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bottle of Courvoisier plus one fifth of the history of the scion mentioned earlier, The physical book is an interesting F New Jersey cognac, with the note: ‘Tell Thomas Hart reports that a publication artifact in itself, featuring quarter bind- the bartender to serve the Courvoisier fund was established as early as 1952 ing with textured morocco-colored first. Then by the time the Sons get to (with the princely sum of $4.00.) Hart, as endpapers of the same stock as the the New Jersey cognac, they may not treasurer of the Publication Committee, covers. spot the difference’” (250). Today, goes on to apologize to the membership Lellenberg says of Starr, “I’m convinced for “his many exhortations for funds, and Leaves from The Copper Beeches was fol- Sherlock Holmes that Julian Wolff [who took over leader- many stern admonitions against failure, lowed up by a second volume, More ship of the Baker Street Irregulars under made at meetings” over the years. Leaves from The Copper Beeches, in COLLECTIONS the title “Commissionaire” after Smith’s 1976. The Sons are still flourishing as untimely death in 1960] would have an active scion society; perhaps some- “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) retired as Commissionaire sooner than he day we will be able to look forward to did if Bill Starr had not died at a some- a third volume. what early age in 1976 and had been Contents around in the early ’80s to take over.” John Bergquist, BSI Francine and Wayne Swift By Peter E. Blau, ASH, BSI Leaves from The Copper Beeches was par- Francine and Wayne Swift tially financed by contributions from Illustration by H.W. Starr, captioned “The appeal t has been said that marriages between two Sherlockians are the most permanent. members of the Sons, who are listed in for the Publication Fund,” printed in Jon 1 Many Sherlockians have found it easy enough to persuade a spouse to enjoy the Lellenberg’s Irregular Crises of the Late ’Forties the acknowledgments. In his memoir of Sherlockian world, but when two people who already are Sherlockians marry they (New York, 1999) 100 Years Ago I will sooner or later merge their collections, as well as their lives. And there is no 2 custody battle, whether over the car, the house, the pets, or the children, that can possi- Continued from Page 2 bly match the difficulty of dividing a collection that has no duplicates. 50 Years Ago So for two Sherlockians it’s a matter only of the better, and never the worse. That cer- 100 Years Ago tainly was true of Wayne B. Swift and Francine Morris, who were Sherlockians when 3 they met for the first time. Francine started her Sherlockian life in Texas, where she was Remembrances a librarian; she founded The Sub-Librarians Scion of the Baker Street Irregulars in the From the President American Library Association, and In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have made 4 was one of the founders of The contributions either in honor or in memory of special persons. Practical, But Limited, Geologists at an informal luncheon in the Zodiac In Honor Of From Musings Room at Nieman Marcus in Dallas. Peter Blau Arthur E.F. Wiese Jr. 4 When she moved to Washington she Fred Levin Cliff Goldfarb quickly became a member of The Red Circle, and was one of the ring- In Memory Of From An Update from leaders in planning the society’s full- Paul Churchill John Baesch and Evelyn Herzog For any inquiries contact: the Collections fledged costume party at the Paul Churchill Thomas Drucker Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 5 National Press Club. Paul Churchill Warren Randall 612-624-3552 or Wayne was from Nebraska, an elec- Joseph Gillies Michael Kean [email protected] of The Sherlock Photo courtesy Holmes Collections Allen Mackler Patricia Nelson Recent Acquisitions Wayne and Francine Swift trical engineer and a teacher, and an Allen Mackler Once Upon A Crime Mystery Bookstore Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 early convert to the world of com- Allen Mackler Philip Swiggum Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library puters. When he moved to Washington he decided to take an adult-education course in Beatrice McCaffrie John Lockwood University of Minnesota Sherlock Holmes at a local community college and soon attended his first Sherlockian E.W. McDiarmid Michael Brahmey 222 21st Ave. S. To the Editor function, a running of The Silver Blaze (Southern Division) at Pimlico Race Track in E.W. McDiarmid Jim DeLeo Minneapolis, MN 55455 6 Maryland, where he and Francine quickly discovered they shared more than an interest E.W. McDiarmid Jeffrey Klaus Telephone: 612-626-9166 in Sherlock Holmes. They courted , and wed, and had many happy years together, shar- E. W. McDiarmid Peter Klaus FAX: 612-625-5525 ing a multitude of interests, Sherlockian and otherwise. Robert Pattrick Vincent Brosnan A Beacon of the Future Mailing list corrections requested— Wayne became a member of The Baker Street Irregulars in 1978 (as “The Giant Rat of Jan Stauber Alexian Gregory Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, 6 Jan Stauber Francine and Richard Kitts we would appreciate being informed of changes Sumatra”). Francine became a member of The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes in Tom Stix Karen Anderson of address or other corrections. 1977 (as “Hatty Doran”) and was honored by the BSI as The Woman in 1983, and Dr. Richard Sturtz William Sturtz Remembrances awarded her Irregular Shilling and Investiture in 1994 (as “The Wigmore Street Post Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 8 Continued on page 6 series); her later books were mysteries, Her father’s advice as a lawyer proved spinster. Green also had a “girl detec- 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1 61 of them featuring detective Fleming invaluable as Leavenworth, six years tive” protagonist, Violet Strange, who Stone. She wrote several impossible in the writing, became one of the first was a debutante with a secret life as a crime novels that typically depended bestsellers in the United States, giving professional sleuth. Green was espe- on a secret passageway or chamber her the title “Mother of the Detective cially skilled at describing methods (regarded as a cheat during the Golden Novel.” (Although, as Otto Penzler has of detection and was cited as a major Age). Wells introduced a “psychic” pri- noted, the first American woman to influence by a number of later mystery vate investigator, Pennington “Penny” write a mystery novel was really Seeley writers, including Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes Wise, with Zizi, a silent movie star as Regester [1831-1885] in 1866.) Wilkie Mary Roberts Rinehart. COLLECTIONS his female sidekick. This pair of con Collins was a fan of AKG, as was artists appeared in eight of her novels. Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote her to Once again, John Bennett Shaw’s col- Her amusing Sherlock Holmes parody, arrange a personal visit when his 1894 lection opens doors to worlds other “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) “The Adventure of the Clothes-line” lecture tour arrived in her hometown than the obvious. After a century, A (1915), was reprinted in The Game Is of Buffalo. (ACD - AKG correspon- CASE FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES Afoot (1994). dence, Harry Ransom Humanities still has messages for the interested Contents Research Center, UT Austin). Green’s investigator. The Redmond Donation Anna Katharine Green [1846-1935] main hero was detective Ebenezer also began as a poet, but changed Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Marilynne McKay, MD, BSI By Chris Redmond, BSI to mysteries after she published The Police Force; he was assisted in three The Redmond Donation t the end of January, three cartons, with a total of about 50 books, made the Leavenworth Case in 1878, a decade cases by “a nosy old lady detective” journey from Kingston, Ontario, to the Elmer R. Andersen Library in Min- before Sherlock Holmes’s appearance. named Amelia Butterworth, a society 1 neapolis — a gift to the Sherlock Holmes Collections, through me, from my father, the long-time Sherlockian author and collector Donald A. Redmond. 100 Years Ago A Since my father is no longer able to use his Sherlock- 2 ian library, I have been working to find good homes for the books that have lined his study, living room 50 Years Ago and hallway. Some are coming to my own collection, and some of the more valuable items are going on the 3 market to delight other collectors. In addition, some things that would most appropriately be part of the Remembrances From the President Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Public In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have Library, which he helped to establish in the 1970s, are made contributions either in honor or in memory of special persons. 4 on their way there. Acquisitions It seemed to me that the mainstream Sherlockian In Honor Of From books on my father’s handmade wooden shelves didn’t Evelyn Herzog Thomas Drucker 4 include much that would be of value to the Collec- Andrew Solberg Paul Singleton tions at Minnesota — how many copies of Profile by Richard Sveum, M.D. Phil and Karen Bergem Musings Gaslight and W.G. Grace’s Last Case does a library William Vande Water Vincent Brosnan and Sherlock in L.A. actually need? However, in addition to that kind of 4 material, there were some treasures that reflected a In Memory Of From whimsical turn in my father’s collecting, and I thought Richard Lancelyn Green Andrew Malec For any inquiries contact: some of those items might be interesting to future Timothy J. Johnson, Curator An Update from the Fred Levin Sunnie Levin Collections researchers at Minnesota. They reflect the polymath E. W. McDiarmid Michael Brahmey 612-624-3552 or mind (and, I might almost say, the magpie tempera- [email protected] ment) that informed my father’s Sherlockian work E. W. McDiarmid Jim DeLeo 5 Photo courtesy of Christopher Redmond E. W. McDiarmid Jeffrey Klaus Donald Redmond, BSI over four decades. E. W. McDiarmid Peter Klaus Sherlock Holmes Collections Frederic Dorr Steele and E. W. McDiarmid Mary McDiarmid Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library So Minnesota is getting a 19th-century biography of Lord Bellinger (yes, surely, the same LeRoy Neiman Philip Swiggum University of Minnesota Frankling Pierce Adams Lord Bellinger who figures in “The Second Stain”); a regimental history of the Berkshires Ted Schulz Vinnie Brosnan 222 21st Ave. S. 5 in which Watson served at Maiwand; a hand-bound pamphlet about the Tsar who was, Dr. Stanford Maxine Wallin Minneapolis, MN 55455 surely, Holmes’s client in the case of the Trepoff murder; several late-Victorian reference Jan Stauber Alexian Gregory books about railways and aristocrats; and other books that help to fill out the background Telephone: 612-626-9166 A Gift from the Redmonds to Holmes’s adventures and Arthur Conan Doyle’s work. Altogether there are about 50 FAX: 612-625-5525 6 volumes — a small glimpse, at least, of Don Redmond’s Sherlockian horizons. 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8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1 50100 Years Years Ago Ago Continued Continued from from Page Page 3 2 100 Years Ago...Continued from Page 2 clubs, committees, university theatre the group sings “a popular song” mobile for “journalistic purposes.” table of contents for this 224 page bibliography of the various editions of on Frederic Dorr Steele. Andrew wrote departments, churches, settlement around the piano and presents a pro- the Fortsashealth Catalogue during and.” (http://www. after the pregnan- The Orphanage Catling was active in the Institute of illustrated book includes works by that a greatin an contribution earlier translation of Klinefelter’s which I houses and other organizations. Wom- gram: “a speech on Women’s Rights, lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/cy. This certainly would explain the book was noting the Steele illustra- Journalists and traveled extensively revised quite heavily. en embracedJournalists Little and Theatre, traveled participat extensively- songs,Alfred mandolin Noyes, or Arthurbanjo solos,Morrison, and fortsas.htm)somewhat sombre tone of the poem. tionsWhen, that wereere the done tangled “for web newspaper is reft, ing notthrough only as America,audience Canada, members the but Middle a stutteringRosamund piece Marriott-Watson, by Estelle” (a timid Eden The use of the word “lady” in the last The kid-gloved villain scowls and sneers, appearancesThe main – beyond difference those between that as playwrights,East and teachers,Europe, including scholars, Franceedi- bridesmaidPhillpotts, whose John affliction Galsworthy, provides F. Anstey Like thestanza 1930s, seems the to 1960s strongly were wereAnd just hapless reprints innocence from Collier’s is left .” The 100tors, activists,during Worldorganizers, War I.and He managserved- as a non-politically correct comic relief Withmy no own assets and save EB’s sighs translation and tears, I 100 during World War I. He served as a and Jerome K. Jerome, to name but a productive years. In 1962, Klinefel- 110000 and Jerome K. Jerome, to name but a YEARS AGO suggest that it was written to/for December 1963 Baker Street Journal ers. Although many live performances throughout the play). Another phone ter’s “The Case of the Conan Doyle ’Tis’Tisthink then,then, juststemsjust then,then, from thatthat the inin facttherethere that stalksstalks YEARS AGO delegate to the Conference of the few of the contributors. Page 20 fea- Lady Jean. Inventorythey stated belong that to “Bothdifferent scholar ages.- As The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections were surelyInternational intended Association as serious ofart Journalists for call confirmstures the thatpoem the “By robber the North may Sea”be by Crime Library” appeared in the March shipThe and hero, devotion watchful have of herproduced needs, this is a quarterly newsletter published by the The March 2008 issue of this newslet- He youtalks! may Great know, heavens, Danish how washe talks for the purposeat Berlin of moralin 1908, and and cultural later as en- somewhereSir Arthur on theConan island Doyle. as the It firstis a short act 1962 Baker Street Journal. Dr. A.S.W. treasure trove of some sixty illustra- Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections AAmong CASE tertheFOR featuredforeign SHERLOCK translationsan article HOLME about ofS The byThe Flag, richment, civic improvement,Caption: or socialThe 1902 firstends. edition has the Also, the fact that they were expect- Butcenturies we forgive the him, official for his deeds.written lan- which seek to promote the activities, inter- President of the British International poem, and there is a facsimile of the Rosenbach, mentor and good friend of tions and the story-by-story account GladysHound ofRuthpublished the BaskervillesBridgham, in 1908, publishedfrom which John benefitted by change, numerous productionsPaget illustration were while the second does not. ing their first child may have guage of Norway, and although ests and needs of the Special Collections Christopher Morley (Morley addressed that accompanies them.” and Rare Books Department, University of WalterBennett H. Shaw’s Baker collections, & Co, Boston, the one1914, staged Societystrictly offor Journalists entertainment. during Some 1915. HeAct Twolast isstanza set later as written that evening, by Conan with Doyle. him asinfluenced “Rosy”), had Doyle’s purchased decision the to con- LifeNorwegian is the drama in here 1911 to-day had begun the Union Jack Club. One of the Don Hobbs’ The Galactic Sherlock me by the first translator, who called Minnesota Libraries. copyrightthat was published 1913 100 years ago has groupspassed were professional away on December at the outset; 25, 1920. cast members in braided hair and Conantribute Doyle to Crime The Press Library Book ofin “100 the Andsplitting Death the away, villain the of influencethe plot. entries in The Flag was Sir Arthur Holmes bibliography of foreign lan- the storyHer Hunden cheek was fra wet Baskervilles. with North ThisSea spray, In 1968from Klinefelter’s Danish was association still strong. with It’s Mail editorial correspondence c/o: special significance. According to De others remained resolutely amateur. kimono robes. Candles and lanterns and somefirst place.odd volumes” Being a fatherand spoke himself, of I’m Dr. EmersonIt is a realistic Wulling’s play; Sumac Press Conan Doyle’s “The Grey Dress – guage editionsCatling’s ofname the alsoCanon appears has nine in con- title is established;We walked where to the tide eye and it comesshingle meet, Scan courtesy of the University of Minnesota Libraries a complicated story but actually AWaal play it script was a in2nd paperback, edition, with subtitled the Both the Off-Broadway movement provide light as small groups of women how hesure believed he could these easily books empathize contained with Shall it end well or shall it not Unpublished Dialogue from ‘A Duet.’”books junctionlisted as translationswith The Savage by Elisa- Club of close toThe the longoriginal; waves and rolled it fromsounds far away sure he could easily empathize with began with the publication of The Case Editor “Afirst Comedy published in Two in 1902.Acts forNoted FemaleHound of the 1950s and today’s community interact Thein amusing long waves ways, rolled coming from far and away the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. NorwegianThe hero? Oh, on the the hero’s printed part page is beth BrochmannLondon. Founded and includes in 1857, scanned the mem- right. ItTo is purralso inmisleading, ripples at our because feet. it 11 yearsthe oldfatherless at the time,children which which makes would of theas Conandifferent Doyle from Crime Ibsen’s Library time. toThe the Julie McKuras Characterscollector Dr. Only,” Donald is one Pollack item has in Johnboth theaters are an outgrowth of Little going in the main room. For various In November 1936 Klinefelter paid a Is vacant—to be played by you. 13512 Granada Ave. covers. hints thatAnd Baskerville as we walked is ait placeseemed rather to me it 1952benefit or ’53. from I think the saleit was of giventhe volume. Sumac Press in La Crosse Wisconsin Bennettin his collection. TheShaw’s following massive year, treasure in 1909, trove The PressTheatre.bers come from the worlds of art, reasons,And the asgirls we walkedexit the it cabinseemed in to me pre-approved visit to the Rosenbach presentThen as act Shakespeare it well! An isorphan’s from pres-heart Apple Valley, MN 55124 than a family.That three But, old for friends the three had metexcel- that day: to me by friends of my parents who published a number of Norwegian of SherlockianaAlbum was at thepublished University to aid of the drama, law, literature, music or sci- ones, twosThat and three a oldtrio friends — some had seek met thatthe day: Company in Philadelphia to view ent dayMay English. beat the lighterAt the if same you do. time I did 952-431-1934 This search led to the online WorldCat lent reasonsThe old mentioned, old sky, the I olddecided old sea, not knew Finally,about my Doyle interest wrote in a detective poem about goExplorer for a “conservative” publications, style,and in hoping 1985 [email protected] MinnesotaC3542. Journalists’— Library.A1456. ThisOrphanHunden copy fraFund, of Basker- the and as he A CASEence. FOR Former SHERLOCK members HOLMES have includedrobber, others go to help their friends, these books. However, Dr. Rosenbach, Sumac printed The Sherlock Holmes which lists eleven books by A. Conan to changeAnd it.” love, which is as old as they. stories.orphans Anyway, which it was was a revelation.published in it would read to modern day Norwe- playville: hasEn had nynames fortælling done written the om previous nextSherlock to year, each Conan The castnotables of this suchcomedy as Charlie includes Chaplin, a and the bride sneaks out to meet the described in rather uncompliment- Christy Allen and Julie McKuras Editorial Board Doyle translated in Norwegian by When I wrote to Nils Nordberg for an I’ve still got it, title page missing and gianCrossword Christyreaders, aAllen asreprint Conan and of Julie Doylethe McKuras 1934 reads to Editorial Board character,Holmes. DoyleAutoriseret so it stepped must oversættelse have forward been with per ved- a contri- bride, herMark maid Twain, of honor,Wilkie andCollins, six James groom. Just as it appears to the aunt ary terms,Songs refused of the Road to let, just him a viewfew pages the John Bergquist, Timothy Johnson, Elisabeth Brochmann. Also online is update Outhe surprised seaward hung me theby writing:brooding mist, slightly the worse for wear, yet one of English-speakingpuzzle, by Al and readers Julia Rosenblatt. of today. formedElisabeth at Brochmann.least once, though Kristiania: it’s doubt - bridesmaids at a pre-wedding stayover that all have been kidnapped, the girls library,after which “By hadthe Northbelonged Sea.” to It W.S. was References: Jon Lellenberg, Richard J. Sveum, M.D. bution. The book, edited by Thomas NasjonalbiblioteketMcNeill Whistler, (National Sir Alexander Library ElisabethWe Brochmann’s saw it rolling, translationfold on fold, of my dearest possessions. But very few When Klinefelter’s The Origins of fulForlagt the cast af H. was Aschehoug a professional & Co. one. (W. on a lighthouse island in Maine, home return. HelenWe saw is it ignominiouslyrolling, fold on fold, carried Gilbertcalled of Gilbert “The Orphanage”and Sullivan and fame is repro- http://www.scoop- Catling and published by John Murray,of Norway),Fleming, which W. S.had Gilbert, Elisabeth Sir Henry HOUN Andwas markedactually the first great published Sun Alchemist of the stories were available in my own SinceSherlockdatabase.com/bio/catling_thomas 1971 Holmes my translation was published of HOUN in 1983 MostNygaard), of the 1902. characters 263 p. are college girls, of the bride’s aunt and uncle and their in, trussed up by a lasso-throwing beforeduced Conan below. Doyle purchased it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Club has an introductory note which gives BrochmannIrving, dates Dante listed Rossetti, as 1855-1915 Dylan Thomas, 1902, alsoTurn by all Aschehoug. its leaden edge The to gold.interest language then, so I had to wait until I byhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Club Gaslight, Andrew Malec recalls that so—————. it would have 2nd been ed. 1911.appropriate 246 p. for a 16-year-old daughter. The members of bridesmaidTurn whoall its didn’t leaden recognize edge to gold. the Klinefelter believed that the library had hashttp://www.savageclub.com/ been reprinted over a dozen times the history of the Fund. It began in along withHerbert some Beerbohm books and Tree, letters. Edgar in the newLook Holmes well, look adventure well, oh lady seems mine! to learned English to pursue my interest bythe various author publishers,sent him “an by inscribed Aschehoug copy schoolI became or awareyoung ofwomen’s translator club. Elisabeth the wedding party are well-to-do col- uncle’s raincoat donned by the bud- little or no influence upon the creation Copyright © 2006 have beenThe as grey great below, here the as gold in England! above; in Holmes.I wonder, perhaps, if he was think- – GREATLY appreciated when I was a Brochmann“1892 in with2004 a whengift of I £1,000 acquired by the latelege girls;Wallace the lighthouse-keepers and Peter Ustinov. Itlive is cur- ding sleuth.The grey As thebelow, girls the untie gold above;Helen, of the character. and Norild as well as Gyldendal, and University of Minnesota Library To me the most famous Norwegian The 1911For edition so the greyest was one life inmay a seriesshine ing of the Orphan’s Fund when he I’vepoor also student.” read it as an audio book. It Copyright © ©2013 20122011 Gladyslot 93 of RuthLord The Bridgham GleneskConan Doyle and [1884-1928] £500 Collec- by the late Sirmodestly.rently The located set is aat simple 1 Whitehall living/ Place, the bride announces that the men of Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. translator of the Canon is Nils Nor- of booksAll published golden in thein thatlight format,of love. half As EB’swrote HOUN this? was more or less my was included in the first ever collected wastion aauction prolificJohn atWillox…Working playwrightChristie’s. Includedand lifetime pressmen dining Londonroom with and a their window, website an openindicates it the wedding party have been camping Despite his successful completion of The University of Minnesota is an Equal dberg, BSI (“A Norwegian Named octavo, with green covers and dust- favourite boyhood reading I tend to be Walter Klinefelter died of cancer on residentin the lotthroughout of were Somerville, seven the letters Massachusetts.country and commenced two doorway“remains stage right one ofand the a leadingfront door Bohemian at the other end of the island — and the 1934 crossword puzzle, which Sherlock Holmes edition in Norwegian, Opportunity Educator and Employer. Sigerson” 1981). In 1995 he wrote jacket.The It Press(and Albumindeed added all the over three £1000 to uncritical, but I think it was for its time July 4, 1987. His second wife Edna Anpostcards elocution by ACDteacher to whoMadame never Broch- mar- upstageGentleman’s center. A piano Clubs sits in atLondon.” stage they’ve helped the police capture the ensured membership in the Baker which I edited and part-translated contributions, and in the same year “Holmes by Any Other editions of EB’s transla- an excellent translation, less error-ridden preceded him in death by two years. ried,mann she discussing was well-established rights to stories enough and left. robber.the Institute of Journalists Orphan Street Irregulars, Walter Klinefelter, “an (wanted to do all but didn’t have the first orphan was adopted.” The Name: Translating the tion) had the Sidney Paget and less inclined to take liberties than He is buried in New Hope Cemetery in aspamphlets. a writer to ACD be listed was eager in the to Somer have - In 1882, the Prince of Wales, later Fund. amiable but private man” (Lellenberg, time), published in 10 volumes by Den reader is assured that “Every penny SherlockIn 1882,Holmes the Stories,” Prince of Wales, later illustration of the hound contemporary Swedish or Danish trans- Glen Rock, Pennsylvania with his first villeThe Warcity indirectory South Africa: as “playwright.” Its Cause and Act One opens with the girls enter- A sentimental subplot between the Irregular Memories of the ’Thirties, 1990) Norske Bokklubben (“The Norwegian In one particular its effect on contributed to the Fund, from its publishedEdward in Sherlock VII, became an honorary breaking out of the fog on lations. It’s a long time since I’ve re-read wife, Mildred, son William and his SheConduct wrote translated 56 plays, into mostly all languages comedies, ing and shuffling suitcases as they’re bride Christyand her Allen, young who cousin contributes reveals fre- never attended an annual dinner. But Book Club”) in 1980. The tenth volume Aschehougyou reminds in EB’s me time of wasthe letterDoyle’s RLS beginning seventeen years ago, has Holmes:member The Detective of the &Club. He enjoyed the the dust jacket. The series it but it is my impression Continuedthat EB was from Pageparents. 4 Albert Rosenblatt penned the betweenand wrote 1912 a preface and 1927. for the Norwegian introduced to the aunt and daughter, that thequently girl is to really the ConanDoyle adopted, which (ACD) list in 1962,Musings... he was formally made a mem- was a collection of pastiches and essays. main[Robert Norwegian Louis publisher, Stevenson] but unfor- The Collector,atmosphere Essays and on suggestedthe that a was called H. Aschehoug especially good at maintaining the poetic “Stand Upon the Terrace” for Klinefel- edition. beenBrochmann devoted must to the have keep had and a educa- the uncle being away for the night. explainson theher Internet,talent on is the interested piano — in Conan ber of the group with the investiture In the 1990s all ten volumes were re- tunatelywrote they to ACDdidn’t (reprinted follow it up—there in the John Bennettmasonic Shaw lodge Library. would be a good addi- & Co.s Kronebibliotek (“1 qualitiesnever of the the same original. for Francine; I’m still haunted she ter,stuffed which rat appeared now adorn in the the September Collections. readers and other interested parties, Theclose early relationshiption part of ofthe the withorphans…Avoiding 20th ACD century and his any As they chatter, a phone call from the her mother was a “French actress.” “The British Barque Sophy Anderson.” printed wholesale by a short-lived pub- werelatest no translations number of of the VALL Baker or Street The In that essay he explained Doyle’sKrone poetry. Library”, She wrote: mean- by themissed descriptions sharing theirof the interests moor as and I read most 1987Our Baker thanks Street go to Journal Peter .Blau, In it nothe only and this issue features two of those: wasfamily, notable butexpenditure there for the is nothing numberon bricks aboutof and Ameri hermortar,- thetown constabletion to the alerts facilities. the house On December that a 3, The bride urges the girl not to let on lisher called LibriArte. I’ve done minor Case-book,Journal )and in which only four the of writer the stories gave about the challenges of ing that the price was one them almost 60 years ago. wrote “He was a man of courtly, gentle canin any women ofprinciple the writing, Conan laid Doyleperforming, down biographies. was that and of saving bank robber1886, inCatling a boat wrote may tobe the head Grand- that sheI’ve knows, tried asto itdo would some beresearch “most about In 1963of all, Klinefelter’s she missed Sherlockhis companionship. Holmes revisionsfor writing to the about text hisover friends the years, Wayne but inGeorgina Hisa testimonialLast Doyle, Bow were authorto the published efficacyof Out of in theof translating SH in the Norwegian krone, slightly demeanor, whose passion for detail directingACD visited plays. Norway American in June Women 1892 with ing theirSecretary way — of bridesmaid United Grand Helen, Lodge, ungrateful”the poemand would proper “break and how/why her it in PortraitAnd when and sheProfile passed was away,published their a majorand Francine one for butanother also forBokklubben helping with Norway,Shadows:Doyle’s in The ainvention book Untold called Story when Spioncen- of heArthur had the the child to its home and its home to changing Norwegian lan- less than $10 in today’s As for my own translation it was and meticulous research coexisted well Playwrights,his sister Connie 1900-1930: and Jerome A Checklist K. Jerome describedenclosing as having an “imposing “a perfect groupmania of peti- mother’swas heart.” written, At the but end, have the come aunt up by thefriends Syracuse had the University same reaction Press. asIn people completethe packing edition, and inmailing two volumes, of the many, in tralen,Conantoothache 1919.Doyle’s I’ve Firstor beenthe Family pleurisy. very, read fortunate, I hadDick no the child.” guage, including titles: money). I’ve got some of actually published for the first time in with his kindness and humility. His catalogsamong others. the works of 2,000 female for criminals,”tioners,” andproposing reading that as manya new lodge tells herempty. daughter that they’re willing it hehad included when Georgethose “further Burns died; illustra his- pass- 2002.many The boxes. most recent reprint is in a bothSveum’sthought in Gyldendal article of puttingfrom that December theyany therapeuwanted 2008 to- tioners,” proposing that a new lodge empty.the titles, including Dr 1971. In 1966 I had been in a TV quiz legacy will be enjoyed for generations authors writing dramatic presenta- as “seventy-nine detective stories in to send her away to music school, but tions”ing beginning meant that with he was the togetherfirst portrait with 2011 Bokklubben volume Sherlock givewith ticHolmes a qualitiescareful his eye dueinto and placethe has book incorrected a whenprestige aI Thomas Catling edited The Press “Anotherbe foundedexample forof the approximately Watson’s optegnelser (“The show, winning 10,000 kroner for my to come.” tions:A Google tragedy, search comedy, revealed children’s a 1902 letterplays, a month,” is interested. Her parents the thoughtful and well-raised girl done by D.H. Friston to accompany A Holmes Mysterier i utvalg (“Selected seriescomposed of modern it and(over classical a period mystery of ten Album. Born September 23, 1838, he euphony-before-precision25% of the membership is the who were RecordsWhat of Dr I Watson”),did learn waspublished that it was knowledgeGracie again. of Holmes, so I was consid- John Bergquist has provided us with a date. Soren Eversoll, an honored visitor musicals,written by operas, Samuel pageants, L. Clemens skits (Mark and don’t want her to be a detective, but declares, “I’d rather stay here with you Study in Scarlet. Klinefelter chose the Mysteries”), containing STUD, HOUN storiesyears); and bringingmy chief himthought back was into to translationMasons. of the On title January of The 18, Hounds 1887, ofThe 1918. Apartalmost from certainly a missing written ABBE when this Jean ered quite the local Sherlock Holmes Thelook Sherlock at Leaves Holmes from The Collections Copper Beeches, to the Collections last year, continues dialogues.Twain) toworked Brochmann Gladys for Ruth Lloyd’s noting Bridgham’s Weekly that Newsshe , as a Helen asserts that “Carolyn Wells and and father.” This moral lesson deliv- illustrations showing how the public’s and The Adventures—all translated print,compose and in Den something norske onBokklubben the subject the BaskervillesSavage Club. Several Lodge problems was consecrated exist atis a reprintwas ofpregnant the same with title Denis published (who was expert.Francine In 1969 Morris Gyldendal, Swift, ever Norway’s the librari- holdsand aits letter interesting written authors by Klinefelter and editors, to his interest in Sherlock Holmes, careerhad translated paralleledcompositor, into the Norwegianwriter, most productivenews his editor from Anna Katherine Green could detect a ered to the audience, the girl re-hides view of Holmes evolved, using the by yours truly. If you’re interested, I’ll for decidingwhich would to do givethe firstme pleasure ever com- if here. For instance no single word in in 1905, containing the last seven largestan, publishingplanned to house,donate hadher Sherlockianstarted a fellowpublished Sherlockian 50 years James ago. Iraldi.I’d like Dated to according to a note sent by his mother. yearsSherlockian of 1866that pasticheera. through A1884, Doubled-Bar- then editor fromcrime asFreemasons’ quickly as HallA. Conan and Sir Doyle.” Henry Irvingthe evidenceborn inshe March has found of 1909, of her just one sequential approach of the publishing be happy to send you a copy for your pleteit edition had been and written giving byme any a free other rein Norwegian suggests a large, possibly stories from The Return of SH. Broch- paperback mystery series called “The December 27, 1963, the letter extends reled Detective1884 through Story. The 1907. Lilly The Library Scoop She dialswas the invested constable as Treasurer. back for aThere is no ancestry,month and the before curtain The falls.Press Book was of thecollection stories. toAndrew The Sherlock Malec wrote Holmes collection.thank Christy And toAllen complete for providing the story: I to presentperson Sherlock interested Holmes in the asiconogra I think- ferocious and deadly, canine; hund mann’s HOUN was re-published by the Black Series” (inspired by the French Klinefelter’s gratitude to Iraldi for his TheManuscript Little Theatre Collection Movement has 15 develletters- to descriptionlonger of a theformal robber connection and gets between a published). thatCollections. although Klinefelter Sadly, her didn’t death knowin alsoinformation adapted and about translated Conan Doyle’sa Swedish poet- heSo should it’sphy business of be. Sherlock as usual Holmes. at The Database, subscription biographical means any dog, big or small. And what same house a last time in 1941. “La Série Noire”) and asked me to do complimentary comments about the opedher (1900-1917) in the U.S. aroundfrom English 1912, authorsinitially promisethe that Lodge he’ll and call the her Club. with updates While the play may be a disappoint- him,October he was 2007very cordialmeant herto Andrew collection, radiory as dramatisation featured in our of the100 book Years and Ago Sherlock Holmes Collections, for dictionary of British and Irish journal-about “…of the Baskervilles.” If liter- a selection of Sherlock Holmes stories. recently published Sherlock Holmes in asincluding a reaction F. Ansteyagainst (one nationally of the syn24 - on the case. Unfortunately, this is the ment toAccording Sherlockians, to Doyle’s the mystery own correspon- whenwhich he was she conductingamassed with his her research beloved producedcolumn. it Dick as a Sveumsix-part updates serial in us 1977. on the SoFiftywhich the years 1911 we later,are second all Klinefelter’s thankful. edition wasbook what ists from the period of 1800 – 1950, ally translated into my language the I can certainly tell you that Broch- There had then been no Holmes books Portrait and Profile. Klinefelter wrote dicatedauthors productionsalong with ACD of massive of The and/Fate of only sensibleAfter his investigating retirement fromthat occurs.Lloyd’s authors mentioned by Helen, the Wayne, was ready to move to I sometimesstatus of the think drive that for my the main E.W. motive gotcontinues Nils Nordberg to give pleasure hooked toon those Sherlock of indicates he extended the circulation title would be Bakervilleslektens hund, mann’s dencetranslation (from of A HOUNLife in Letters and that), this in Norwegian since 1941. I did in fact orFenella sensational, 1892) Victorianand Jerome melodramatic K. Jerome. Sherlock Holmes never, Catling appears undertook in the the would-be detective, are interesting. for becoming a radio drama producer Holmes.us interested In his in translation that iconography. he kept His of the paper beyond London and waswhich Wis eeklynot only News clumsy, Catling but–even undertook the very 1911was edition a worrisome has played time. aJean decisive was do twoMinnesota. selections, Boxes containing of books, seven pho- sto- McDiarmid Curatorship. Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI theatreI was able spectacles to examine (which the wereletters soon while play — except for the title, he’s not Carolyn Wells [1862-1942] wrote a was the wish to do this story on radio, Elizabethlegacy lives Brochmann’s on. title, and he was worse—suggestsediting task a forstory The about Press aAlbum pet: . The part in mypregnant life. It with was herthe first child Holmes at age ries tographs,each. We ephemerathen decided and thateven I awould giant It’s gratifying to receive notes from toattending be replacedreputed the Gillette by to cinema). be theto Brett first Shunning IIIto usecon- the auto-even mentioned. total of more than 170 books, begin- the medium it is perfectly suited for. a good friend of John Bennett Shaw. As The Dog of the Baskervilles Family. story I ever34 and read, Doyle and wasit hooked worried me about her translate HOUN. I used EB’s version crassference commercialism, at Indiana University. amateur theatre ning with poetry, humor, satire and And, ah yes, 2009 saw the first ever a Norwegian-AmericanJulie McKuras, and Sherlock- ASH, BSI Actually the decision was made for on the Master. I must have been 10 or (and also several Danish and Swedish) companies wrote and produced their Impromptu after-dinner entertainment children’s tales (the PattyContinued Fairfield on page 7 “nynorsk” translation of HOUN, by ian, I appreciate all the connections. as reference, but avoided copying it. Ragnar Hovland but relying I suspect a own plays. They inspired members of allows a company-specific interlude: Continued on page 7 Continued on page 8 SIGN was also included in the series, good deal on mine. Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 The Redmond Donation Continued from Page 1 My father was born in Michigan to and of Holmes’s and the possibilities of the two men Canadian parents, graduated from connections to working together to publish it. On Mount Allison University as a chemist, Ceylon. One May 2, 1933, Starrett let Klinefelter and then took library science degrees of my parents’ know that Macmillan Company would at McGill and the University of Illinois. favourite memo- be the publisher but raised the pos- He spent his career in academic librari- ries is their sibility that Klinefelter might be able to anship in Nova Scotia, Ceylon, Turkey, participation publish a limited edition with “some 5YEARS0 AGO further illustrations.” The limited edi- Kansas and Ontario, arriving at Queen’s in the Sherlock University in Kingston, Ontario in 1966 Holmes Society tion didn’t appear, but those additional as chief librarian. Following his retire- of London trip Fifty years ago Walter Klinefelter’s Sher- illustrations would eventually appear ment, my parents continued to live in to Switzer- lock Holmes in Portrait and Profile was thirty years later in Klinefelter’s book. Kingston, and my father was active in land in 1968, published by the Syracuse University the local historical society, Sydenham costumed as In- Press. In the introduction, Vincent One month later, on June 17, 1933 Street United Church, associations of spector Merivale Starrett wrote “We all know what a Mary Lamberton Becker noted Kline- Meccano collectors and model makers, and Mrs. Cecil detective looks like. He looks like felter’s latest “privately printed book” and of course the Sherlockian world. Forrester. Sherlock Holmes ... The evolution of in the Saturday Review of Literature. And it is my that famous profile is a story in itself, She was “delighted to welcome” the He earned some fame as the indexer hope that the the story of the detective’s illustrators publication of How Sherlock Holmes no less than his impersonators. It is of the Baker Street Journal for several books we have Solved the Mystery of Edwin Drood, a that story Walter Klinefelter tells in his piece by Harry L. Smith which had decades, and was invested in the Baker been able to Hanover Pennsylvania city directory Street Irregulars (1969) as “Good Old give to the delightful book.” previously appeared in “a magazine long gone out of existence” [Munsey’s for 1939 indicates that Walter was em-

Index.” He has been a mainstay of the Minnesota Photo courtesy of Christopher Redmond Author Walter Klinefelter was born Magazine, December 1924]. Enthusi- ployed as a clerk in a local liquor store, Bootmakers of Toronto from its early collections will Donald Redmond and Christopher Redmond and the 1940 Federal Census shows years. His Sherlockian achievements inspire good November 3, 1899 near Glen Rock, astic about the content, Becker praised Pennsylvania to Edwin and Sophia the couple had a daughter named include two books (Sherlock Holmes, memories of my Klinefelter for “restor[ing] this gem to Bricker Klinefelter, both Pennsylvania Nancy in late 1939; his daughter A Study in Sources and Sherlock Holmes father and his friendship and collabo- the reading world. By permission of natives. He received his A.B. in 1920 Lady Conan Doyle, a first edition of Mildred was still living with Walter’s among the Pirates) and many articles ration with so many Sherlockians in parents in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania. and brochures. Not surprisingly, his Canada, the United States and beyond! from Gettysburg College and in 1926 not more than 250 copies is offered at married Mildred Rosenkrans; their son a modest price.” Interestingly enough, the Shrewsbury Sherlockian writings have included Fire Department website indicates that detailed studies of Holmesian chemistry William was born, and died, in 1927. The 1930 Federal Census for Shrews- Christopher Morley published the a Walter Klinefelter began his volun- bury, Pennsylvania was completed on Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle, teer position as a truck driver for the April 25 and shows the young married described by Jon Lellenberg in Ir- department in 1933. (http://www. couple living with Walter’s parents and regular Memories of the ’Thirties as a shrewsburyfire.com/sitecontent/index/ working on the family farm. Only three “devilish work . . . concocted by Frank page/History) months later a daughter, also named Morley,” in his May 13, 1934, “Bowl- A Gift from the Redmonds Mildred, was born, and her mother ing Green” column in the Saturday The 1930s were prolific years for passed away that same year. Review of Literature. Morley said suc- Klinefelter. Pursuing his interest in he Sherlock Holmes Collections are honored to be the recipients of a gift from the Redmonds. In an email to cessful solvers of the Crossword would stamps, his Maps in Miniature; Notes Dick Sveum regarding the donation, Chris wrote of the books that “none are overtly Sherlockian, but all provide Baker Street Irregular Bliss Austin’s “automatically become members of Critical and Historical on Their Use on background of various kinds, especially on London and crime of the Victorian era.” They are the type of material (1944, The Engineers Thumb) article the Baker Street Irregulars”; Klinefelter Postage Stamps was published in 1936. that proves to be of great interest to researchers who utilize the Collections. titled “Sidelights on The Private Life of was one of only six who submitted a His essay “Christmas Books” appeared T Sherlock Holmes” appeared in the Sum- perfect solution by the initial deadline. that same year, and A Bibliographical In addition to the books that Chris mentioned in his article, a brief listing follows itemizing some of the works recently added mer 1983 Baker Street Miscellanea. (It is (Vincent Starrett was among the six as Checklist of Christmas Books was pub- to the Sherlock Holmes Collections: Poems of Impudence, E.V. Knox; By Way of Introduction, A. A. Milne; The Secrets of also reprinted in Appendix C of “Dear well.) lished in 1937. He followed that with the German War Office, Armgaard Karl Graves; The French Police from Within, Rene Faralico; How to be a Detective, Starrett”/“Dear Briggs,” Jon Lellenberg, More Christmas Books in 1938. F. H. Tillotson; Cornish of Scotland Yard, G. W. Cornish; Back View, Sir Harold Morris Q.C.; The Detective’s Secret, 1989.) In the essay, Austin wrote of In 1938 the Black Cat Press published Nathan D. Urner; Martin Hewitt Investigator, Arthur Morrison; Leprosy, A Review of Some Facts and Figures, the early 1930s that “Klinefelter was at Klinefelter’s Ex Libris A. Conan Doyle. He continued to publish works about Phineas S. Abraham; and Man-Hunters of Scotland Yard, Arthur Fowler Neil. that time an avid reader of the Saturday Christopher Morley wrote about this books and maps in those years includ- Review of Literature, and especially of publication in his January 15, 1938 ing The Fortsas Bibliohoax in 1941, Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI Chris Morley’s Column, ‘The Bowl- “The Bowling Green” column, the which covered the touted 1840 auction ing Green,’ and it was because of the same column that initially piqued in Belgium of a coveted collection of latter’s Sherlockian content that he Klinefelter’s interest in Holmes and books; the bibliophiles who descended became interested in Holmes and Wat- Watson. Morley wrote how pleased on the small town of Binche soon son.” At the time, Klinefelter’s attempts he was to announce the book “said to learned that neither the books nor the to “set up a publishing business…fell a be a study of the genesis and growth former owner ever existed and it was victim to the Great Depression.” Austin of the Holmes idea as reflected in the all an elaborate prank. The University included texts of letters from Starrett other writings of Dr. Doyle.” of Delaware Library website states that to Klinefelter in which Starrett wrote of “Klinefelter provides the most useful the frustrations of finding a publisher Walter married Edna Ellen Mc- historical summary of the Fortsas hoax for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Cullough on August 1, 1938. The to date [with] the most authoritative Continued on page 7

6 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 3 From the President An Update from the Collections hope that everyone is planning in the Elmer L. Andersen Library. This summer the Rare Book and pring is around the corner, but Since my return from New York I’ve ary was held in Andersen Library and to attend our conference, Sher- Manuscript Section of the Association winter still lingers outside my been involved in a number of local allowed me an opportunity to share lock Holmes Through Time and The Baker Street Irregulars Trust has of College and Research Libraries will window. It was a joy to see and experiences that relate to our own some of the treasures of the Collections Place to be held August 9-11, generously donated material to the hold their annual meeting in Min- talk with many of you in New work of promoting the Collections. with the class. In February and March I 2013. It will be sponsored by the Sherlock Holmes Collections, and neapolis. The meeting titled, “O Rare! S York during the annual gather- Some time ago a good friend of mine we shifted to a discussion of the ad- Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota, the donation was highlighted in their Performance in Special Collections” ing of the Baker Street Irregulars. The asked me if I would share Holmes ventures, focusing on A Study in Scarlet the University of Minnesota Librar- newsletter For the Sake of the Trust in a reminds us that we are part of a wider work of the Irregulars — especially with his book club (which has been and The Hound of the Baskervilles. These ies and the Friends of the Sherlock news item, “A Study in Sharing.” We academic world. I look forward to see- through The Beacon Society (which going strong for twenty-one years). sessions were held in the Continuing Holmes Collections. In conjunction are proud to be part of the collective ing many friends at both meetings and supports and recognizes “exemplary I gladly accepted the invitation and Education Center on the St. Paul cam- with the triennial conference we will effort to preserve all things related to know that Minneapolis is the place to educational experiences that intro- spent a delightful evening in January pus of the university. have our Annual Membership Meeting Sherlock Holmes and his world. visit this summer. duce young people to the Sherlock and a fuller weekend day in Febru- of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Holmes stories”) and the BSI Archives ary talking about the Collections and Now my mind turns toward our Collections on Friday, August 9, 2013 Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI at Harvard University — continues to sharing my enthusiasm of the Holmes upcoming conference in August. I’ve keep forever green the memory of the stories. Our February gathering also already been busy working with our Master. My special thanks to the Baker included a showing of the 1939 Hound Exhibits/Graphic Designer, Darren Street Trust for their gift of material of the Baskervilles starring Basil Rath- Terpstra, on a logo for the conference that exemplifies the cooperative rela- bone. Also in January I was invited by and with our communications staff on tionships between various Sherlockian the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, how we will publicize both the exhibit repositories around the world. I will housed at the University, to participate and conference. Our communica- miss my colleague, Thomas Hor- in their “Afternoon with the Liberal tions staff may also arrange for some rocks, in his position at the Houghton Arts” series with a two-hour presenta- interviews during the conference (to Acquisitions Library at Harvard (site of the BSI tion and discussion on “The Perennial be filmed and later mounted on our Archives), but was happy to see him in Sherlock Holmes.” I was met by a very website). In the next few months I’ll be published by Gasogene Books, was arbara Herbert donated a CD her 1997 presentation given at The New York and delighted in the report enthusiastic class of thirty-one which working on the final selection of items presented to the Sherlock Holmes of her presentation “Good Woman dinner. of his recent appointment as the new provided some great opportunities for for the exhibit, writing and design- Collections by The Conan Doyle Night Mr. Sherlock Holmes.” Director of Special Collections and the a rollicking discussion of Holmes and ing the exhibit guide, and working on Estate, Ltd. It is an updated version of Robert Veld’s 2013 publication The John Hay Library at Brown University. the Collections. Between January and other materials related to the confer- B Strand Magazine & Sherlock Holmes, ence. We’re hosting two conferences Best wishes, Tom! March I have also presented a three- session class, “Investigating Sherlock this summer — our triennial Holmes Holmes,” through the College of gathering, and the Rare Books and Continuing Education’s “Learning Life” Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the program. Our first session in Janu- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). It promises to be an exciting spring and summer!

Musings Tim Johnson

think that many of us enjoy Our 50 Years Ago column covers We’re very proud to add a new author looking for the connections that Walter Klinefelter’s Sherlock Holmes to our newsletter. Marilynne McKay, interweave books, various sub- in Portrait and Profile published in MD, BSI graciously accepted our jects and people together. In this 1963 which, like Donald Redmond’s invitation to write about Gladys Ruth I issue, our lead article features a book mentioned above, is included in Bridgham’s A Case for Sherlock Holmes. recent donation made by the Redmond John Bennett Shaw’s Basic Holmesian Her expertise in all things Sherlockian Frederic Dorr Steele and Frankling Pierce Adams family. Donald Redmond’s name is cer- Library. Mr. Klinefelter was described as well as background and interest in tainly familiar to readers of Baker Street recently by Jon Lellenberg as “writing the theatre made her a perfect choice enjoyed Julie McKuras’s piece in tion to the connection through The Play- was quite susceptible to the charms Miscellanea; his essays in volumes 19- on Sherlockian subjects before there to write about the somewhat unknown the December 2012 issue of this ers club mentioned by Julie, they had of the actresses he depicted, and that 27 became thirteen chapters of Sherlock was a BSI, one of the Crossword solvers Ms. Bridgham, who had many of her newsletter on Franklin Pierce Ad- points of contact through their mutual they called him “Freddie.” Nearly 200 Holmes, A Study in Sources, a book pub- in 1934, but didn’t receive an investi- works published by W.H. Baker. ams and his connection with Fred- work for the New York Herald Tribune. of these published drawings have been lished in 1982 and included in various ture until the early 1960s … A giant I eric Dorr Steele. I recall Steele’s Between 1928 and his death in 1944 found, in which (with some repetitions) versions of John Bennett Shaw’s list of who preferred to remain off-stage.” My Our thanks go to Andrew Malec for his children mentioning the friendship Steele made the bulk of his income some 500 personalities are rendered. the Basic Holmesian Library. He is also thanks go to Andrew Malec and Jon Le- additional thoughts on Franklin Pierce between F.P.A. and F.D.S. and the latter’s by supplying theatrical illustrations to the author of Sherlock Holmes Among the llenberg for their help in learning more Adams, the subject of our 50 Years Ago contribution to the former’s newspaper the newspaper. These never brought Andrew Malec, BSI Pirates. I’d like to thank Chris Red- about Walter Klinefelter. column in the December 2012 issue of column “The Conning Tower.” This is an him much money, but Steele’s younger mond for writing about the donation of this newsletter. area ripe for future exploration. In addi- daughter Zulma recalled that the artist his father’s books. Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI

4 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 From the President An Update from the Collections hope that everyone is planning in the Elmer L. Andersen Library. This summer the Rare Book and pring is around the corner, but Since my return from New York I’ve ary was held in Andersen Library and to attend our conference, Sher- Manuscript Section of the Association winter still lingers outside my been involved in a number of local allowed me an opportunity to share lock Holmes Through Time and The Baker Street Irregulars Trust has of College and Research Libraries will window. It was a joy to see and experiences that relate to our own some of the treasures of the Collections Place to be held August 9-11, generously donated material to the hold their annual meeting in Min- talk with many of you in New work of promoting the Collections. with the class. In February and March I 2013. It will be sponsored by the Sherlock Holmes Collections, and neapolis. The meeting titled, “O Rare! S York during the annual gather- Some time ago a good friend of mine we shifted to a discussion of the ad- Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota, the donation was highlighted in their Performance in Special Collections” ing of the Baker Street Irregulars. The asked me if I would share Holmes ventures, focusing on A Study in Scarlet the University of Minnesota Librar- newsletter For the Sake of the Trust in a reminds us that we are part of a wider work of the Irregulars — especially with his book club (which has been and The Hound of the Baskervilles. These ies and the Friends of the Sherlock news item, “A Study in Sharing.” We academic world. I look forward to see- through The Beacon Society (which going strong for twenty-one years). sessions were held in the Continuing Holmes Collections. In conjunction are proud to be part of the collective ing many friends at both meetings and supports and recognizes “exemplary I gladly accepted the invitation and Education Center on the St. Paul cam- with the triennial conference we will effort to preserve all things related to know that Minneapolis is the place to educational experiences that intro- spent a delightful evening in January pus of the university. have our Annual Membership Meeting Sherlock Holmes and his world. visit this summer. duce young people to the Sherlock and a fuller weekend day in Febru- of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Holmes stories”) and the BSI Archives ary talking about the Collections and Now my mind turns toward our Collections on Friday, August 9, 2013 Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI at Harvard University — continues to sharing my enthusiasm of the Holmes upcoming conference in August. I’ve keep forever green the memory of the stories. Our February gathering also already been busy working with our Master. My special thanks to the Baker included a showing of the 1939 Hound Exhibits/Graphic Designer, Darren Street Trust for their gift of material of the Baskervilles starring Basil Rath- Terpstra, on a logo for the conference that exemplifies the cooperative rela- bone. Also in January I was invited by and with our communications staff on tionships between various Sherlockian the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, how we will publicize both the exhibit repositories around the world. I will housed at the University, to participate and conference. Our communica- miss my colleague, Thomas Hor- in their “Afternoon with the Liberal tions staff may also arrange for some rocks, in his position at the Houghton Arts” series with a two-hour presenta- interviews during the conference (to Acquisitions Library at Harvard (site of the BSI tion and discussion on “The Perennial be filmed and later mounted on our Archives), but was happy to see him in Sherlock Holmes.” I was met by a very website). In the next few months I’ll be published by Gasogene Books, was arbara Herbert donated a CD her 1997 presentation given at The New York and delighted in the report enthusiastic class of thirty-one which working on the final selection of items presented to the Sherlock Holmes of her presentation “Good Woman dinner. of his recent appointment as the new provided some great opportunities for for the exhibit, writing and design- Collections by The Conan Doyle Night Mr. Sherlock Holmes.” Director of Special Collections and the a rollicking discussion of Holmes and ing the exhibit guide, and working on Estate, Ltd. It is an updated version of Robert Veld’s 2013 publication The John Hay Library at Brown University. the Collections. Between January and other materials related to the confer- B Strand Magazine & Sherlock Holmes, ence. We’re hosting two conferences Best wishes, Tom! March I have also presented a three- session class, “Investigating Sherlock this summer — our triennial Holmes Holmes,” through the College of gathering, and the Rare Books and Continuing Education’s “Learning Life” Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the program. Our first session in Janu- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). It promises to be an exciting spring and summer!

Musings Tim Johnson

think that many of us enjoy Our 50 Years Ago column covers We’re very proud to add a new author looking for the connections that Walter Klinefelter’s Sherlock Holmes to our newsletter. Marilynne McKay, interweave books, various sub- in Portrait and Profile published in MD, BSI graciously accepted our jects and people together. In this 1963 which, like Donald Redmond’s invitation to write about Gladys Ruth I issue, our lead article features a book mentioned above, is included in Bridgham’s A Case for Sherlock Holmes. recent donation made by the Redmond John Bennett Shaw’s Basic Holmesian Her expertise in all things Sherlockian Frederic Dorr Steele and Frankling Pierce Adams family. Donald Redmond’s name is cer- Library. Mr. Klinefelter was described as well as background and interest in tainly familiar to readers of Baker Street recently by Jon Lellenberg as “writing the theatre made her a perfect choice enjoyed Julie McKuras’s piece in tion to the connection through The Play- was quite susceptible to the charms Miscellanea; his essays in volumes 19- on Sherlockian subjects before there to write about the somewhat unknown the December 2012 issue of this ers club mentioned by Julie, they had of the actresses he depicted, and that 27 became thirteen chapters of Sherlock was a BSI, one of the Crossword solvers Ms. Bridgham, who had many of her newsletter on Franklin Pierce Ad- points of contact through their mutual they called him “Freddie.” Nearly 200 Holmes, A Study in Sources, a book pub- in 1934, but didn’t receive an investi- works published by W.H. Baker. ams and his connection with Fred- work for the New York Herald Tribune. of these published drawings have been lished in 1982 and included in various ture until the early 1960s … A giant I eric Dorr Steele. I recall Steele’s Between 1928 and his death in 1944 found, in which (with some repetitions) versions of John Bennett Shaw’s list of who preferred to remain off-stage.” My Our thanks go to Andrew Malec for his children mentioning the friendship Steele made the bulk of his income some 500 personalities are rendered. the Basic Holmesian Library. He is also thanks go to Andrew Malec and Jon Le- additional thoughts on Franklin Pierce between F.P.A. and F.D.S. and the latter’s by supplying theatrical illustrations to the author of Sherlock Holmes Among the llenberg for their help in learning more Adams, the subject of our 50 Years Ago contribution to the former’s newspaper the newspaper. These never brought Andrew Malec, BSI Pirates. I’d like to thank Chris Red- about Walter Klinefelter. column in the December 2012 issue of column “The Conning Tower.” This is an him much money, but Steele’s younger mond for writing about the donation of this newsletter. area ripe for future exploration. In addi- daughter Zulma recalled that the artist his father’s books. Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI

4 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 The Redmond Donation Continued from Page 1 My father was born in Michigan to and of Holmes’s and the possibilities of the two men Canadian parents, graduated from connections to working together to publish it. On Mount Allison University as a chemist, Ceylon. One May 2, 1933, Starrett let Klinefelter and then took library science degrees of my parents’ know that Macmillan Company would at McGill and the University of Illinois. favourite memo- be the publisher but raised the pos- He spent his career in academic librari- ries is their sibility that Klinefelter might be able to anship in Nova Scotia, Ceylon, Turkey, participation publish a limited edition with “some 5YEARS0 AGO further illustrations.” The limited edi- Kansas and Ontario, arriving at Queen’s in the Sherlock University in Kingston, Ontario in 1966 Holmes Society tion didn’t appear, but those additional as chief librarian. Following his retire- of London trip Fifty years ago Walter Klinefelter’s Sher- illustrations would eventually appear ment, my parents continued to live in to Switzer- lock Holmes in Portrait and Profile was thirty years later in Klinefelter’s book. Kingston, and my father was active in land in 1968, published by the Syracuse University the local historical society, Sydenham costumed as In- Press. In the introduction, Vincent One month later, on June 17, 1933 Street United Church, associations of spector Merivale Starrett wrote “We all know what a Mary Lamberton Becker noted Kline- Meccano collectors and model makers, and Mrs. Cecil detective looks like. He looks like felter’s latest “privately printed book” and of course the Sherlockian world. Forrester. Sherlock Holmes ... The evolution of in the Saturday Review of Literature. And it is my that famous profile is a story in itself, She was “delighted to welcome” the He earned some fame as the indexer hope that the the story of the detective’s illustrators publication of How Sherlock Holmes no less than his impersonators. It is of the Baker Street Journal for several books we have Solved the Mystery of Edwin Drood, a that story Walter Klinefelter tells in his piece by Harry L. Smith which had decades, and was invested in the Baker been able to Hanover Pennsylvania city directory Street Irregulars (1969) as “Good Old give to the delightful book.” previously appeared in “a magazine long gone out of existence” [Munsey’s for 1939 indicates that Walter was em-

Index.” He has been a mainstay of the Minnesota Photo courtesy of Christopher Redmond Author Walter Klinefelter was born Magazine, December 1924]. Enthusi- ployed as a clerk in a local liquor store, Bootmakers of Toronto from its early collections will Donald Redmond and Christopher Redmond and the 1940 Federal Census shows years. His Sherlockian achievements inspire good November 3, 1899 near Glen Rock, astic about the content, Becker praised Pennsylvania to Edwin and Sophia the couple had a daughter named include two books (Sherlock Holmes, memories of my Klinefelter for “restor[ing] this gem to Bricker Klinefelter, both Pennsylvania Nancy in late 1939; his daughter A Study in Sources and Sherlock Holmes father and his friendship and collabo- the reading world. By permission of natives. He received his A.B. in 1920 Lady Conan Doyle, a first edition of Mildred was still living with Walter’s among the Pirates) and many articles ration with so many Sherlockians in parents in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania. and brochures. Not surprisingly, his Canada, the United States and beyond! from Gettysburg College and in 1926 not more than 250 copies is offered at married Mildred Rosenkrans; their son a modest price.” Interestingly enough, the Shrewsbury Sherlockian writings have included Fire Department website indicates that detailed studies of Holmesian chemistry William was born, and died, in 1927. The 1930 Federal Census for Shrews- Christopher Morley published the a Walter Klinefelter began his volun- bury, Pennsylvania was completed on Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle, teer position as a truck driver for the April 25 and shows the young married described by Jon Lellenberg in Ir- department in 1933. (http://www. couple living with Walter’s parents and regular Memories of the ’Thirties as a shrewsburyfire.com/sitecontent/index/ working on the family farm. Only three “devilish work . . . concocted by Frank page/History) months later a daughter, also named Morley,” in his May 13, 1934, “Bowl- A Gift from the Redmonds Mildred, was born, and her mother ing Green” column in the Saturday The 1930s were prolific years for passed away that same year. Review of Literature. Morley said suc- Klinefelter. Pursuing his interest in he Sherlock Holmes Collections are honored to be the recipients of a gift from the Redmonds. In an email to cessful solvers of the Crossword would stamps, his Maps in Miniature; Notes Dick Sveum regarding the donation, Chris wrote of the books that “none are overtly Sherlockian, but all provide Baker Street Irregular Bliss Austin’s “automatically become members of Critical and Historical on Their Use on background of various kinds, especially on London and crime of the Victorian era.” They are the type of material (1944, The Engineers Thumb) article the Baker Street Irregulars”; Klinefelter Postage Stamps was published in 1936. that proves to be of great interest to researchers who utilize the Collections. titled “Sidelights on The Private Life of was one of only six who submitted a His essay “Christmas Books” appeared T Sherlock Holmes” appeared in the Sum- perfect solution by the initial deadline. that same year, and A Bibliographical In addition to the books that Chris mentioned in his article, a brief listing follows itemizing some of the works recently added mer 1983 Baker Street Miscellanea. (It is (Vincent Starrett was among the six as Checklist of Christmas Books was pub- to the Sherlock Holmes Collections: Poems of Impudence, E.V. Knox; By Way of Introduction, A. A. Milne; The Secrets of also reprinted in Appendix C of “Dear well.) lished in 1937. He followed that with the German War Office, Armgaard Karl Graves; The French Police from Within, Rene Faralico; How to be a Detective, Starrett”/“Dear Briggs,” Jon Lellenberg, More Christmas Books in 1938. F. H. Tillotson; Cornish of Scotland Yard, G. W. Cornish; Back View, Sir Harold Morris Q.C.; The Detective’s Secret, 1989.) In the essay, Austin wrote of In 1938 the Black Cat Press published Nathan D. Urner; Martin Hewitt Investigator, Arthur Morrison; Leprosy, A Review of Some Facts and Figures, the early 1930s that “Klinefelter was at Klinefelter’s Ex Libris A. Conan Doyle. He continued to publish works about Phineas S. Abraham; and Man-Hunters of Scotland Yard, Arthur Fowler Neil. that time an avid reader of the Saturday Christopher Morley wrote about this books and maps in those years includ- Review of Literature, and especially of publication in his January 15, 1938 ing The Fortsas Bibliohoax in 1941, Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI Chris Morley’s Column, ‘The Bowl- “The Bowling Green” column, the which covered the touted 1840 auction ing Green,’ and it was because of the same column that initially piqued in Belgium of a coveted collection of latter’s Sherlockian content that he Klinefelter’s interest in Holmes and books; the bibliophiles who descended became interested in Holmes and Wat- Watson. Morley wrote how pleased on the small town of Binche soon son.” At the time, Klinefelter’s attempts he was to announce the book “said to learned that neither the books nor the to “set up a publishing business…fell a be a study of the genesis and growth former owner ever existed and it was victim to the Great Depression.” Austin of the Holmes idea as reflected in the all an elaborate prank. The University included texts of letters from Starrett other writings of Dr. Doyle.” of Delaware Library website states that to Klinefelter in which Starrett wrote of “Klinefelter provides the most useful the frustrations of finding a publisher Walter married Edna Ellen Mc- historical summary of the Fortsas hoax for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Cullough on August 1, 1938. The to date [with] the most authoritative Continued on page 7

6 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 3 50100 Years Years Ago Ago Continued Continued from from Page Page 3 2 100 Years Ago...Continued from Page 2 clubs, committees, university theatre the group sings “a popular song” mobile for “journalistic purposes.” table of contents for this 224 page bibliography of the various editions of on Frederic Dorr Steele. Andrew wrote departments, churches, settlement around the piano and presents a pro- the Fortsashealth Catalogue during and.” (http://www. after the pregnan- The Orphanage Catling was active in the Institute of illustrated book includes works by that a greatin an contribution earlier translation of Klinefelter’s which I houses and other organizations. Wom- gram: “a speech on Women’s Rights, lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/cy. This certainly would explain the book was noting the Steele illustra- Journalists and traveled extensively revised quite heavily. en embracedJournalists Little and Theatre, traveled participat extensively- songs,Alfred mandolin Noyes, or Arthurbanjo solos,Morrison, and fortsas.htm)somewhat sombre tone of the poem. tionsWhen, that wereere the done tangled “for web newspaper is reft, ing notthrough only as America,audience Canada, members the but Middle a stutteringRosamund piece Marriott-Watson, by Estelle” (a timid Eden The use of the word “lady” in the last The kid-gloved villain scowls and sneers, appearancesThe main – beyond difference those between that as playwrights,East and teachers,Europe, including scholars, Franceedi- bridesmaidPhillpotts, whose John affliction Galsworthy, provides F. Anstey Like thestanza 1930s, seems the to 1960s strongly were wereAnd just hapless reprints innocence from Collier’s is left .” The 100tors, activists,during Worldorganizers, War I.and He managserved- as a non-politically correct comic relief Withmy no own assets and save EB’s sighs translation and tears, I 100 during World War I. He served as a and Jerome K. Jerome, to name but a productive years. In 1962, Klinefel- 110000 and Jerome K. Jerome, to name but a YEARS AGO suggest that it was written to/for December 1963 Baker Street Journal ers. Although many live performances throughout the play). Another phone ter’s “The Case of the Conan Doyle ’Tis’Tisthink then,then, juststemsjust then,then, from thatthat the inin facttherethere that stalksstalks YEARS AGO delegate to the Conference of the few of the contributors. Page 20 fea- Lady Jean. Inventorythey stated belong that to “Bothdifferent scholar ages.- As The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections were surelyInternational intended Association as serious ofart Journalists for call confirmstures the thatpoem the “By robber the North may Sea”be by Crime Library” appeared in the March shipThe and hero, devotion watchful have of herproduced needs, this is a quarterly newsletter published by the The March 2008 issue of this newslet- He youtalks! may Great know, heavens, Danish how washe talks for the purposeat Berlin of moralin 1908, and and cultural later as en- somewhereSir Arthur on theConan island Doyle. as the It firstis a short act 1962 Baker Street Journal. Dr. A.S.W. treasure trove of some sixty illustra- Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections AAmong CASE tertheFOR featuredforeign SHERLOCK translationsan article HOLME about ofS The byThe Flag, richment, civic improvement,Caption: or socialThe 1902 firstends. edition has the Also, the fact that they were expect- Butcenturies we forgive the him, official for his deeds.written lan- which seek to promote the activities, inter- President of the British International poem, and there is a facsimile of the Rosenbach, mentor and good friend of tions and the story-by-story account GladysHound ofRuthpublished the BaskervillesBridgham, in 1908, publishedfrom which John benefitted by change, numerous productionsPaget illustration were while the second does not. ing their first child may have guage of Norway, and although ests and needs of the Special Collections Christopher Morley (Morley addressed that accompanies them.” and Rare Books Department, University of WalterBennett H. Shaw’s Baker collections, & Co, Boston, the one1914, staged Societystrictly offor Journalists entertainment. during Some 1915. HeAct Twolast isstanza set later as written that evening, by Conan with Doyle. him asinfluenced “Rosy”), had Doyle’s purchased decision the to con- LifeNorwegian is the drama in here 1911 to-day had begun the Union Jack Club. One of the Don Hobbs’ The Galactic Sherlock me by the first translator, who called Minnesota Libraries. copyrightthat was published 1913 100 years ago has groupspassed were professional away on December at the outset; 25, 1920. cast members in braided hair and Conantribute Doyle to Crime The Press Library Book ofin “100 the Andsplitting Death the away, villain the of influencethe plot. entries in The Flag was Sir Arthur Holmes bibliography of foreign lan- the storyHer Hunden cheek was fra wet Baskervilles. with North ThisSea spray, In 1968from Klinefelter’s Danish was association still strong. with It’s Mail editorial correspondence c/o: special significance. According to De others remained resolutely amateur. kimono robes. Candles and lanterns and somefirst place.odd volumes” Being a fatherand spoke himself, of I’m Dr. EmersonIt is a realistic Wulling’s play; Sumac Press Conan Doyle’s “The Grey Dress – guage editionsCatling’s ofname the alsoCanon appears has nine in con- title is established;We walked where to the tide eye and it comesshingle meet, Scan courtesy of the University of Minnesota Libraries a complicated story but actually AWaal play it script was a in2nd paperback, edition, with subtitled the Both the Off-Broadway movement provide light as small groups of women how hesure believed he could these easily books empathize contained with Shall it end well or shall it not Unpublished Dialogue from ‘A Duet.’”books junctionlisted as translationswith The Savage by Elisa- Club of close toThe the longoriginal; waves and rolled it fromsounds far away sure he could easily empathize with began with the publication of The Case Editor “Afirst Comedy published in Two in 1902.Acts forNoted FemaleHound of the 1950s and today’s community interact Thein amusing long waves ways, rolled coming from far and away the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. NorwegianThe hero? Oh, on the the hero’s printed part page is beth BrochmannLondon. Founded and includes in 1857, scanned the mem- right. ItTo is purralso inmisleading, ripples at our because feet. it 11 yearsthe oldfatherless at the time,children which which makes would of theas Conandifferent Doyle from Crime Ibsen’s Library time. toThe the Julie McKuras Characterscollector Dr. Only,” Donald is one Pollack item has in Johnboth theaters are an outgrowth of Little going in the main room. For various In November 1936 Klinefelter paid a Is vacant—to be played by you. 13512 Granada Ave. covers. hints thatAnd Baskerville as we walked is ait placeseemed rather to me it 1952benefit or ’53. from I think the saleit was of giventhe volume. Sumac Press in La Crosse Wisconsin Bennettin his collection. TheShaw’s following massive year, treasure in 1909, trove The PressTheatre.bers come from the worlds of art, reasons,And the asgirls we walkedexit the it cabinseemed in to me pre-approved visit to the Rosenbach presentThen as act Shakespeare it well! An isorphan’s from pres-heart Apple Valley, MN 55124 than a family.That three But, old for friends the three had metexcel- that day: to me by friends of my parents who published a number of Norwegian of SherlockianaAlbum was at thepublished University to aid of the drama, law, literature, music or sci- ones, twosThat and three a oldtrio friends — some had seek met thatthe day: Company in Philadelphia to view ent dayMay English. beat the lighterAt the if same you do. time I did 952-431-1934 This search led to the online WorldCat lent reasonsThe old mentioned, old sky, the I olddecided old sea, not knew Finally,about my Doyle interest wrote in a detective poem about goExplorer for a “conservative” publications, style,and in hoping 1985 [email protected] MinnesotaC3542. Journalists’— Library.A1456. ThisOrphanHunden copy fraFund, of Basker- the and as he A CASEence. FOR Former SHERLOCK members HOLMES have includedrobber, others go to help their friends, these books. However, Dr. Rosenbach, Sumac printed The Sherlock Holmes which lists eleven books by A. Conan to changeAnd it.” love, which is as old as they. stories.orphans Anyway, which it was was a revelation.published in it would read to modern day Norwe- playville: hasEn had nynames fortælling done written the om previous nextSherlock to year, each Conan The castnotables of this suchcomedy as Charlie includes Chaplin, a and the bride sneaks out to meet the described in rather uncompliment- Christy Allen and Julie McKuras Editorial Board Doyle translated in Norwegian by When I wrote to Nils Nordberg for an I’ve still got it, title page missing and gianCrossword Christyreaders, aAllen asreprint Conan and of Julie Doylethe McKuras 1934 reads to Editorial Board character,Holmes. DoyleAutoriseret so it stepped must oversættelse have forward been with per ved- a contri- bride, herMark maid Twain, of honor,Wilkie andCollins, six James groom. Just as it appears to the aunt ary terms,Songs refused of the Road to let, just him a viewfew pages the John Bergquist, Timothy Johnson, Elisabeth Brochmann. Also online is update Outhe surprised seaward hung me theby writing:brooding mist, slightly the worse for wear, yet one of English-speakingpuzzle, by Al and readers Julia Rosenblatt. of today. formedElisabeth at Brochmann.least once, though Kristiania: it’s doubt - bridesmaids at a pre-wedding stayover that all have been kidnapped, the girls library,after which “By hadthe Northbelonged Sea.” to It W.S. was References: Jon Lellenberg, Richard J. Sveum, M.D. bution. The book, edited by Thomas NasjonalbiblioteketMcNeill Whistler, (National Sir Alexander Library ElisabethWe Brochmann’s saw it rolling, translationfold on fold, of my dearest possessions. But very few When Klinefelter’s The Origins of fulForlagt the cast af H. was Aschehoug a professional & Co. one. (W. on a lighthouse island in Maine, home return. HelenWe saw is it ignominiouslyrolling, fold on fold, carried Gilbertcalled of Gilbert “The Orphanage”and Sullivan and fame is repro- http://www.scoop- Catling and published by John Murray,of Norway),Fleming, which W. S.had Gilbert, Elisabeth Sir Henry HOUN Andwas markedactually the first great published Sun Alchemist of the stories were available in my own SinceSherlockdatabase.com/bio/catling_thomas 1971 Holmes my translation was published of HOUN in 1983 MostNygaard), of the 1902. characters 263 p. are college girls, of the bride’s aunt and uncle and their in, trussed up by a lasso-throwing beforeduced Conan below. Doyle purchased it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Club has an introductory note which gives BrochmannIrving, dates Dante listed Rossetti, as 1855-1915 Dylan Thomas, 1902, alsoTurn by all Aschehoug. its leaden edge The to gold.interest language then, so I had to wait until I byhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Club Gaslight, Andrew Malec recalls that so—————. it would have 2nd been ed. 1911.appropriate 246 p. for a 16-year-old daughter. The members of bridesmaidTurn whoall its didn’t leaden recognize edge to gold. the Klinefelter believed that the library had hashttp://www.savageclub.com/ been reprinted over a dozen times the history of the Fund. It began in along withHerbert some Beerbohm books and Tree, letters. Edgar in the newLook Holmes well, look adventure well, oh lady seems mine! to learned English to pursue my interest bythe various author publishers,sent him “an by inscribed Aschehoug copy schoolI became or awareyoung ofwomen’s translator club. Elisabeth the wedding party are well-to-do col- uncle’s raincoat donned by the bud- little or no influence upon the creation Copyright © 2006 have beenThe as grey great below, here the as gold in England! above; in Holmes.I wonder, perhaps, if he was think- – GREATLY appreciated when I was a Brochmann“1892 in with2004 a whengift of I £1,000 acquired by the latelege girls;Wallace the lighthouse-keepers and Peter Ustinov. Itlive is cur- ding sleuth.The grey As thebelow, girls the untie gold above;Helen, of the character. and Norild as well as Gyldendal, and University of Minnesota Library To me the most famous Norwegian The 1911For edition so the greyest was one life inmay a seriesshine ing of the Orphan’s Fund when he I’vepoor also student.” read it as an audio book. It Copyright © ©2013 20122011 Gladyslot 93 of RuthLord The Bridgham GleneskConan Doyle and [1884-1928] £500 Collec- by the late Sirmodestly.rently The located set is aat simple 1 Whitehall living/ Place, the bride announces that the men of Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. translator of the Canon is Nils Nor- of booksAll published golden in thein thatlight format,of love. half As EB’swrote HOUN this? was more or less my was included in the first ever collected wastion aauction prolificJohn atWillox…Working playwrightChristie’s. Includedand lifetime pressmen dining Londonroom with and a their window, website an openindicates it the wedding party have been camping Despite his successful completion of The University of Minnesota is an Equal dberg, BSI (“A Norwegian Named octavo, with green covers and dust- favourite boyhood reading I tend to be Walter Klinefelter died of cancer on residentin the lotthroughout of were Somerville, seven the letters Massachusetts.country and commenced two doorway“remains stage right one ofand the a leadingfront door Bohemian at the other end of the island — and the 1934 crossword puzzle, which Sherlock Holmes edition in Norwegian, Opportunity Educator and Employer. Sigerson” 1981). In 1995 he wrote jacket.The It Press(and Albumindeed added all the over three £1000 to uncritical, but I think it was for its time July 4, 1987. His second wife Edna Anpostcards elocution by ACDteacher to whoMadame never Broch- mar- upstageGentleman’s center. A piano Clubs sits in atLondon.” stage they’ve helped the police capture the ensured membership in the Baker which I edited and part-translated contributions, and in the same year “Holmes by Any Other editions of EB’s transla- an excellent translation, less error-ridden preceded him in death by two years. ried,mann she discussing was well-established rights to stories enough and left. robber.the Institute of Journalists Orphan Street Irregulars, Walter Klinefelter, “an (wanted to do all but didn’t have the first orphan was adopted.” The Name: Translating the tion) had the Sidney Paget and less inclined to take liberties than He is buried in New Hope Cemetery in aspamphlets. a writer to ACD be listed was eager in the to Somer have - In 1882, the Prince of Wales, later Fund. amiable but private man” (Lellenberg, time), published in 10 volumes by Den reader is assured that “Every penny SherlockIn 1882,Holmes the Stories,” Prince of Wales, later illustration of the hound contemporary Swedish or Danish trans- Glen Rock, Pennsylvania with his first villeThe Warcity indirectory South Africa: as “playwright.” Its Cause and Act One opens with the girls enter- A sentimental subplot between the Irregular Memories of the ’Thirties, 1990) Norske Bokklubben (“The Norwegian In one particular its effect on contributed to the Fund, from its publishedEdward in Sherlock VII, became an honorary breaking out of the fog on lations. It’s a long time since I’ve re-read wife, Mildred, son William and his SheConduct wrote translated 56 plays, into mostly all languages comedies, ing and shuffling suitcases as they’re bride Christyand her Allen, young who cousin contributes reveals fre- never attended an annual dinner. But Book Club”) in 1980. The tenth volume Aschehougyou reminds in EB’s me time of wasthe letterDoyle’s RLS beginning seventeen years ago, has Holmes:member The Detective of the &Club. He enjoyed the the dust jacket. The series it but it is my impression Continuedthat EB was from Pageparents. 4 Albert Rosenblatt penned the betweenand wrote 1912 a preface and 1927. for the Norwegian introduced to the aunt and daughter, that thequently girl is to really the ConanDoyle adopted, which (ACD) list in 1962,Musings... he was formally made a mem- was a collection of pastiches and essays. main[Robert Norwegian Louis publisher, Stevenson] but unfor- The Collector,atmosphere Essays and on suggestedthe that a was called H. Aschehoug especially good at maintaining the poetic “Stand Upon the Terrace” for Klinefel- edition. beenBrochmann devoted must to the have keep had and a educa- the uncle being away for the night. explainson theher Internet,talent on is the interested piano — in Conan ber of the group with the investiture In the 1990s all ten volumes were re- tunatelywrote they to ACDdidn’t (reprinted follow it up—there in the John Bennettmasonic Shaw lodge Library. would be a good addi- & Co.s Kronebibliotek (“1 qualitiesnever of the the same original. for Francine; I’m still haunted she ter,stuffed which rat appeared now adorn in the the September Collections. readers and other interested parties, Theclose early relationshiption part of ofthe the withorphans…Avoiding 20th ACD century and his any As they chatter, a phone call from the her mother was a “French actress.” “The British Barque Sophy Anderson.” printed wholesale by a short-lived pub- werelatest no translations number of of the VALL Baker or Street The In that essay he explained Doyle’sKrone poetry. Library”, She wrote: mean- by themissed descriptions sharing theirof the interests moor as and I read most 1987Our Baker thanks Street go to Journal Peter .Blau, In it nothe only and this issue features two of those: wasfamily, notable butexpenditure there for the is nothing numberon bricks aboutof and Ameri hermortar,- thetown constabletion to the alerts facilities. the house On December that a 3, The bride urges the girl not to let on lisher called LibriArte. I’ve done minor Case-book,Journal )and in which only four the of writer the stories gave about the challenges of ing that the price was one them almost 60 years ago. wrote “He was a man of courtly, gentle canin any women ofprinciple the writing, Conan laid Doyleperforming, down biographies. was that and of saving bank robber1886, inCatling a boat wrote may tobe the head Grand- that sheI’ve knows, tried asto itdo would some beresearch “most about In 1963of all, Klinefelter’s she missed Sherlockhis companionship. Holmes revisionsfor writing to the about text hisover friends the years, Wayne but inGeorgina Hisa testimonialLast Doyle, Bow were authorto the published efficacyof Out of in theof translating SH in the Norwegian krone, slightly demeanor, whose passion for detail directingACD visited plays. Norway American in June Women 1892 with ing theirSecretary way — of bridesmaid United Grand Helen, Lodge, ungrateful”the poemand would proper “break and how/why her it in PortraitAnd when and sheProfile passed was away,published their a majorand Francine one for butanother also forBokklubben helping with Norway,Shadows:Doyle’s in The ainvention book Untold called Story when Spioncen- of heArthur had the the child to its home and its home to changing Norwegian lan- less than $10 in today’s As for my own translation it was and meticulous research coexisted well Playwrights,his sister Connie 1900-1930: and Jerome A Checklist K. Jerome describedenclosing as having an “imposing “a perfect groupmania of peti- mother’swas heart.” written, At the but end, have the come aunt up by thefriends Syracuse had the University same reaction Press. asIn people completethe packing edition, and inmailing two volumes, of the many, in tralen,Conantoothache 1919.Doyle’s I’ve Firstor beenthe Family pleurisy. very, read fortunate, I hadDick no the child.” guage, including titles: money). I’ve got some of actually published for the first time in with his kindness and humility. His catalogsamong others. the works of 2,000 female for criminals,”tioners,” andproposing reading that as manya new lodge tells herempty. daughter that they’re willing it hehad included when Georgethose “further Burns died; illustra his- pass- 2002.many The boxes. most recent reprint is in a bothSveum’sthought in Gyldendal article of puttingfrom that December theyany therapeuwanted 2008 to- tioners,” proposing that a new lodge empty.the titles, including Dr 1971. In 1966 I had been in a TV quiz legacy will be enjoyed for generations authors writing dramatic presenta- as “seventy-nine detective stories in to send her away to music school, but tions”ing beginning meant that with he was the togetherfirst portrait with 2011 Bokklubben volume Sherlock givewith ticHolmes a qualitiescareful his eye dueinto and placethe has book incorrected a whenprestige aI Thomas Catling edited The Press “Anotherbe foundedexample forof the approximately Watson’s optegnelser (“The show, winning 10,000 kroner for my to come.” tions:A Google tragedy, search comedy, revealed children’s a 1902 letterplays, a month,” is interested. Her parents the thoughtful and well-raised girl done by D.H. Friston to accompany A Holmes Mysterier i utvalg (“Selected seriescomposed of modern it and(over classical a period mystery of ten Album. Born September 23, 1838, he euphony-before-precision25% of the membership is the who were RecordsWhat of Dr I Watson”),did learn waspublished that it was knowledgeGracie again. of Holmes, so I was consid- John Bergquist has provided us with a date. Soren Eversoll, an honored visitor musicals,written by operas, Samuel pageants, L. Clemens skits (Mark and don’t want her to be a detective, but declares, “I’d rather stay here with you Study in Scarlet. Klinefelter chose the Mysteries”), containing STUD, HOUN storiesyears); and bringingmy chief himthought back was into to translationMasons. of the On title January of The 18, Hounds 1887, ofThe 1918. Apartalmost from certainly a missing written ABBE when this Jean ered quite the local Sherlock Holmes Thelook Sherlock at Leaves Holmes from The Collections Copper Beeches, to the Collections last year, continues dialogues.Twain) toworked Brochmann Gladys for Ruth Lloyd’s noting Bridgham’s Weekly that Newsshe , as a Helen asserts that “Carolyn Wells and and father.” This moral lesson deliv- illustrations showing how the public’s and The Adventures—all translated print,compose and in Den something norske onBokklubben the subject the BaskervillesSavage Club. Several Lodge problems was consecrated exist atis a reprintwas ofpregnant the same with title Denis published (who was expert.Francine In 1969 Morris Gyldendal, Swift, ever Norway’s the librari- holdsand aits letter interesting written authors by Klinefelter and editors, to his interest in Sherlock Holmes, careerhad translated paralleledcompositor, into the Norwegianwriter, most productivenews his editor from Anna Katherine Green could detect a ered to the audience, the girl re-hides view of Holmes evolved, using the by yours truly. If you’re interested, I’ll for decidingwhich would to do givethe firstme pleasure ever com- if here. For instance no single word in in 1905, containing the last seven largestan, publishingplanned to house,donate hadher Sherlockianstarted a fellowpublished Sherlockian 50 years James ago. Iraldi.I’d like Dated to according to a note sent by his mother. yearsSherlockian of 1866that pasticheera. through A1884, Doubled-Bar- then editor fromcrime asFreemasons’ quickly as HallA. Conan and Sir Doyle.” Henry Irvingthe evidenceborn inshe March has found of 1909, of her just one sequential approach of the publishing be happy to send you a copy for your pleteit edition had been and written giving byme any a free other rein Norwegian suggests a large, possibly stories from The Return of SH. Broch- paperback mystery series called “The December 27, 1963, the letter extends reled Detective1884 through Story. The 1907. Lilly The Library Scoop She dialswas the invested constable as Treasurer. back for aThere is no ancestry,month and the before curtain The falls.Press Book was of thecollection stories. toAndrew The Sherlock Malec wrote Holmes collection.thank Christy And toAllen complete for providing the story: I to presentperson Sherlock interested Holmes in the asiconogra I think- ferocious and deadly, canine; hund mann’s HOUN was re-published by the Black Series” (inspired by the French Klinefelter’s gratitude to Iraldi for his TheManuscript Little Theatre Collection Movement has 15 develletters- to descriptionlonger of a theformal robber connection and gets between a published). thatCollections. although Klinefelter Sadly, her didn’t death knowin alsoinformation adapted and about translated Conan Doyle’sa Swedish poet- heSo should it’sphy business of be. Sherlock as usual Holmes. at The Database, subscription biographical means any dog, big or small. And what same house a last time in 1941. “La Série Noire”) and asked me to do complimentary comments about the opedher (1900-1917) in the U.S. aroundfrom English 1912, authorsinitially promisethe that Lodge he’ll and call the her Club. with updates While the play may be a disappoint- him,October he was 2007very cordialmeant herto Andrew collection, radiory as dramatisation featured in our of the100 book Years and Ago Sherlock Holmes Collections, for dictionary of British and Irish journal-about “…of the Baskervilles.” If liter- a selection of Sherlock Holmes stories. recently published Sherlock Holmes in asincluding a reaction F. Ansteyagainst (one nationally of the syn24 - on the case. Unfortunately, this is the ment toAccording Sherlockians, to Doyle’s the mystery own correspon- whenwhich he was she conductingamassed with his her research beloved producedcolumn. it Dick as a Sveumsix-part updates serial in us 1977. on the SoFiftywhich the years 1911 we later,are second all Klinefelter’s thankful. edition wasbook what ists from the period of 1800 – 1950, ally translated into my language the I can certainly tell you that Broch- There had then been no Holmes books Portrait and Profile. Klinefelter wrote dicatedauthors productionsalong with ACD of massive of The and/Fate of only sensibleAfter his investigating retirement fromthat occurs.Lloyd’s authors mentioned by Helen, the Wayne, was ready to move to I sometimesstatus of the think drive that for my the main E.W. motive gotcontinues Nils Nordberg to give pleasure hooked toon those Sherlock of indicates he extended the circulation title would be Bakervilleslektens hund, mann’s dencetranslation (from of A HOUNLife in Letters and that), this in Norwegian since 1941. I did in fact orFenella sensational, 1892) Victorianand Jerome melodramatic K. Jerome. Sherlock Holmes never, Catling appears undertook in the the would-be detective, are interesting. for becoming a radio drama producer Holmes.us interested In his in translation that iconography. he kept His of the paper beyond London and waswhich Wis eeklynot only News clumsy, Catling but–even undertook the very 1911was edition a worrisome has played time. aJean decisive was do twoMinnesota. selections, Boxes containing of books, seven pho- sto- McDiarmid Curatorship. Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI theatreI was able spectacles to examine (which the wereletters soon while play — except for the title, he’s not Carolyn Wells [1862-1942] wrote a was the wish to do this story on radio, Elizabethlegacy lives Brochmann’s on. title, and he was worse—suggestsediting task a forstory The about Press aAlbum pet: . The part in mypregnant life. It with was herthe first child Holmes at age ries tographs,each. We ephemerathen decided and thateven I awould giant It’s gratifying to receive notes from toattending be replacedreputed the Gillette by to cinema). be theto Brett first Shunning IIIto usecon- the auto-even mentioned. total of more than 170 books, begin- the medium it is perfectly suited for. a good friend of John Bennett Shaw. As The Dog of the Baskervilles Family. story I ever34 and read, Doyle and wasit hooked worried me about her translate HOUN. I used EB’s version crassference commercialism, at Indiana University. amateur theatre ning with poetry, humor, satire and And, ah yes, 2009 saw the first ever a Norwegian-AmericanJulie McKuras, and Sherlock- ASH, BSI Actually the decision was made for on the Master. I must have been 10 or (and also several Danish and Swedish) companies wrote and produced their Impromptu after-dinner entertainment children’s tales (the PattyContinued Fairfield on page 7 “nynorsk” translation of HOUN, by ian, I appreciate all the connections. as reference, but avoided copying it. Ragnar Hovland but relying I suspect a own plays. They inspired members of allows a company-specific interlude: Continued on page 7 Continued on page 8 SIGN was also included in the series, good deal on mine. Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 March 2013 Volume 17 Number 1

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bottle of Courvoisier plus one fifth of the history of the scion mentioned earlier, The physical book is an interesting F New Jersey cognac, with the note: ‘Tell Thomas Hart reports that a publication artifact in itself, featuring quarter bind- the bartender to serve the Courvoisier fund was established as early as 1952 ing with textured morocco-colored first. Then by the time the Sons get to (with the princely sum of $4.00.) Hart, as endpapers of the same stock as the the New Jersey cognac, they may not treasurer of the Publication Committee, covers. spot the difference’” (250). Today, goes on to apologize to the membership Lellenberg says of Starr, “I’m convinced for “his many exhortations for funds, and Leaves from The Copper Beeches was fol- Sherlock Holmes that Julian Wolff [who took over leader- many stern admonitions against failure, lowed up by a second volume, More ship of the Baker Street Irregulars under made at meetings” over the years. Leaves from The Copper Beeches, in COLLECTIONS the title “Commissionaire” after Smith’s 1976. The Sons are still flourishing as untimely death in 1960] would have an active scion society; perhaps some- “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) retired as Commissionaire sooner than he day we will be able to look forward to did if Bill Starr had not died at a some- a third volume. what early age in 1976 and had been Contents around in the early ’80s to take over.” John Bergquist, BSI Francine and Wayne Swift By Peter E. Blau, ASH, BSI Leaves from The Copper Beeches was par- Francine and Wayne Swift tially financed by contributions from Illustration by H.W. Starr, captioned “The appeal t has been said that marriages between two Sherlockians are the most permanent. members of the Sons, who are listed in for the Publication Fund,” printed in Jon 1 Many Sherlockians have found it easy enough to persuade a spouse to enjoy the Lellenberg’s Irregular Crises of the Late ’Forties the acknowledgments. In his memoir of Sherlockian world, but when two people who already are Sherlockians marry they (New York, 1999) 100 Years Ago I will sooner or later merge their collections, as well as their lives. And there is no 2 custody battle, whether over the car, the house, the pets, or the children, that can possi- Continued from Page 2 bly match the difficulty of dividing a collection that has no duplicates. 50 Years Ago So for two Sherlockians it’s a matter only of the better, and never the worse. That cer- 100 Years Ago tainly was true of Wayne B. Swift and Francine Morris, who were Sherlockians when 3 they met for the first time. Francine started her Sherlockian life in Texas, where she was Remembrances a librarian; she founded The Sub-Librarians Scion of the Baker Street Irregulars in the From the President American Library Association, and In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have made 4 was one of the founders of The contributions either in honor or in memory of special persons. Practical, But Limited, Geologists at an informal luncheon in the Zodiac In Honor Of From Musings Room at Nieman Marcus in Dallas. Peter Blau Arthur E.F. Wiese Jr. 4 When she moved to Washington she Fred Levin Cliff Goldfarb quickly became a member of The Red Circle, and was one of the ring- In Memory Of From An Update from leaders in planning the society’s full- Paul Churchill John Baesch and Evelyn Herzog For any inquiries contact: the Collections fledged costume party at the Paul Churchill Thomas Drucker Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 5 National Press Club. Paul Churchill Warren Randall 612-624-3552 or Wayne was from Nebraska, an elec- Joseph Gillies Michael Kean [email protected] of The Sherlock Photo courtesy Holmes Collections Allen Mackler Patricia Nelson Recent Acquisitions Wayne and Francine Swift trical engineer and a teacher, and an Allen Mackler Once Upon A Crime Mystery Bookstore Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 early convert to the world of com- Allen Mackler Philip Swiggum Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library puters. When he moved to Washington he decided to take an adult-education course in Beatrice McCaffrie John Lockwood University of Minnesota Sherlock Holmes at a local community college and soon attended his first Sherlockian E.W. McDiarmid Michael Brahmey 222 21st Ave. S. To the Editor function, a running of The Silver Blaze (Southern Division) at Pimlico Race Track in E.W. McDiarmid Jim DeLeo Minneapolis, MN 55455 6 Maryland, where he and Francine quickly discovered they shared more than an interest E.W. McDiarmid Jeffrey Klaus Telephone: 612-626-9166 in Sherlock Holmes. They courted , and wed, and had many happy years together, shar- E. W. McDiarmid Peter Klaus FAX: 612-625-5525 ing a multitude of interests, Sherlockian and otherwise. Robert Pattrick Vincent Brosnan A Beacon of the Future Mailing list corrections requested— Wayne became a member of The Baker Street Irregulars in 1978 (as “The Giant Rat of Jan Stauber Alexian Gregory Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, 6 Jan Stauber Francine and Richard Kitts we would appreciate being informed of changes Sumatra”). Francine became a member of The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes in Tom Stix Karen Anderson of address or other corrections. 1977 (as “Hatty Doran”) and was honored by the BSI as The Woman in 1983, and Dr. Richard Sturtz William Sturtz Remembrances awarded her Irregular Shilling and Investiture in 1994 (as “The Wigmore Street Post Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 8 Continued on page 6 series); her later books were mysteries, Her father’s advice as a lawyer proved spinster. Green also had a “girl detec- 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1 61 of them featuring detective Fleming invaluable as Leavenworth, six years tive” protagonist, Violet Strange, who Stone. She wrote several impossible in the writing, became one of the first was a debutante with a secret life as a crime novels that typically depended bestsellers in the United States, giving professional sleuth. Green was espe- on a secret passageway or chamber her the title “Mother of the Detective cially skilled at describing methods (regarded as a cheat during the Golden Novel.” (Although, as Otto Penzler has of detection and was cited as a major Age). Wells introduced a “psychic” pri- noted, the first American woman to influence by a number of later mystery vate investigator, Pennington “Penny” write a mystery novel was really Seeley writers, including Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes Wise, with Zizi, a silent movie star as Regester [1831-1885] in 1866.) Wilkie Mary Roberts Rinehart. COLLECTIONS his female sidekick. This pair of con Collins was a fan of AKG, as was artists appeared in eight of her novels. Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote her to Once again, John Bennett Shaw’s col- Her amusing Sherlock Holmes parody, arrange a personal visit when his 1894 lection opens doors to worlds other “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) “The Adventure of the Clothes-line” lecture tour arrived in her hometown than the obvious. After a century, A (1915), was reprinted in The Game Is of Buffalo. (ACD - AKG correspon- CASE FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES Afoot (1994). dence, Harry Ransom Humanities still has messages for the interested Contents Research Center, UT Austin). Green’s investigator. The Redmond Donation Anna Katharine Green [1846-1935] main hero was detective Ebenezer also began as a poet, but changed Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Marilynne McKay, MD, BSI By Chris Redmond, BSI to mysteries after she published The Police Force; he was assisted in three The Redmond Donation t the end of January, three cartons, with a total of about 50 books, made the Leavenworth Case in 1878, a decade cases by “a nosy old lady detective” journey from Kingston, Ontario, to the Elmer R. Andersen Library in Min- before Sherlock Holmes’s appearance. named Amelia Butterworth, a society 1 neapolis — a gift to the Sherlock Holmes Collections, through me, from my father, the long-time Sherlockian author and collector Donald A. Redmond. 100 Years Ago A Since my father is no longer able to use his Sherlock- 2 ian library, I have been working to find good homes for the books that have lined his study, living room 50 Years Ago and hallway. Some are coming to my own collection, and some of the more valuable items are going on the 3 market to delight other collectors. In addition, some things that would most appropriately be part of the Remembrances From the President Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Public In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have Library, which he helped to establish in the 1970s, are made contributions either in honor or in memory of special persons. 4 on their way there. Acquisitions It seemed to me that the mainstream Sherlockian In Honor Of From books on my father’s handmade wooden shelves didn’t Evelyn Herzog Thomas Drucker 4 include much that would be of value to the Collec- Andrew Solberg Paul Singleton tions at Minnesota — how many copies of Profile by Richard Sveum, M.D. Phil and Karen Bergem Musings Gaslight and W.G. Grace’s Last Case does a library William Vande Water Vincent Brosnan and Sherlock in L.A. actually need? However, in addition to that kind of 4 material, there were some treasures that reflected a In Memory Of From whimsical turn in my father’s collecting, and I thought Richard Lancelyn Green Andrew Malec For any inquiries contact: some of those items might be interesting to future Timothy J. Johnson, Curator An Update from the Fred Levin Sunnie Levin Collections researchers at Minnesota. They reflect the polymath E. W. McDiarmid Michael Brahmey 612-624-3552 or mind (and, I might almost say, the magpie tempera- [email protected] ment) that informed my father’s Sherlockian work E. W. McDiarmid Jim DeLeo 5 Photo courtesy of Christopher Redmond E. W. McDiarmid Jeffrey Klaus Donald Redmond, BSI over four decades. E. W. McDiarmid Peter Klaus Sherlock Holmes Collections Frederic Dorr Steele and E. W. McDiarmid Mary McDiarmid Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library So Minnesota is getting a 19th-century biography of Lord Bellinger (yes, surely, the same LeRoy Neiman Philip Swiggum University of Minnesota Frankling Pierce Adams Lord Bellinger who figures in “The Second Stain”); a regimental history of the Berkshires Ted Schulz Vinnie Brosnan 222 21st Ave. S. 5 in which Watson served at Maiwand; a hand-bound pamphlet about the Tsar who was, Dr. Stanford Maxine Wallin Minneapolis, MN 55455 surely, Holmes’s client in the case of the Trepoff murder; several late-Victorian reference Jan Stauber Alexian Gregory books about railways and aristocrats; and other books that help to fill out the background Telephone: 612-626-9166 A Gift from the Redmonds to Holmes’s adventures and Arthur Conan Doyle’s work. Altogether there are about 50 FAX: 612-625-5525 6 volumes — a small glimpse, at least, of Don Redmond’s Sherlockian horizons. 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