John Muir: Family and Friends Conference
John Muir: Family and Friends 2001
was the fifth conference on John Muir sponsored by the University of the Pacific. It was held May 4-6, 2001, at the Feather River Inn in the Sierra Nevada mountains north of Lake Tahoe. The Conference was organized and implemented by Bonnie Gisel, for the John Muir Center for Regional Studies, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211, (209) 946-2527, johnmuir@uop.edu
Since the University did not provide an archive of the symposium, we have archived some of the conference materials here.
On May 4-6, 2001 University of the Pacific sponsored its fifth conference on John Muir, held at UOP’s Feather River Inn north of Lake Tahoe, California in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The theme of the conference, the 53rd California History Institute, was John Muir: Family and Friends. Topics included:
- Muir and family in Martinez and Southern California;
- Muir’s wilderness family and friends;
- Muir and the fellowship of all believers;
- Muir and Women;
- Muir and the community of nature and science; and
- Muir’s friends and acquaintances.
Learn more about the Conference:
2001 John Muir Conference Program – Family and Friends (PDF)
(Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.)No less than three new books about John Muir were announced at the conference:
- John Muir’s Last Journey – South to the Amazon and East to Africa: Unpublished Journals and Selected Correspondence, by John Muir, edited by Michael P. Branch
- Kindred and Related Spirits: The Letters of John Muir and Jeanne C. Carr by Bonnie Gisel
- Meditations from John Muir: Nature’s Temple by Chris Highland
The University of the Pacific sponsors regular conferences and symposia about John Muir every few years.
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The most recent conference as the 2018 John Muir Symposium – “The Practical John Muir ” – was held on March 23-24, 2018
The John Muir Center promotes the study of John Muir and environmentalism at the University of the Pacific and beyond. The Center sponsors a regular symposium on John Muir which has published the best of Muir scholarship over the years, as well as a regular newsletter, special publications, and courses and internships.
The Center was established in 1989 with the following objectives:
- To foster a closer academic relationship between Pacific and the larger community of scholars, students and citizens interested in regional and environmental studies.
- To provide greater opportunities for research and publication by Pacific faculty and students.
- To offer opportunities for out-of-classroom learning experiences.
- To promote multi-disciplinary curricular development.