OT Muir journal collection digitized

For those of you who enjoy such things:

The library of the University of the Pacific has some fantastic
digitized items from their special collections. In particular, I'd
like to point out their large collection of John Muir's journals and
sketches and photographs of Muir. Having looked through a small
portion of what they have made available, there is some fascinating
stuff. I looked through his notes from his stay in the Toulomne
meadows area of Yosemite, page after page of his notes and sketches.

In addition, they have a collection of Dave Brubeck items (oral
histories and photographs) and a very interesting collection of
primary materials relating to the WWII era Japanese-American
internment camps.

So if you are so inclined and have some time to spare, here is the
link.

http://library.pacific.edu/ha/digital/index.asp

Cheers,
Bill

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For those of you who enjoy such things:

The library of the University of the Pacific has some fantastic
digitized items from their special collections. In particular, I'd
like to point out their large collection of John Muir's journals and
sketches and photographs of Muir. Having looked through a small
portion of what they have made available, there is some fascinating
stuff. I looked through his notes from his stay in the Toulomne
meadows area of Yosemite, page after page of his notes and sketches.

In addition, they have a collection of Dave Brubeck items (oral
histories and photographs) and a very interesting collection of
primary materials relating to the WWII era Japanese-American
internment camps.

So if you are so inclined and have some time to spare, here is the
link.

http://library.pacific.edu/ha/digital/index.asp

Cheers,
Bill

Excellent, good stuff!
I was just looking over the Japanese-American interment camp collections.
Interesting letters and stories.
My Dad was put in Manzanar (CA) and my Mom was located to the Heart
Mountain (WY) relocation center during the war. They were teenagers at the
time so it was a lot of fun to them, but my grandparents too it pretty hard.

Big fan of Brubeck, I'll have to look over his section when I have more
time.

Also spent a lot of time in Yosemite and the Muir trails, sounds like an
interesting read of his journals.
-tom

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:01:38 -0800 (PST), wrote:

In addition, they have a collection of Dave Brubeck items (oral
histories and photographs)

Thanks for that, Bill. Very interesting. I've listened to two and
will find time to listen to the rest. A great man. A great composer
and musician.

Dave

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For those of you who enjoy such things:

The library of the University of the Pacific has some fantastic
digitized items from their special collections. In particular, I'd
like to point out their large collection of John Muir's journals and
sketches and photographs of Muir. Having looked through a small
portion of what they have made available, there is some fascinating
stuff. I looked through his notes from his stay in the Toulomne
meadows area of Yosemite, page after page of his notes and sketches.

In addition, they have a collection of Dave Brubeck items (oral
histories and photographs) and a very interesting collection of
primary materials relating to the WWII era Japanese-American
internment camps.

So if you are so inclined and have some time to spare, here is the
link.

http://library.pacific.edu/ha/digital/index.asp

Cool stuff, Bill. Thanks.

Wolfgang

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So if you are so inclined and have some time to spare, here is the
link.

http://library.pacific.edu/ha/digital/index.asp

Cheers,
Bill


UOP also has my kid as a student ... I consider THAT to be their high point
G

Tom Nakashima typed:
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For those of you who enjoy such things:

The library of the University of the Pacific has some fantastic
digitized items from their special collections. In particular, I'd
like to point out their large collection of John Muir's journals and
sketches and photographs of Muir. Having looked through a small
portion of what they have made available, there is some fascinating
stuff. I looked through his notes from his stay in the Toulomne
meadows area of Yosemite, page after page of his notes and sketches.

In addition, they have a collection of Dave Brubeck items (oral
histories and photographs) and a very interesting collection of
primary materials relating to the WWII era Japanese-American
internment camps.

So if you are so inclined and have some time to spare, here is the
link.

http://library.pacific.edu/ha/digital/index.asp

Cool, Bill - thanks.

Excellent, good stuff!
I was just looking over the Japanese-American interment camp
collections. Interesting letters and stories.
My Dad was put in Manzanar (CA) and my Mom was located to the Heart
Mountain (WY) relocation center during the war. They were teenagers
at the time so it was a lot of fun to them, but my grandparents too
it pretty hard.

I think Bill has seen this before, but I never made it public. My wife's
great uncle (Durham White Stevens) was an ambassador to Japan during the
Russo-Japanese War and ended up with some pretty incredible artifacts,
including these propaganda posters. Unfortunately, he was also later made
ambassador to Korea during the time that Japan was attempting to annex
Korea, and was assasinated in San Francisco by some Korean nationists who
felt he was still loyal to the Japanese.

http://css.sbcma.com/timj/Russo-Japanese-Posters/

.. . . and, no, I have no idea about what the messages state on the posters.
I also have no idea what any of this has to do with Bill or Tom's posts, but
this is where the train of thought took me.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
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I think Bill has seen this before, but I never made it public. My wife's
great uncle (Durham White Stevens) was an ambassador to Japan during the
Russo-Japanese War and ended up with some pretty incredible artifacts,
including these propaganda posters. Unfortunately, he was also later made
ambassador to Korea during the time that Japan was attempting to annex
Korea, and was assasinated in San Francisco by some Korean nationists who
felt he was still loyal to the Japanese.

http://css.sbcma.com/timj/Russo-Japanese-Posters/

. . . and, no, I have no idea about what the messages state on the
posters. I also have no idea what any of this has to do with Bill or Tom's
posts, but this is where the train of thought took me.
Tim


Quite an interesting story about the assassination of Durham White Stevens;
http://www.koreanamericanheritage.com/kna.htm
-tom

Tom Nakashima typed:
"Tim J." wrote in message
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I think Bill has seen this before, but I never made it public. My
wife's great uncle (Durham White Stevens) was an ambassador to Japan
during the Russo-Japanese War and ended up with some pretty
incredible artifacts, including these propaganda posters.
Unfortunately, he was also later made ambassador to Korea during the
time that Japan was attempting to annex Korea, and was assasinated
in San Francisco by some Korean nationists who felt he was still
loyal to the Japanese. http://css.sbcma.com/timj/Russo-Japanese-Posters/

. . . and, no, I have no idea about what the messages state on the
posters. I also have no idea what any of this has to do with Bill or
Tom's posts, but this is where the train of thought took me.
Tim


Quite an interesting story about the assassination of Durham White
Stevens; http://www.koreanamericanheritage.com/kna.htm

Yeah, I've read that version, which, of course, could be just slightly
slanted to the Korean POV. That said, it's about the only history on the man
I could find online. I guess I'll have to break down and go to ugh! *the
library*. Oh, well. That'll give me a good reason to visit Boston on one of
these cold winter days. I mean, how expensive could it be to park in Boston,
anyway . . . ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
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I guess I'll have to break down and go to ugh! *the library*.

Uh oh.

Wolfgang
well, so much for the warm and fuzzy mood that has hovered over this place
for so long.

"Tim J." wrote in message
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.. I guess I'll have to break down and go to ugh! *the
library*. Oh, well. That'll give me a good reason to visit Boston on one
of these cold winter days. I mean, how expensive could it be to park in
Boston, anyway . . . ;-)
Tim

Wear your hoddie and you could probably get library valet.
-tom