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2008 June 27

available on Annotated John Muir Bibliography, Periodicals:

Added entry for: Perrottet, Tony, John Muir's Yosemite: The father of the conservation movement found his calling on a visit to the California wilderness. Smithsonian, July 2008.
Evocative article describing Muir's special involvement in Yosemite, with many quotes from Muir experts like Bonnie Gisel, curator of the Sierra Club's LeConte Memorial Lodge.

2008 May 3

available on Places and Schools Named After John Muir

Added entry for Glasgow, Scotland: John Muir Room and four stained-glass panels, created bys the artist John K Clark, including a glass quotation from Muir, was unveiled on April 29, 2008 at Oran Mor, a popular bar, restaurant and entertainment events venue located in a historic converted church in west Glasgow.

available on Sound and Music and Annoated Bibliography, Audio :

Added entries for Web radio interview of Harold Wood, the Chair of the Sierra Club John Muir Education Committee, a guest on SouthwestBlend.com's ‘Champagne Sundays’ Online Radio Show. This show was a special Eco & Environment show that aired live on April 6th, 2008. Click here to listen to the audio of the show (Shockwave Flash).

2008 April 20

available on Chronology of hte Life and Legacy of John Muir, 1838 - 2008

Added entry for Muir Woods National Monument 100th anniversary and updated earlier dates.
Added entry for new John Muir's Botany website by photographer Stephen Joseph and historian Bonnie Gisel.

available on Current Events, Chronology, John Muir Education Committee, and Harold Wood Bio:

Added entry for Harold Wood, the Chair of the Sierra Club John Muir Education Committee, being a featured guest on SouthwestBlend.com's ‘Champagne Sundays’ Online Radio Show. This show was a special Eco & Environment show that aired live on April 6th, 2008. Click here to listen to the audio of the show (Shockwave Flash).

2008 April 7

available on Arts, Pictures and Images, and Related Resources:

Added entry for John Muir's Botany - A photo gallery of close-ups of John Muir's botanical collections, previewing the forthcoming book Nature’s Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy by Bonnie Johanna Gisel with photographs by Stephen Joseph (Berkeley, Heyday Books) (to be released in fall of 2008).

available on Annotated John Muir Bibliography, History:

Added entry for Gisel, Gonnie Johanna, Nature’s Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy, (Berkeley, Heyday Books, forthcoming fall, 2008).
See a preview photo gallery of close-ups of John Muir's botanical collections from the book, at John Muir's Botany, photographs by Stephen Joseph.

2008 February 10

available on Current Events

Added entry for February 7, 2008 - Couple retrace John Muir's walk from San Francisco to Yosemite for third year in a Row. Peter and Donna Thomas are writing a guidebook that retraces the route famed naturalist John Muir took in the spring of 1868. Read story from Union Democrat.

2007 December 23

available on Pictures, Drawings, Sketches, and Decorative Arts of John Muir

Added links to University of the Pacific John Muir Drawings - extensive digital collections of Muir's sketches and drawings

2007 December 22

available on Pictures, Drawings, Sketches, and Decorative Arts of John Muir

Added John Muir Ornament on White House Christmas Tree, 2007

available on Live Presenters of John Muir:

Added entry for Doug Hulmes (AZ)

2007 December 5

available on John Muir 1964 Postage Stamps and Covers :

Added Wonders of America - Tallest Trees 2006 - John Muir 1964 Combination First Day Cover

2007 October 21

available on Annoted Bibliography, Children's Books:

Added entry for the 1996 book, American Environmental Heroes by Phyllis M. Stanley.

2007 September 30

available on Arts, Film & Video , Annoted Bibliography, Film and Video:

Added isting and annotation for the DVD Kings Canyon National Park: Gem of the Sierra, available from Sequoia Natural History Association.

2007 September 29

available on Life and Contributions of John Muir:

Added Letter to John Muir - To the Glory of Nature, John Muir, Eternity by Rex Burress

available on Educational Resources:

Added several off-site resources related to John Muir education:
- Synergia Learning Ventures - Hetch Hetchy Project
- Should Hetch Hetchy be Dammed? - Library of Congress Lesson Plan
- Designing the Wilderness: The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Grade 9-12 Lesson Plan from Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms, sponsored by the Newberry Library
- Should Roosevelt & Wilson Stopped Daming Hetch Hetchy? You decide!
  A "Biography of America" video series web feature

2007 August 26

available on Educational Resources:

Added Using John Muir to Promote Environmental Awareness by Barbara Mossberg

2007 August 18

available on Arts, Film & Video , Annoted Bibliography, Film and Video, and Current Events:

Added entry and press release for proposed film documentary, "John Muir in the New World."

2007 August 11

available on Living People Influenced by John Muir , People Important to John Muir:

Added Michael P. Branch, university professor and John Muir scholar, author, and editor.

2007 August 5

available on Life and Contributions of John Muir:

Added John Muir by Ernest Ingersoll (The Mentor, June 5, 1919).

2007 July 15

available on Pictures and Images, John Muir Photographs, and John Muir Pictures from Colby Library Collection

Added entry for University of the Pacific Library John Muir Photographs - extensive digital collection representing all of the photographs of John Muir from the John Muir Papers and related collections.

2007 July 8

available on Living People Influenced by John Muir :

Added entry for Will Collin of Dunbar, Scotland.

available on Places and Schools Named After John Muir :

Added entry for Sacramento: John Muir Charter School - provides high school services to over 35 California Conservation Corps, Local Conservation Corps, YouthBuild, and Job Corps sites around the state of California.

2007 May 22

available on Living People Influenced by John Muir

Added entry for Robert Righter, university professor, historian, and author.

2007 May 16

available on Life and Contributions of John Muir

Added links to Triumph For Man and Nature: The American Wilderness and John Muir: Part 1 | Part 2
by Shane Mahoney, in Bugle: The Journal of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
(Vol. 22:3 May/June 2005 & Vol. 22:6 Nov/Dec. 2005 [Off-site links]

2007 May 15

available on Life and Contributions of John Muir

Added link to Alaska Days with John Muir by S. Hall Young (1915) - available in various digital formats from archive.org
Added link to Anywhere that's wild: It's spring in Yosemite and I can hear John Muir calling me -- time to head for the mountains by Gary Kamiya - Salon.com May 15, 2007 (off-site link)

2007 April 23

available on Songs Inspired by John Muir, and Bibliographic Resources, Music:

Added listing for Andrew Norman's 22-minute orchestral opus, "River of Mercy," composed by Andrew Norman.

2007 April 17

available on Home Page and Places Important to John Muir, and A Geography of John Muir :

Added link to new feature, Explore John Muir's life in Google Earth

2007 April 15

available on Historical and Literary Analyses , John Muir Bibliography.:

Added listing for A Wanderer All My Days: John Muir in New England by J. Parker Huber

available on Book Jacket Summaries

Added A Wanderer All My Days: John Muir in New England by J. Parker Huber

2007 February 17

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)
Updated 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)
Updated 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)

2007 February 10

available on Places and Schools Named After John Muir :

Added John Muir Tree in Yosemite, Photo by Andy Skinner with explanatory text.

available on People Around the USA Inspired by John Muir

Added entries for Mark Weber & Louis Chris Cashiola

2007 January 23

available on People Around the USA Inspired by John Muir

Added entries for Mark Miller, Steven Koehler, and Andy Bratz

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