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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 C o n t e n t s 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 custody battle, whether over the car, the house, the pets, or the children, that can possi- 2 bly match the difficulty of dividing a collection that has no duplicates.
Remembrances So for two Sherlockians it’s a matter only of the better, and never the worse. That cer- 50 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 In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have made contributions either in honor or in memory Paul Churchill Thomas Drucker Timothy J. Johnson, Curator National Press Club. 5 Paul Churchill Warren Randall 612-624-3552 or Wayne was from Nebraska, an elec- Joseph Gillies Michael Kean [email protected] Photo courtesy of The Sherlock 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 of special persons. 8 Continued on page 6 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1
In Honor Of From Vincent Brosnan Robert Hess Tom Francis Andy Solberg Francine Kitts Alexian Gregory Julie McKuras Richard and Ellen Caplan Sherlock Holmes Katy Morgan Stella Herzig c o l l e c t i o n s Patrick Shaw Mary Flo Hatcher Sherlockian Friends Sandy Kozinn “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) In Memory Of From June Berg Stanton Berg Vince Flynn Gary Schulze and Pat Frovarp C o n t e n t s The International Exhibition of Richard Lancelyn Green Andrew Malec Charles E. Henry Ray Betzner Sherlock Holmes Joseph and Eleanore Margolin Jerry Margolin The International By Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI Dr. Alvin Rodin Jack Key Exhibition of Sherlock Ted Schulz Vincent Brosnan Holmes was fortunate to attend the Ted Schulz Michael Kean opening of The International Ted Schulz Marsha Pollak 1 Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes Ted Schulz Randall Stock 100 Years Ago at the Oregon Museum of Sci- Mary Ann Smerk George Smerk I ence and Industry (OMSI) on October 9, 2013. Having heard the Jan Stauber Alexian Gregory 2 proposal and seen the designs from an P. Christian Steinbrunner Russell Merritt On Corresponding with early stage in the project, I was pre- Henry Swiggum Anne Swiggum John Bennett Shaw pared for it to be good. I wasn’t ready Edward Van Liere, MD Andrew Fusco for just how good it really is. Jerry Wachs Francine and Richard Kitts 2 Jerry Wachs Mike and Julie McKuras 50 Years Ago Over three years ago, Jon Lellen- Jerry Wachs Marsha Pollak berg received a communication 3 from Geoffrey Curley, of Geoffrey Jerry Wachs Warren Randall M. Curley and Associates. Geoff The Case of the Clean Air had consulted on a number of Gun Target exhibits for science museums, such 5 as “MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition,” and wrote that he had From the President an idea for an exhibition about Sherlock Holmes and the forensic 6 sciences. His plan involved working For any inquiries contact: Acquisitions with EDG (Exhibits Design Group), Timothy J. Johnson, Curator located in St. Paul Minnesota. Jon’s 612-624-3552 or 6 response to that statement was “I [email protected] have some good news for you: the Musings biggest Sherlock Holmes Collec- Sherlock Holmes Collections 6 tions in the world are just across Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library the river at the University of Min- University of Minnesota An Update from the nesota.” Photo by Julie McKuras 222 21st Ave. S. Collections Sidney Paget illustration Minneapolis, MN 55455 It didn’t take long for EDG and Geoffrey 7 to contact E.W. McDiarmid Curator for the Sherlock Holmes Collections Timothy John- Telephone: 612-626-9166 son about their proposed exhibit. From the first meeting in November 2010, Tim was FAX: 612-625-5525 Using the Collections enthusiastic about the idea and anxious for the Holmes Collections to play a part in the 7 exhibition. Over an almost two year period, Tim met with Geoffrey and Amy Noble Seitz, Mailing list corrections requested— the Founder and CEO of Exhibits Development Group as well as various staff members. Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, A Letter to the Editor Initially, their series of conversations focused on data gathering as Tim helped them ascer- we would appreciate being informed of changes of address or other corrections. 8 Continued on page 9 Remembrancees Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 12
12 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1 John Bennett Shaw at 100 The International Exhibition Continued from Page 10 100 Years Ago...Continued from Page 2 John Bennett Shaw was born October 10,1913 in Tulsa Oklahoma, so it’s fitting we 100 Years Ago Continued from Page 2 celebratemobile what for would “journalistic have been purposes.” his 100th birthday.table of contents for this 224 page attachedhealth to it, during having and only after a couplethe pregnan- of RussellThe Merritt, Orphanage BSI, wrote “So much Catling was active in the Institute of illustrated book includes works by lenderscy. is This essential. certainly There would are explainonly a the in the Exhibition that was fresh and Shaw receivedJournalists his and A.B., traveled cum laude, extensively from Notre DameAlfred in Noyes, 1937. ArthurAfter pursuing Morrison, couplesomewhat organizations sombre that tone have of a the collec poem.- brandWhen, new combined ere the tangled with web old is famil reft, - in an earlier translation which I graduatethrough work America,at Columbia Canada, University, the Middle he completedRosamund his M.A. Marriott-Watson, in literature from Eden tion withThe suchuse of breadth the word as found“lady” atin thethe last iars thatThe looked kid-gloved as exciting villain scowls as ever. and Thesneers, Andersen Library and with a keeper revised quite heavily. the UniversityEast and ofEurope, Tulsa inincluding 1940. Over France the years hePhillpotts, worked at John the BennettGalsworthy, Drilling F. Anstey stanza seems to strongly real powerAnd hapless came innocencefrom the perceptionis left 100Company, during The World University War I. of He Tulsa, served the as Tulsa a Book and Record Shop, the Fitzgerald as well educated in the Sherlockian that SherlockWith no assetsHolmes save could sighs andmake tears, 100 and Jerome K. Jerome, to name but a The main difference between Y E A R S A G O suggest that it was written to/for Funeral Service, and Tulsa Catholic Center. He belonged to, and chaired, a number world as Tim Johnson. The Andersen forensic’Tis science then, just entertaining, then, that in andthere that stalks y e a rs100 a g o delegate to the Conference of the few of the contributors. Page 20 fea- Lady Jean. my own and EB’s translation I The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections of boards for libraries as well as religious organizations. He received his shilling was the first collection we reached forensic science could give Sherlock International Association of Journalists tures the poem “By the North Sea” by The hero,think watchful stems of from her needs,the fact that is a quarterly newsletter published by the The March 2008Y issue E of A this R newslet- S from AG The O Baker Street Irregulars as “The Hans Sloane of My Age” in 1965 and the out to, partly because of the size of HolmesHe depthtalks!they Great … belongBeneath heavens, to thedifferent how fun he and talksages. As FriendsThe Friends of the of Sherlockthe Sherlock Holmes Holmes Collections Collections at Berlin in 1908, and later as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is a short is a quarterly newsletter published by the ter featured an article about The Flag, Two Shilling Award in 1980. He and his wife Dorothy retired to Santa Fe, New the collectionAlso, the and fact partly that they because were theexpect- trendiness,But we the forgiveyou abiding may him, know, fascinationfor his Danish deeds. was for which seek to promote the activities, inter- President of the British International poem, and there is a facsimile of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Mexico publishedand were wellin 1908, known which for bothbenefitted his extensive library, which he donated to the UniversityCaption: The of 1902 Minnesota, first edition andhas the their willing- developmenting their team first forchild the may exhibition have with science centuries– or at least the theofficial imagery written lan- estswhich and seek needs to promoteof the Special the activities, Collections inter- Among the foreign translations of The and Rare Books Department, University of ness to open their homeHound to visitors.of the Baskervilles Some of from his friendsJohnSociety referred of Journalists to him as during the “Johnny 1915.Paget HeAppleseed illustrationlast while ofstanza scion the secondas societies,” written does not.by especially Conan Doyle. is headquarteredinfluenced Doyle’sin St. Paul decision so it towas con- of scienceLife is – the continuesguage drama of hereNorway, to appealto-day and to although ests and needs of the Special Collections the Union Jack Club. One of the Minnesotaand Rare BooksLibraries. Department, University of with The Sub-LibrariansBennett of the Shaw’s American collections, Library the Association.onepassed away Shaw on December was well-known 25, 1920. as a lecturer on Sherlock Holmes and for more thantribute convenient, to The Press it Bookwas serendipin the - kids’ curiosity.And DeathNorwegian The the villaincenterpiece in of 1911 the plot.hadof the begun entries in The Flag was Sir Arthur Don Hobbs’ The Galactic Sherlock me by the first translator, who called Minnesota Libraries. his compilation of “Thethat Shaw was published 100.” He 100passed years away ago hason October 6, 1994 in Santa Fe. Her cheek was wet with North Sea spray, itous. It quickly became apparent that exhibition,It is a realisticI splittingsuspect, play; away,will alwaysthe influence be Mail editorial correspondence c/o: Catling’s nameHolmes alsobibliography appears in con-of foreign lan- the story Hunden fra Baskervilles. This first place. Being a father himself, I’m Mail editorial correspondence c/o: Conan Doyle’sspecial “The Greysignificance. Dress – According to De We walked where tide and shingle meet, we would soon not only be requesting the [interactive]from Remarkable Danish was stillMystery strong. It’s guage editions of the Canon has nine title is established; to the eye it comes sure he could easily empathize with Shall it end well or shall it not There’s soUnpublished much to say WaalDialogue about it was John from a 2nd Bennett ‘A edition,Duet.’” Shaw. with It the junctionseems practically with The everyoneSavage Club who of knew him hasThe stories long waves to tell. rolled Our from question far away a generousScan loan courtesy from of the the Universitylibrary to of Minnesotaof Libraries Persano anda complicated the Criminal story Worm but actually Editor books listed as translations by Elisa- close to the original; and it sounds The hero? Oh, the hero’s part JulieEditor McKuras first published in 1902. NotedHound London. Founded in 1857, the mem- To purr in ripples at our feet. share withthe fatherless the museum children community, which would [written byNorwegian Daniel Stashower, on the printed BSI]. page is was how to narrow it down for a short article in this newsletter.beth We Brochmann decided to and focus includes on two scanned aspects; hisright. massive It is alsocorrespon misleading,- because it 11 years old at the time, which makes Is vacant—toas different be playedfrom Ibsen’s by you. time to the 13512Julie Granada McKuras Ave. collector Dr. Donald Pollack has bersboth come from the worlds of art, And as we walked it seemed to me benefit from the sale of the volume. 13512 Granada Ave. dence, whichThe following went well year, beyond in 1909, simple The communication, Press as providedcovers. here by Susan Rice, and his welcominghints thatand Baskerville kind personal is a place- rather but we wouldit 1952 engage or ’53. in I think a collabora it was given- But I wasThenpresent taken act asit well!Shakespeareby the An first orphan’s ispart from heartof pres-the Apple Valley, MN 55124 in his collection. That three old friends had met that day: Apple952-431-1934 Valley, MN 55124 ity, touchedAlbum onwas by Ronpublished Lies. to aid the drama, law, literature, music or sci- than a family. But, for the three excel- tion withto Tim me andby friends the University of my parents that who exhibit,Mayent detailing daybeat English.the thelighter medicalAt ifthe you same do.scene time in I did 952-431-1934 [email protected] ence. FormerThis members search led have to the included online WorldCatThe oldlent oldJulie reasonssky, McKuras, the mentioned,old old ASH, sea, BSII decided not wouldFinally, trulyknew enhance Doyle about wrotemy the interest exhibition a poem in detectiveabout Edinburgh. More interesting, I noticed [email protected] Journalists’ OrphanC3542. Fund, — A1456. and asHunden he fra Basker- go for a “conservative” style, hoping which lists eleven books by A. ConanAnd love,to changewhich is it.” as old as they. guest experience.orphansstories. which Anyway, was it publishedwas a revelation. in the pre-teens and teenagers [mostly had done the ville:previous En ny year, fortælling Conan om Sherlock notables such as Charlie Chaplin, Christyit would Allen read and to modern Julie McKuras day Norwe- Editorial Board Doyle translated in Norwegian by When I wrote to Nils Nordberg for an I’ve still got it, title page missing and girls] lingeredgian readers around as Conan this sectionDoyle reads too.” to Editorial Board Doyle steppedHolmes forward. Autoriseret with a contri- oversættelse vedMark Twain, Wilkie Collins, James Songs of the Road, just a few pages JohnJohn Bergquist, Bergquist, Timothy Johnson,Johnson, Elisabeth Brochmann. Also online is Out seawardupdate hung he surprised the brooding me bymist, writing: slightly the worse for wear, yet one of Elisabeth Brochmann. Kristiania: And howafter has “By the the experience North Sea.” been It was since References:English-speaking readers of today. JonJon Lellenberg, Lellenberg, RichardRichard J.J. Sveum,Sveum, M.D. M.D. bution. The book, edited by Thomas McNeill Whistler,Nasjonalbiblioteket Sir Alexander (National Library Elisabeth Brochmann’s translation of my dearest possessions. But very few Forlagt af H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. We saw it rolling, fold on fold, that openingcalled “The night? Orphanage” On November and is 25 repro- Thehttp://www.scoop- International Exhibition of Sher- Catling and published by John Murray, Fleming, W.of S. Norway), Gilbert, whichSir Henry had Elisabeth HOUN was actually first published of the stories were available in my own database.com/bio/catling_thomas Nygaard), 1902. 263 p. And marked the great Sun Alchemist Les Klinger tweeted “Just back from lock HolmesSince 1971 will myrun translation through Januaryof HOUN On Chasorresponding an introductory note which giveswith JohnIrving, Dante BennettBrochmann Rossetti, datesDylan Shawlisted Thomas, as 1855-1915 1902, also by Aschehoug. The interest ducedlanguage below. then, so I had to wait until I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Clubhas been reprinted over a dozen times —————. 2nd ed. 1911. 246 p. Turn all its leaden edge to gold. Portland OMSI Sherlock Holmes ex- 5, 2014http://www.savageclub.com/ at the OMSI. It opens at the Herbert Beerbohmalong with Tree, some Edgar books and letters. in the new Holmes adventure seems to learned English to pursue my interest by various publishers, by Aschehoug thehe historySherlock of IHolmesthe became Fund. collecaware It began- of translator in letters Elisabeth are present in the archives of society madeLook well, up of look former well, studentsoh lady mine! hibit — marvelous! Treasures include Center of Science and Industry (COSI) CopyrightCopyright © © 2006 2006 have been as great here as in England! I wonder,in Holmes. perhaps, if he was think- and Norild as well as Gyldendal, and University of Minnesota Library “1892 with a Brochmanngift of £1,000 in 2004by the when late I acquiredWallace and Peter Ustinov. It is cur- and otherThe high grey schoolers below, the whogold above;heard Pagets, Steeles & incredible letters by in Columbus, Ohio February 6 and UniversityCopyright © of2011 Minnesota Library tions at University of Min- other Sherlockians,To and me thatthe most portion famous Norwegian The 1911 edition was one in a series I’ve also read it as an audio book. It Copyright © ©2013 2012 lot 93 of The Conan Doyle Collec- For so the greyest life may shine ACD! ingDon’t of miss!”the Orphan’s He added Fund in whena sepa he- Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Lordnesota Glenesk include and some £500 items by the of late Sirwill probablyrently locatedincrease,translator at but1 Whitehall forof the the Canon most Place, is Nilsabout Nor- our Sherlockof books Holmes published club. in that format, half As EB’s HOUN was more or less my will runwas there included through in the September first ever collected Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. tion auction at Christie’s. Included All golden in the light of love. wrote this? The University of Minnesota is an Equal Johnstunning Willox…Working monetary worth pressmen . . part John’sLondon responses anddberg, their to all BSIwebsite these (“A Norwegian lettersindicates itNamedPerhaps I wroteoctavo, some with anecdote green aboutcovers and dust- rate emailfavourite “It was boyhooda bit of areading treat as I tendwell to be2014. My advice? Don’t miss it. For The University of Minnesota is an Equal in the lot were seven letters and two Sherlock Holmes edition in Norwegian, Opportunity Educator and Employer. Tthroughout. need I mention the country those commencedfour are missing.“remains Perhaps oneSigerson” ofthis the brief leading1981). piece InBohemian 1995 he Robertwrote G. Harris,jacket. the It only (and BSI indeed I really all the three to see so uncritical,many things but Ithat think I too it was have for its timemore photographs,which I edited visitand part-translatedthe web- Opportunity Educator and Employer. postcards by ACD to Madame Broch- “Holmes by Any Other knew Theat the Press time, Album though addededitions I’d over met of£1000Rus EB’s- transla-to in my collectionan excellent — games,translation, geegaws, less error-ridden site for The International Exhibition copies ofcontributions, Beeton’s Christmasmann and in discussingAnnual the same? rights year tois stories written Gentleman’sand as an attempt Clubs to in redress London.” (wanted to do all but didn’t have Name: Translating the the Institute of Journaliststion) had Orphan the Sidney Paget and books.and It less was inclined great toto seetake the liberties kids than for Sherlock Holmes at http://www. I spent a glorious weekpamphlets. in the collec ACD- was eagermy to greatest have regret as a Sherlockian. It sell McLauchlin and Bill Rabe by then. time), published in 10 volumes by Den the first orphan was adopted.” The Sherlock Holmes Stories,” illustration of the hound contemporary Swedish or Danish trans- tions taking notes andThe choosing War in South photo Africa:- Itsseems Cause I In andhave 1882, little the of Prince the natural of Wales, archi later- WhileFund. I can’t remember the subject, I in attendance, and as I walked around, sherlockholmesexhibition.comNorske Bokklubben (“The Norwegianor reader is assured that “Every penny published in Sherlock breaking out of the fog on lations. It’s a long time since I’ve re-read copies within a long arm’sConduct reach translated of into allvist languages in my make-up, and in my 20s and can almost relive the careful process I explained a few things to kids who their FacebookBook Club”) page in 1980.at https://www. The tenth volume Aschehoug in EB’s time was Doyle’s contributed to the Fund, from its Edward VII,Holmes: became The an Detective honorary & the dust jacket. The series it but it is my impression that EB was and wrote a preface for the30s Norwegian moved frequently, shedding cheer- to assureChristy I was Allen, sending who my contributes best and fre- were puzzled by various items. I liked facebook.com/SherlockHolmesExhibitiwas a collection of pastiches and essays. main Norwegian publisher, but unfor- those four volumes, and cannot deny member of Thethe Collector,Club. He Essays enjoyed on the the was called H. Aschehoug especially good at maintaining the poetic beginning seventeenedition. yearsBrochmann ago, has must have had a handsomest letter. the Musings...pictures of Gordon andContinued Beecher from on?ref=br_tfPage 4In the 1990s all ten volumes were re- tunately they didn’t follow it up—there they lent a certain dazzle to the experi- fully whatever bumpfJohn IBennett had accumu Shaw Library.- quently to the ConanDoyle& Co.s Kronebibliotek(ACD) list (“1 qualities of the original. I’m still haunted been devoted closeto the relationship keep and educa-with ACD and atmospherehis and suggested that a — not the usual suspects.” printed wholesale by a short-lived pub- were no translations of VALL or The ence. Other parts of the holdings, lated during the latestIn that chapter. essay he I wroteexplained on the Internet, is interestedKrone Library”, in Conan mean- by the descriptions of the moor as I read family, but there is nothing aboutmasonic her lodge would be a good addi- never the same for Francine; she stuffedlisher rat called now LibriArte. adorn the I’ve Collections. done minor readersCase-book, and andother only interested four of the parties, stories however,tion have of nothe intrinsicorphans…Avoiding financial any and received lettersabout from the many challenges august of I presumed the courtesy ofing a thatreply, the but price was one them almost 60 years ago. in any of the Conan Doyle biographies. Doyle’s poetry. She wrote: missed sharing their interests and most Ourrevisions thanks togo the to textPeter over Blau, the not years, only but andin His this Last issue Bow features were published two of those: in value, takeexpenditure up a good on deal bricks of space,and mortar, thepersons,tion but to now the havefacilities.translating only On thoseSH December in theto 3, was stunned by the fat envelopeNorwegian that krone, slightly ACD visited Norway in June 1892 with a major one for another Bokklubben Norway, in a book called Spioncen- and would be perceived as valueless to arrive after1886, I settled Catlingchanging into wrote Greenwich Norwegianto the Grand lan- came backI’ve scanttried daysto do later. someless It researchthan con -$10 about in today’s of all,As she for missed my own his translation companionship. it was for writing about his friends Wayne Georgina Doyle, author of Out of the principle laid hisdown sister was Connie that ofand saving Jerome K. Jerome complete edition, in two volumes, in tralen, 1919. I’ve been very fortunate, Village Secretaryand into theofguage, United hands including Grandof one Lodge,oftitles: tained athe very poem poorly proper typed andmoney). letter how/why with I’ve got it some of And whenactually she published passed away,for the their first time in and Francine but also for helping with Shadows: The Untold Story of Arthur nearly allthe the child inhabitants to itsamong home of theothers. and world, its home to 2002. The most recent reprint is in a both in Gyldendal that they wanted to even thethe world child.” of librarians. They are life’s naturalenclosing keepers. an “imposing group of peti- plenty ofwas corrections, written, but x-ings havethe out,titles, come and including up Dr friends1971. had In the 1966 same I had reaction been inas apeople TV quiz the2011 packing Bokklubben and mailing volume of theSherlock many, Conangive Holmes Doyle’s his First due Family place ,in read a prestige Dick “Another example of Watson’s optegnelser (“The show, winning 10,000 kroner for my the complete files of Athe Google correspon search- revealed a 1902 tioners,”letter proposing that a new lodge misspellings.empty. I could picture John at a had when George Burns died; his pass- manyHolmes boxes. Mysterier i utvalg (“Selected Sveum’sseries of articlemodern from and Decemberclassical mystery 2008 euphony-before-precision is the Records of Dr Watson”), published knowledge of Holmes, so I was consid- dence of John Bennettwritten Shaw. by They Samuel L. ClemensI cannot (Mark change the cavalier ways of typewriter in his library, tapping away ing meant that he was together with Mysteries”), containing STUD, HOUN withstories a carefuland bringing eye and him has back corrected into a Thomas Catling edited The Press be foundedtranslation for the approximately of the title of The Hounds of 1918. Apart from a missing ABBE this ered quite the local Sherlock Holmes make fascinating reading:Twain) early to Brochmann mis- notingmy youth,that she but perhaps I can supply at full speed, his thoughts tumbling and The Adventures—all translated print, and in Den norske Bokklubben 25% of the themembership Baskervilles .who Several were problems existWhat Iis did a reprint learn wasof the that same it wastitle published Gracieexpert. again. In 1969 Gyldendal, Norway’s John Bergquist has provided us with a date. Soren Eversoll, an honored visitor sives fromAlbum current. Born Sherlockian Septemberhad translated elders,23, into1838, Norwegian hewhat thehis collections cannot: a sense out far too quickly to give attention by yours truly. If you’re interested, I’ll for deciding to do the first ever com- Masons. Onhere. January For instance18, 1887, no Thesingle word in almost incertainly 1905, containing written when the last Jean seven largest publishing house, had started a look at Leaves from The Copper Beeches, to the Collections last year, continues worked for Lloyd’sSherlockian Weekly pastiche News, asA a Doubled-Bar- to minor typos. There was more than be happy to send you a copy for your plete edition and giving me a free rein spates of activity from one geographic of what it was likeNorwegian to correspond suggests with a large, possibly stories from The Return of SH. Broch- paperback mystery series called “The compositor, writer,reled Detective news editor Story. from The Lilly LibrarySavage Club Lodge was consecrated atone varietywas ofpregnant stationery with during Denis our(who was Francine Morris Swift, ever the librari- andcollection. its interesting And to authors complete and the editors, story: I histo presentinterest Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes Holmes, as I think area or one scion, odd little feuds and John. When I firstferocious wrote to and him, deadly, I was canine; hund mann’s HOUN was re-published by the Black Series” (inspired by the French Manuscript Collection has 15 lettersFreemasons’ to Hall and Sir Henry Irving born in March of 1909, just one an, planned to donate her Sherlockian publishedalso adapted 50 years and translatedago. I’d like a Swedish to accordinghe should tobe. a note sent by his mother. some jockeying1866 through for position, 1884, thenand someeditor fromin my late 20s, notmeans timid, any but dog, neither big or small.occasional And what correspondence,same house a last but time the in 1941. “La Série Noire”) and asked me to do her (1900-1917) from English authors collection to The Sherlock Holmes thankradio Christy dramatisation Allen for of providingthe book and things, perhaps,1884 through for which 1907. the The world Scoop was I certainwas invested of theabout receptionas Treasurer. “…of theof my Baskervilles.”There is no one If liter- thatmonth comes before immediately The Press to Bookmindwas a selection of Sherlock Holmes stories. including F. Anstey (one of the 24 produced it as a six-part serial in 1977. So the 1911 second edition was what is still not ready — that sliver of the first communication.longer a formalally translated Iconnection cannot actuallyinto between my languageshowed the published).a deerstalkeredI can certainly Holmes tell you peer that- Broch- Collections.There had Sadly, then her been death no Holmes in books information about Conan Doyle’s poet- So it’s business as usual at The Database, subscriptionauthors along biographical with ACD of The Fate of I sometimes think that my main motive got Nils Nordberg hooked on Sherlock recall the matter oftitle my would first letter,be Bakervilleslektens but ing hund, through a magnifyingmann’s translation glass atof aHOUN and that Octoberin Norwegian 2007 meant since her 1941. collection, I did in fact ry as featured in our 100 Years Ago Sherlock Holmes Collections, for world thatdictionary cares at of all. BritishFenella ,and 1892) Irish and journal- Jerome K. Jerome.the Lodge and the Club. for becoming a radio drama producer Holmes. In his translation he kept which is not only clumsy but–evenmap of Santa Fe.very From 1911 the edition first has his played a decisive do two selections, containing seven sto- ists from the periodI was able of 1800to examine – 1950, theI lettersclearly while remember writing a rough According to Doyle’s own correspon- which she amassed with her beloved column.was the Dick wish Sveum to do thisupdates story uson onradio, the whichElizabeth we Brochmann’sare all thankful. title, and he was worse—suggests a story about a pet: part in my life. It was the first Holmes ries each. We then decided that I would With so much on viewattending it is possible the Gillette to Brettcopy III over Aftercon- a couplehis retirement of days fromand thenLloyd’s letters weredence immediately (from A Life inclusive in Letters and), this Wayne, was ready to move to statusthe ofmedium the drive it is forperfectly the E.W. suited for. a good friend of John Bennett Shaw. As indicates he extended the circulation The Dog of the Baskervilles Family.made me feel likestory a Ifriend; ever read, he relatedand it hooked me translate HOUN. I used EB’s version And, ah yes, 2009 saw the first ever a Norwegian-American and Sherlock- to overlook the singleference overwhelm at Indiana- University.copyingWeekly it with News great, Catling care on undertook whatever the was a worrisome time. Jean was Minnesota. Boxes of books, pho- McDiarmid Curatorship. Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI of the paper beyond London and waswas passing for myActually stationery the decisionat the was madeanecdotes for abouton histhe familyMaster. and I must other have been 10 or (and also several Danish and Swedish) “nynorsk” translation of HOUN, by ian, I appreciate all the connections. ing portion the collections lack. In editing task for The Press Album. The pregnant with her first child at age tographs, ephemera and even a giant It’s gratifying to receive notes from most cases,reputed only to other be the people’s first to letters use the auto-time. Perhaps I wrote to him about the Sherlockians, all of whom were merely as reference, but avoided copying it. Ragnar Hovland but relying I suspect a Continued on page 7 SIGN was also included in the series, to John are available. Some of John’s Trifling Monographs, my first scion hallowed34 names and Doyle to me was at thatworried time. about her good deal on mine. Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI Continued on page 7 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Continued on page 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 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 11 The International Exhibition Continued from Page 9 door knockers, puzzles, card games, each piece as well as the holder. While ers, facilitation experts, education and foreign language editions of the Canon, looking at the younger visitors at the classroom specialists and many more. cigarette cards, toys, books owned by interactive stations, Jerry Margolin, In addition, there were a number of the last Czarina of Russia, nutcrackers, BSI, said “Seeing these young people institutions and individuals who sup- cookie jars, and teapots. These items at the exhibition is to me, what this ported the artifact and object loans play a significant part in the display, was all about. This is a great way to get including the University of Minnesota, which also includes articles from other kids interested not only in Holmes, but Andersen Library’s Tim Johnson who 5y e a rs0 a g o institutions. reading in general.” At the end of the not only supported the exhibition with evening, we all felt that we could have his knowledge of the Sherlock Holmes The list of physicians who are also On October 9, 2013 a large and appre- spent more time there. There’s just so Collection which he stewards, but was well-known authors is a long one. ciative group, which included Sher- much to see. also one of the original advocates of Sherlockians immediately think of Sir lockians as well as the OMSI Friends, the project, who believed in it from Arthur Conan Doyle; other notables was able to “behold the fruit of pensive Commenting on the exhibition, now the beginning. We are grateful for his include R. Austin Freeman, Oliver nights and laborious days.” After the that it’s open, Amy Noble Seitz wrote: contributions both large and small (no Wendell Holmes Sr., William Somer- reception, which featured OMSI offi- A big thank you to Mr. Timothy pun intended). set Maugham, Michael Crichton, Tess cials, Geoffrey Curley, Amy Noble Seitz Johnson. The three year develop- Garritsen and Robin Cook, to name and Richard Doyle, we entered the ment and creation of the monumental just a few. exhibition. I was with a small group exhibition project, The International Geoffrey Curley wrote: that included Jerry and Judy Margolin Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, would Another physician should be added to and Marsha Pollak. It was an incredible have not been possible without the The collection at the University of this list. One of the books written by experience for all of us to see so many time and talents of many individuals. Minnesota was pivotal in the success Douglas James Guthrie, MD, FRCS, BSI items related to Sherlock Holmes and The exhibition included accomplished of the exhibition. There are, of course, (1964, “The Field Bazaar”) was Janus in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in one build- authors, Sherlockian experts, forensic so many artifacts relating to Conan the Doorway, a book of essays mainly ing. Visitors young and old pored over historians, curators, scientists, forensic Doyle and Sherlock Holmes around pertaining to medicine, published in the display cases, carefully reading scientists, marketing aficionados, ex- the world. However for an undertak- 1963. John Bennett Shaw’s copy, with the printed materials that described hibition designers, exhibition develop- ing of this scope with a substantial tour bookplate and his typed note “Sherlock Continued on page 11 Holmes and Medicine, pp. 287-297,” is held in the Sherlock Holmes Col- lections. As the dust jacket states “The title of Janus in the Doorway was cho- sen because Janus was represented on Roman coins as having two faces, one looking backward, one looking for-
ward. This point of view, looking into with their permission of Edinburgh, ©The Royal College of Surgeons the past while at the same time looking Douglas Guthrie, M.D., BSI into the future, is essential in educa- After demobilization he returned to surrounding social conditions which tion, for the logical introduction to any Edinburgh where he specialized in inevitably affected medical beliefs branch of knowledge is the study of its otolaryngology. A pioneer in the study and practices, of conflicting currents origin and development.” of speech disorders in children and of thought in the unending efforts of the use of speech therapy, he was a medical pioneers to resolve the prob- What are the origins of Douglas James staff member of the Royal Hospital for lems of human health and well-being.” Guthrie? Born September 8, 1885 in Sick Children and lectured and wrote Dysart, Scotland, Guthrie was a minis- extensively on diseases of the ear, nose Long after his retirement he traveled to ter’s son. He attended the Royal High and throat at the Edinburgh School of points all over the world to study the School of Edinburgh and the Univer- Medicine. His was development of medicine. His visit to sity of Edinburgh Medical School. After Speech in Childhood published in 1935. Having served as Australia, China, Hong Kong, and Ja- his graduation with honors in 1907, a President of the Section of Otology of pan focusing on medical practices and McCosh travelling scholarship enabled the Royal Society of Medicine, he re- hospitals was the subject of an article him to pursue postgraduate studies tired in 1945, and from that date until which was later reprinted as a pam- in Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and Jena, 1956 he was Lecturer in the History phlet . A copy of this Germany before returning to Scotland Down and Around of Medicine at Edinburgh University. pamphlet was sent with his kind re- where he received his MD in 1909. He In 1945 his , the gards and signature to Nathan Bengis, was a general practitioner in Lanark A History of Medicine culmination of ten years work, was BSI and is held in the Sherlock Holmes for three years and was appointed an published and subsequently translated Collections. The pamphlet features elder of the Church of Scotland. Dur- into several languages. The September photographs from Guthrie’s “thirty ing World War One he served with the 1971 issue of MD described the book thousand miles” around the globe, in- Royal Army Medical Corps and was as a “guided tour of medical history cluding one of the author holding two later Commandant of the Royal Flying from prehistoric times to the pres- koala bears in Australia. His research Corps Hospitals. ent where the reader feels the living into the roots of magic and witchcraft, Photo by Julie McKuras presence of historic personalities, of Jerry Margolin, BSI and Marsha Pollak, BSI Continued on page 4
10 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 3 50 Years Ago Continued from Page 3 The International Exhibition Continued from Page 1 an area in which he believed physicians detective tales supply a lesson in logic. journal.” John wrote “We have from Dr. tain which institutions and individuals detective on his pursuit to crack the By the Spring of 2013 the finalized had failed to properly point out the The doctor is a kind of detective, and Guthrie’s own pen the implication that to contact. As the months went by, and most intricate mysteries and dreadful listing of items EDG wanted to borrow role that mental illness played, led him he does well to follow the principles he was a member of the society. And, as the vision for the exhibition was re- crimes using the powers of deduc- for the exhibition was further refined, to Africa in 1951, and Kenya in 1952, laid down by Sherlock Holmes.” The he refers to himself as a ‘reader’ of the fined, all of the involved parties began tion and the most cutting-edge 19th and decisions were made. Some items when he finally saw a witch doctor. essay concludes with his regret that, SHJ, we can reasonably assume he was to identify potential items that might century techniques of forensic science. were deemed impractical: for instance, He continued to lecture on medicine excluding Dr. Watson, the “twenty a subscriber and thus, by definition, a be loaned by the Sherlock Holmes Surpass the infallible Holmes by join- although The Sherlock Holmes Col- including his 1954 Logan Clendening or more medical men associated in member.” Collections to the traveling exhibition. ing today’s forensic scientists with 120 lections has four copies of the 1887 Lecture on the History and Philosophy some way with Sherlock Holmes flit so years of scientific progress and Beeton’s Christmas Annual, having an of Medicine at the University of Kansas. rapidly across the stage and are lost to The celebrated and accomplished In September 2012, plans had discovery at your fingertips. original copy opened to show the inner view.” Douglas Guthrie died on June 8, 1975. progressed to the point that the EDG pages over an extended period of time In 1963 he visited Ceylon and In- He was survived by his second wife. website had a posting titled THE It went on to state “With original might damage the binding. Tim had dia and studied the ancient medical Guthrie was also interested in the cul- The Douglas Guthrie Trust was estab- INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF artifacts and expert commentary, the the list of slightly less than 100 items practices of the area as he had done ture and history of Scotland and served lished at the Scottish Society of the His- SHERLOCK HOLMES.
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4 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 9 A Letter to the Editor The Case of the Clean Air Gun Target he September 2011 issue of into Sherlockian view two years earlier was participating in The Sebastian It came time for the contestants to take want to damage his collectible target the Friends of the Sherlock – in 1949 when he attended his first I highlight what must seem like an in- Moran Annual Air Gun Shoot Off, their turns shooting, and one at a time from the shoot. I taught him well.” Holmes Collections news- meeting of the Amateur Mendicant significant trifle for a couple of reasons. arranged by The Brothers Three of we took our turns. The ribbing ended immediately. letter featured an excellent Society of Detroit. First, because this clarification places Moriarty in June of 1987. Each of T article by Peter Blau and Jon Bill Rabe in the Sherlockian world in I us wrote our names on our target When all the contestants completed their As he turned back to walk back up to Lellenberg, highlighting the life and The Amateur Mendicant Society of the decade of the 1940s – and some- sheets, which would be replaced for the shots, the target sheets were collected for the house for lunch, John smiled at me work of a Sherlockian giant – Wilmer Detroit was founded in 1946 by Rus- how this seems more fitting. next contestant as each one of us shot. judging. As fate sadly decreed, my sheet and winked. T. (Bill) Rabe. [Ed. Note; Peter Blau sell McLauchlin (“The Naval Treaty,” The trophy for winning was gigantic, was the only one with no holes or hits Ron Lies and Jon Lellenberg were the recipients BSI) – and is still going strong today. Secondly, and perhaps most important, and I wanted to win it or at least make on it. I was getting a large share of rib- of the 2012 Bryce Crawford Award for As the Commissionaire and Archivist this exercise helps to underscore the a good showing. My hopes were based bing from the other shooters. For just a few other memories of John this article] Rabe’s accomplishments as for the Mendicants, I am fortunate to importance for Sherlockian societies on realism, however, and to me a good Bennett Shaw, you might want to refer to a Sherlockian and Baker Street Irregu- have in my possession over 67 years – whether those with a long history showing would mean hitting the target John Bennett Shaw somehow knew these posted on the Internet; lar are too great to summarize here, worth of archival materials for the club like the Amateur Mendicants or Nor- at least once. Even that was a remote how I felt. The ribbing from these men but as the article reminds us he was – a treasure trove containing hundreds wegian Explorers, or clubs just now possibility for a four eyed squinter with was good-natured, but having dealt with Jim Hawkins for The Nashville Scholars truly remarkable and unforgettable, of letters, meeting minutes, newslet- forming– to create and preserve their one near-sighted eye and the other far poor eyesight all my life, it was tough http://www.nashvillescholars.net/ and had a career that “encompassed ters, etc. own archives. sighted, causing depth perception to take. He turned to the other shooters jbshawbio.html ten times the activity of the average problems. and said, “Boy you guys do not know a Irregular.” It was in the July 1949 Encyclical Let- It also highlights the importance of true collector when you see him. Ron For a more complete biography, please ter to the club (in our archives) that communication between clubs and did not hit anything because he did not visit http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/ As superb as the article was, however, McLauchlin relates the events of the institutions (like the Sherlock Holmes xml/scrb0010.xml there was one minor inaccuracy that May 1949 meeting: Collections at the University of Minne- does need correcting – a clarification sota) so that we can all continue to add that will hopefully add more insight “Three new Mendicants submitted to the rich history of our Sherlockian into Rabe’s illustrious Sherlockian their Acts of Qualification and were fellowship. career. In the article it states that: duly certified. Their names: JOHN McCABE, BILL RABE, and HARRY Best Sherlockian Regards, “Rabe was born in 1921, and hove ECKMAN. Each is an excellent scholar into Sherlockian view in 1951 while and, moreover, a man of talent and Christopher Music serving in the U.S. Army’s psychologi- distinction in his field. McCabe is an cal operations service in Germany.” actor and director, on the staff of Wayne Commissionaire and Archivist, Ama- University. Rabe is what could be called teur Mendicant Society of Detroit While it is true that Rabe was a great an academic publicist, of the University force in the Sherlockian world in the of Detroit. Eckman is an artist. Each is 1950s and beyond, he actually hove a definite ornament to our fellowship.”
On Corresponding with John Bennett Shaw Continued from Page 1
He opened the door, but he didn’t While each missive arrived in a cloud easy, but through John’s missionary stop there as included in the zaftig of rosy-fingered pleasure, the moment zeal we learned each other’s names and envelope were several other paper always came when a harsh thought societies and caught some of the flavor items. It was always a different ad hoc broke through the glow — now I owe of enthusiasts all over the country. He mixture of a quiz or two, a photocopy John a letter! At least once I asked him was the Sage of Santa Fe, but he was of a newspaper article, a notice for a to allow some days or weeks to pass also a benevolent Moriarty in the cen- distant meeting, a cartoon, an ad for before he answered, but that was not ter of his own world wide web. a play being performed several states his way and his responses were swift. away, or a copy of a piece he’d written. Though I was too solipsistic to realize Susan Rice, BSI, 2S This allowed an additional half hour it, John was building a gigantic gossa- of holding onto the Holmes reverie as mer web and hooking up his acquain- one assayed the quiz or read the article tances all over the world. It would be and felt, however briefly, a part of the decades before the Internet made find- Sherlockian world. ing and communicating with people Scan courtesy of Ron Lies "The Collectible Target"
8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 From the President An Update from the Collections was pleased to attend the Doyleana. That visit made me think leader of the Explorers he helped the now now covers the ground. invited me back in the future. It “Club Chat” series. And finally, I gave Hounds of the Baskerville [sic] about E.W. McDiarmid who in his later scion society find its mission to keep Winter has arrived in Minne- was a great prelude to our August a presentation on book and paper Annual Dinner and the Arthur years had a twinkle in his eye and was the memory of the Master green by sota. But before temperatures conference. preservation to the Twin Cities chapter Conan Doyle / Sherlock Holmes modest about his accomplishments. helping the Sherlock Holmes Col- headed below zero we had the of ARLIS, the Art Libraries Society I Symposium at the Newberry The Friends were able to honor Mac lections prosper. He lived to see the S chance to enjoy your warmth My presentations continued into of North America at the Minneapolis Library in October. I am impressed to with an endowed curatorship in his Friends group established and we and company during our August September and October. Over a five College of Art and Design. I had a brief see a scion society with close library name for The Sherlock Holmes honor his memory by our Sigerson conference. Thanks, again, to all of week period I gave talks on five dif- respite after the last October presenta- association co-sponsor the annual Collections. Society. you who joined in our exploration of ferent topics. First was a talk to the tion until the first week in December, symposium. It reminds me of the Nor- Sherlock Holmes through time and book affinity group at the Minneapolis when I made a noontime presentation wegian Explorers of Minnesota and As many readers of this newsletter will We are proud to say that we are closer place. It was a delightful gathering! Institute of Arts. They wanted some- on Holmes and Dr. Hench as part of their association with The Sherlock recall, McDiarmid was one of the five to our goal of making the Sherlock thing fitting their Downton Abbey our “First Fridays in Andersen Library” Holmes Collections. As the Explorers founders of the Norwegian Explorers Holmes Collections the World Center Two days before the conference I had theme; I spoke about Lord Grantham’s series. Not all of these talks were Sher- celebrate the 65th Anniversary we are of Minnesota, and through his ef- for the study of Sherlock Holmes and the opportunity to participate in the library at Downton (based on research lockian, but I thought you would enjoy thankful for their close connection. forts the collection at the University his world. “Summer Chautauqua” at St. Catherine I’d done on the library at Highclere a peek into the life of a curator at the of Minnesota was established. He also University in St. Paul. My presentation Castle, the real Downton Abbey). University. It has been a good Autumn It was a joy to see Dr. Kittle on the donated his personal collection as well I look forward to seeing our Friends in was on “Sherlock Holmes and the Life Next came presentations and tours on for Holmes and the Collections. 10th Anniversary of the founding of as financial support to the cause. As 2014. of the Mind.” It was “an examination the Holmes Collections to about two the C. Frederick Kittle Collection of of thought, reason, justice, being and hundred members of the Jane Austen Now, as the last weeks of the Fall Wishing you the Compliments of other elements of Victorian English Society of North America, in town for Semester transition into the Holiday the Season. society as expressed through the liter- their annual general meeting. This was season I want to take this opportunity ary character Sherlock Holmes and followed by a talk in St. Cloud, Min- to wish you and yours all the best for Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI his associated adventures, as well as nesota on the closing of the University the coming year. Thank you for your through the life and times of Holmes’s of Minnesota library school (based on continued support of the Collections creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.” research for a book I’m working on) to and our work at the University of Min- Acquisitions Quite to my surprise, my little talked the annual conference of the Minnesota nesota. Season’s greetings from your played to a packed room of eager and Library Association. In mid-October friends in Minnesota! n our last issue, we noted the do- Karen Ellery of the Norwegian Explor- interested adult learners. Organizers of I talked about Holmes and the Col- nation of two bottles, #3 and #4, ers donated a copy of the first Klingon the Chautauqua were enthusiastic with lections to members of the Minne- Tim Johnson of the limited, First Edition wine edition of “The Blue Carbuncle.” the response my session garnered and apolis Club as part of their lunchtime of 221B Cellars from Don Libey. I Due to space limitations, we were unable to include the photograph of the wine and a smiling curator, Tim Johnson. Photo by Julie McKuras Tim Johnson Musings Using The Collections herry Rose Bond visited the t was a challenge to write about relating to Guthrie which were of im- ide: Sherlock in L.A. Press, 2013), has Collections while in Minneapolis the experience of seeing the measurable help. Also, my thanks to written about her correspondence and September 27 – 29 for the 2013 International Exhibition of Sher- Catherine Cooke and John Bergquist friendship with the Sage. Ron Lies, Annual General Meeting of the lock Holmes on opening night. who helped ascertain the good doctor’s a new contributor to this newsletter, S Jane Austen Society of North I I don’t think I can do justice to membership in the Sherlock Holmes wrote about a brief experience that left America describing what is essentially a visual Society of London. a lasting impression. experience so felt it best to give some background as to how this project There’s so much in The Sherlock Holm- Christopher Music, Commissionaire originated. All I can say is, if I have a es Collections that John Bennett Shaw and Archivist for Amateur Mendicant chance to see it again, I definitely will. owned, and items that honor him, that Society of Detroit, turned an attentive you feel like you knew the man and eye to the article some issues ago about It seems that I often get caught up in it’s hard to remember that I never met Bill Rabe. I’d like to thank him for not the research for articles in this newslet- him. I’m very appreciative that two only correcting one small item, but for ter and that’s certainly what happened people who did know him were willing his reflections upon the importance of
with the 50 Years Ago column about to contribute articles to honor their archived materials. Photo by Julie McKuras Douglas Guthrie. I would like to extend friend on the anniversary of his birth Sherry Rose-Bond and Tim Johnson my sincere thanks to Marianne Smith, for the 100 Years Ago column. Susan The Compliments of the Season, College Librarian at The Royal College Rice, co-author with Vinnie Brosnan of of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Marianne The Sage of Santa Fe: The Adventures and Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI sent me copies of a number of items Public Life of John Bennett Shaw (Oceans-
6 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 From the President An Update from the Collections was pleased to attend the Doyleana. That visit made me think leader of the Explorers he helped the now now covers the ground. invited me back in the future. It “Club Chat” series. And finally, I gave Hounds of the Baskerville [sic] about E.W. McDiarmid who in his later scion society find its mission to keep Winter has arrived in Minne- was a great prelude to our August a presentation on book and paper Annual Dinner and the Arthur years had a twinkle in his eye and was the memory of the Master green by sota. But before temperatures conference. preservation to the Twin Cities chapter Conan Doyle / Sherlock Holmes modest about his accomplishments. helping the Sherlock Holmes Col- headed below zero we had the of ARLIS, the Art Libraries Society I Symposium at the Newberry The Friends were able to honor Mac lections prosper. He lived to see the S chance to enjoy your warmth My presentations continued into of North America at the Minneapolis Library in October. I am impressed to with an endowed curatorship in his Friends group established and we and company during our August September and October. Over a five College of Art and Design. I had a brief see a scion society with close library name for The Sherlock Holmes honor his memory by our Sigerson conference. Thanks, again, to all of week period I gave talks on five dif- respite after the last October presenta- association co-sponsor the annual Collections. Society. you who joined in our exploration of ferent topics. First was a talk to the tion until the first week in December, symposium. It reminds me of the Nor- Sherlock Holmes through time and book affinity group at the Minneapolis when I made a noontime presentation wegian Explorers of Minnesota and As many readers of this newsletter will We are proud to say that we are closer place. It was a delightful gathering! Institute of Arts. They wanted some- on Holmes and Dr. Hench as part of their association with The Sherlock recall, McDiarmid was one of the five to our goal of making the Sherlock thing fitting their Downton Abbey our “First Fridays in Andersen Library” Holmes Collections. As the Explorers founders of the Norwegian Explorers Holmes Collections the World Center Two days before the conference I had theme; I spoke about Lord Grantham’s series. Not all of these talks were Sher- celebrate the 65th Anniversary we are of Minnesota, and through his ef- for the study of Sherlock Holmes and the opportunity to participate in the library at Downton (based on research lockian, but I thought you would enjoy thankful for their close connection. forts the collection at the University his world. “Summer Chautauqua” at St. Catherine I’d done on the library at Highclere a peek into the life of a curator at the of Minnesota was established. He also University in St. Paul. My presentation Castle, the real Downton Abbey). University. It has been a good Autumn It was a joy to see Dr. Kittle on the donated his personal collection as well I look forward to seeing our Friends in was on “Sherlock Holmes and the Life Next came presentations and tours on for Holmes and the Collections. 10th Anniversary of the founding of as financial support to the cause. As 2014. of the Mind.” It was “an examination the Holmes Collections to about two the C. Frederick Kittle Collection of of thought, reason, justice, being and hundred members of the Jane Austen Now, as the last weeks of the Fall Wishing you the Compliments of other elements of Victorian English Society of North America, in town for Semester transition into the Holiday the Season. society as expressed through the liter- their annual general meeting. This was season I want to take this opportunity ary character Sherlock Holmes and followed by a talk in St. Cloud, Min- to wish you and yours all the best for Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI his associated adventures, as well as nesota on the closing of the University the coming year. Thank you for your through the life and times of Holmes’s of Minnesota library school (based on continued support of the Collections creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.” research for a book I’m working on) to and our work at the University of Min- Acquisitions Quite to my surprise, my little talked the annual conference of the Minnesota nesota. Season’s greetings from your played to a packed room of eager and Library Association. In mid-October friends in Minnesota! n our last issue, we noted the do- Karen Ellery of the Norwegian Explor- interested adult learners. Organizers of I talked about Holmes and the Col- nation of two bottles, #3 and #4, ers donated a copy of the first Klingon the Chautauqua were enthusiastic with lections to members of the Minne- Tim Johnson of the limited, First Edition wine edition of “The Blue Carbuncle.” the response my session garnered and apolis Club as part of their lunchtime of 221B Cellars from Don Libey. I Due to space limitations, we were unable to include the photograph of the wine and a smiling curator, Tim Johnson. Photo by Julie McKuras Tim Johnson Musings Using The Collections herry Rose Bond visited the t was a challenge to write about relating to Guthrie which were of im- ide: Sherlock in L.A. Press, 2013), has Collections while in Minneapolis the experience of seeing the measurable help. Also, my thanks to written about her correspondence and September 27 – 29 for the 2013 International Exhibition of Sher- Catherine Cooke and John Bergquist friendship with the Sage. Ron Lies, Annual General Meeting of the lock Holmes on opening night. who helped ascertain the good doctor’s a new contributor to this newsletter, S Jane Austen Society of North I I don’t think I can do justice to membership in the Sherlock Holmes wrote about a brief experience that left America describing what is essentially a visual Society of London. a lasting impression. experience so felt it best to give some background as to how this project There’s so much in The Sherlock Holm- Christopher Music, Commissionaire originated. All I can say is, if I have a es Collections that John Bennett Shaw and Archivist for Amateur Mendicant chance to see it again, I definitely will. owned, and items that honor him, that Society of Detroit, turned an attentive you feel like you knew the man and eye to the article some issues ago about It seems that I often get caught up in it’s hard to remember that I never met Bill Rabe. I’d like to thank him for not the research for articles in this newslet- him. I’m very appreciative that two only correcting one small item, but for ter and that’s certainly what happened people who did know him were willing his reflections upon the importance of
with the 50 Years Ago column about to contribute articles to honor their archived materials. Photo by Julie McKuras Douglas Guthrie. I would like to extend friend on the anniversary of his birth Sherry Rose-Bond and Tim Johnson my sincere thanks to Marianne Smith, for the 100 Years Ago column. Susan The Compliments of the Season, College Librarian at The Royal College Rice, co-author with Vinnie Brosnan of of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Marianne The Sage of Santa Fe: The Adventures and Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI sent me copies of a number of items Public Life of John Bennett Shaw (Oceans-
6 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 A Letter to the Editor The Case of the Clean Air Gun Target he September 2011 issue of into Sherlockian view two years earlier was participating in The Sebastian It came time for the contestants to take want to damage his collectible target the Friends of the Sherlock – in 1949 when he attended his first I highlight what must seem like an in- Moran Annual Air Gun Shoot Off, their turns shooting, and one at a time from the shoot. I taught him well.” Holmes Collections news- meeting of the Amateur Mendicant significant trifle for a couple of reasons. arranged by The Brothers Three of we took our turns. The ribbing ended immediately. letter featured an excellent Society of Detroit. First, because this clarification places Moriarty in June of 1987. Each of T article by Peter Blau and Jon Bill Rabe in the Sherlockian world in I us wrote our names on our target When all the contestants completed their As he turned back to walk back up to Lellenberg, highlighting the life and The Amateur Mendicant Society of the decade of the 1940s – and some- sheets, which would be replaced for the shots, the target sheets were collected for the house for lunch, John smiled at me work of a Sherlockian giant – Wilmer Detroit was founded in 1946 by Rus- how this seems more fitting. next contestant as each one of us shot. judging. As fate sadly decreed, my sheet and winked. T. (Bill) Rabe. [Ed. Note; Peter Blau sell McLauchlin (“The Naval Treaty,” The trophy for winning was gigantic, was the only one with no holes or hits Ron Lies and Jon Lellenberg were the recipients BSI) – and is still going strong today. Secondly, and perhaps most important, and I wanted to win it or at least make on it. I was getting a large share of rib- of the 2012 Bryce Crawford Award for As the Commissionaire and Archivist this exercise helps to underscore the a good showing. My hopes were based bing from the other shooters. For just a few other memories of John this article] Rabe’s accomplishments as for the Mendicants, I am fortunate to importance for Sherlockian societies on realism, however, and to me a good Bennett Shaw, you might want to refer to a Sherlockian and Baker Street Irregu- have in my possession over 67 years – whether those with a long history showing would mean hitting the target John Bennett Shaw somehow knew these posted on the Internet; lar are too great to summarize here, worth of archival materials for the club like the Amateur Mendicants or Nor- at least once. Even that was a remote how I felt. The ribbing from these men but as the article reminds us he was – a treasure trove containing hundreds wegian Explorers, or clubs just now possibility for a four eyed squinter with was good-natured, but having dealt with Jim Hawkins for The Nashville Scholars truly remarkable and unforgettable, of letters, meeting minutes, newslet- forming– to create and preserve their one near-sighted eye and the other far poor eyesight all my life, it was tough http://www.nashvillescholars.net/ and had a career that “encompassed ters, etc. own archives. sighted, causing depth perception to take. He turned to the other shooters jbshawbio.html ten times the activity of the average problems. and said, “Boy you guys do not know a Irregular.” It was in the July 1949 Encyclical Let- It also highlights the importance of true collector when you see him. Ron For a more complete biography, please ter to the club (in our archives) that communication between clubs and did not hit anything because he did not visit http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/ As superb as the article was, however, McLauchlin relates the events of the institutions (like the Sherlock Holmes xml/scrb0010.xml there was one minor inaccuracy that May 1949 meeting: Collections at the University of Minne- does need correcting – a clarification sota) so that we can all continue to add that will hopefully add more insight “Three new Mendicants submitted to the rich history of our Sherlockian into Rabe’s illustrious Sherlockian their Acts of Qualification and were fellowship. career. In the article it states that: duly certified. Their names: JOHN McCABE, BILL RABE, and HARRY Best Sherlockian Regards, “Rabe was born in 1921, and hove ECKMAN. Each is an excellent scholar into Sherlockian view in 1951 while and, moreover, a man of talent and Christopher Music serving in the U.S. Army’s psychologi- distinction in his field. McCabe is an cal operations service in Germany.” actor and director, on the staff of Wayne Commissionaire and Archivist, Ama- University. Rabe is what could be called teur Mendicant Society of Detroit While it is true that Rabe was a great an academic publicist, of the University force in the Sherlockian world in the of Detroit. Eckman is an artist. Each is 1950s and beyond, he actually hove a definite ornament to our fellowship.”
On Corresponding with John Bennett Shaw Continued from Page 1
He opened the door, but he didn’t While each missive arrived in a cloud easy, but through John’s missionary stop there as included in the zaftig of rosy-fingered pleasure, the moment zeal we learned each other’s names and envelope were several other paper always came when a harsh thought societies and caught some of the flavor items. It was always a different ad hoc broke through the glow — now I owe of enthusiasts all over the country. He mixture of a quiz or two, a photocopy John a letter! At least once I asked him was the Sage of Santa Fe, but he was of a newspaper article, a notice for a to allow some days or weeks to pass also a benevolent Moriarty in the cen- distant meeting, a cartoon, an ad for before he answered, but that was not ter of his own world wide web. a play being performed several states his way and his responses were swift. away, or a copy of a piece he’d written. Though I was too solipsistic to realize Susan Rice, BSI, 2S This allowed an additional half hour it, John was building a gigantic gossa- of holding onto the Holmes reverie as mer web and hooking up his acquain- one assayed the quiz or read the article tances all over the world. It would be and felt, however briefly, a part of the decades before the Internet made find- Sherlockian world. ing and communicating with people Scan courtesy of Ron Lies "The Collectible Target"
8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 50 Years Ago Continued from Page 3 The International Exhibition Continued from Page 1 an area in which he believed physicians detective tales supply a lesson in logic. journal.” John wrote “We have from Dr. tain which institutions and individuals detective on his pursuit to crack the By the Spring of 2013 the finalized had failed to properly point out the The doctor is a kind of detective, and Guthrie’s own pen the implication that to contact. As the months went by, and most intricate mysteries and dreadful listing of items EDG wanted to borrow role that mental illness played, led him he does well to follow the principles he was a member of the society. And, as the vision for the exhibition was re- crimes using the powers of deduc- for the exhibition was further refined, to Africa in 1951, and Kenya in 1952, laid down by Sherlock Holmes.” The he refers to himself as a ‘reader’ of the fined, all of the involved parties began tion and the most cutting-edge 19th and decisions were made. Some items when he finally saw a witch doctor. essay concludes with his regret that, SHJ, we can reasonably assume he was to identify potential items that might century techniques of forensic science. were deemed impractical: for instance, He continued to lecture on medicine excluding Dr. Watson, the “twenty a subscriber and thus, by definition, a be loaned by the Sherlock Holmes Surpass the infallible Holmes by join- although The Sherlock Holmes Col- including his 1954 Logan Clendening or more medical men associated in member.” Collections to the traveling exhibition. ing today’s forensic scientists with 120 lections has four copies of the 1887 Lecture on the History and Philosophy some way with Sherlock Holmes flit so years of scientific progress and Beeton’s Christmas Annual, having an of Medicine at the University of Kansas. rapidly across the stage and are lost to The celebrated and accomplished In September 2012, plans had discovery at your fingertips. original copy opened to show the inner view.” Douglas Guthrie died on June 8, 1975. progressed to the point that the EDG pages over an extended period of time In 1963 he visited Ceylon and In- He was survived by his second wife. website had a posting titled THE It went on to state “With original might damage the binding. Tim had dia and studied the ancient medical Guthrie was also interested in the cul- The Douglas Guthrie Trust was estab- INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF artifacts and expert commentary, the the list of slightly less than 100 items practices of the area as he had done ture and history of Scotland and served lished at the Scottish Society of the His- SHERLOCK HOLMES.
Frederic Dorr Steele illustrations
4 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 9 The International Exhibition Continued from Page 9 door knockers, puzzles, card games, each piece as well as the holder. While ers, facilitation experts, education and foreign language editions of the Canon, looking at the younger visitors at the classroom specialists and many more. cigarette cards, toys, books owned by interactive stations, Jerry Margolin, In addition, there were a number of the last Czarina of Russia, nutcrackers, BSI, said “Seeing these young people institutions and individuals who sup- cookie jars, and teapots. These items at the exhibition is to me, what this ported the artifact and object loans play a significant part in the display, was all about. This is a great way to get including the University of Minnesota, which also includes articles from other kids interested not only in Holmes, but Andersen Library’s Tim Johnson who 5y e a rs0 a g o institutions. reading in general.” At the end of the not only supported the exhibition with evening, we all felt that we could have his knowledge of the Sherlock Holmes The list of physicians who are also On October 9, 2013 a large and appre- spent more time there. There’s just so Collection which he stewards, but was well-known authors is a long one. ciative group, which included Sher- much to see. also one of the original advocates of Sherlockians immediately think of Sir lockians as well as the OMSI Friends, the project, who believed in it from Arthur Conan Doyle; other notables was able to “behold the fruit of pensive Commenting on the exhibition, now the beginning. We are grateful for his include R. Austin Freeman, Oliver nights and laborious days.” After the that it’s open, Amy Noble Seitz wrote: contributions both large and small (no Wendell Holmes Sr., William Somer- reception, which featured OMSI offi- A big thank you to Mr. Timothy pun intended). set Maugham, Michael Crichton, Tess cials, Geoffrey Curley, Amy Noble Seitz Johnson. The three year develop- Garritsen and Robin Cook, to name and Richard Doyle, we entered the ment and creation of the monumental just a few. exhibition. I was with a small group exhibition project, The International Geoffrey Curley wrote: that included Jerry and Judy Margolin Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, would Another physician should be added to and Marsha Pollak. It was an incredible have not been possible without the The collection at the University of this list. One of the books written by experience for all of us to see so many time and talents of many individuals. Minnesota was pivotal in the success Douglas James Guthrie, MD, FRCS, BSI items related to Sherlock Holmes and The exhibition included accomplished of the exhibition. There are, of course, (1964, “The Field Bazaar”) was Janus in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in one build- authors, Sherlockian experts, forensic so many artifacts relating to Conan the Doorway, a book of essays mainly ing. Visitors young and old pored over historians, curators, scientists, forensic Doyle and Sherlock Holmes around pertaining to medicine, published in the display cases, carefully reading scientists, marketing aficionados, ex- the world. However for an undertak- 1963. John Bennett Shaw’s copy, with the printed materials that described hibition designers, exhibition develop- ing of this scope with a substantial tour bookplate and his typed note “Sherlock Continued on page 11 Holmes and Medicine, pp. 287-297,” is held in the Sherlock Holmes Col- lections. As the dust jacket states “The title of Janus in the Doorway was cho- sen because Janus was represented on Roman coins as having two faces, one looking backward, one looking for-
ward. This point of view, looking into with their permission of Edinburgh, ©The Royal College of Surgeons the past while at the same time looking Douglas Guthrie, M.D., BSI into the future, is essential in educa- After demobilization he returned to surrounding social conditions which tion, for the logical introduction to any Edinburgh where he specialized in inevitably affected medical beliefs branch of knowledge is the study of its otolaryngology. A pioneer in the study and practices, of conflicting currents origin and development.” of speech disorders in children and of thought in the unending efforts of the use of speech therapy, he was a medical pioneers to resolve the prob- What are the origins of Douglas James staff member of the Royal Hospital for lems of human health and well-being.” Guthrie? Born September 8, 1885 in Sick Children and lectured and wrote Dysart, Scotland, Guthrie was a minis- extensively on diseases of the ear, nose Long after his retirement he traveled to ter’s son. He attended the Royal High and throat at the Edinburgh School of points all over the world to study the School of Edinburgh and the Univer- Medicine. His was development of medicine. His visit to sity of Edinburgh Medical School. After Speech in Childhood published in 1935. Having served as Australia, China, Hong Kong, and Ja- his graduation with honors in 1907, a President of the Section of Otology of pan focusing on medical practices and McCosh travelling scholarship enabled the Royal Society of Medicine, he re- hospitals was the subject of an article him to pursue postgraduate studies tired in 1945, and from that date until which was later reprinted as a pam- in Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and Jena, 1956 he was Lecturer in the History phlet . A copy of this Germany before returning to Scotland Down and Around of Medicine at Edinburgh University. pamphlet was sent with his kind re- where he received his MD in 1909. He In 1945 his , the gards and signature to Nathan Bengis, was a general practitioner in Lanark A History of Medicine culmination of ten years work, was BSI and is held in the Sherlock Holmes for three years and was appointed an published and subsequently translated Collections. The pamphlet features elder of the Church of Scotland. Dur- into several languages. The September photographs from Guthrie’s “thirty ing World War One he served with the 1971 issue of MD described the book thousand miles” around the globe, in- Royal Army Medical Corps and was as a “guided tour of medical history cluding one of the author holding two later Commandant of the Royal Flying from prehistoric times to the pres- koala bears in Australia. His research Corps Hospitals. ent where the reader feels the living into the roots of magic and witchcraft, Photo by Julie McKuras presence of historic personalities, of Jerry Margolin, BSI and Marsha Pollak, BSI Continued on page 4
10 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 3 John Bennett Shaw at 100 The International Exhibition Continued from Page 10 100 Years Ago...Continued from Page 2 John Bennett Shaw was born October 10,1913 in Tulsa Oklahoma, so it’s fitting we 100 Years Ago Continued from Page 2 celebratemobile what for would “journalistic have been purposes.” his 100th birthday.table of contents for this 224 page attachedhealth to it, during having and only after a couplethe pregnan- of RussellThe Merritt, Orphanage BSI, wrote “So much Catling was active in the Institute of illustrated book includes works by lenderscy. is This essential. certainly There would are explainonly a the in the Exhibition that was fresh and Shaw receivedJournalists his and A.B., traveled cum laude, extensively from Notre DameAlfred in Noyes, 1937. ArthurAfter pursuing Morrison, couplesomewhat organizations sombre that tone have of a the collec poem.- brandWhen, new combined ere the tangled with web old is famil reft, - in an earlier translation which I graduatethrough work America,at Columbia Canada, University, the Middle he completedRosamund his M.A. Marriott-Watson, in literature from Eden tion withThe suchuse of breadth the word as found“lady” atin thethe last iars thatThe looked kid-gloved as exciting villain scowls as ever. and Thesneers, Andersen Library and with a keeper revised quite heavily. the UniversityEast and ofEurope, Tulsa inincluding 1940. Over France the years hePhillpotts, worked at John the BennettGalsworthy, Drilling F. Anstey stanza seems to strongly real powerAnd hapless came innocencefrom the perceptionis left 100Company, during The World University War I. of He Tulsa, served the as Tulsa a Book and Record Shop, the Fitzgerald as well educated in the Sherlockian that SherlockWith no assetsHolmes save could sighs andmake tears, 100 and Jerome K. Jerome, to name but a The main difference between Y E A R S A G O suggest that it was written to/for Funeral Service, and Tulsa Catholic Center. He belonged to, and chaired, a number world as Tim Johnson. The Andersen forensic’Tis science then, just entertaining, then, that in andthere that stalks y e a rs100 a g o delegate to the Conference of the few of the contributors. Page 20 fea- Lady Jean. my own and EB’s translation I The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections of boards for libraries as well as religious organizations. He received his shilling was the first collection we reached forensic science could give Sherlock International Association of Journalists tures the poem “By the North Sea” by The hero,think watchful stems of from her needs,the fact that is a quarterly newsletter published by the The March 2008Y issue E of A this R newslet- S from AG The O Baker Street Irregulars as “The Hans Sloane of My Age” in 1965 and the out to, partly because of the size of HolmesHe depthtalks!they Great … belongBeneath heavens, to thedifferent how fun he and talksages. As FriendsThe Friends of the of Sherlockthe Sherlock Holmes Holmes Collections Collections at Berlin in 1908, and later as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is a short is a quarterly newsletter published by the ter featured an article about The Flag, Two Shilling Award in 1980. He and his wife Dorothy retired to Santa Fe, New the collectionAlso, the and fact partly that they because were theexpect- trendiness,But we the forgiveyou abiding may him, know, fascinationfor his Danish deeds. was for which seek to promote the activities, inter- President of the British International poem, and there is a facsimile of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Mexico publishedand were wellin 1908, known which for bothbenefitted his extensive library, which he donated to the UniversityCaption: The of 1902 Minnesota, first edition andhas the their willing- developmenting their team first forchild the may exhibition have with science centuries– or at least the theofficial imagery written lan- estswhich and seek needs to promoteof the Special the activities, Collections inter- Among the foreign translations of The and Rare Books Department, University of ness to open their homeHound to visitors.of the Baskervilles Some of from his friendsJohnSociety referred of Journalists to him as during the “Johnny 1915.Paget HeAppleseed illustrationlast while ofstanza scion the secondas societies,” written does not.by especially Conan Doyle. is headquarteredinfluenced Doyle’sin St. Paul decision so it towas con- of scienceLife is – the continuesguage drama of hereNorway, to appealto-day and to although ests and needs of the Special Collections the Union Jack Club. One of the Minnesotaand Rare BooksLibraries. Department, University of with The Sub-LibrariansBennett of the Shaw’s American collections, Library the Association.onepassed away Shaw on December was well-known 25, 1920. as a lecturer on Sherlock Holmes and for more thantribute convenient, to The Press it Bookwas serendipin the - kids’ curiosity.And DeathNorwegian The the villaincenterpiece in of 1911 the plot.hadof the begun entries in The Flag was Sir Arthur Don Hobbs’ The Galactic Sherlock me by the first translator, who called Minnesota Libraries. his compilation of “Thethat Shaw was published 100.” He 100passed years away ago hason October 6, 1994 in Santa Fe. Her cheek was wet with North Sea spray, itous. It quickly became apparent that exhibition,It is a realisticI splittingsuspect, play; away,will alwaysthe influence be Mail editorial correspondence c/o: Catling’s nameHolmes alsobibliography appears in con-of foreign lan- the story Hunden fra Baskervilles. This first place. Being a father himself, I’m Mail editorial correspondence c/o: Conan Doyle’sspecial “The Greysignificance. Dress – According to De We walked where tide and shingle meet, we would soon not only be requesting the [interactive]from Remarkable Danish was stillMystery strong. It’s guage editions of the Canon has nine title is established; to the eye it comes sure he could easily empathize with Shall it end well or shall it not There’s soUnpublished much to say WaalDialogue about it was John from a 2nd Bennett ‘A edition,Duet.’” Shaw. with It the junctionseems practically with The everyoneSavage Club who of knew him hasThe stories long waves to tell. rolled Our from question far away a generousScan loan courtesy from of the the Universitylibrary to of Minnesotaof Libraries Persano anda complicated the Criminal story Worm but actually Editor books listed as translations by Elisa- close to the original; and it sounds The hero? Oh, the hero’s part JulieEditor McKuras first published in 1902. NotedHound London. Founded in 1857, the mem- To purr in ripples at our feet. share withthe fatherless the museum children community, which would [written byNorwegian Daniel Stashower, on the printed BSI]. page is was how to narrow it down for a short article in this newsletter.beth We Brochmann decided to and focus includes on two scanned aspects; hisright. massive It is alsocorrespon misleading,- because it 11 years old at the time, which makes Is vacant—toas different be playedfrom Ibsen’s by you. time to the 13512Julie Granada McKuras Ave. collector Dr. Donald Pollack has bersboth come from the worlds of art, And as we walked it seemed to me benefit from the sale of the volume. 13512 Granada Ave. dence, whichThe following went well year, beyond in 1909, simple The communication, Press as providedcovers. here by Susan Rice, and his welcominghints thatand Baskerville kind personal is a place- rather but we wouldit 1952 engage or ’53. in I think a collabora it was given- But I wasThenpresent taken act asit well!Shakespeareby the An first orphan’s ispart from heartof pres-the Apple Valley, MN 55124 in his collection. That three old friends had met that day: Apple952-431-1934 Valley, MN 55124 ity, touchedAlbum onwas by Ronpublished Lies. to aid the drama, law, literature, music or sci- than a family. But, for the three excel- tion withto Tim me andby friends the University of my parents that who exhibit,Mayent detailing daybeat English.the thelighter medicalAt ifthe you same do.scene time in I did 952-431-1934 [email protected] ence. FormerThis members search led have to the included online WorldCatThe oldlent oldJulie reasonssky, McKuras, the mentioned,old old ASH, sea, BSII decided not wouldFinally, trulyknew enhance Doyle about wrotemy the interest exhibition a poem in detectiveabout Edinburgh. More interesting, I noticed [email protected] Journalists’ OrphanC3542. Fund, — A1456. and asHunden he fra Basker- go for a “conservative” style, hoping which lists eleven books by A. ConanAnd love,to changewhich is it.” as old as they. guest experience.orphansstories. which Anyway, was it publishedwas a revelation. in the pre-teens and teenagers [mostly had done the ville:previous En ny year, fortælling Conan om Sherlock notables such as Charlie Chaplin, Christyit would Allen read and to modern Julie McKuras day Norwe- Editorial Board Doyle translated in Norwegian by When I wrote to Nils Nordberg for an I’ve still got it, title page missing and girls] lingeredgian readers around as Conan this sectionDoyle reads too.” to Editorial Board Doyle steppedHolmes forward. Autoriseret with a contri- oversættelse vedMark Twain, Wilkie Collins, James Songs of the Road, just a few pages JohnJohn Bergquist, Bergquist, Timothy Johnson,Johnson, Elisabeth Brochmann. Also online is Out seawardupdate hung he surprised the brooding me bymist, writing: slightly the worse for wear, yet one of Elisabeth Brochmann. Kristiania: And howafter has “By the the experience North Sea.” been It was since References:English-speaking readers of today. JonJon Lellenberg, Lellenberg, RichardRichard J.J. Sveum,Sveum, M.D. M.D. bution. The book, edited by Thomas McNeill Whistler,Nasjonalbiblioteket Sir Alexander (National Library Elisabeth Brochmann’s translation of my dearest possessions. But very few Forlagt af H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. We saw it rolling, fold on fold, that openingcalled “The night? Orphanage” On November and is 25 repro- Thehttp://www.scoop- International Exhibition of Sher- Catling and published by John Murray, Fleming, W.of S. Norway), Gilbert, whichSir Henry had Elisabeth HOUN was actually first published of the stories were available in my own database.com/bio/catling_thomas Nygaard), 1902. 263 p. And marked the great Sun Alchemist Les Klinger tweeted “Just back from lock HolmesSince 1971 will myrun translation through Januaryof HOUN On Chasorresponding an introductory note which giveswith JohnIrving, Dante BennettBrochmann Rossetti, datesDylan Shawlisted Thomas, as 1855-1915 1902, also by Aschehoug. The interest ducedlanguage below. then, so I had to wait until I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Clubhas been reprinted over a dozen times —————. 2nd ed. 1911. 246 p. Turn all its leaden edge to gold. Portland OMSI Sherlock Holmes ex- 5, 2014http://www.savageclub.com/ at the OMSI. It opens at the Herbert Beerbohmalong with Tree, some Edgar books and letters. in the new Holmes adventure seems to learned English to pursue my interest by various publishers, by Aschehoug thehe historySherlock of IHolmesthe became Fund. collecaware It began- of translator in letters Elisabeth are present in the archives of society madeLook well, up of look former well, studentsoh lady mine! hibit — marvelous! Treasures include Center of Science and Industry (COSI) CopyrightCopyright © © 2006 2006 have been as great here as in England! I wonder,in Holmes. perhaps, if he was think- and Norild as well as Gyldendal, and University of Minnesota Library “1892 with a Brochmanngift of £1,000 in 2004by the when late I acquiredWallace and Peter Ustinov. It is cur- and otherThe high grey schoolers below, the whogold above;heard Pagets, Steeles & incredible letters by in Columbus, Ohio February 6 and UniversityCopyright © of2011 Minnesota Library tions at University of Min- other Sherlockians,To and me thatthe most portion famous Norwegian The 1911 edition was one in a series I’ve also read it as an audio book. It Copyright © ©2013 2012 lot 93 of The Conan Doyle Collec- For so the greyest life may shine ACD! ingDon’t of miss!”the Orphan’s He added Fund in whena sepa he- Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Lordnesota Glenesk include and some £500 items by the of late Sirwill probablyrently locatedincrease,translator at but1 Whitehall forof the the Canon most Place, is Nilsabout Nor- our Sherlockof books Holmes published club. in that format, half As EB’s HOUN was more or less my will runwas there included through in the September first ever collected Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. tion auction at Christie’s. Included All golden in the light of love. wrote this? The University of Minnesota is an Equal Johnstunning Willox…Working monetary worth pressmen . . part John’sLondon responses anddberg, their to all BSIwebsite these (“A Norwegian lettersindicates itNamedPerhaps I wroteoctavo, some with anecdote green aboutcovers and dust- rate emailfavourite “It was boyhooda bit of areading treat as I tendwell to be2014. My advice? Don’t miss it. For The University of Minnesota is an Equal in the lot were seven letters and two Sherlock Holmes edition in Norwegian, Opportunity Educator and Employer. Tthroughout. need I mention the country those commencedfour are missing.“remains Perhaps oneSigerson” ofthis the brief leading1981). piece InBohemian 1995 he Robertwrote G. Harris,jacket. the It only (and BSI indeed I really all the three to see so uncritical,many things but Ithat think I too it was have for its timemore photographs,which I edited visitand part-translatedthe web- Opportunity Educator and Employer. postcards by ACD to Madame Broch- “Holmes by Any Other knew Theat the Press time, Album though addededitions I’d over met of£1000Rus EB’s- transla-to in my collectionan excellent — games,translation, geegaws, less error-ridden site for The International Exhibition copies ofcontributions, Beeton’s Christmasmann and in discussingAnnual the same? rights year tois stories written Gentleman’sand as an attempt Clubs to in redress London.” (wanted to do all but didn’t have Name: Translating the the Institute of Journaliststion) had Orphan the Sidney Paget and books.and It less was inclined great toto seetake the liberties kids than for Sherlock Holmes at http://www. I spent a glorious weekpamphlets. in the collec ACD- was eagermy to greatest have regret as a Sherlockian. It sell McLauchlin and Bill Rabe by then. time), published in 10 volumes by Den the first orphan was adopted.” The Sherlock Holmes Stories,” illustration of the hound contemporary Swedish or Danish trans- tions taking notes andThe choosing War in South photo Africa:- Itsseems Cause I In andhave 1882, little the of Prince the natural of Wales, archi later- WhileFund. I can’t remember the subject, I in attendance, and as I walked around, sherlockholmesexhibition.comNorske Bokklubben (“The Norwegianor reader is assured that “Every penny published in Sherlock breaking out of the fog on lations. It’s a long time since I’ve re-read copies within a long arm’sConduct reach translated of into allvist languages in my make-up, and in my 20s and can almost relive the careful process I explained a few things to kids who their FacebookBook Club”) page in 1980.at https://www. The tenth volume Aschehoug in EB’s time was Doyle’s contributed to the Fund, from its Edward VII,Holmes: became The an Detective honorary & the dust jacket. The series it but it is my impression that EB was and wrote a preface for the30s Norwegian moved frequently, shedding cheer- to assureChristy I was Allen, sending who my contributes best and fre- were puzzled by various items. I liked facebook.com/SherlockHolmesExhibitiwas a collection of pastiches and essays. main Norwegian publisher, but unfor- those four volumes, and cannot deny member of Thethe Collector,Club. He Essays enjoyed on the the was called H. Aschehoug especially good at maintaining the poetic beginning seventeenedition. yearsBrochmann ago, has must have had a handsomest letter. the Musings...pictures of Gordon andContinued Beecher from on?ref=br_tfPage 4In the 1990s all ten volumes were re- tunately they didn’t follow it up—there they lent a certain dazzle to the experi- fully whatever bumpfJohn IBennett had accumu Shaw Library.- quently to the ConanDoyle& Co.s Kronebibliotek(ACD) list (“1 qualities of the original. I’m still haunted been devoted closeto the relationship keep and educa-with ACD and atmospherehis and suggested that a — not the usual suspects.” printed wholesale by a short-lived pub- were no translations of VALL or The ence. Other parts of the holdings, lated during the latestIn that chapter. essay he I wroteexplained on the Internet, is interestedKrone Library”, in Conan mean- by the descriptions of the moor as I read family, but there is nothing aboutmasonic her lodge would be a good addi- never the same for Francine; she stuffedlisher rat called now LibriArte. adorn the I’ve Collections. done minor readersCase-book, and andother only interested four of the parties, stories however,tion have of nothe intrinsicorphans…Avoiding financial any and received lettersabout from the many challenges august of I presumed the courtesy ofing a thatreply, the but price was one them almost 60 years ago. in any of the Conan Doyle biographies. Doyle’s poetry. She wrote: missed sharing their interests and most Ourrevisions thanks togo the to textPeter over Blau, the not years, only but andin His this Last issue Bow features were published two of those: in value, takeexpenditure up a good on deal bricks of space,and mortar, thepersons,tion but to now the havefacilities.translating only On thoseSH December in theto 3, was stunned by the fat envelopeNorwegian that krone, slightly ACD visited Norway in June 1892 with a major one for another Bokklubben Norway, in a book called Spioncen- and would be perceived as valueless to arrive after1886, I settled Catlingchanging into wrote Greenwich Norwegianto the Grand lan- came backI’ve scanttried daysto do later. someless It researchthan con -$10 about in today’s of all,As she for missed my own his translation companionship. it was for writing about his friends Wayne Georgina Doyle, author of Out of the principle laid hisdown sister was Connie that ofand saving Jerome K. Jerome complete edition, in two volumes, in tralen, 1919. I’ve been very fortunate, Village Secretaryand into theofguage, United hands including Grandof one Lodge,oftitles: tained athe very poem poorly proper typed andmoney). letter how/why with I’ve got it some of And whenactually she published passed away,for the their first time in and Francine but also for helping with Shadows: The Untold Story of Arthur nearly allthe the child inhabitants to itsamong home of theothers. and world, its home to 2002. The most recent reprint is in a both in Gyldendal that they wanted to even thethe world child.” of librarians. They are life’s naturalenclosing keepers. an “imposing group of peti- plenty ofwas corrections, written, but x-ings havethe out,titles, come and including up Dr friends1971. had In the 1966 same I had reaction been inas apeople TV quiz the2011 packing Bokklubben and mailing volume of theSherlock many, Conangive Holmes Doyle’s his First due Family place ,in read a prestige Dick “Another example of Watson’s optegnelser (“The show, winning 10,000 kroner for my the complete files of Athe Google correspon search- revealed a 1902 tioners,”letter proposing that a new lodge misspellings.empty. I could picture John at a had when George Burns died; his pass- manyHolmes boxes. Mysterier i utvalg (“Selected Sveum’sseries of articlemodern from and Decemberclassical mystery 2008 euphony-before-precision is the Records of Dr Watson”), published knowledge of Holmes, so I was consid- dence of John Bennettwritten Shaw. by They Samuel L. ClemensI cannot (Mark change the cavalier ways of typewriter in his library, tapping away ing meant that he was together with Mysteries”), containing STUD, HOUN withstories a carefuland bringing eye and him has back corrected into a Thomas Catling edited The Press be foundedtranslation for the approximately of the title of The Hounds of 1918. Apart from a missing ABBE this ered quite the local Sherlock Holmes make fascinating reading:Twain) early to Brochmann mis- notingmy youth,that she but perhaps I can supply at full speed, his thoughts tumbling and The Adventures—all translated print, and in Den norske Bokklubben 25% of the themembership Baskervilles .who Several were problems existWhat Iis did a reprint learn wasof the that same it wastitle published Gracieexpert. again. In 1969 Gyldendal, Norway’s John Bergquist has provided us with a date. Soren Eversoll, an honored visitor sives fromAlbum current. Born Sherlockian Septemberhad translated elders,23, into1838, Norwegian hewhat thehis collections cannot: a sense out far too quickly to give attention by yours truly. If you’re interested, I’ll for deciding to do the first ever com- Masons. Onhere. January For instance18, 1887, no Thesingle word in almost incertainly 1905, containing written when the last Jean seven largest publishing house, had started a look at Leaves from The Copper Beeches, to the Collections last year, continues worked for Lloyd’sSherlockian Weekly pastiche News, asA a Doubled-Bar- to minor typos. There was more than be happy to send you a copy for your plete edition and giving me a free rein spates of activity from one geographic of what it was likeNorwegian to correspond suggests with a large, possibly stories from The Return of SH. Broch- paperback mystery series called “The compositor, writer,reled Detective news editor Story. from The Lilly LibrarySavage Club Lodge was consecrated atone varietywas ofpregnant stationery with during Denis our(who was Francine Morris Swift, ever the librari- andcollection. its interesting And to authors complete and the editors, story: I histo presentinterest Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes Holmes, as I think area or one scion, odd little feuds and John. When I firstferocious wrote to and him, deadly, I was canine; hund mann’s HOUN was re-published by the Black Series” (inspired by the French Manuscript Collection has 15 lettersFreemasons’ to Hall and Sir Henry Irving born in March of 1909, just one an, planned to donate her Sherlockian publishedalso adapted 50 years and translatedago. I’d like a Swedish to accordinghe should tobe. a note sent by his mother. some jockeying1866 through for position, 1884, thenand someeditor fromin my late 20s, notmeans timid, any but dog, neither big or small.occasional And what correspondence,same house a last but time the in 1941. “La Série Noire”) and asked me to do her (1900-1917) from English authors collection to The Sherlock Holmes thankradio Christy dramatisation Allen for of providingthe book and things, perhaps,1884 through for which 1907. the The world Scoop was I certainwas invested of theabout receptionas Treasurer. “…of theof my Baskervilles.”There is no one If liter- thatmonth comes before immediately The Press to Bookmindwas a selection of Sherlock Holmes stories. including F. Anstey (one of the 24 produced it as a six-part serial in 1977. So the 1911 second edition was what is still not ready — that sliver of the first communication.longer a formalally translated Iconnection cannot actuallyinto between my languageshowed the published).a deerstalkeredI can certainly Holmes tell you peer that- Broch- Collections.There had Sadly, then her been death no Holmes in books information about Conan Doyle’s poet- So it’s business as usual at The Database, subscriptionauthors along biographical with ACD of The Fate of I sometimes think that my main motive got Nils Nordberg hooked on Sherlock recall the matter oftitle my would first letter,be Bakervilleslektens but ing hund, through a magnifyingmann’s translation glass atof aHOUN and that Octoberin Norwegian 2007 meant since her 1941. collection, I did in fact ry as featured in our 100 Years Ago Sherlock Holmes Collections, for world thatdictionary cares at of all. BritishFenella ,and 1892) Irish and journal- Jerome K. Jerome.the Lodge and the Club. for becoming a radio drama producer Holmes. In his translation he kept which is not only clumsy but–evenmap of Santa Fe.very From 1911 the edition first has his played a decisive do two selections, containing seven sto- ists from the periodI was able of 1800to examine – 1950, theI lettersclearly while remember writing a rough According to Doyle’s own correspon- which she amassed with her beloved column.was the Dick wish Sveum to do thisupdates story uson onradio, the whichElizabeth we Brochmann’sare all thankful. title, and he was worse—suggests a story about a pet: part in my life. It was the first Holmes ries each. We then decided that I would With so much on viewattending it is possible the Gillette to Brettcopy III over Aftercon- a couplehis retirement of days fromand thenLloyd’s letters weredence immediately (from A Life inclusive in Letters and), this Wayne, was ready to move to statusthe ofmedium the drive it is forperfectly the E.W. suited for. a good friend of John Bennett Shaw. As indicates he extended the circulation The Dog of the Baskervilles Family.made me feel likestory a Ifriend; ever read, he relatedand it hooked me translate HOUN. I used EB’s version And, ah yes, 2009 saw the first ever a Norwegian-American and Sherlock- to overlook the singleference overwhelm at Indiana- University.copyingWeekly it with News great, Catling care on undertook whatever the was a worrisome time. Jean was Minnesota. Boxes of books, pho- McDiarmid Curatorship. Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI of the paper beyond London and waswas passing for myActually stationery the decisionat the was madeanecdotes for abouton histhe familyMaster. and I must other have been 10 or (and also several Danish and Swedish) “nynorsk” translation of HOUN, by ian, I appreciate all the connections. ing portion the collections lack. In editing task for The Press Album. The pregnant with her first child at age tographs, ephemera and even a giant It’s gratifying to receive notes from most cases,reputed only to other be the people’s first to letters use the auto-time. Perhaps I wrote to him about the Sherlockians, all of whom were merely as reference, but avoided copying it. Ragnar Hovland but relying I suspect a Continued on page 7 SIGN was also included in the series, to John are available. Some of John’s Trifling Monographs, my first scion hallowed34 names and Doyle to me was at thatworried time. about her good deal on mine. Richard J. 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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 C o n t e n t s 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 custody battle, whether over the car, the house, the pets, or the children, that can possi- 2 bly match the difficulty of dividing a collection that has no duplicates.
Remembrances So for two Sherlockians it’s a matter only of the better, and never the worse. That cer- 50 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 In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have made contributions either in honor or in memory Paul Churchill Thomas Drucker Timothy J. Johnson, Curator National Press Club. 5 Paul Churchill Warren Randall 612-624-3552 or Wayne was from Nebraska, an elec- Joseph Gillies Michael Kean [email protected] Photo courtesy of The Sherlock 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 of special persons. 8 Continued on page 6 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1
In Honor Of From Vincent Brosnan Robert Hess Tom Francis Andy Solberg Francine Kitts Alexian Gregory Julie McKuras Richard and Ellen Caplan Sherlock Holmes Katy Morgan Stella Herzig c o l l e c t i o n s Patrick Shaw Mary Flo Hatcher Sherlockian Friends Sandy Kozinn “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) In Memory Of From June Berg Stanton Berg Vince Flynn Gary Schulze and Pat Frovarp C o n t e n t s The International Exhibition of Richard Lancelyn Green Andrew Malec Charles E. Henry Ray Betzner Sherlock Holmes Joseph and Eleanore Margolin Jerry Margolin The International By Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI Dr. Alvin Rodin Jack Key Exhibition of Sherlock Ted Schulz Vincent Brosnan Holmes was fortunate to attend the Ted Schulz Michael Kean opening of The International Ted Schulz Marsha Pollak 1 Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes Ted Schulz Randall Stock 100 Years Ago at the Oregon Museum of Sci- Mary Ann Smerk George Smerk I ence and Industry (OMSI) on October 9, 2013. Having heard the Jan Stauber Alexian Gregory 2 proposal and seen the designs from an P. Christian Steinbrunner Russell Merritt On Corresponding with early stage in the project, I was pre- Henry Swiggum Anne Swiggum John Bennett Shaw pared for it to be good. I wasn’t ready Edward Van Liere, MD Andrew Fusco for just how good it really is. Jerry Wachs Francine and Richard Kitts 2 Jerry Wachs Mike and Julie McKuras 50 Years Ago Over three years ago, Jon Lellen- Jerry Wachs Marsha Pollak berg received a communication 3 from Geoffrey Curley, of Geoffrey Jerry Wachs Warren Randall M. Curley and Associates. Geoff The Case of the Clean Air had consulted on a number of Gun Target exhibits for science museums, such 5 as “MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition,” and wrote that he had From the President an idea for an exhibition about Sherlock Holmes and the forensic 6 sciences. His plan involved working For any inquiries contact: Acquisitions with EDG (Exhibits Design Group), Timothy J. Johnson, Curator located in St. Paul Minnesota. Jon’s 612-624-3552 or 6 response to that statement was “I [email protected] have some good news for you: the Musings biggest Sherlock Holmes Collec- Sherlock Holmes Collections 6 tions in the world are just across Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library the river at the University of Min- University of Minnesota An Update from the nesota.” Photo by Julie McKuras 222 21st Ave. S. Collections Sidney Paget illustration Minneapolis, MN 55455 It didn’t take long for EDG and Geoffrey 7 to contact E.W. McDiarmid Curator for the Sherlock Holmes Collections Timothy John- Telephone: 612-626-9166 son about their proposed exhibit. From the first meeting in November 2010, Tim was FAX: 612-625-5525 Using the Collections enthusiastic about the idea and anxious for the Holmes Collections to play a part in the 7 exhibition. Over an almost two year period, Tim met with Geoffrey and Amy Noble Seitz, Mailing list corrections requested— the Founder and CEO of Exhibits Development Group as well as various staff members. Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, A Letter to the Editor Initially, their series of conversations focused on data gathering as Tim helped them ascer- we would appreciate being informed of changes of address or other corrections. 8 Continued on page 9 Remembrancees Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 12
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