March 1999 Volume 3 Number 1 Sherlock Holmes

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Stix - Shaw Bolo Tie Comes to Minnesota very special acquisition occurred "Sterling, Hand Engraved Original by Ed in New York during the 1999 Morgan @1983" Contents annual Sherlock Holmes birthday weekend. Dorothy Stix, wife of The Shaw legacy lives on too, as Dorothy the late Tom Stix (who, as 'Wiggins' headed continues to buy more Sherlochan books. Stix - Shaw Bolo Tie the Baker Street Irregulars for eleven years), "I can't stop," said Dorothy. She also keeps presented Friends President Richard Sveum an eye on the papers for Sherlocluan refer- with a bolo tie that had belonged to her ences and trims them out. She said, in a 100 Years Ago husband, and had originally belonged to brief interview, that she's, "been doing it for n John Bennett Shaw. 25 years and just can't quit." More than once she would catch somethng that John After seeing a similar bolo tie belonging to had missed and he would compliment her 50 Years Ago their longtime friend, Saul Cohen, Dorothy on her "good eye." All of the new material 3 Shaw had an artist in Taos, New Mexico she is accumulating will, "eventually go to create one for John. After John's death, Minnesota," she said. From the President Dorothy was going through his desk and 4 found the bolo. She felt that John had We would lke to offer a heartfelt "thank you" intended to give it to Tom and so she did - to Dorothy Stix and the Stix family for pre- An Update from the with the understanding that upon his death senting d-us specd item to the Collections Collections it would join the rest of John's collection at and also to Dorothy Shaw for continuing to 4 the University of Minnesota. enhance John's magnificent collection. w Bruce Southworth Musings The Sherlocluan bolo tie features Holmes with a pipe. The clasp is sterling silver 2- 5 In inches high by 11314 in~he~wideshow- ing a right faced, head and shoulders, side Acquisitions profile portrait of Sherlock Holmes in 5 Invemess Cape and deerstalker. He is smohng a meerschaum pipe, which is held Using the Sherlock in his right hand. Smoke from the pipe Holmes Collections curls up and over the top of the deerstalker. There is a small cuff button done in a cop- 6 per-colored metal. The bowl of the pipe is of an inlaid light brown stone while the rim Supporting the Collections of the pipe of inlaid with a white material. 7 The woven leather tie is 38 inches long "' with 2 inch sterling tips at each end. Hand Remembrances engraved on the back of the clasp is 8 YEARS AGO

The Strand Magazine is best known to many for printing stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The March, 1899 issue is no exception as it con- tains Doyle's "The Story of B24", print- ed on pages 243-52. However, this was not the only place within that issue where one could find the name of Dr. Doyle. In December, 1978, the Philip S. Hench family donated Dr. Hench's collection of blue-bound, hard-cover Strand magazines to the Sherlock Holmes Collections. In Arthur Conan Doyle. Of his sketch In 1967, "The Gentlewomen of Evil; Volume 17, with the January through she wrote: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural June 1899 issues, page 338 marks the stories from the Pens of Victorian "Turning to the 'pig literary', he Ladies" was published. The last story beginning of a curious article entitled must be wanting in imagination "Pigs of Celebrities" by Gertrude in this anthology was "The Gorgon's indeed who fails to trace in Dr. Head by Gertrude Bacon. Drawing Bacon, featuring an original piece of Conan Doyle's spirited little sketch artwork by Doyle. upon Greek mythology, it is a tale of the resemblance to the immortal young Miss Baker, who, while on a "There is ever a fascination in collec- and lamented Sherlock Holmes. cruise near the Greek isle of Zante, tions, and ours is, perhaps, a more That pig is evidently 'on the scent' hears the skipper's story of encounter- essentially collecting age than any of some baffling mystery. Note the ing the reflection of Medusa. The tales other." She began her article with the quick and penetrating snout, the in "The Gentlewomen of Evil" were above sentence to describe the art of alert ears, thrown back in the act of selected and introduced by Peter collecting objects. . ."whose chief value listening, the nervous, sensitive tail, Haining, author of "The Sherlock would appear to lie in their strange and the expectant, eager attitude. Holmes Compendium" and "The character and utter uselessness." She The spirit of the great detective Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook. w noted that autographs had an advan- breathes in every line and animates tage over many other collectible sou- the whole." Julie McKuras venirs. Autographed photographs per- According to Geraldine Beare's "Index petuated the face as well as the signa- to the Strand Magazine", published by ture. Her article focused on collecting The Greenwood Press in 1982, this was drawings, which she felt embodied the the first of twelve articles Gertrude artist. Miss Bacon asked a number of Bacon wrote for the Strand. Her last "leading representatives of science, art, article for the magazine was published literature, society, etc." to draw a pig. in December, 1912, and was titled An easy task to draw a pig, but how "Pigs that Fly" Bacon was born in 1874 well would one complete this task and raised in a parsonage by her father, with eyes shut? This was the request of Rev. John Bacon. Rev. Bacon, 1846 the author. She felt that a man of -1904, was a pioneer aeronaut. In genius and strong personality would 1907, Miss Bacon's "The Record of an imprint his every work with his great- Aeronaut, being the Life of John ness. Her collection included drawings Mackenzie Bacon" was published, fol- of pigs by many notables of the day, lowed by the 1911 "How Men Fly". including Sir Henry Irving and Dr. Miss Bacon died in 1916.

2 Friends of the Sherlock Holrnes Collections Storybook Hero", his assessment of nation, and that a perfectly harmless Carr's biography ( in The Questfor Sir old professor was murdered at the Arthur Conan Doyle, Jon Lellenberg, , Reichenbach Falls. John Dickson Car? Editor), but also as shaping the biogra- And what has become of the personal phy into the picture of Conan Doyle papers that played such an important that both son and biographer wanted role in the writing of Carr's book? Jon to present to the public. But the validi- Lellenberg advises that Sir Arthur's ty of the statements regarding Carr's YEARS AGO papers were "tied up in a long dispute exclusive access to the papers has been over copynghts and rights to unpub- questioned. Biographer Hesketh lished materials between Denis Conan The New York Times Book Review of Pearson also had access, if somewhat ~o);le'swidow, Nina Mdivani February 6, 1949 carried an advertise- more limited, to Sir Arthur's papers for Harwood.. .on one side, and Jean ment for a recently published biogra- his 1943 Conan Doyle, His Life and Art, Conan Doyle and Adrians' widow phy Illustrated with photographs, and according to Lellenberg. But because of Anna on the other." It took years to priced at $3.50, the ad called John Adrian Conan Doyle's dislike for the resolve the lawsuit, but Dame Jean set- Dickson Carr's The Life of Sir Arthur book and author, he denied ever after tled it before her death in 1997. When Conan Doyle a superb biography of the that Pearson had had any access to the her own estate is settled, her portion man who created Sherlock Holmes. family papers. In the 1950's, French of the papers and manuscripts will go Doyle was portrayed as a "Romantic scholar Pierre Nordon had extensive the British Library, to other libraries Irishman, British Patriot, Crusader, access to Doyle's papers, and his 1964 and museums in the United Kingdom, Historian, Inventor, Novelist, Doctor, Conan Doyle is noted for its' more Detective, Athlete, and Lover". Vincent acute critical appraisal of the writer. and to auction to benefit charities she Starrett's note in the ad stated it was supported. Disposition of the portion "Magnificent reading from first to last". A letter to the Editor appeared in the of the papers going to the remaining June 26, 1949 New ~oik~imes.Mary heirs is not known at this time. Published simultaneously in 1949 by Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur's daughter by We would like to thank Jon Lellenberg John Murray in London, and Harper his first marriage to Louise Hawkins, for his invaluable assistance with this and Brothers in New York, The Life of wrote to say that although her name Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was hailed by appeared in the foreword to Carr's article. w reviewers, including Baker Street biography, she had neither been shown Julie McKuras Irregulars. Edgar W Smith, writing in the proofs prior to publication nor the New York Herald Tribune Book asked about her mother. She felt that Review of February 6, said: "John Carr's biography inaccurately portrayed Dickson Carr has told the story of this her mother as "negative, colourless, and many-sided man better than any one ineffectual". (Apparently no member of has told it before.. .Mr. Carr worked the Conan Doyle family disagreed with from the massive documentation made the portrayal of Sir Arthur as the per- available to him by the Doyle estate fect English gentleman.) out of a cache of trunks and boxes which had lain untouched since Sir The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has Arthur's death in 1930." Other writers been an integral part of Sherlocluan and like Howard Haycraft and Vincent Doylean libraries for the past 50 years. Starrett were just as enthusiastic. John Bennett Shaw's copy of the first edition, held in the Collections, con- Carr had spent two years, with the tains an undated, hand written note cooperation of the Conan Doyle family, from John Dickson Carr pasted on the going through the author's papers and first page, which states; writing this book. Many reviews of the day noted that Carr, an American, was "for John Bennett Shaw, with this the first biographer to have free access message: We must draw the line to Sir Arthur's letters, papers and man- somewhere. I will have no traffic uscripts. Fifty years later, the coopera- with those who trace the Master's tion of Adrian Conan Doyle and access income to rigged horse races or to Sir Arthur's papers are viewed not mgger matches. Let's not even only as two elements which made this mention the blasphemy that the 'vil- "the standard work in the field", as lainy' of Professor Moriarty existed The Lije of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Howard Lachtman wrote in "The Ideal only in Holme's dmg diseased imagi- John Bennett Shaw's Copy

Friends of the Shlock Holmes ColZectio~ls P 3 From the President An Update from the Collections

he 1999 Friends of the aving been a recent (and Collections. A year from now we should Sherlock Holmes Collections grateful) recipient of some be in the new facility In the meantime Annual Membership Meeting gifts, I was set to thinking we continue to plan for various aspects will be held on August 4, H about gifts and giving in the of the move, all the way from space 1999 at the Wilson Library. In addi- Canon and came across a reference to allocations and shelving arrangements tion to the usual business meeting, an article by Susan Dalton in The among the various archival and special program, and fund raiser, we will be Universal Sherlock Holmes (C62 13) collection units to the more mundane saylng goodbye to the Wilson Library where it is noted that "in this case administrative tasks of patron registra- as Special Collections prepares to (BLUE) Holmes shows a spirit that is tion, accounting procedures, and photo- move to the new Minnesota Library uncommon in his other cases. He copy policies. I'll continue to keep you Archives and Access Center. Mark shows the true meaning of the holiday informed of events as we move closer to your calendars and plan to attend. season by giving a gift of some lund to the actual moving day and introduce almost every person involved." Now, you to any new gifts that might come I want to thank all individuals who we are well past the holidays, but I am our way, including the gift of a new pro- contribute to the Friends. Your contri- convinced (as the Master seemed to be) fessional cataloger that will coordinate bution may be matched by your that gifts and giving are important and oversee the many projects that will employer as pointed out in the article enterprises. Indeed, we have been the make our collections (and the others "Supporting the Collections". We wel- beneficiary of many gifts over the years, housed in the new building) more come all matched gifts as well direct and for that I am extremely thankful. accessible to our very interested users. corporate contributions. I would like And on these pages you'll find a contin- to personally thank Mike McKuras for uing testimony to the importance of For those of you who have Internet his efforts on the Board as well as the gifts and giving. I am pleased that the access, you may wish to point your community giving contributions of his spirit of giving is alive and well. Web browser to the home page of the employer, Ecolab of St. Paul, MN. The Special Collections and Rare Books donations of materials to the At the same time, I want to say a spe- Department at the University of Collections are always appreciated, cial word of thanks to a type of giving Minnesota and view our new addition such as the ones highlighted in that often goes unnoticed because it of The Universal Sherlock Holmes. (If Acquisitions. operates in the backgrounds of our your browser can handle frames use this lives; the giving of time and talents by address: http://www.lib.urnn.edu/spe- The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes volunteers. It is the volunteer that cial/rare/noframes.html Just click on Collections is a small part of the larger makes so much happen. They work on the links for the various volumes and Friends of the University of Minnesota mailing lists and directories, help navigate your way through the bibliog- Library. Inez Bergquist is President of process collections and assist raphy We've tried to make it as easy as the Friends of the Library and a mem- researchers, produce newsletters, mod- possible to move through the various ber of our Friends of the Sherlock erate online discussions, raise money, pages, but if you have suggestions on Holmes Collections Board. The 1999 meet with administrators, schedule how we might improve the navigation o Friends of the Library Annual Meeting conferences, and organize dinners, lec- appearance, please drop me a line or will be held on April 8, 1999 from 5 tures and other events. They work give me a call. Soon we will be adding to 8 PM at the Hubert H. Humphrey behind the scenes and, yet, are an annotations for items held in our Institute of Public Affairs, located next important part of a "public" face. To Collections in order to make it a useful to the Wilson Library. those volunteers who make my life and tool to our Collections. r As always, please feel free to contact work a pleasant experience, here at Minnesota (and to those I might have Timothy J. Johnson, Curator me if you have any questions or sug- Special Collections and Rare Books gestions. r met in New York, or have yet to meet in person working in other University of Minnesota, Richard J. Sveum, M. D. Sherlockian, Doylean, or otherwise Twin Cities Campus SveumOO1 @maroon.tc.umn.edu mysterious fields) I say "Thank you." I 466 Wilson Library think the Master would be pleased. 309 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Closer to home, we're moving nearer Phone - 612-624-3552 and nearer to the "gift" of a new build- Fax - 612-626-9353 ing. Construction continues on the new Email - [email protected] Minnesota Library Access Center, future home of The Sherlock Holmes

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he spirit of John Bennett 2) St. Paul author Larry Millett 6) Thomas Stix's bolo tie, with more Shaw is evident each time a donated his new manuscript for details in this issue. donation is made to the "Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Sherlock Holmes Collections. Stone Mystery", the third of his 7) Morgan Malm's "221B En studie Every item is welcomed, and takes it's Holmes pastiches. The I Baker Street". own special place in the Collections. Collections also hold the manu- Several new donations indicate the scripts and first editions of his Donations of scion society journals extent and variety of the gifts. "Sherlock Holmes and the Red continue to arrive, and ensure the Demon" and "Sherlock Holmes growth of the Collections. With this 1) The Collection of the late and the Ice Palace Murders". generosity, we will meet our goal of St. Paul, MN. Attorney William making this the world center for the Essling. Essling, who once 3) A recording of the 1999 B. S. I. study and research on all things served as a special prosecutor for Dinner, from Francine and Sherlockian. r U. S. Attorney General Robert Wayne Swift. Kennedy, taught law and served Julie McKuras in private practice, passed away 4) Sherlockian clippings and back in November, 1998. His widow, issues of "Sherlocluana", the jour- Margaret, herself a graduate of nal of the Sherlock Holmes Club the Library School at the of Denmark, from Robert Katz. University of Minnesota, donat- ed his books which include 5) Lapel pins and a program from twelve books by Emile Gaboriau, the 40th Anniversary meeting of creator of the detective Lecoq. the Japan Sherlock Holmes Club from Masamichi Higurashi.

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ctivity at the Sherlock Holmes ed. But such donations are not the Conan Doyle. 50 years later, the life of Collections is ever increasing. only way the Collections can benefit Sir Arthur continues to generate inter- There have been visitors and from the generosity of our Friends. est, as a new biography, Teller of Tales researchers from around the Julie McKuras details several ways by Daniel Stashower, will be published world and material continues to be including corporate programs, planned this April. donated and acquired. The first vol- giving and the United Way Special ume of the Universal Sherlock Holmes is Collections Curator Tim Johnson (who We, the Editorial Board, hope we are up on the University's Special will now be offering his view from giving you, the members of the Collections website inside the Collections in each issue) Friends and the driving force behind (www.lib.umn.edu/speciaVrare/rare. ht takes up the theme of giving as well, making the Collections ever better, ml) and the second will follow soon. It noting the, "continuing testimony to what you are looking for in these will probably be available by the time the importance of gifts and giving." pages. All comments, pro or con, are you read this. welcomed. We'd be pleased to hear But not everything is so serious. Julie . from you. .r There is a strong emphasis on giving McKuras describes the curious inci- in this issue. The Collections have dent of the pig sketches in the Strand Bruce E. Southworth, B. S. I. benefited greatly from the generosity magazine 100 years ago and the publi- Editor of many people. Some are noted in cation 50 years ago of the John this issue; all are very much appreciat- Dickson Carr biography of Sir Arthur

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esearchers and visitors contin- birthday festivities in New York during "Sherlock Holmes and the Red ue to visit, telephone and the first week in January. While visit- Demon." write to the Collections for ing the Collections, he was given a Sherlockian queries. Recent tour by Collections Specialist Jamie Doug Elliott, MBt., from Toronto, R Ontario, Canada was given a tour of inquiries have concerned such topics Hubbs. Mitch's area of research was I as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the artwork by Frederic Dorr Steele, the Collections by Curator Tim Spiritualism in Puerto Rico, Vincent done not only as an adult but as a Johnson. Doug was very interested in Starrett and Arthur Machen, and "The child as well, other illustrations, and Adventure of the Beryl Coronet", in pre-1920 pastiches, such as The Double Polish. The Collections recently host- Barreled Detective by Mark Twain. In Julie McKuras ed two international visitors. addition to his own interests, Mitch advised that he is approximately half-, Masamichi "Mitch Higurashi, B. S. I., way through the translation from 8' of Tokyo, Japan paid a two day visit to English to Jap Minneauolis, on his return from the

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colab has again show its com- many forms. Individual cash donations mitment to the community and corporate gifts, such as the one with a generous donation to from Ecolab, are two of the better E The Sherlock Holmes known methods. Judy suggests that Collections. Headquartered in St. donors should check to determine if Paul, Minnesota, Ecolab is the global donations to the Sherlock Holmes leader in developing and providing Collections meets potential criteria for The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections cleaning, sanitizing, pest elimination, matching funds from their place of is a quarterly newsletter published by the F~endsof the Sherlock Holmes Collections maintenance products and systems, employment. In addition to such which seek to promote the activities, inter- and services for the hospitality, institu- direct gifts, a method utilized on an ests and needs of the Special Collections tional, and industrial markets. With increasing basis is the gift of appreciat- and Rare Books Department, University of annual revenues in excess of 2 billion ed property, such as real estate and Minnesota Libraries. dollars, and over 13,000 employees securities. Donations of books and Mail editorial correspondence c/o: worldwide, Ecolab's contributions objects are always welcome, and may Bruce E. Southworth, B.S.I. guidelines "are designed to reflect the prove to be a charitable income tax 1621 Lafond Ave company's commitment to the strength deduction. Planned giving, such as the St. Paul, MN 55104-2212 651-644-1677 Voice and vitality of the communities in David Hammer Library highlighted in 651-523-0977 Fax which Ecolab associates live and the December, 1998 Newsletter, can [email protected] work." In 1997, Ecolab donated offer distinct advantages for donors Editorial Board approximately 2 million dollars to and their families. If you are interested Julie McKuras, Dr. Richard Sveum, non-profit organizations, focusing on in further information about the meth- Timothy Johnson youth and education, community ods of donating to the Collections, Unless otherwise credited, all articles written by Julie McKuras or based programs, civic and community please contact Judy Hedin, University Bruce Southworth. development, arts and culture, and Libraries, 499 Wilson Library, 309- environment and conservation. 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN., 55455. Judy can also be reached at her Mike McKuras, a Director of office phone of 612-624-8207 or by Information Services for Ecolab, is a email at [email protected] board member of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the Another little known method for giv- University of Minnesota. Mike volun- ing to the Collections may be donating teered for this position, and has devel- through the United Way For his per- oped and managed a data base for the sonal donation, Mike McKuras found Friends group, a crucial management that he was able to designate the tool for this newsletter. As a board Sherlock Holmes Collections as the member, he applied for Ecolab's recipient for his United Way payroll Community Leadership Program. The deduction because of it's non-profit grant application states that "To status. The United Way office in demonstrate corporate support for Minneapolis, Minnesota advises that employee volunteerism and the impor- anyone interested in making such a tant role this plays in our communi- donation should determine with their ties, Ecolab has established a program place of employment if this is an to recognize and reward employee option. involvement on nonprofit boards of directors". For the second consecutive The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes year, Ecolab made a large donation to Collections would like to thank Ecolab the Sherlock Holmes Collections in for its generous gift. In making such a response to his application. donation, Ecolab continues to show a strong commitment to the community. w Judy Hedin, Director of Development for the University of Minnesota Julie McKuras Library, indicates that gifts to the Sherlock Holmes Collections may take

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