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About This Site
This website contains a wide variety of resources pertaining to
John Muir. The links above will take you to many fascinating places!
This site is continually being updated and new additions are being made on a
regular basis. Check our What's New section, below. Details about this website, including acknowledgements and off-site links, are provided on Website Resources.
In particular, please note our extensive Educational Resources, assisting both teachers and students from grade school to graduate school, from home-schoolers to life-long learners of all ages.
To keep current on upcoming events celebrating or inspired by John Muir, join
our Listserv:
This site is maintained by volunteer webmaster and coordinator of the Sierra
Club's John Muir Education Team, Harold Wood, with
design assistance from Sierra Club staff. For substantive questions,
contact : harold.wood@sierraclub.org
What's New
2011 December 10
available on John Muir Newsletter
2011 November 13
available on Children's Books, John Muir Bibliography
- Addded entry for Appleseeds Magazine: John Muir (April, 2011)
2011 November 12
availble on Nature's Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy
- Added entry for traveling exhibit to the Atlanta History Center.
2011 August 9
available on Geography, Re-Tracing
John Muir's Famous Walks
- Added entry for Dr.
D. Bruce Means who retraced
Muir's 1,000 walk in 1984, and was heartsick to discover that virtually
none of Muir's wilderness remained along the route.
2011 August 8
available on Audio, John Muir Bibliography
- Added entry for new audiobook, "My First Summer in the Sierra" by
John Muir (compact disk or digital download), Reader: Brett Barry. (Silver
Hollow Audio Chichester, NY 12416, August, 2011) 6 hours. Available on 5
CDs or by digital download.
2011 July 30
available on Collectibles
2011 July 20
available on University of the Pacific, The
John Muir Center for Environmental Studies and related pages
2011 July 9
available on A Geography of John Muir
- Added a new page: Museums Featuring
John Muir . Added information about the Oakland Museum's new John Muir
exhibit: A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey
2011 April 24
available on People, Famous People Influenced
by John Muir
2011 April 23
available on Biography:
The Life and Contributions of John Muir,
- Restored missing sections from this page, including John Muir Reminiscences
By Those Who Knew Him, Modern Essays About John Muir, Conservation Legacy,
Muir's Philosophy, Articles from Other Sources, Digital Books or Book Chapters
on John Muir, and Other Resources.
- Added Was John Muir
a Draft Dodger? by Harold Wood
available on John Muir Newsletter and Biography:
The Life and Contributions of John Muir,
2011 March 25
available on Bibliographic
Resources , Film
and Video:
- Added listing and annotation for Lee Stetson: the
Voice of John Muir DVD,
2010.
available on About John Muir and on Bibliographic
Resources , Film
and Video:
- Added quote from documentary film-maker Ken Burns "As we got to
know him... he [John Muir] ascended to the pantheon of the highest individuals
in our country; I'm talking about the level of Abraham Lincoln, and Martin
Luther King, and Thomas Jefferson, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jackie Robinson
-- people who have had a transformational effect on who we are."
2011 March 5
available on Bibliographic
Resources , Film
and Video:
2011 February 21
available on John Muir in the Arts, Collectibles and John
Muir in Sculpture:
2011 February 20
available on Bibliographic
Resources, Press
Releases:
available on Writings of
John Muir :
2011 February 13
available on Tributes to John Muir:
2011 February 10
- Sierra Club Associate Webmaster Adam Kapp completes conversion of web pages
of John Muir Exhibit to the new more colorful and usable graphic design using
.aspx - thus making the site look much better and removing the problematic
frames used on the site forever!
2011 January 18
available on Bibliographic
Resources , Film
and Video:
- Added annotation for "Muir - Man Among Giants" feature film by Stone Soup
Studios Motion Picture Company LLC and link to their website www.muirmovie.org/
2011 January 1
available on Current and Upcoming Events:
- Upgraded page to new aspx design.
- Added listing and links for upcoming Nature's Beloved Son traveling
exhibition, opening at Bedford Gallery, Pleasant Hill, California on January
9, 2011.
- Updated listing and links for the Montello Historical Society Year of John
Muir in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
- Added description and links for forthcoming publication of My First
Summer in the Sierra: 100th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American
Classic by
John Muir with Photographs
by Scot Miller, Foreword by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns.
2010 December 30
available on Bibliographic
Resources , Annotated
John Muir Bibliography, Historical
and Literary Analyses and Book
Jacket Summaries
- Added annotation and book
jacket summary for Muir is Still Here: A
Marquette County Journal of Discovery by Daryl Christensen and Kathleen McGwin
2010 December 27
available on Bibliographic
Resources , Film
and Video:
- Added annotation and embedded video for My First Summer
in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition, by John
Muir & Scot Miller, Book
Trailer.
- Added annotation and embedded video for A
Portrait of John Muir as a Young Man by
the Sierra Club's 2010 Outdoors Youth Ambassador, Evan Geary.
2010 August - December
available on John
Muir Exhibit home
page and throughout the site
- Adam Kapp and Mike Papciak, Sierra Club staff webmasters, have worked their
way through the site converting the old site design to the new design. Still
steadily progressing on this enormous project!
- Added to home page,
an embedded video, A
Portrait of John Muir as a Young Man by the Sierra Club's 2010 Outdoors
Youth Ambassador, Evan Geary.
2010 August 14
available on Collectibles:
- Converted page and its listed items to new design and fixed or deleted
broken links.
2010 August 7
available on Book Jacket
Summaries and Bibliographic
Resources, Annotated
John Muir Bibliography, Children's
Books :
2010 August 1
available on Places Important
to John Muir - Wisconsin - Fountain
Lake Farm:
Available on Drawings, Sketches, and
Decorative Arts of John Muir :
- Added Portrait
of John Muir by Igor Lukyanov for Buffalo and Company. (2010)
The portrait is part of a new series of famous men t-shirts by Buffalo and
Company and is copyrighted by Buffalo and Company. Lukyanov's website includes
a larger image of this portrait, along with a YouTube video showing how the
drawing was made.
Available on John Muir Programs at University of the
Pacific :
- Added link to Watch Video
of John Muir Collection at the Holt-Atherton Library, including an
interview of librarian Shan Sutton. This episode of "Rob on the Road" by
KVIE Public Television (PBS affiliate in Sacramento) takes you inside Muir’s
personal journals and some of his remarkable sketches. (off-site link).
2010 July 28
available on Bibliographic Resources, Annotated
John Muir Bibliography, Live
Presentations and Enactments:
- Added listings for three plays featuring John Muir, G. Thomson
Fraser's play "Giants
in the Wilderness", Stephen Most's play “Forces of Nature,” and
Nancy Robichaud's musical play, "The Wild Adventures of John Muir."
available on Bibliographic Resources, Book
Press Releases:
available on John Muir in the Arts:
2010 July 27
available on Songs
About John Muir and Annotated
Bibliography, Music :
available on Songs
and Audio About John Muir and Annotated
Bibliography, Audio:
- Added link to John
Muir radio episodes from Santa Clara University's California Legacy Project -
9 short radio episodes based on the writings of John Muir: California Glaciers,
Earthquake, Samoset, Two Pine Logs, The Water-Ouzel, Wild Bees of California,
The Wind, A Windstorm in the Forest and Woody Gospel Letter. Website includes
audio and illustrated scripts, along with links to Google books edition
available for viewing online or sometimes as a downloaded PDF format. (Santa
Clara University, off-site link).
- Updated offsite link to John
Muir Tribute CD.
2010 July 21
available on John Muir in Sculpture and Collectibles:
2010 July 20
available on Bibliographic Resources:
available on John Muir in Sculpture
- Added life-size
bronze sculpture of John Muir included as part of the new interactive
Visitor Center exhibits at Yosemite National Park, unveiled April 13, 2007.
2010 July 7
available on John Muir in Sculpture and Collectibles:
2010 May 29
available on Awards
Received:
2010 May 2
available on Current
Events, and Chronology
(Timeline) of the Life and Legacy of John Muir:
2010 April 21
Celebrating John Muir’s 172nd Birthday, Sierra Club unveils revamped
John Muir Exhibit website with new interface and site design.
available on Current
Events, and Chronology
(Timeline) of the Life and Legacy of John Muir:
2010 April 9
available on The Life and Contributions
of John Muir, Current Events, and Chronology
(Timeline) of the Life and Legacy of John Muir:
- Added Prizing
the Power of the Sea by Michael Russell, Scotland's Cabinet secretary
for education and lifelong learning, and former minister for the environment.
- Added John
Muir's Legacy Lives On - by The Scottish Government, News Release,
April 9, 2010. Michael Russell is quoted about Muir's inspiration to
combat climate change today, and the Sierra Club stated: "The
Sierra Club is honored to share John Muir's legacy with the John Muir
Trust and the Scottish Government. Together, we can face the greatest
global challenge of our generation. Together, we can bend the arc of
history and beat climate change." - Carl Pope (April 9, 2010).
2010 February 6
available on Songs About John
Muir and Annotated
Bibliography, Music :
- Added Jonathon Sprout's song Come
Back Home celebrating John Muir, from his album, American Heroes #3.
2010 January 3
available on
Bibliographic Resources , Film
and Video:
available on Bibliographic
Resources , Historical
and Literary Analyses:
available on Current Events :
- Added announcement about April, 2010 - John Muir: Naturalist and
Scientist Symposium at University of the Pacific.
2009 December 26
available on
The Life and Contributions of John Muir
:
- Added Thank You John Muir -
poem by M.P. Khan
- Added link to John
Muir and the Sierra Nevada – Creating an Icon of Conservation By
Carl Zichella, Regional Director, Sierra Club.
In this essay, Carl Zichella reflects on how the commanding words of John Muir
and the monumental imagery of the Sierra Nevada changed his perspective and his
life. Zichella also examines the ongoing significance of these dual icons—Muir
and the Sierra Nevada—on our national and international perception of environmental
protection and respect for wilderness.
2009 December 5
available on Letters by John Muir:
- Added John
Muir Correspondence - Holt-Atherton Special Collections - Digital
Collections (off-site link) - Part of the official John Muir Papers,
this collection consists of the correspondence of John Muir from 1856-1914.
The correspondence forms part of the John Muir Papers microfilm set
that filmed letters located at over 35 institutions. The digital collection
is full-text searchable, and includes both images of each page and
a typed transcription. Muir correspondence acquired after the microfilm
was created in 1986 is not currently included in this digital collection,
although it may be added at a later date.
2009 November 9
available on Live Presenters Portraying
John Muir
2009 October 19
available on Bonnie Johanna Gisel - Living
People Influenced by John Muir and Audio,
John Muir Bibliography and , Nature's
Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy.
2009 October 2
available on Geography of John Muir, Retracing
John Muir's Famous Walks
- Added Alex McInturff
- California Transect - (2009) (off-site link)
In 1868, when John Muir first arrived in San
Francisco, he almost immediately crossed the Bay to Oakland and began
walking to Yosemite. On April 6, 2009, Stanford University grad student
Alex McInturff set off to retrace Muir's path across California.
Alex is a master's student in the Earth Systems Program in the School
of
2009 September 20
available on Current Events, Tributes
to John Muir, and Life and Contributions
of John Muir:
- Added John Muir - A Great Scot - Nomination
of John Muir for Scotland TV contest for "Greatest Scot." - from
Friends of John Muir's Birthplace (with comments by John Muir Exhibit webmaster)
2009 September 19
available on John Muir California Quarter:
2009 August 22
available on Current Events and Chronology
of the Life and Contributions of John Muir:
- Added
link to - US
Muir coin designer in Dunbar
An American [Garrett Burke] who designed a 25 cent coin in memory
of Dunbar-born conservationist John Muir has said that East Lothian "looks
a million dollars". (offsite link - East
Lothian Courier, July 30, 2009)
Includes a photo of a sand-sculpture of his quarter dollar design on
the East Beach at Dunbar, as part of the John Muir Birthplace annual
sand castle modeling competition. Note: this article incorrectly
states that Burke helped create the sand sculpture above, but everyone
involves affirms the sand sculpture was solely the creation of Jo Moulin
and Duncan Smeed.
- Added links to:
- Added items for 2009 to Chronology of the Life and Contributions of John
Muir
2009 July 17
available on Current Events, Tributes,
and on Places and Schools Named
After John Muir
available on What's New:
available
on John Muir Lesson Plans -
Science Lesson Plan:
Grades 9 - 12: Forest
Management
- Added links and embedded video for "Sequoia -- Ancient Race of
Giants "on YouTube: Part
1 | Part
2
2009 June 12
available on Book
Press Releases, and Bibliographic
Resources, Annotated
Bibliography, Children's
Books
2009 May 10
available on Book
Press Releases, Nature’s
Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy:
- Added John
Muir's botanical pursuits brought to life:
Nature's Beloved Son' examines the conservationist's fascination with plants
and features stunning images of the specimens he collected by Bettijane Levine Los
Angeles Times (February 28, 2009)
2009 April 24
available on Songs About John
Muir and Annotated
Bibliography, Music :
- Added Doron Diamond's song John
Muir, a rock-pop instrumental on Diamond's album Silo.
2009 April 19
2009 April 17
available on Current Events, Tributes, and on Places
and Schools Named After John Muir
available on The Life and Contributions
of John Muir, and
- Added In
the (Low Carbon) Footsteps of John Muir by Greg Haegele, Sierra Club
on Treehugger.com (April
18, 2008) - "Muir was a visionary who worked hard to protect land
even when there was plenty of open space around. Sometimes he was a lonely
voice, because not everyone around him understood or supported the need
to conserve magnificent places for future generations to explore and enjoy.
Kind of like being a global-warming activist in places that still deny
it's happening. Muir persevered, and we're all better off for it."
2009 April 14
available on Home Page
- Added a "Share " button allowing people to share this site via email,
by print, or on Facebook, Myspace, and other social networking websites:
2009 April 3
available on Nature’s
Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy,
and Sound and Music About John Muir
- Added link to John
Muir's Botanical Travels - Radio Interview of Bonnie Gisel and Dean
Taylor by Tom Ashbrok, On Point Radio (Boston NPR affiliate wbur.og)
available on Home page:
2009 March 20
available on Live Presenters Portraying
John Muir - Lee
Stetson, and Sound and Music About
John Muir
2009 February 13
available on John Muir National Historic Site
2009 January 17
available on Songs about
John Muir :
2009 January 15
available on
Songs about John Muir
:
2009 January 12
available on Writings of John Muir, Bibliographic Resources,
2009 January 10
available on Bibliographic
Resources, Book
Reviews:
- Added a book review for A Passion for Nature: The Life of John
Muir by Donald Worster: Reviewed
by Mark Cocker, titled "Mountain Man" The Guardian (January
10, 2009) (off-site link)