Spring 2019 Newsletter

Posted on April 20, 2019 by fojmb

The articles in the Spring 2019 issue of the Friends’ newsletter include:

  • Current Birthplace Exhibition: John Muir, Writer
  • John Muir First Editions On Permanent Display
  • Celebration of John Muir’s Birthday; the John Muir, Writer Exhibition; and the Permanent Display of the John Muir First Editions
  • John Muir Way Concordat Signing in Dunbar
  • Dunbar Community Woodland Group: Celebrating John Muir’s Birthday
  • John Muir Day Celebrations 20-28 April 2019
  • John Muir’s Birthplace – News
  • Stop Press: Robert Burcher’s Visit to Dunbar
  • Muir News: University of the Pacific celebrates Muir-Hanna family’s gift of John Muir Papers
  • Membership News
  • Early Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

For the complete contents of this newsletter please see FoJMB Newsletter #44, Spring 2019

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Winter 2018 Newsletter

Posted on February 22, 2019 by fojmb

The articles in the Winter 2018 issue of the Friends’ newsletter include:

  • Annual General Meeting – Convener’s Report
  • Dunbar Grammar School Visit to California 2018
  • Friends’ Next Birthplace Exhibition
  • Great granddaughter and great great granddaughter to visit Dunbar
  • John Muir Keyrings
  • Exhibition: Silva
  • John Muir’s Birthplace – News
  • Muir News: In the Footsteps of John Muir
  • Muir News: A Different Type of Nature
  • John Muir Day Celebrations 20-28 April 2019
  • Year of Green Action
  • Membership News

For the complete contents of this newsletter please see FoJMB Newsletter #43, Winter 2018

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Annual General Meeting

Posted on November 8, 2018 by fojmb

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 28thNovember 2018 at 6:45pm for 7:00pm

Council Chambers, Dunbar Town House, High Street, Dunbar

Agenda

 (i) Report of year’s activities

(ii) Filling any vacancies on Council[1]

(iii) Other competent business

Non-members will be warmly welcomed and after the AGM business – at 7:30pm in the Community Room – Staff and Students from Dunbar Grammar School will give an illustrated talk about their adventures on: 

The Dunbar Grammar School Visit to California 2018

[1]Nominations for Council accompanied with the nominee’s agreement in writing and items for consideration under other competent business should be lodged with the Secretary, c/o John Muir’s Birthplace Museum, 126 High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1JJ by Friday 23rdNovember 2018.

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Autumn 2018 Newsletter

Posted on November 8, 2018 by fojmb

The articles in the Autumn 2018 issue of the Friends Newsletter include:

  • Notice of Annual General Meeting
  • Inspired by Muir
  • Dunbar Grammar School Visit to California 2018: Trip Report
  • Dunbar Grammar School Visit to California 2018: Trip Report by Heather Cameron
  • John Muir – Writer?
  • Grant Awarded for the ‘John Muir – Writer’ Project
  • A Long Life Lived to the Full
  • Inspired to Spiritual Saunters
  • Visitors to the Birthplace (and visitor reviews)
  • John Muir’s Birthplace – News
  • Day Conference: John Muir: Spirituality, Politics and Psychology
  • The Unruly Mystic: John Muir
  • Muir Wilderness-Discovery eBooks
  • Dunbar In Pictures Photo Competition
  • Membership News

For the complete contents of this newsletter please see FoJMB Newsletter #42, Autumn 2018

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Summer 2018 Newsletter

Posted on August 30, 2018 by fojmb

The articles in the Summer 2018 issue of the Friends Newsletter include:

  • Obituary: Dan Cairney
  • Community Council Award for Jim Thompson
  • Friends’ Birthplace Exhibition: William Keith and John Muir: Kindred Souls
  • An Ingenious Whittler: John Muir the Inventor
  • Visitors to the Birthplace (and visitor comments)
  • Dunbar Grammar School Visit to California: Presentation of Wee Books
  • John Muir’s Birthplace – News
  • Muir-Themed Sculpture Commission For The New East Lothian Community Hospital
  • Day Conference: John Muir: Spirituality, Politics and Psychology
  • Dunbar Conservation Volunteers: Robin’s Walk
  • JMB and USA Links
  • Membership News

For the complete contents of this newsletter please see FoJMB Newsletter #41, Summer 2018

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Spring 2018 Newsletter

Posted on April 18, 2018 by fojmb

The articles in the Spring 2018 issue of the Friends Newsletter include:

  • Jim Thompson, President of Friends, Retires
  • A Visit to Dunbar in 2009
  • Friends’ Current Birthplace Exhibition: William Keith and John Muir: Kindred Souls
  • Friends’ Photo Sharing Evening
  • John Muir Trust Celebrates John Muir Award 21st Birthday
  • Celebrate John Muir Day 2018
  • Celebrate John Muir Day the John Muir Way
  • Tern Fence – John Muir County Park
  • John Muir’s Birthplace – News
  • Membership News

For the complete contents of this newsletter please see FoJMB Newsletter #40, Spring 2018.

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Winter 2017 Newsletter

Posted on February 13, 2018 by fojmb

The articles in the Winter 2017 issue of the Friends Newsletter include:

  • Annual General Meeting – Convener’s Report
  • Peering into the Abyss of Time: Siccar Point
  • Inspired by Muir
  • Oldest Visitor Views Muir Link
  • Friends’ Next Birthplace Exhibition
  • 21 Years Ago: National Launch of John Muir Award Scheme
  • John Muir Award – 21 Years On
  • John Muir Award – Turning 21 Exhibition
  • John Muir Country Park
  • John Muir’s Birthplace – News
  • Membership News

For the complete contents of this newsletter please see FoJMB Newsletter #39, Winter 2017 or go to the next page for a link to the Scribd version.

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Annual General Meeting

Posted on November 10, 2017 by fojmb

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 28th November 2017 at 6:45pm for 7:00pm

Council Chambers, Dunbar Town House, High Street, Dunbar

 Agenda

(i) Report of year’s activities

(ii) Filling any vacancies on Council[1]

(iii) Other competent business

 Non-members will be warmly welcomed and after the AGM business – at 7:30pm in the Community Room – Craig Pritchett will give an illustrated talk on Hutton and Siccar Point entitled

Peering into the Abyss of Time: Siccar Point

Craig’s talk will give his purely personal ‘take’ on what is undoubtedly a local wonder and well worth a visit, especially if you can manage that slightly awkward descent and confront the extraordinary rock formations head on and close-up, as Hutton did, in 1788, when he and his two companions got off their boat at Siccar Point. Craig will also explain the Unconformity’s main contours and its significance in lay-terms and to convey Hutton’s claim (made by others) to be the Father of Modern Geology, which is undoubtedly strong. Photographs that Craig and his daughter took on a recent descent to Siccar Point will provide a dramatic backdrop to this illustrated talk.

[1] Nominations for Council accompanied with the nominee’s agreement in writing and items for consideration under other competent business should be lodged with the Secretary, c/o John Muir’s Birthplace Museum, 126 High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1JJ by Friday 24th November 2017.

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Autumn 2017 Newsletter

Posted on November 10, 2017 by fojmb

The articles in the Autumn 2017 issue of the Friends Newsletter include:

  • Notice of Annual General Meeting
  • The Wonders of Geology
  • John Muir and William Keith: Kindred Souls – a Friends’ Exhibition
  • How the Keith-Muir friendship started and grew
  • Sherida Bush leaves JMA Board
  • John Muir’s Birthplace – News
  • Membership News

For the complete contents of this newsletter please see FoJMB Newsletter #38, Autumn 2017 or go to the next page for the link to the Scribd version.

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John Muir and Geology Exhibition

Posted on September 10, 2017 by fojmb

The second Friends’ exhibition of 2017, ‘John Muir & Geology’, runs in the Birthplace from July 30th until October 5th and explores John Muir’s passion for geology and the role this played in his own adventures and discoveries.

In addition to the 8 exhibition panels and the display case contents, Ross Combe has also commissioned a 3D print of Yosemite Valley which illustrates the glacial action of its formation. Ross has also installed interactive buttons below each panel that, when pressed, give additional audio commentary.

 

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