2004 What's New or Improved

2004 December 27

available on Pictures and Images, Photographs of John Muir:

Added photograph of John Muir and William Kent at Muir Woods Inn, circa 1909, photo courtesy of National Park Service Collection.

2004 December 11

available on John Muir: California State Quarter:

Added new "proof" image from U.S. Mint and updated main page

available on John Muir Genealogy

Updated entry for John Muir's grandson,Walter Muir (d. December 9, 2004)

available on Places Named for John Muir:

Added entry for John Muir Trail, Strybing Arbortetum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Added entry for John Muir Nature Trail Mt.Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington

2004 November 7

available on Places and Schools Named After John Muir:

Added John Muir Park to listing for Green Bay, Wisconsin.

2004 October 31

available on Annotated John Muir Bibliography, Children's Books and Book Jacket Summaries:

Added listing and book cover image of Squirrel and John Muir by Emily Arnold McCully in Annotated John Muir Bibliography, Children's Books
Added book jacket summary for Squirrel and John Muir by Emily Arnold McCully

2004 October 30

available on John Muir's Writings About People:

Added Linnaeus by John Muir

2004 September 6

available on Photographs of John Muir:

Added thumbnail and photo link for John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt on Horseback, Yosemite 1903

available on Drawings and Sketches of John Muir:

Added Milk Carton with Muir and Yosemite sketch: Berkeley Farms says, "Thank You John Muir"

2004 August 19

available on Annotated John Muir Bibliography, Anthologies:

Added photo of book cover for The Wilderness World of John Muir, edited by Edwin Way Teale, and:
- Added Book Jacket Summary
- Added Publisher's Press Release
- Added 1955 Book Review by Anthony Netroy
- Added 2004 Book Review by Harold W. Wood, Jr.

2004 August 14

available on Places Important to John Muir, Indiana:

Added Indiana State Historical Marker - John Muir in Indiana - View text and photos of maker dedicated July 2, 2004
Added Indiana State Historical Marker Text Annotation - References and citations for Historical Marker by Indiana Historical Bureau

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

Added A Visit to John Muir's Wisconsin Farm by Bill Tweed

2004 August 13

available on Places Important to John Muir, John Muir Genealogy, and Daniel Muir Obituary:

Added Daniel Muir's Gravesite - description and photo

2004 July 21

available on John Muir's Writings About People :

Added Daniel Muir (Obituary)

available on Places Important to John Muir and John Muir Genealogy

Added link to Daniel Muir Obituary and Photo of Daniel Muir Headstone

2004 July 18

available on Film and Video:

Added annotation for "The Story of Yosemite" DVD and VIDEOCASSETTE. (2000)

2004 July 17

available on Writings of John Muir :

Reorganized feature to include separate pages for articles, books, quotations and meditations, and selected passages.
Added new feature on John Muir's Writings About People, including:
- Billy the Shepherd - How a pair of trousers reminded Muir of geological stratification
- "Mono Joe" Boler - Muir's tribute to a hard-working homesteader
- Francis Fisher Browne - "Browne the Beloved" - Muir tells of his long and intimate friendship with the founder and editor of Chicago's The Dial literary magazine.
- Robert Burns - Muir's tribute to his favorite poet
- Professor J.D. Butler - a strange telepathic experience
- The Blacksmith - a theological debate with a practical man about flowers
- Mr. Cameron - Wealthy Georgia Planter - who predicted the spread of electricity
- Galen Clark - from The Yosemite , chapter 15, and Sierra Club Bulletin. v. 7 . no 4 June 1910.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson - Muir's meeting with the great essayist in Yosemite in 1871
- Edward Henry Harriman - Book-length tribute to railroad magnate who supported Muir's efforts
- Joseph LeConte - "Reminiscences of Joseph LeConte," by John Muir, The University of California Magazine (September 1901)
- Catharine Merrill - one of the first woman professors in America
- John A. Nelder - the Hermit of the Fresno Grove of Giant Sequoias
- Edward Taylor Parsons, Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. IX, No. 4, January, 1915.
- Passengers on the George W. Elder on the Harriman Expedition to Alaska, 1899.
- Hale Tharp - the man who lived in a house of one log.
- Two Would-be Robbers - Two worrisome encounters on Muir's 1,000 mile walk to the gulf

2004 July 11

available on Arts and Drawings, Sketches, and Decorative Arts :

Added Muir, Earth, and Turtles All the Way Down - Decorative Art by George Pettit

available on John Muir Bibliography, Children's Books :

Added listing for Forthcoming book: Julie Dunlap & Marybeth Lorbiecki; Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth, John Muir and Stickeen: An Icy Adventure with a No-Good Dog (NorthWord Press, October, 2004) and link to Publisher's website.

2004 June 28

available on Upcoming Events and Important Places, Indiana:

Added John Muir in Indiana Historical Marker Dedication (press release for July 2, 2004 event)

2004 May 31

available on John Muir Yosemite California State Quarter and on California State Quarter Links:

Added new "About the Designer" section with bios of Garrett Burke, Alfred Maletsky (off-site link), and Don Everhart II.
Added link to California State Quarter Online Puzzle - from John Muir Birthplace Trust, Dunbar, Scotland.
Added link to news article: Muir coin for every pupil - East Lothian Courier, Scotland, May 28, 2004.

2004 May 16

available on Periodicals Featuring John Muir, John Muir Newsletter, and on the navigation bar:

Added Table of Contents for Recent Issues for the John Muir Newsletter
Added an off-site link to John Muir Newsletter PDF Back Issues

2004 May 14

available on John Muir Yosemite California State Quarter and on California State Quarter Links:

Added Audio section, including link to Coin Talk Radio Program - May 10, 2004 (off-site links)
Guests:
Garrett Burke, Winning Design Submitter
Sarah Dalton, Co-Coordinator, The California State Quarter Project
Segment 1: [Windows Media Player]
Garrett and Sarah discuss their involvement in the Quarter Project.
Segment 2: [Windows Media Player]
The Design submission and selection processes are discussed.
Segment 3: [Windows Media Player]
Using the State Quarters as an educational tool.

2004 May 2

available on John Muir Yosemite California State Quarter, Links:

Added link to Muir deserves state's quarter honor by Terry Carter , Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2004.

2004 April 28

available on John Muir in Historical Perspective Conference for 1996:

Added on Steve Pauly: The Importance of John Muir's First Public Lecture, Sacramento, 1876 a link to a PDF of Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter 1998-99 issue of the John Muir Newsletter by the University of Pacific John Muir Center for Environmental Studies and to the Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring, 1999 issue, which includes Steve Pauly's re-creation of the lecture.

2004 April 27

available on John Muir Yosemite California State Quarter :

Added a thumbnail image of U.S. Mint official line drawing of the John Muir California State Quarter, and a high-res jpg for download (1 MB).

2004 April 21

available on John Muir Day:

Added California Governor Proclaims John Muir Day, April, 21, 2004

available on Book Chapters Featuring John Muir, Annotated John Muir Bibliography and on Book Press Releases:

Added Lines on the Land: Writers, Art, and the National Parks by Scott Herring (2004)

2004 April 11

available on Collectibles

Added Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal - by Yosemite Park and Curry Company
Added California American Revolution Bicentennial Medallion - John Muir - Conservation Pioneer

2004 April 10

available on Book Chapters Featuring John Muir, Annotated John Muir Bibliography :

Added listing and annotation for Frankiel, Sandra Sizer, California's Spiritual Frontiers: Religious Alternatives in Anglo-Protestantism, 1850-1910 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988). Full text online: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft1z09n7fq/
Chapter 8, "Into the Sierras" discusses John Muir's religious and philosophical views.

available on John Muir Programs at University of the Pacific :

Updated new link to John Muir Collections, repository for the John Muir Papers - Holt-Atherton Library, University of the Pacific (off-site link)
Added link to John Muir's Personal Library - 700 books that belonged to John Muir, many with his notes and annotations, available to researchers (offsite link)
Added link to Related Collections - including the James Eastman Shone Collection of Muiriana, a collection of family papers, photos and memorabilia passed down from John Muir's sister Sarah Muir Galloway, the William Frederic Badè collection, and others. (offsite link)

available on John Muir Newsletter:

Added Announcement that back issues of the John Muir Newsletter have been scanned and are now posted in PDF format online at: http://ets.uop.edu/muir/newsletters.htm. As of this writing, issues are available from 1997 - 2001.

available on The Writings of John Muir:

Added The National Parks and Forest Reservations by John Muir (Proceedings of the Meeting of the Sierra Club Held November 23, 1895.) Published in Sierra Club Bulletin, 1896.

2004 April 9

available on John Muir Yosemite California State Quarter :

Re-organized the page, updated images and announcements, and added:

HTML - PDF - Excerpts of Governor Schwarzenegger's Remarks at the Unveiling of the new California Quarter with photos
Complete transcript of Governor Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver and Dr. Kevin Starr at the March 29th, State Quarter unveiling
Audio of Unveiling press conference (mp3 - 5.4 MB)
Sierra Club Applauds Selection by Bruce Hamilton
Interview of Designer Garrett Burke (with poster photos) - from Sierra Club Currents
Why Mint Muir? by Harold Wood
Selection Process (outline)
Links - Newspaper articles and other information about the Quarter
John Muir Forum Bulletin Board - Join online discussions about the new California State Quarter

2004 April 4

available on Life and Contributions of John Muir :

Added Camping with Burroughs and Muir by Clara Barrus (1914) to the "Tributes by those who knew him" section.

available on Favorite Quotations from John Muir :

Corrected the "When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop..." quote, to remove the first "all" in this phrase, "...flying through space with all other stars all singing...", and added citation for this quote to Travels in Alaska.

2004 March 29

available on John Muir-Yosemite California State Quarter:

Updated page - the John Muir/Yosemite coin was chosen by Governor Schwarzenegger to be the official California State Quarter! Included image of the new design and press release from the Sierra Club applauding the selection.

2004 March 24

available on Film and Video section of the Annotated John Muir Bibliography :

Added Annotation for Spirit of Yosemite - The Spectacular Visitor Orientation Film at Yosemite National Park, which includes a depiction of John Muir played by Ben Goger.

2004 February 14

available on Annotated John Muir Bibliography:

Added Annotation for John Muir and Stickeen: an Alaskan Adventure By Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff Illustrated by Karl Swanson to Children's books section of the Annotated John Muir Bibliography
Added John Muir and Stickeen: an Alaskan Adventure book jacket summary and cover image.
Added John Muir and Stickeen: an Alaskan Adventure to main Stickeen page.

2004 February 9

available on Book Chapters Featuring John Muir, Annotated John Muir Bibliography :

Added entry and book cover image for the National Geographic book by Kim Heacox for "A Different Drummer: The Prophets of Conservation," in Visions of a Wild America: Pioneers of Preservation
Added entry for "With John Muir in the Yosemite", Chapter 8, in Charles Kellogg, The Nature Singer: His Book.

2004 February 6

available on Fiction, Annotated John Muir Bibliography :

Added book entry for The Curse of Chief Tenaya by Craig J. Carrozi, including image of cover, links to publisher's website, a sample chapter, and to a book review.
Added image of cover and link to excerpt for Zanita, A Tale of Yo-Semite by Therese Yelverton

2004 January 30

available on Educational Resources :

Added standards-based Science Lesson Plans inspired by and using John Muir's adventures and explorations.
Added Alphabetical Academic Content Standards Index for the John Muir Lesson Plans
Added new Lesson Plans home page and links throughout the site.

2004 January 24

Updated link to the new John Muir Forum , which includes a full-featured Message Board with news of upcoming events and happenings related to John Muir, and the opportunity to discuss Muir with other Muir enthusiasts.

2004 January 23

available on Songs Inspired by John Muir :

Added new song, Two Little Feet by Greg Brown, including the lyrics.

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