 November 30

available on Life and Contributions of John Muir, Conservation Legacy

Seventeen Years to Success: John Muir, William Gladstone Steel, and the Creation of Yosemite and Crater Lake National Parks By Stephen R. Mark, Historian, Crater Lake National Park, U.S. National Park Service

2002 November 10

available on Chronology of the Life and Legacy of John Muir

Added listing for September 26, 1931 - A Redwood Tree dedicated to John Muir is planted in Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, California, by the California Writers Club, joining memorial trees dedicated to many other well-known authors.
Added listing for 1985 - John Muir Inducted as the first inductee in the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. (off-site link)

2002 October 26

available on Bibliographic Resources, Book Jackets, and Chronology of the Life and Legacy of John Muir

Added book jacket summary and book cover image of America's Wilderness, The Photographs of Ansel Adams, With the Writings of John Muir

2002 October 22

available on Mountain Days: The John Muir Musical

Added Mountain Days Returns in 2003

2002 October 20

available on John Muir in Sculpture

Replaced photo of John Muir at Villa Montalvo with correct image; photo by Janice Albert.

2002 October 14

available on Bibliographic Resources, Book Jackets, and Chronology of the Life and Legacy of John Muir

Added book jacket summary of Yosemite and the High Sierra, Photographs by Ansel Adams, Text by John Muir

2002 October 11

available on Bibliographic Resources and Organizations

Added John Muir Programs at University of the Pacific
Updated re-named John Muir Center for Environmental Studies at University of the Pacific with new information, logo, and links
Updated links to foregoing pages throughout the Exhibit

2002 October 9

available on the top Header frame

Replaced Sierra Club logo with new black and white logo with larger text making phrase "Founded 1892" more readable
Put black frame around Muir photo to balance new logo
Added Search box and Button

2002 October 4

Global improvement throughout John Muir Exhibit

Sierra Club assistant webmaster Adrian Cotter finds and installs solution to the "two-clicks required" to return to your search engine problem. Global replacement of javascript allows access to the John Muir Exhibit from any search engine, with only one click required to return to the search engine.

2002 September 11

available on Bibliographic Resources, Book Reviews

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography compiled and annotated by William F. Kimes and Maymie B. Kimes
- Reviewed by Harold Wood

available on Life and Legacy of John Muir (Muir's Philosophy)

Sermon: Easter People: John Muir by Rev. Virginia Pearson and Bill Hanna, John Muir's Great-Grandson

2002 August 31

New Feature - available on navigation bar and Writings of John Muir

Added an illustrated overview of John Muir's Stickeen, his true story about an adventure with a dog on a glacier

available on Songs About John Muir and John Muir Bibliography, Music

Added Me and Stickeen by Bill Oliver, book review and lyrics.

available on Life and Legacy

Re-designed page to organize by topic, and added numerous links from other locations of the John Muir Exhibit to this page
Updated and restored 1996 John Muir Conference Abstracts

2002 August 30

available on Awards Received

Added MyReportLinks.com Books Seal of Approval

2002 August 18

available on Life and Contributions of John Muir, Chronology, and on Places Important to John Muir:

Added Muir, Michaux, And Gray On The Roan By Bob Fulcher - reprint from The Tennessee Conservationist, September-October, 1998, about Muir's 1898 botanical excursion to Roan Mountain

2002 August 16

available on John Muir Newsletter

Added "John Muir's Telephone Number" by Harold Wood

2002 August 11

available on Arts and News and Upcoming Events

Added In John Muir's House - Fourth Exhibit on Muir and Keith focuses on Muir's personal art collection

2002 August 2

available on Bibliographic Resources, Press Releases

Added Yearning for the Land: A Search for the Importance of Place, by John Warfield Simpson (2002)

2002 June 30

available on 1998 Stamp and First Day Covers

Added RKA Covers First Day Cover

available on Arts, Collectibles, Educational Resources, Student Page, News and Upcoming Events, Related Resources:

Added off-site link to Keeping a Nature Journal - Make your own nature journal - template included using red ribbon like John Muir

2002 June 15

available on the Chronology of the Life and Legacy of John Muir, a part of our feature on Life and Legacy of John Muir :

Added new listing for 1966 for the establishment of John Muir College at the University of California, San Diego.

2002 June 2

available on John Muir National Historic Site

Updated main page and Description and Visitor Services with new hours and publications

2002 June 1

available on Places Important to John Muir

Added Historical Marker of John Muir at Cedar Key, Florida
Added John Muir in Florida page

2002 May 23

available on Home Page

Updated background on Muir and his relevance today

2002 May 19

available on Paintings of John Muir

Added Painting by Rudolph Wendelin of John Muir commissioned for the Conservation Hall of Fame, National Wildlife Federation. 1965.

available on 1964 John Muir Postage Stamp

Updated description and added links to biography of Rudolph Wendelin

available on Drawings, Sketches and Decorative Arts of John Muir

Added Sketch of John Muir with Walking Stick

2002 May 3

New Feature:

Crossword Puzzles - Two to solve, in both interactive and printable formats.
- John Muir Life Puzzle
- John Muir Geography Puzzle

Improved organization, navigation, and added new links on:

available on Places Important to John Muir
The Life and Contributions of John Muir
Writings of John Muir

available on The Life and Contributions of John Muir and Book Press Releases, John Muir's Last Journey

Muir Set the Pattern For Those Who Followed - By Robert Michael Pyle

2002 April 6

available on Mountain Days, the John Muir Musical

Updated Mountain Days Main Page to include 2002 plans and more background
Updated Original Cast Recording with new URL for ordering online
Updated Story and Lyrics with photos from 2002 production

available on Tributes to John Muir

Added link to John Muir as Inductee in Conservation Hall of Fame - 1965, National Wildlife Federation (offsite-link)

available on Writings of John Muir

Added photos by Herbert W. Gleason to My First Summer in the Sierra (Thanks to Dan Anderson for scanning and HTML for this feature!)

2002 March 30

available on Places Named after John Muir

Added listing under Sonora, California: John Muir Building, Mother Lode Fairgrounds - the largest building this fair, at 11,250 sq. ft.
Added listing under Amherst, New York: John Muir Drive.
Added listings under Coarsegold, California: John Muir Drive, John Muir Court
Added listing under Idyllwild, California: John Muir Road.
Added listing under Lake Arrowhead, California: John Muir Road.
Added listing under Mammoth Lakes, California: John Muir Road.
Added listing under Middleton, Wisconsin: John Muir Drive.