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Using the collections of the American Museum of Natural History Library as a springboard, the purpose of this site is three-fold: to serve as an online resource for Burroughs scholars and students by bringing together biographical and critical information about John Burroughs; to provide information about the John Burroughs Association and its activities; and to highlight the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, which contains a permanent exhibit dedicated to Burroughs, and its Library, which is a repository of several collections of photographs and early film.
Using film to view a documentary of a trip John Burroughs took with railroad tycoon E.H.Harriman who decided to take a little vacation--one of the most ambitious American expeditions ever. Harriman invited 25 scientists, writers and artists--including John Muir, John Burroughs, George Bird Grinnell, L.A.Fuertes, and Edward Curtis--to join him on a 9000 mile exploration of the coast of Alaska. In the summer of 2001, a Smith College expedition, carrying a similar group of scientists, writers and artists, retraced Harriman's route, exploring some of the issues Harriman faced, and some he couldn't even imagine. The film chronicling these two expeditions presents a unique look at a century of change in Alaska. (Bullfrog Films, (610) 779-8226).
Spring Slabsides Day
Saturday, May 17, 2008
12:00 noon
Semi-annual open house of "Slabsides," John Burroughs's rustic cabin in West Park, New York.
Featured speaker:
Robert Titus, Professor of Geology at Hartwick College
"John Burroughs's Pursuit of Education"
Activities:
Cabin tours, the first JB nature sanctuary bird count and natural history walks led by Lin Fagan, President of the John Burroughs Natural History Society and Selden Spencer, JBA board member. will follow the presentation.
Self-guided trail walks and Pond House viewing of "John Burroughs: A Naturalist in the Industrial Age" DVD by Dr. Lynn Spangler, SUNY, New Paltz and refreshments.
Meet in front of the National Historic Landmark cabin.
Click here for more details.
Directions: West on Floyd Ackert Road from State Route 9W in West Park, NY (south of Kingston, NY). From Thruway Exit 18 (New Paltz), go east on 299 to the intersection with 9W, then north on 9W to West Park and Floyd Ackert Road. 1 mile up Floyd Ackert Road, turn left on Burroughs Drive and proceed uphill to parking (look for signs) and the short walk through the woods to Slabsides. Click here for a Map.
For further information: (845) 473-4208
sponsored by the John Burroughs Association
Use this opportunity to discover the wildlife of the woods of John Burroughs and to make a contribution to the Slabsides restoration campaign.
Restoration Update:
JBA adds Wake Robin Archive
to their web site!
To visit the new Wake-Robin Archive, click on the "Wake-Robin Newsletter" button in the column on the left of this page.
Recent Events:
April 5, 2007
Re-dedication ceremony of Burroughs Hall
Ulster County Community College
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, SUNY Ulster President Donald Katt, Joan Burroughs, a direct descendant of John Burroughs and Gloria Lipton, retired Kingston school teacher and member of the John Burroughs Association will rededicate John Burroughs Hall on the SUNY Ulster Campus in Stone Ridge.
John Burroughs Schools in America
John Burroughs School, St. Louis, Missouri
http://www.jburroughs.org/
John Burroughs Reporter
http://www.jburroughs.org/news/reporter.html
Links:
Klyne Esopus Museum
http://www.klyneesopusmuseum.org/
Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club
http://www.watermanbirdclub.org/
Alan Devoe Bird Club
http://www.alandevoebirdclub.org/
John Burroughs Natural History Society
http://www.jbnhs.org/
Recent Publications and Interviews:
WAMC Northest Public Radio
airs John Burroughs program by Susan Barnett,
Click Here to listen!
John Burroughs and the Place of Nature
by James Perrin Warren ~ from the University of Georgia Press
Jeff Walker interview by Tom Hill of WVKR (91.3FM) about John Burroughs and his book “Signs & Seasons” edited and with critical commentary by Jeff Walker. Go to the web site of the show aired on October 31 to hear interview at http://library-cafe.org
JBA announces 2008 Awards:Read the press releases.
JBA Web sections!Please visit the new additions to the JBA website:
Nature Essays
JBA Shop
Links to these sections have been added to the Navigation buttons at on the left of every page.
Events and Notices:
National Environmental Education Week 2008
http://www.eeweek.org
Sharp Eyes V / An ASLE Affiliated Conference
John Burroughs:
Nature Writing and Nineteenth-Century Science
June 15-19, 2008
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
This gathering will be the fifth in the John Burroughs Nature Writing Conference and Seminar Series. For the 2008 conference, we will consider the effects on literature of some of the scientific revolutions of the nineteenth-century, such as biological evolution, the magnitude of geologic time and consequent interpretations about the history of the earth, and the emerging sense of the environmental limitations of the planet.
Click here for more details
Fifth Environmental Writers' Conference in honor of Rachel Carson
The Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine,
June 10-13, 2008
For further details about the 2008 Conference and for a description of the Call for Submissions, please visit the event website at http://www.new-cue.org, or contact info @ new-cue.org. (additional description)
Ulster County Community College Course
The Life & Writings of John Burroughs
In this course you will explore the life and writings of local nature writer John Burroughs
This course will be offered at the SUNY Stone Ridge Campus in April 2008
Click here for more details.
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