A virtual talk with Mike Wurtz, author of the book John Muir’s Grand Yosemite: Musings and Sketches. No registration is required. Access this Zoom link to view the live program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83939034016.

Nineteenth-century naturalist John Muir made hundreds of drawings of Yosemite between 1869 and his death in 1914. Mike Wurtz, curator of the Muir collections at the University of the Pacific, will present a collection of Muir’s drawings and stories.  He’ll also share his own stories of finding Muir’s drawing sites in Yosemite.

Head of the University of the Pacific Holt-Atherton Special Collections and Archives, Wurtz oversees the use and preservation of the historical archives of nearly 500 collections such as the John Muir Papers, the George Moscone Collection, and Japanese American Internment during WWII collections. He holds master’s degrees in History and Library Science.