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Yosemite Nature Notes 27 (1948)

Yosemite Valley Upper Hotel in 1859 shortly after it opened; photograph by Charles L. Weed. This historic hotel was demolished in 1941 by the the National Park Service because it wasn’t natural. From “The History of Business Concessions in Yosemite National Park” by Homer W. Robinson (June)

François E. Matthes 1874-1948 (photograph by Ernest A. Bachrach) Honored and retires (February issue). Dies (July issue)

• YNN 27(1) (January 1948)
  • “A Guide to the Mother Lode Country,” 27(1) by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 27(2) (February 1948) [PDF]
  • People on snow-plowed road, 27(2):cover photo
  • “A Geographer Looks at the Yosemite” [geological processes], 27(2):51-52 by Millicent Todd Bingham
  • “A Lively Visitor at the Mountain House” [Sierra Nevada pine marten, Martes caurina sierrae], 27(2):53-54 by Margaret Malby
  • “Francois E. Matthes Honored—Retires,” 27(2):54-55,57 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “Carl P. Russell Becomes New Superintendent,” 27(2):56-58 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “Christmas Bird Count,” 27(2):58 by Bona May McHenry
• YNN 27(3) (March 1948) [PDF]
  • Mirror Lake, 27(3):cover photo
  • “A Coyote and Wildcat Episode,” 27(3):59 by Homer H. Crider
  • “The Ice Core of the Koip Glacier Moraine,” 27(3):60-64 by Carl W. Sharsmith
  • “Donation Received for New Cover Pictures” [for new design for YNN cover to accommodate donation of photographs by Ansel Adams on the cover], 27(3):64 by Harry C. Parker
  • “The Yosemite Natural History Association, Inc. a Report for the Calendar Year 1947,” 27(3):65 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “Book Review” [Roderick Peattle, ed., The Sierra Nevada: the Range of Light], reviewed by Bona May McHenry
• YNN 27(4) (April 1948) [PDF]
  • “Golden Eagle and Sparrow Hawk in Aerial Contest,” 27(4):cover drawing by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Lucy Telles, Basket Maker” [Lucy Tom Parker Telles], 27(4):67-69 by George Ross
  • “A New Park Resident” [golden beaver, Castor canadensis subauratus], 27(4):69-74 by Robert N. McIntyre
  • “Photography in Science” [American Association for the Advancement of Science photography contest in the Natural History Building in Washington, D.C.], 27(4):74 by Donald Edward McHenry
• YNN 27(5) (May 1948) [PDF]
  • “Western Robin,” 27(5):cover drawing
  • “A Re-examination of the Ice Cave of Dana Glacier,” 27(5):75-76 by Allen Waldo
  • “Fish Planting—Fingerlings or Legal Fish in National Parks,” 27(5):76-81 by Duane Jacobs
  • “A Prefabricated House” [unusual growths on trees (mistletoe, galls, and burls)], 27(5):81-82 by Daniel Brant
  • “Rare Birds” [ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis, and blue grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea], 27(5):82 by Harry C. Parker
  • “Nature Notelet” [Sierra Nevada ground squirrel], 27(5):82 by Ralph H. Anderson
• YNN 27(6) (June 1948) [PDF]
  • “The Upper Hotel: Copy of First Photograph Made in Yosemite” [actually the second photograph taken, in 1859], 27(6):cover photo by Charles L. Weed
  • “The History of Business Concessions in Yosemite 27(6):83-90 by Homer W. Robinson
• YNN 27(7) (July 1948) [PDF]
  • “‘Matthes’ Crest,” 27(7):cover photograph
  • “The Chipmunks of the Yosemite Region,” 27(7):92-97 by Martin R. Brittan
  • “Francois Emile Matthes” [1874-1948], 27(7):97-98 by Donald Edward McHenry
• YNN 27(8) (August 1948) [PDF]
  • “Tuolumne Meadows: Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River,” 27(8):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Beauty is Not a Static Thing” [poem], 27(8):99 by Sam Houston
  • “Exotic Plants in Yosemite Valley,” 27(8):100-101 by Richard G. Lillard
  • “The Yosemite School of Field Natural History” [resumes after World War II], 27(8):102-103
  • “An Interview with Mrs. Gertrude Hutchings Mills,” [Cosie Hutchings], 27(8):103-104 by Andrew Bennett
  • “Lasting Friendship” [Sierra grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus sierrae], 27(8):104 by David L. Jennings
  • “Geologic Find on Sunnyside Bench” [red metamorphic rock outcrop], 27(8):105 by Sam Houston and Marge Herkenham
  • “Nature Notelet” [band-tailed pigeon, Columba f. fasciata], 27(8):105 by Gary Sandy
  • “April Showers and No Flowers,” 27(8):106 by Robert C. Zink
  • “Obsidian Quality” [Casa Diablo opaque obsidian found], 27(8):106 by S. M. Pattee
• YNN 27(9) (September 1948) [PDF]
  • “Big Tree Lodge—Mariposa Grove, 27(9):cover drawing by Feyling
  • “Golden Eagle Attacks Young Deer,” 27(9):107-109 by Mary Montgomery Clawson
  • “Surveying the Tioga Road” [in 1882], 27(9):109-112 by John V. Ferretti
  • “Camp Visitors in the Night,” 27(9):113-114 by Robert N. McIntyre
  • “Snake Climbs Stairs” [at Henness Ridge fire lookout], 27(9):114 by G. R.
  • “More about the First Post Office” [from National Archives], 27(9):114 by Emil Ernst
• YNN 27(10) (October 1948) [PDF]
  • Merced Lake, 27(10):cover drawing by Herbert Maier
  • “A Crystal Grotto on Conness Glacier,” 27(10):115 by Allen Waldo
  • “The Klamath Weed” [Hypericum perforatum], 27(10):116-117 by Emil Ernst
  • “A July Hike to Ostrander Lake,” 27(10):117-120 by John F. Nolan
  • “A Misplaced Bat” [California bat, Myotis c. californicus], 27(10):120 by Orthello L. Wallis
  • “Yosemite’s Past: Random News Notes of Yosemite’s Yesterdays” [Paiute Indians present for large acorn crop], 27(10):121 by Emil F. Ernst
  • “Bird Banding Resumed” [after World War II], 27(10):121-122 by Bona May McHenry
  • “McIntyre Fills Vacancy Left by Robinson’s Promotion” [Robert N. McIntyre], 27(10):122
• YNN 27(11) (November 1948) [PDF]
  • North Dome, 27(11):cover sketch by Thomas Moran (1872)
  • “Transitory Hour in Yosemite” [poem], 27(11):123 by May Dean Ends
  • “‘Mother’ Curry, Pioneer, Passes On” [Mrs. D. A. “Jennie’ Curry], 27(11):124 by Hilmer Oehlmann
  • “Some Yosemite Postal Firsts,” 27(11):124-125 by Emil F. Ernst
  • “The Mirror Lake Delta,” 27(11):125-126 by Harry B. Robinson
  • “Is a Whitebark Pine One Tree or Many?” [Pinus albicaulis], 27(11):127-128 by Richard G. Lillard
  • “Fawns Escape Eagle’s Attack,” 27(11):129-130 by Richard H. Boyer
  • “Book Review” [Josef Muench Along Yosemite Trails], 27(11):130 by Harry C. Parker
• YNN 27(12) (December 1948) [PDF]
  • Tenaya Lake, 27(12):cover photo
  • “The Native Fish Fauna of Yosemite National Park and Its Preservation,” by Carl L. Hubbs and Orthello L. Wallis 27(12):131-144

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 27 (1948) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1948). 24 cm. Ill. LCCN 54040211. Library of Congress call number QH1.Y6. U. S. Government Document Call Number: I 29.119

Digitized by Dan Anderson, July 2007, from a copy at Young Research Library (UCLA).
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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