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tourists of the Valley, this year the Lodge was used as the headquarters 

 in the Yosemite Valley for the Sierra Club's Camp in the Tuolumne 

 Meadows. Visitors to this camp could secure information at the Lodge 

 concerning it and leave their baggage there. 



The sale of maps amounted to $16.50 



The sale of Bulletins amounted to 2.50 



Total $19.00 



Bayard Buckham, Custodian, 

 Marion Randall Parsons, Chairman, 

 J. N. Le Conte, 

 R. M. Price, 

 Committee 



report on parsons memorial lodge 



During the 1914 outing in the Yosemite National Park the suggestion 

 was made that there should be some sort of enduring memorial to the 

 late Edward Taylor Parsons, whose untimely death had so recently de- 

 prived the Club of the companionship and services of one of its most 

 loyal members. Towards the close of the outing the suggestion took 

 definite shape, when Mr. Russ Avery proposed at a camp-fire in Hetch 

 Hetchy that a memorial lodge be built on the property in Tuolumne 

 Meadows controlled by the Club. This location seemed particularly ap- 

 propriate to those who knew of Mr. Parsons' enthusiasm for that partic- 

 ular spot and his interest in having it brought within the control of the 

 Sierra Club. The proposition was universally approved, and during the 

 next few months steps were taken to raise the necessary funds and to 

 prepare for the construction of the building. Mr. Mark White rendered 

 invaluable assistance in designing the lodge and personally supervising 

 during the early part of its construction, and Mr. Walter L, Huber made 

 plans covering the structural engineering. As soon as the trails were 

 open in the summer of 1915 the materials were sent forward, and early 

 in July the work of grading and construction was begun. 



As far as possible the material was obtained from the immediate 

 neighborhood. An abundance of just the right kind of rock for the walls 

 was found close at hand, and logs for the roof and supports had to be 

 hauled but a short distance. The hardware and cement, however, had to 

 be packed in on animals by way of Yosemite, and the galvanized iron 

 for the roof was brought in by motor truck after the opening of the 

 Tioga Road. This roofing will later be covered with some better appear- 

 ing material. A very substantial form of construction was sought in or- 

 der to render it proof against the severities of winter. The walls are of 

 rough granite, bound by a core of cement mortar. They are nearly three 

 feet thick at the base, tapering to two feet at the top. The roof is of 



