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March 2009 D S O F N Volume 13 Number 1 E T 50 Years Ago...Continued from Page 3 I H R E

bottle of Courvoisier plus one fifth of the history of the scion mentioned earlier, The physical book is an interesting F New Jersey cognac, with the note: ‘Tell Thomas Hart reports that a publication artifact in itself, featuring quarter bind- the bartender to serve the Courvoisier fund was established as early as 1952 ing with textured morocco-colored first. Then by the time the Sons get to (with the princely sum of $4.00.) Hart, as endpapers of the same stock as the the New Jersey cognac, they may not treasurer of the Publication Committee, covers. spot the difference’” (250). Today, goes on to apologize to the membership Lellenberg says of Starr, “I’m convinced for “his many exhortations for funds, and Leaves from The Copper Beeches was fol- Sherlock Holmes that Julian Wolff [who took over leader- many stern admonitions against failure, lowed up by a second volume, More ship of the Baker Street Irregulars under made at meetings” over the years. Leaves from The Copper Beeches, in COLLECTIONS the title “Commissionaire” after Smith’s 1976. The Sons are still flourishing as untimely death in 1960] would have an active scion society; perhaps some- “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) retired as Commissionaire sooner than he day we will be able to look forward to did if Bill Starr had not died at a some- a third volume. what early age in 1976 and had been Contents around in the early ’80s to take over.” John Bergquist, BSI Francine and Wayne Swift By Peter E. Blau, ASH, BSI Leaves from The Copper Beeches was par- Francine and Wayne Swift tially financed by contributions from Illustration by H.W. Starr, captioned “The appeal t has been said that marriages between two Sherlockians are the most permanent. members of the Sons, who are listed in for the Publication Fund,” printed in Jon 1 Many Sherlockians have found it easy enough to persuade a spouse to enjoy the Lellenberg’s Irregular Crises of the Late ’Forties the acknowledgments. In his memoir of Sherlockian world, but when two people who already are Sherlockians marry they (New York, 1999) Continued from Page 3 100 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.

50 Years Ago 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 Paul Churchill Thomas Drucker Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 5 National Press Club. Paul Churchill Warren Randall 612-624-3552 or Wayne was from Nebraska, an elec- Joseph Gillies Michael Kean [email protected] of The Sherlock Photo courtesy Holmes Collections Allen Mackler Patricia Nelson Recent Acquisitions Wayne and Francine Swift trical engineer and a teacher, and an Allen Mackler Once Upon A Crime Mystery Bookstore Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 early convert to the world of com- Allen Mackler Philip Swiggum Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library puters. When he moved to Washington he decided to take an adult-education course in Beatrice McCaffrie John Lockwood University of Minnesota Sherlock Holmes at a local community college and soon attended his first Sherlockian E.W. McDiarmid Michael Brahmey 222 21st Ave. S. To the Editor function, a running of The Silver Blaze (Southern Division) at Pimlico Race Track in E.W. McDiarmid Jim DeLeo Minneapolis, MN 55455 6 Maryland, where he and Francine quickly discovered they shared more than an interest E.W. McDiarmid Jeffrey Klaus Telephone: 612-626-9166 in Sherlock Holmes. They courted , and wed, and had many happy years together, shar- E. W. McDiarmid Peter Klaus FAX: 612-625-5525 ing a multitude of interests, Sherlockian and otherwise. Robert Pattrick Vincent Brosnan A Beacon of the Future Mailing list corrections requested— Wayne became a member of The Baker Street Irregulars in 1978 (as “The Giant Rat of Jan Stauber Alexian Gregory Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, 6 Jan Stauber Francine and Richard Kitts we would appreciate being informed of changes Sumatra”). Francine became a member of The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes in Tom Stix Karen Anderson of address or other corrections. 1977 (as “Hatty Doran”) and was honored by the BSI as The Woman in 1983, and Dr. Richard Sturtz William Sturtz Remembrances awarded her Irregular Shilling and Investiture in 1994 (as “The Wigmore Street Post Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 8 Continued on page 6 year with an article in the Winter 1962 John Bennett Shaw had a copy of Kim- age. He apparently made his living as a 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1 Sherlock Holmes Journal titled “Origin ball’s “Sherlockian Quiz” with Shaw’s ghostwriter for magazines such as Sat- and Evolution of G. Lestrade.” notation “c. 1965 (Jan).” Kimball’s “The urday Evening Post.” If Kimball was a Pseudo-Crucial Crocus” was included ghostwriter, he covered his tracks well. In the years that followed, Kimball in the March 1966 Baker Street Journal Diana Denny of The Saturday Evening produced an unpublished typescript, and “Oreamnosis” appeared in the Post archives couldn’t find anything on Injecta Membra, in 1963. “A Multiclari- Spring 1966 Sherlock Holmes Journal. In our Dr. Kimball. facient” ran in the Spring 1965 Sherlock Shaw’s correspondence files, there is a Sherlock Holmes Holmes Journal and drew on Kimball’s July 1967 letter from Louise Kimball, Kimball wrote in 1961 that his interest COLLECTIONS expertise as a genetics expert. He wrote noting that her husband was unable to in Sherlock Holmes began fifty years that Dr. H.E. Stamford, son of Dr. Wat- answer Shaw due to his arthritis, lead- ago, at a time when the tales of the son’s former dresser, had called upon ing one to speculate as to the reason Master Detective were making their “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) him at his Connecticut home in July his brief period of Sherlockian scholar- initial appearances. “The Milverton 1964. Dr. Stamford related his father’s ship ended so abruptly. Mess” from that seminal year of 1962 discovery of a method enabling him to exemplified Kimball’s own maxim of determine the sex of a person through Elliot Kimball was gone, but not forgot- “Recourse to factual evidence in the Contents The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes examining their white blood cells. In ten. On May 28, 1992, a gentleman canonical Text, and to sound analy- 1895, he discovered that both Sher- by the name of Roy Crawford, writing sis of all circumstances” when dating Collections Annual Meeting and Featured lock Holmes and his brother Mycroft from the Department of Animal and “The Adventure of Charles Augustus The Friends of the carried the Stamford Aggregate. While Poultry Science from the University of Milverton,” appeared in The Best of The Speaker Mr. Jon Lellenberg females are xx, and males xy, subjects Saskatchewan, wrote a letter which is Sherlock Holmes Journal Volume One” Sherlock Holmes by Gary Thaden Collections Annual of this condition are xxy, rendering available online. He wrote “I enjoyed edited by Nicholas Utechin (2006) them sterile. He said there was “no the long series by Elliot Kimball. He An excerpt from Dr John H. Watson at Meeting and Featured evidence that either felt the erotic was indeed a character. He appeared Netley is featured among the writings Speaker Mr. Jon Lellenberg rigid Arctic waters, sailing ship decks slick with whale oil, and harpoons flying urgency so common in garden-variety on the poultry genetics scene when I in The Grand Game, Volume 2 edited by through the air: Jon Lellenberg, the guest speaker at the April 30, 2012 Friends xy males” and excluded the possibility was first starting out, and I heard him Laurie King and Leslie Klinger (2012). 1 of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Annual Meeting, brought all of these images of Sherlock Holmes fathering a child. speak once. He upset many apple carts. Dr. John H. Watson at Netley, priced to mind as he gave us a preview of his upcoming book, “Dangerous Work”: Diary F of an Arctic Adventure, due out in October from the British Library and the The editor’s note stated “We are very Some of his work has withstood the at $1 upon publication, was recently 100 Years Ago grateful to Dr. Elliot Kimball for this test of time but much of it has not. listed for sale by a prominent New York University of Chicago Press. (The University of Chicago Press was the North American contribution. Firstly, we shall be able to He suddenly seemed to lose interest bookseller for $150. 2 distributor for the British Library for Mr. Lellenberg’s previous book, The Narrative of point to it should anybody every cast in poultry, and plunged into crystal- John Smith. Both books were co-edited with Daniel Stashower.) doubts on the erudition of the Sherlock lography where he made similar waves. Julie McKuras, A.S.H., B.S.I. 50 Years Ago Holmes Journal.” And then he died at a relatively young The room at the Andersen Library seemed to grow cold as Mr. Lellenberg showed us 3 facsimile pages of the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s diary, which told of the harrowing adventures aboard the whaling ship at 80 degrees latitude north in the unforgiving frigid From the President Arctic waters. Included in the preview of the book on Conan Doyle’s whaling days were pictures of whaling ships, exhausted whales and hearty seamen. Particularly interesting 4 were the pictures of Conan Doyle as a young medical student aboard the whaling ship Hope, where he acted as the ship’s medical person. Conan Doyle was even recruited as a Acquisitions harpooner, due to his size and athletic ability. The 1880 diary, and this book, detail the stressful and dangerous experience onboard an Arctic whaling ship at the end of the 4 British whaling days. Remembrances In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have For any inquiries contact: Musings Timothy J. Johnson, Curator made contributions either in honor or in memory of special persons. 612-624-3552 or 4 [email protected] In Honor Of From An Update from the May Blunder Warren Randall Sherlock Holmes Collections Collections Timothy Johnson Timothy Reich Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library University of Minnesota 5 222 21st Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55455 The State of the In Memory Of From Tamara Bower Thomas Drucker Telephone: 612-626-9166 Collections Ray Eckerle Susan and Ben Vizoskie FAX: 612-625-5525 6 Paul & Nan Leland The Occupants of the Empty House Fred Levin The Occupants of the Empty House Mailing list corrections requested— Steampunk Holmes Fred Levin Gordon Speck Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, Jan Stauber Susan and Ben Vizoskie we would appreciate being informed of changes of address or other corrections. 7 Photo by Julie McKuras Remembrances Dick Sveum, Jon Lellenberg and Tim Johnson Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 8 Continued on page 6 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1 100 Years Ago Continued from Page 2 100 Years Ago...Continued from Page 2 the social position of Sir Charles. Weak and despicable, a liar and Napoleon, of heroes and villains, of mobile for “journalistic purposes.” table of contents for this 224 page Lord Barrymore nightly walks in the Doyletable applied of contents his love forof boxingthis 224 page coward,health he during still in and some after inexpli the pregnan-- chivalryThe Orphanageand debasement. He returned VauxhallCatling Gardens was accompaniedactive in the Institute by his of to otherillustrated writings book as well. includes The mostworks by cablecy. way This catches certainly the would attention explain the to it numerousin an earlier times translation in his vari which- I bullyingJournalists protector and Hooper traveled the extensivelyTin- significantAlfred Noyes,of these Arthurwas the Morrison, Regency of posteritysomewhat as sombre he did oftone his of own the poem. ous When,Napoleonicrevised ere the quite tales tangled heavily. and web his is stories reft, man, who,through in a America,show of contempt,Canada, the Middle PeriodRosamund novel Rodney Marriott-Watson, Stone, which Edenap- contemporaries,The use of the and word draws “lady” the in eye the last involvingThe kid-gloved the sport villain of boxing. scowls Inand the sneers, The main difference between dressesEast as a and clergyman. Europe, Togetherincluding they France pearedPhillpotts, in The Strand John throughoutGalsworthy, 1896.F. Anstey awaystanza from seems better to men. strongly UnitedAnd States hapless “The innocence Fall of is Lord left Barry- 100spend duringthe time World showing War off,I. He accost served- as a Sir Charles Tregellis is a prominent more”W ithfirstmy no own assetsappeared and save EB’s insighs Woman’stranslation and tears, World I 100 during World War I. He served as a and Jerome K. Jerome, to name but a 100 and Jerome K. Jerome, to name but a YEARS AGO suggest that it was written to/for ing the women and browbeating the character in the book. Other tales The story is not a flattering portrayal of in February’Tis’Tisthink then,then, 1913.juststemsjust then,then, Itfrom was thatthat the also inin facttherethere collected that stalksstalks YEARS AGO delegate to the Conference of the few of the contributors. Page 20 fea- Lady Jean. they belong to different ages. As The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections men theyInternational encounter Association in the Gardens. of Journalists with atures boxing the themepoem “Byare the“The North Croxley Sea” by the time or the Prince. Interestingly, Sir in theThe books hero, Danger!watchful andof her Other needs, Stories, is a quarterly newsletter published by the The March 2008 issue of this newslet- TalesHe of you talks!the Ringmay Great andknow, heavens, Camp Danish how(released washe talks for in Verekerat and Berlin a fellow in 1908, pugilist and laterdress as up Master”Sir (1899),Arthur Conan“The Lord Doyle. of FalconIt is a short- Charles Tregellis appears in this story Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections WhenAmong most terthe featured foreignSherlockians translationsan article hear about the of The The Flag, as a young maiden and herCaption: aunt and The 1902 firstbridge” edition (1909),has the “The Bully of Brocas as wellAlso, as a thecompanion fact that theyof the were Prince. expect- the USBut centuries aswe The forgive Croxley the him, official Masterfor his deeds. andwritten Other lan- which seek to promote the activities, inter- President of the British International poem, and there is a facsimile of the nameHound “Barrymore” ofpublished the Baskervilles in we 1908, think from which of John either benefitted waylay the two bullies, exhortingPaget illustration Bar- while theCourt” second (1921) does not. and “The End of Devil ing their first child may have Tales ofguage the Ring of andNorway, Camp) and and although The ests and needs of the Special Collections and Rare Books Department, University of theBennett butler Shaw’s and housekeeper collections, thefrom one The rymoreSociety to make of anJournalists honest woman during 1915.of HeHawker”last stanza(1930). as written by Conan Doyle. In spiteinfluenced of the misconduct Doyle’s decision of the to con- ConanLife DoyleNorwegian is the Stories.drama in here 1911 to-day had begun the Union Jack Club. One of the Don Hobbs’ The Galactic Sherlock me by the first translator, who called Minnesota Libraries. Houndthat was of publishedthe Baskervilles 100 yearsor actor ago John has the “poorpassed Amelia.” away Theon December end result 25, was 1920. Prince,tribute the period to The interested Press Book Doyle.in the Andsplitting Death the away, villain the of influencethe plot. entries in The Flag was Sir Arthur Holmes bibliography of foreign lan- the storyHer Hunden cheek was fra wet Baskervilles. with North ThisSea spray, Mail editorial correspondence c/o: Barrymore,special significance. who played According the Master to De that the bullies were harangued and Conan DoyleHer cheek also was wrote wet awith play North based Sea spray, This wasfirst the place. time Being of Wellington a father himself, and I’m It isfrom a realistic Danish play;Phil was Bergem, still strong. B.S.I. It’s Conan Doyle’s “The Grey Dress – guage editionsCatling’s ofname the alsoCanon appears has nine in con- title is established;We walked where to the tide eye and it comesshingle meet, Scan courtesy of the University of Minnesota Libraries a complicated story but actually DetectiveWaal it was in athe 2nd 1922 edition, film Sherlock with the embarrassed by the disguised men and on Rodney Stone, initially with the title sure he could easily empathize with Shall it end well or shall it not Unpublished Dialogue from ‘A Duet.’”books junctionlisted as translationswith The Savage by Elisa Club- of close toThe the longoriginal; waves and rolled it fromsounds far away sure he could easily empathize with Editor Holmesfirst published. Conan Doyle,in 1902. however, NotedHound used beaten by the angry crowd who sensed Sir CharlesThe Tregellislong waves. He rolled later from changed far away NorwegianThe hero? Oh, on the the hero’s printed part page is beth BrochmannLondon. Founded and includes in 1857, scanned the mem- right. ItTo is purralso inmisleading, ripples at our because feet. it 11 yearsthe oldfatherless at the time,children which which makes would as different from Ibsen’s time to the Julie McKuras thecollector name Dr.in another,Donald Pollacknon-Sherlockian, has both their weakness. The fall of Lord Bar- the character to Sir Charles Temperley Is vacant—to be played by you. 13512 Granada Ave. covers. hints thatAnd Baskerville as we walked is ait placeseemed rather to me it 1952benefit or ’53. from I think the saleit was of giventhe volume. story.in his Thiscollection.The was following “The Fall year, of inLord 1909, Bar -The Pressrymorebers from come the pinnaclefrom the ofworlds London of art, and the Andname as weof thewalked play it toseemed The House to me presentThen as act Shakespeare it well! An isorphan’s from presheart- Apple Valley, MN 55124 rymore”Album whichwas first published appeared to in aidThe the society drama, was complete. law, literature, The story music is wellor sci- ofthan Temperley a family.That .three He But, wasold for friendsproud the three hadenough metexcel that - day: to me by friends of my parents who ent dayMay English. beat the lighterAt the if same you do. time I did 952-431-1934 This search led to the online WorldCat lent reasonsThe old mentioned, old sky, the I olddecided old sea, not knew Finally,about my Doyle interest wrote in a detective poem about [email protected] StrandC3542. Magazine Journalists’— A1456. 100 OrphanHunden years ago,fraFund, Basker in and- as he presentedence. and Former makes members for an amusing have included of the playThe thatold old he sky,took the out old a oldsix- sea, Finally, Doyle wrote a poem about go for a “conservative” style, hoping which lists eleven books by A. Conan to changeAnd it.” love, which is as old as they. stories.orphans Anyway, which it was was a revelation.published in it would read to modern day Norwe- Decemberville: En hadny 1912.fortælling done Johnthe om previous Bennett Sherlock year,Shaw, Conan tale. notables such as Charlie Chaplin, month lease on the Adelphi Theater Christy Allen and Julie McKuras Editorial Board Doyle translated in Norwegian by When I wrote to Nils Nordberg for an I’veSteampunk still got it, title page missingHolmes and gian Christyreaders Allen as Conan and Julie Doyle McKuras reads to Editorial Board asHolmes with. manyDoyleAutoriseret ardentstepped oversættelse Sherlockians, forward with ved also a contri- Mark Twain, Wilkie Collins, James in London, hired a director and actors Songs of the Road, just a few pages John Bergquist, Timothy Johnson, Elisabeth Brochmann. Also online is update Outhe surprised seaward hung me theby writing:brooding mist, slightly the worse for wear, yet one of English-speaking readers of today. enjoyedElisabeth Doyle’s Brochmann. non-Sherlockian Kristiania: writ- In addition to the name Barrymore the and became intimately involved in the after “By the North Sea.” It was References: Jon Lellenberg, Richard J. Sveum, M.D. bution. The book, edited by Thomas NasjonalbiblioteketMcNeill Whistler, (National Sir Alexander Library ElisabethWe Brochmann’s saw it rolling, translationfold on fold, of my dearestfter possessions. working for But nearly very a few year the help of Jon, Friends of the Collec- ings.Forlagt He af owned H. Aschehoug a copy of & that Co. month’s (W. story has a number of other elements production.We saw The it rolling,play premiered fold on fold, on called “The Orphanage” and is repro- http://www.scoop- Catling and published by John Murray,of Norway),Fleming, which W. S.had Gilbert, Elisabeth Sir Henry HOUN Andwas markedactually the first great published Sun Alchemist of the storieson an were innovative available new in my Sher own- tions,Sincedatabase.com/bio/catling_thomas and1971 hundreds my translation of fans of we HOUN were StrandNygaard), and 1902. donated 263 it p.to the Sherlock or similarities to stories in the Canon. February 11, 1910. The public did not duced below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Club has an introductory note which gives BrochmannIrving, dates Dante listed Rossetti, as 1855-1915 Dylan Thomas, 1902, alsoTurn by all Aschehoug. its leaden edge The to gold.interest language lockthen, Holmes so I had series to wait titled until Ste I- ablehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Club to surpass our fundraising goal on Holmes—————. Collections 2nd ed. along 1911. with 246 the p. rest One is the name “Tregellis” which is share Doyle’sTurn all enthusiasm its leaden edge for toboxing, gold. hashttp://www.savageclub.com/ been reprinted over a dozen times the history of the Fund. It began in along withHerbert some Beerbohm books and Tree, letters. Edgar in the newLook Holmes well, look adventure well, oh lady seems mine! to learned Englishampunk to Holmes pursue, Imy was interest invited Kickstarter.comby various publishers, by nearly by Aschehoug50%, raising ofI became his treasure aware trove. of translator Elisabeth very similar to the name of Tregennis and the theater was often half-empty. I wonder,by Jon perhaps,Lellenberg if heto wasattend think- over $43,000.00 on a $29,000.00 goal. Copyright © 2006 “1892 with a gift of £1,000 by the late Wallace and Peter Ustinov. It is cur- have beenThe as grey great below, here the as gold in England! above; inA Holmes.I wonder, perhaps, if he was think- and Norild as well as Gyldendal, and University of Minnesota Library Brochmann in 2004 when I acquired from “The Devil’s Foot.” There is also The final blow was the death of King To me the most famous Norwegian The 1911For edition so the greyest was one life inmay a seriesshine ing theof the April Orphan’s 30th annual Fund whenFriends he ThankI’ve also you read Friends it as an of audiothe Sherlock book. It Copyright © 20122011 Inlot preparation93 ofLord The GleneskConan for this Doyle and article £500 Collec I read by- the the late Sirthe storyrently aspect located of a “shamat 1 Whitehall clergy- Place, Edward VII on May 6, after which Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. translator of the Canon is Nils Nor- of booksAll published golden in thein thatlight format,of love. half ofAs theEB’s wroteSherlock HOUN this? wasHolmes more Collections or less my Holmeswas included Collections! in the firstYou canever follow collected our storytion auction againJohn for atWillox…Working theChristie’s. first time Included in pressmenyears man” whichLondon was and used their in website“The Solitary indicates it all London theaters were closed for The University of Minnesota is an Equal dberg, BSI (“A Norwegian Named octavo, with green covers and dust- meeting.favourite Iboyhood was humbled reading by I thetend com to be- progress at steampunkholmes.com andin the was lotthroughout reminded were seven whythe letters country I enjoy and Doyle’scommenced two Cyclist.”“remains Holmes one also of disguised the leading himself Bohemian a mourning period. Doyle took the Sherlock Holmes edition in Norwegian, Opportunity Educator and Employer. Sigerson” 1981). In 1995 he wrote jacket.The It Press(and Albumindeed added all the over three £1000 to mitmentuncritical, of but members I think toit waspreserving for its time the writings.postcards He by isACD a masterful to Madame storyteller, Broch- as a NonconformistGentleman’s Clubs clergyman in London.” in “A opportunity to write a substitute play, which I edited and part-translated contributions, and in the same year “Holmes by Any Other editions of EB’s transla- Sherlockan excellent Holmes translation, legacy lessand error-ridden inspired Richard Monson-Haefel weavingmann discussing a clear picture rights withto stories his words, and Scandal in Bohemia” and an Italian The Speckledthe Institute Band ,of which Journalists opened Orphan June (wanted to do all but didn’t have the first orphan was adopted.” The Name: Translating the tion) had the Sidney Paget byand their less supportinclined forto take our libertiesproject. thanWith producingpamphlets. an ACD interesting was eager tale to and, have in priest inIn “The1882, Final the PrinceProblem.” of Wales, later 4, 1910.Fund. The Holmes basis of the play time), published in 10 volumes by Den reader is assured that “Every penny SherlockIn 1882,Holmes the Stories,” Prince of Wales, later illustration of the hound contemporary Swedish or Danish trans- thisThe Warcase, in a Southmost amusingAfrica: Its one. Cause “The and was much more to the public’s liking. Norske Bokklubben (“The Norwegian contributed to the Fund, from its publishedEdward in Sherlock VII, became an honorary breaking out of the fog on lations. It’s a long time since I’ve re-read FallConduct of Lord translated Barrymore” into all uses languages two The theme of boxing was mentioned The successChristy ofAllen, the newwho play contributes allowed fre- Book Club”) in 1980. The tenth volume Aschehoug in EB’s time was Doyle’s beginning seventeen years ago, has Holmes:member The Detective of the &Club. He enjoyed the the dust jacket. The series it but it is my impression Continuedthat EB was from Page 4 themesand wrote thatbeginning a Conanpreface seventeen Doyle for the returned Norwegian years ago, has frequently in the Holmes stories. There Doylequently to recoup to the the ConanDoyle losses of his (ACD)earlier list Musings... was a collection of pastiches and essays. main Norwegian publisher, but unfor- The Collector,atmosphere Essays and on suggestedthe that a was called H. Aschehoug especially good at maintaining the poetic toedition. time and beenBrochmann again: devoted boxing must to the andhave keep the had and a educa- were the characters of Sam Merton effort onand the even Internet, wind upis interested with a profit. in Conan In the 1990s all ten volumes were re- tunately they didn’t follow it up—there John Bennettmasonic Shaw lodge Library. would be a good addi- & Co.s Kronebibliotek (“1 qualitiesnever of the the same original. for Francine; I’m still haunted she stuffed rat now adorn the Collections. readers and other interested parties, Regencyclose relationshiption Period. of the There withorphans…Avoiding areACD a numberand his any and Steve Dixie from “The Mazarin printed wholesale by a short-lived pub- were no translations of VALL or The In that essay he explained Doyle’sKrone poetry. Library”, She wrote: mean- by themissed descriptions sharing theirof the interests moor as and I read most Our thanks go to Peter Blau, not only and this issue features two of those: offamily, commonalities butexpenditure there is with nothing on thebricks Sherlock about and hermortar, theStone” tionand to“The the Threefacilities. Gables,” On December both 3, The Regency Period which so interest- lisher called LibriArte. I’ve done minor Case-book, and only four of the stories about the challenges of ing that the price was one them almost 60 years ago. Holmesin any of principletales the Conanto be laid found Doyle down as biographies. waswell. that of saving of whom1886, were Catling used aswrote bodyguards to the Grand or ed DoyleI’ve was tried the to period do some 1810 research to 1820, about of all, she missed his companionship. revisionsfor writing to the about text hisover friends the years, Wayne but inGeorgina His Last Doyle, Bow were author published of Out of in the translating SH in the Norwegian krone, slightly ACD visited Norway in June 1892 with toughs.Secretary Holmes ofwas United a boxer Grand in college Lodge, when Kingthe poemGeorge proper III’s insanity and how/why left it And when she passed away, their a majorand Francine one for butanother also forBokklubben helping with Norway,Shadows: in The a book Untold called Story Spioncen of Arthur- the child to its home and its home to changing Norwegian lan- less than $10 in today’s As for my own translation it was Thehis sister story Connieinvolves and Sir JeromeCharles K. Tregel Jerome- and maintainedenclosing hisan “imposingtalents for groupdefense. of peti- him unablewas written,to rule, andbut havehis son, come later up friends had the same reaction as people completethe packing edition, and inmailing two volumes, of the many, in tralen,Conan 1919.Doyle’s I’ve First been Family very, read fortunate, Dick the child.” guage, including titles: money). I’ve got some of actually published for the first time in lis,among his nephewothers. Vereker Tregellis, and Doyle alsotioners,” enjoyed proposing boxing, that winning a new lodge to becomeempty. King George IV, assumed had when George Burns died; his pass- 2002.many The boxes. most recent reprint is in a bothSveum’s in Gyldendal article from that December they wanted 2008 to tioners,” proposing that a new lodge empty.the titles, including Dr 1971. In 1966 I had been in a TV quiz Sir Charles’ rival Lord Barrymore. Sir the respect of his shipmates on the the Royal duties as Prince Regent. ing meant that he was together with 2011 Bokklubben volume Sherlock givewith Holmes a careful his eye due and place has incorrected a prestige a Thomas Catling edited The Press “Anotherbe foundedexample forof the approximately Watson’s optegnelser (“The show, winning 10,000 kroner for my CharlesA Google and search Lord revealed Barrymore a 1902 were letter whaler Hope at the age of twenty, and Unfortunately the Prince was not of Holmes Mysterier i utvalg (“Selected series of modern and classical mystery Album. Born September 23, 1838, he euphony-before-precision25% of the membership is the who were RecordsWhat of Dr I Watson”),did learn waspublished that it was knowledgeGracie again. of Holmes, so I was consid- John Bergquist has provided us with a date. Soren Eversoll, an honored visitor “bucks”written byof LondonSamuel L.Society, Clemens unsavory (Mark even set up a ring in his garage for pe- high moral character. Doyle wrote in Mysteries”), containing STUD, HOUN stories and bringing him back into translationMasons. of the On title January of The 18, Hounds 1887, ofThe 1918. Apartalmost from certainly a missing written ABBE when this Jean ered quite the local Sherlock Holmes look at Leaves from The Copper Beeches, to the Collections last year, continues butTwain) popular toworked Brochmann characters for Lloyd’s noting who Weekly enjoyed that Newsshe , as a riodic bouts with friends and visitors. another story, “An Impression of the and The Adventures—all translated print, and in Den norske Bokklubben the BaskervillesSavage Club. Several Lodge problems was consecrated exist atis a reprintwas ofpregnant the same with title Denis published (who was expert.Francine In 1969 Morris Gyldendal, Swift, ever Norway’s the librari- and its interesting authors and editors, his interest in Sherlock Holmes, highhad translated fashion,compositor, showing into Norwegianwriter, off in news public, his editor from He attended a number of professional Regency,” by yours truly. If you’re interested, I’ll for deciding to do the first ever com- here. For instance no single word in in 1905, containing the last seven largestan, publishingplanned to house,donate hadher Sherlockianstarted a published 50 years ago. I’d like to according to a note sent by his mother. theSherlockian attention1866 pastiche ofthrough women, A1884, Doubled-Bargambling, then editor - frommatches,Freemasons’ claiming toHall have and seen Sir Henrynearly Irving born in March of 1909, just one be happy to send you a copy for your plete edition and giving me a free rein Norwegian suggests a large, possibly stories from The Return of SH. Broch- paperback mystery series called “The cardsreled Detective and1884 boxing. through Story. Vereker The 1907. Lilly approaches The Library Scoop all of thewas great invested boxers as ofTreasurer. his time, There is no Amidmonth this strange before society The Press of bruBook- was collection to The Sherlock Holmes collection.thank Christy And toAllen complete for providing the story: I to present Sherlock Holmes as I think ferocious and deadly, canine; hund mann’s HOUN was re-published by the Black Series” (inspired by the French SirManuscript Charles forCollection £1,000 sohas that 15 heletters can to and helonger was even a formal invited connection to referee between the tality published).and sentiment there moved Collections. Sadly, her death in alsoinformation adapted and about translated Conan Doyle’sa Swedish poet- heSo should it’s business be. as usual at The Database, subscription biographical means any dog, big or small. And what same house a last time in 1941. “La Série Noire”) and asked me to do settleher (1900-1917) his own gambling from English debts. Theauthors world championshipthe Lodge and thematch Club. between the portly figure of George, the October 2007 meant her collection, radiory as dramatisation featured in our of the100 book Years and Ago Sherlock Holmes Collections, for dictionary of British and Irish journal-about “…of the Baskervilles.” If liter- a selection of Sherlock Holmes stories. nephewincluding proposes F. Anstey to (one earn of it theby making24 Jack Johnson and James Jeffries on July PrinceAccording and Regent, to Doyle’s monstrous own correspon- which she amassed with her beloved producedcolumn. it Dick as a Sveumsix-part updates serial in us 1977. on the Sowhich the 1911 we are second all thankful. edition was what ists from the period of 1800 – 1950, ally translated into my language the I can certainly tell you that Broch- There had then been no Holmes books I sometimes think that my main motive got Nils Nordberg hooked on Sherlock

“Lordauthors Barrymore along with the ACD laughingstock of The Fate of of 4, 1910After in Reno, his retirement Nevada. Otherfrom Lloyd’s com- on account of his insignificance Photo by Julie McKuras Wayne, was ready to move to status of the drive for the E.W. indicates he extended the circulation title would be Bakervilleslektens hund, mann’s dencetranslation (from of A HOUNLife in Letters and that), this in Norwegian since 1941. I did in fact London,”Fenella, 1892) a move and which Jerome would K. Jerome. benefit mitments and the distance, Catling preventedundertook the and interesting for the inhuman for becoming a radio drama producer Holmes. In his translation he kept of the paper beyond London and waswhich Wis eeklynot only News clumsy, Catling but–even undertook the very 1911was edition a worrisome has played time. aJean decisive was do twoMinnesota. selections, Boxes containing of books,Jon Lellenberg seven pho- sto and- RichardMcDiarmid Monson-Haefel Curatorship. Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI I was able to examine the letters while him from doing so. absence of any points of interest. was the wish to do this story on radio, Elizabeth Brochmann’s title, and he was worse—suggestsediting task a forstory The about Press aAlbum pet: . The part in mypregnant life. It with was herthe first child Holmes at age ries tographs,each. We ephemerathen decided and thateven I awould giant It’s gratifying to receive notes from attendingreputed the Gillette to be theto Brett first IIIto usecon the- auto- the medium it is perfectly suited for. a good friend of John Bennett Shaw. As The Dog of the Baskervilles Family. story I ever34 and read, Doyle and wasit hooked worried me about her translate HOUN. I used EB’s version ference at Indiana University. And, ah yes, 2009 saw the first ever a Norwegian-American and Sherlock- Actually the decision was made for on the Master. I Continuedmust have on been page 10 7 or (and also several Danish and Swedish) Continued on page 7 “nynorsk” translation of HOUN, by ian, I appreciate all the connections. as reference, but avoided copying it. Ragnar Hovland but relying I suspect a Continued on page 7 SIGN was also included in the series, good deal on mine. Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 4 of the Baker Street Journal. Kimball Who Beat Holmes.” It was illustrated Sherlock Holmes Collections Annual Meeting Continued from Page 1 had other articles published in the with a self-portrait of Dr. Elliot Kim- Poultry Science journal from 1952 ball. The “Who’s Who” notes that the Mr. Lellenberg also previewed a room, and a look at how today’s crimes series of seven books published over through 1961 that covered his poultry artist Kimball is the “world’s foremost planned touring exhibit titled are solved using science. The exhibit multiple channels (web, eReaders genetics research. Titles such as “Red- authority of plant and animal genetics.” “Sherlock Holmes: The Science of hopes to capitalize on the recent Sher- [Kindle, Sony, Nook], audio players, Breasted Mutation in Gallus Gallus,” Author Toille is listed as “Occupation: Deduction.” The exhibit is sanctioned lockian renaissance to draw people iPad tablet and print). Mr. Monson- “Genetics of Wheaten Plumage in dubious; may be communicated in by the Conan Doyle Estate and is being in to learn more about the science of Haefel explained his project to the the Fowl,” and “Genetic Relation of care of Elliot Kimball.” Author Kimball, developed by Exhibits Development crime, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Sher- Annual Meeting attendees and directed Extended Black to Wild Type Plumage who’s “A Retort Courteous” appeared Group (EDG) of St. Paul. The exhibit, lock Holmes. This large exhibit would them to the Kickstarter web site 5YEARS0 AGO Pattern in the Fowl,” to name a few, in the same issue, posed a challenge to as planned, will include books from fill 8,000-10,000 square feet and be (www.kickstarter.com) under give a good idea of his work in poultry Prof. J.F. Christ regarding statements the University of Minnesota’s Sherlock available for museums from October “Steampunk Sherlock Holmes.” genetics at the time. made about Dr. Watson’s height. Holmes Collections, Robert Downey, 2013-2019. [Ed. Note: the website for Dr. Elliot Kimball, BSI (“Profes- Jr.’s Holmes costume, medical instru- the proposed “Sherlock Holmes: The Mr. Lellenberg answered questions sor Coram,” 1965), passed away on September 1, 1973. His obituary that The December 1961 Baker Street Dr. John H. Watson at Netley appeared ments owned by Arthur Conan Doyle, Science of Deduction” by the Exhibits from the audience on these three Journal carried his article “Chronology in 1962. Addressing the problem of and many other interesting Doylean Development Group is www.exhibits- subjects and on his previous works, appeared in the March 1974 Poultry Science journal stated, “Elliot Kim- of ‘The Blue Carbuncle,’” in which he Dr. Watson’s stay at Netley, which had and Sherlockian items. EDG is hoping development.com/SherlockHolmes. including his multi-volume archival argued that “The Blue Carbuncle” took bothered Kimball for thirty years, he to obtain costumes from various films html.] According to Lellenberg, the ex- history of the Baker Street Irregulars, ball died in Jamaica, New York, on September 1, 1973, at the age of 74. place in 1890, not 1889. He based this stated his avoidance of “oreamnosis… and television shows, along with hibition will open in March 2013 at the Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters, assertion on the fact that the correct the taxonomic designation of the posters, original art and books from Oregon Museum of Science & Industry and his novel, Baker Street Irregular. A number of his papers on plumage genetics were published in Poultry dating of the story “hinges upon the mountain goat is Oreamnosm ontanus. Portsmouth Library, Marylebone in Portland, Oregon, and thereafter controlling significance of ‘A Case of The practice of leaping from (intel- Library, Edinburgh’s Royal College of tour three or six months at a time. A Whaling with Arthur Conan Doyle, Science in the 1950s and early 1960s. He was self-educated in the classics Identity.’” In “The Adventure of the lectual) crag to crag with the sangfroid Physicians and Surgeons, the Museum smaller, more history-oriented exhibi- a traveling Crime Scene Investigator: Red-Headed League,” internally dated and abandon of a mountain goat has of London and our own Elmer L. An- tion co-developed with the Museum of Sherlock Holmes exhibit, and Sherlock and was master of an unusually large vocabulary which was reflected in his as October, 1890, Holmes stated “You been defined by the writer as oream- dersen Library. London will open there in 2014 and Holmes in an iPad Steampunk world: it will remember that I remarked the nosis.” He deduced, without apparent then proceed to smaller venues. was an entertaining whirlwind tour of writings. Mr. Kimball was a proficient amateur painter, mineralogist, and other day, just before we went into oreamnosis, that Watson’s course at The traveling exhibit will concentrate the Sherlockian world, provided by Jon the very simple problem presented by Netley occurred from October 1879 on the beginnings of the science of Richard Monson-Haefel, the creator of Lellenberg, at the Friends 2012 annual printer, and was a ghost writer of note. He was a Sherlock Holmes scholar and Miss Mary Sutherland…” Kimball’s until March 1880, when Watson left solving crimes and how it has evolved “Steampunk Sherlock Holmes,” was meeting. rationale was that “a comment by for India. In closing this eight-page over time, using interactive features introduced to the assembled audience his monograph ‘Watsoniana’ is now a collector’s item.” Holmes concerning events of October pamphlet, Kimball thanks his “good including Baker Street, the 221B sitting members. This is a locally produced 1890 could not possibly have been wife, whom he recognizes as his Our Sherlock Holmes scholar was a uttered in December of 1889.” In the Favorite Protoplasm (one of the best busy man in 1962: he had two pam- “Whodunit” Kimball is described as women ever contrived by the process phlets published that year, Dr. John H. a “Sherlockian student for fifty years, of cell division).” Louise, the good Watson at Netley and the aforemen- [and] is a geneticist with a world-wide wife, insisted his obsession with dating tioned Watsoniana, as well as a number reputation. He operates the Clinton the Netley phase of Dr. Watson’s life of articles in various periodicals. Experimental Farm and is a member was due to the fact that “those carrying The State of the Collections of the Genetic Society of America, Scotch genes are equipped with plain Elliot Foster Kimball was born May the American Genetic Society, and obstinacy.” Kimball preferred to believe have always attended the annual meeting of the Friends of Sherlock Holmes Collections. This year’s “State of the Collec- 15, 1896 in San Francisco, California the Poultry Science Association.” His that those “folk of Scotch descent are tions” address presented by E.W. McDiarmid Curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Timothy Johnson was, in my according to his World War II draft long-held interests in Sherlock Holmes gifted with admirable pertinacity.” opinion, exceptional in both the scope and the scale of the accomplishments of the past year and the strategic plans for the registration card, which he completed led to his essay “The Statue of John future. on April 27, 1942. (This birthdate H. Watson” which appeared in Vol. 1, Watsoniana also appeared that same I Number 3 of The Baker Street Gaso- year. This 52-page pamphlet was dedi- would make him 77 at the time of his The Collections are being driven down multiple paths that will enable them to reach the personal computing devices of death, not 73 as noted in the obituary.) gene, but appeared under the byline cated to John H. Watson, M.D. and has researchers. These paths include 10 online finding aids, 10,614 documents and artifacts in MNCat,778 in the UMedia archives, Although information regarding his Llabmik Toille. Mr. Toille insisted that a preface by S. Tupper Bigelow. The and updated web sites that make the content of the Collections easily accessible. Tim is currently involved in the web site educational background hasn’t come Dr. Watson’s middle name was Hubert, July 22, 1962 New York Times carried migration and is working on The Universal Sherlock Holmes as well as past issues of this newsletter. to light yet, it seems that one portion not Hamish, and that Holmes’s trusty Anthony Boucher’s column “Criminals of his career was spent working for Boswell was 5 feet 10 inches tall. at Large.” In the “Baker Street Dept.” Tim, as the curator, is also actively involved in outreach projects that include an exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair, collaboration the U.S. Government. Jon A. Cole, Toille was listed in the “Who’s Who” Boucher noted “A welcome addition with other Holmes collection libraries, newsletters, tours, numerous classes and seminars, and research requests. The acquisition Director of Business Operations for as “a scientist specializing in the study to the ranks of Irregular scholars is of new items as well as preservation and maintenance of the currently held materials in the Collections is also a top priority. Tim the Poultry Science Association, wrote of plants, presently in Tibet with his geneticist Elliot Kimball, who has pub- stressed the goals of collaboration and cooperation with institutions such as the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection in Toronto, the that he “found an article [Kimball] trusty Sherpa guide named Hubert; lished ‘Dr. John H. Watson at Netley’ Portsmouth Lancelyn Green Collection, The BSI Trust Archives and several ongoing projects including “Sherlock Holmes: The co-authored in 1937 that was pub- but can be communicated by address- ($1) , a valuable footnote to Watson’s Science of Deduction.” lished in the Poultry Science journal in ing all correspondence in care of the brief career as military surgeon, and 1938 when he apparently was with Editor.” Kimball also privately printed ‘Watsoniana: First Series’ ($2), a series The future will bring the continued expansion of the powerful online sites and tools. It is these sites and tools that will help the U. S. Department of Agriculture in “The Sign of One” for Christmas 1961. of essays mingling deduction, conjec- deliver the world’s largest collection of Sherlock Holmes memorabilia into the libraries and the homes of all who wish to learn. Washington, D.C.” At the time Kimball ture, assertion and fiction in a dizzying completed his 1942 draft registration That leads us to Kimball’s busy 1962. but always stimulating manner.” From Michael McKuras card, he gave his address as 18 Liberty Llabmik Toille made his second ap- the date of this review, we know that Street, Clinton, Connecticut, the same pearance in The Baker Street Gasogene the two pamphlets appeared in the as the one he provided in Vol. 11, No. in April 1962 with “The First Man first half of the year. Kimball closed the

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6 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 3 From the President An Update from the Collections hanks to everyone who at- The membership approved the nomi- gian Explorers of Minnesota, John and Inez Bergquist, The Hubbs t is perhaps unusual for me to so Fred helped me fill the gaps in my as Baker Street Miscellanea, Baker Street tended the Friends of the nating committee report that re-elected devote this column to an indi- knowledge on Sherlockian history in West 1, The Beeman’s Christmas Annual, Sherlock Holmes Collections officers: President Dick Sveum, Vice Family, Mary McDiarmid, Mike and Julie McKuras, Tim Johnson and vidual Sherlockian, but I feel the Windy City. It pained me to dis- The Camden House Journal, Canadian 2012 Annual Membership President John Bergquist, Secretary it is justified; I hope you will cover, for instance, that I had lived just Holmes, The Holmes & Watson Report, T Meeting on April 30, 2012. Mike Eckman and Treasurer Tim Dick Sveum. I agree. a few blocks from the academic home The Musgrave Papers, The Ritual, The As Gary Thaden noted in his article, Johnson. Also re-elected were board (at Northeastern Illinois University) of Serpentine Muse, The Sherlock Holmes Jon Lellenberg was our guest speaker, members-at-large Lucy Brusic, Julie Our next annual meeting will be held on August 9, 2013 in conjunction Alfred A. (Fred) Levin, BSI (“Abe the scholar Ely Liebow. I often wonder Journal, and Varieties of Ash. And that and I’d like to express my gratitude to McKuras, Mike McKuras, Tim Reich, Slaney”) was one of the first Irregulars how my life might have changed if was just the journal literature. Fred Jon for his presentation at the meeting. Steve Stilwell and Gary Thaden. with our 2013 conference, which will take place August 9 through 11 at the I ever met. He greeted me in the lobby I’d bumped into Professor Liebow in sent me additional citations for pastiche We were pleased to present the 2012 We welcomed new board member of the Algonquin Hotel on my first my wanderings near the Northeastern and parodies and other monographs. Bryce L. Crawford Award jointly to Ray Riethmeier and the return of Elmer L. Andersen Library. We hope many of you will be able to attend. visit to New York in 1999 for the an- campus. In the course of conversations, He was very well-read. And he was a Jon and Peter Blau for their article “50 Phil Bergem. nual Birthday celebrations. We found telephone calls, or emails Fred and I great volunteer in support of the Col- Years Ago; W. T. Rabe and Sherlockian Please consider making a donation of a couple of comfortable chairs and sat found other connections with Chicago lections. It was an honor and privilege Who’s Who & What’s What,” which ap- The Sigerson Society was recognized down to talk and become acquainted. sports, the symphony, the Civil War, to recognize Fred as the “Volunteer of peared in the September 2011 issue of for donations of ten thousand dollars money or material. With your help we will make The Sherlock Holmes From that time forward Fred was an and J.R.R. Tolkien (a favorite author of the Year” at the 2007 Friends annual this newsletter. in gift, pledge or bequest and included abiding friend. He was one of the first mine, along with C.S. Lewis, long be- meeting. Allen Mackler (deceased), The Norwe- Collections a World Center for research and study of all things Sherlockian. people I would look for in New York fore I came across Doyle and Holmes). on subsequent Birthday weekend visits. Many of Fred’s email messages began Richard J. Sveum, M.D., B.S.I. He was already a strong supporter of When Fred found out that I was think- in a vein something like this: “Hope the Collections and now that there was ing of updating Ron De Waal’s Universal that you are well and that things are a new face associated with the cura- Sherlock Holmes he was eager to help going smoothly.” Were I to reply today Acquisitions tor’s position I might say some- he wasted little thing along these lliott Black’s donation certain- by Stephen R. Alton, Professor of Law Theresa Wolner contributed a copy time in offering lines: “Things are ly has “the charm of variety.” at Texas Wesleyan University School of A Little Brown Notebook: Scenes from me both advice going well, Fred. Included were newslet- of Law. Sherlock Holmes, published by the and service. There are a few ters from a variety of scion Sterling Publishing Co. That counsel bumps in the road E societies, journals, books and Shosaku Mashimo donated the Decem- and assistance now and then, ephemera. ber 15, 2011, Vol. XVI, No. 1 issue of Among the newsletters and journals was received but the way has Sherlock Holmes Kiyoh (Studies of the received were The Whaling News, with grati- been smoothed Bob Katz added the Real Property, Trust Nippon Sherlock Holmes Club). Enclosed Beeten’s Christmas Annual 2011, Notes tude. by your ongo- and Estate Law Journal, Vol. 46, No. with the journal was a photo of the from the Spermacetti Press, the Foolscap ing friendship 1, Spring 2011 to the Collections. It 30th anniversary of the Kansai chapter Document, The Scotland Yarder’s News- Fred and his and assistance.” carries the article “The Game is Afoot!: of the Japan Sherlock Holmes Club. Gazette, Ineffable Twaddle, The District wife Sunnie And now that he The Significance of Donative Transfers These items were given with Mr. Hi- Messenger, Prescott’s Press and The were fre- is gone I might in the Sherlock Holmes Canon,” edited raga’s and Mashimimo’s compliments. Camden House Journal. quent visi- add: “I miss you. tors to the I wish you were Twin Cities still here. Thank — attending you, friend, for Musings a number some wonderful of summer memories and for ur annual meeting was an the term “my favorite protoplasm” to the Poultry Science Association, Diana conferences welcoming me informative evening for describe a woman, but Elliot Kimball, Denny of The Saturday Evening Post — and given Photo by Julie McKuras that very first day those attending. My thanks that notable fowl fancier, did that with archives, Les Klinger, Jon Lellenberg my earlier Tim Johnson and Fred Levin we met into the go to Gary Thaden for pro- affection when he cited his wife. Like and Peter Blau for their help. career in Chi- world of Holmes O viding coverage of Jon Lel- Louise Kimball, I am married to a man cago we found and his compan- lenberg’s address and to Mike McKuras of “Scotch descent” and found great Phil Bergem, an accomplished Sher- much to talk about. I wasn’t anything in any way he could. Much of his as- ions.” Peace to his memory. for his comments on Tim Johnson’s humor in their discussion of the dif- lockian and Doylean, covered “The Fall close to a Sherlockian while living in sistance came in the form of providing State of the Collections. I’d also like to ferences between plain obstinacy and of Lord Barrymore” that appeared in Chicago (apart from my weekly devo- additional content and indexing Sher- Timothy Johnson congratulate Gary for his recent elec- admirable pertinacity. In all my years 1912. It’s an amusing tale, but just as tion to the Brett series on PBS) and lockian citations in such publications tion to the post of Vice-President of of writing for this newsletter, I can relevant today with the satisfaction of the Hennepin County Library Board. honestly say that this was the first time seeing bullies portrayed for the cow- I ever contacted the Poultry Science ards they generally are at heart. Our 50 Years Ago column proved to journal, the Saturday Evening Post, and be quite a project. Little is known the Department of Agriculture in order Tim Johnson pays tribute to our friend about Elliot Foster Kimball, but his to write an article, and yet the man Fred Levin, and Dick Sveum has writings certainly remain as lively and remains a mystery. There is still much covered the business portion of the entertaining as they were when they to be learned about Kimball’s past, and annual meeting. I hope you find all of first appeared. I’m not sure that the I welcome any additional informa- these subjects entertaining. great Romantic poets would have used tion. My thanks go to Jon A. Cole of Julie McKuras, A.S.H., B.S.I.

4 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 From the President An Update from the Collections hanks to everyone who at- The membership approved the nomi- gian Explorers of Minnesota, John and Inez Bergquist, The Hubbs t is perhaps unusual for me to so Fred helped me fill the gaps in my as Baker Street Miscellanea, Baker Street tended the Friends of the nating committee report that re-elected devote this column to an indi- knowledge on Sherlockian history in West 1, The Beeman’s Christmas Annual, Sherlock Holmes Collections officers: President Dick Sveum, Vice Family, Mary McDiarmid, Mike and Julie McKuras, Tim Johnson and vidual Sherlockian, but I feel the Windy City. It pained me to dis- The Camden House Journal, Canadian 2012 Annual Membership President John Bergquist, Secretary it is justified; I hope you will cover, for instance, that I had lived just Holmes, The Holmes & Watson Report, T Meeting on April 30, 2012. Mike Eckman and Treasurer Tim Dick Sveum. I agree. a few blocks from the academic home The Musgrave Papers, The Ritual, The As Gary Thaden noted in his article, Johnson. Also re-elected were board (at Northeastern Illinois University) of Serpentine Muse, The Sherlock Holmes Jon Lellenberg was our guest speaker, members-at-large Lucy Brusic, Julie Our next annual meeting will be held on August 9, 2013 in conjunction Alfred A. (Fred) Levin, BSI (“Abe the scholar Ely Liebow. I often wonder Journal, and Varieties of Ash. And that and I’d like to express my gratitude to McKuras, Mike McKuras, Tim Reich, Slaney”) was one of the first Irregulars how my life might have changed if was just the journal literature. Fred Jon for his presentation at the meeting. Steve Stilwell and Gary Thaden. with our 2013 conference, which will take place August 9 through 11 at the I ever met. He greeted me in the lobby I’d bumped into Professor Liebow in sent me additional citations for pastiche We were pleased to present the 2012 We welcomed new board member of the Algonquin Hotel on my first my wanderings near the Northeastern and parodies and other monographs. Bryce L. Crawford Award jointly to Ray Riethmeier and the return of Elmer L. Andersen Library. We hope many of you will be able to attend. visit to New York in 1999 for the an- campus. In the course of conversations, He was very well-read. And he was a Jon and Peter Blau for their article “50 Phil Bergem. nual Birthday celebrations. We found telephone calls, or emails Fred and I great volunteer in support of the Col- Years Ago; W. T. Rabe and Sherlockian Please consider making a donation of a couple of comfortable chairs and sat found other connections with Chicago lections. It was an honor and privilege Who’s Who & What’s What,” which ap- The Sigerson Society was recognized down to talk and become acquainted. sports, the symphony, the Civil War, to recognize Fred as the “Volunteer of peared in the September 2011 issue of for donations of ten thousand dollars money or material. With your help we will make The Sherlock Holmes From that time forward Fred was an and J.R.R. Tolkien (a favorite author of the Year” at the 2007 Friends annual this newsletter. in gift, pledge or bequest and included abiding friend. He was one of the first mine, along with C.S. Lewis, long be- meeting. Allen Mackler (deceased), The Norwe- Collections a World Center for research and study of all things Sherlockian. people I would look for in New York fore I came across Doyle and Holmes). on subsequent Birthday weekend visits. Many of Fred’s email messages began Richard J. Sveum, M.D., B.S.I. He was already a strong supporter of When Fred found out that I was think- in a vein something like this: “Hope the Collections and now that there was ing of updating Ron De Waal’s Universal that you are well and that things are a new face associated with the cura- Sherlock Holmes he was eager to help going smoothly.” Were I to reply today Acquisitions tor’s position I might say some- he wasted little thing along these lliott Black’s donation certain- by Stephen R. Alton, Professor of Law Theresa Wolner contributed a copy time in offering lines: “Things are ly has “the charm of variety.” at Texas Wesleyan University School of A Little Brown Notebook: Scenes from me both advice going well, Fred. Included were newslet- of Law. Sherlock Holmes, published by the and service. There are a few ters from a variety of scion Sterling Publishing Co. That counsel bumps in the road E societies, journals, books and Shosaku Mashimo donated the Decem- and assistance now and then, ephemera. ber 15, 2011, Vol. XVI, No. 1 issue of Among the newsletters and journals was received but the way has Sherlock Holmes Kiyoh (Studies of the received were The Whaling News, with grati- been smoothed Bob Katz added the Real Property, Trust Nippon Sherlock Holmes Club). Enclosed Beeten’s Christmas Annual 2011, Notes tude. by your ongo- and Estate Law Journal, Vol. 46, No. with the journal was a photo of the from the Spermacetti Press, the Foolscap ing friendship 1, Spring 2011 to the Collections. It 30th anniversary of the Kansai chapter Document, The Scotland Yarder’s News- Fred and his and assistance.” carries the article “The Game is Afoot!: of the Japan Sherlock Holmes Club. Gazette, Ineffable Twaddle, The District wife Sunnie And now that he The Significance of Donative Transfers These items were given with Mr. Hi- Messenger, Prescott’s Press and The were fre- is gone I might in the Sherlock Holmes Canon,” edited raga’s and Mashimimo’s compliments. Camden House Journal. quent visi- add: “I miss you. tors to the I wish you were Twin Cities still here. Thank — attending you, friend, for Musings a number some wonderful of summer memories and for ur annual meeting was an the term “my favorite protoplasm” to the Poultry Science Association, Diana conferences welcoming me informative evening for describe a woman, but Elliot Kimball, Denny of The Saturday Evening Post — and given Photo by Julie McKuras that very first day those attending. My thanks that notable fowl fancier, did that with archives, Les Klinger, Jon Lellenberg my earlier Tim Johnson and Fred Levin we met into the go to Gary Thaden for pro- affection when he cited his wife. Like and Peter Blau for their help. career in Chi- world of Holmes O viding coverage of Jon Lel- Louise Kimball, I am married to a man cago we found and his compan- lenberg’s address and to Mike McKuras of “Scotch descent” and found great Phil Bergem, an accomplished Sher- much to talk about. I wasn’t anything in any way he could. Much of his as- ions.” Peace to his memory. for his comments on Tim Johnson’s humor in their discussion of the dif- lockian and Doylean, covered “The Fall close to a Sherlockian while living in sistance came in the form of providing State of the Collections. I’d also like to ferences between plain obstinacy and of Lord Barrymore” that appeared in Chicago (apart from my weekly devo- additional content and indexing Sher- Timothy Johnson congratulate Gary for his recent elec- admirable pertinacity. In all my years 1912. It’s an amusing tale, but just as tion to the Brett series on PBS) and lockian citations in such publications tion to the post of Vice-President of of writing for this newsletter, I can relevant today with the satisfaction of the Hennepin County Library Board. honestly say that this was the first time seeing bullies portrayed for the cow- I ever contacted the Poultry Science ards they generally are at heart. Our 50 Years Ago column proved to journal, the Saturday Evening Post, and be quite a project. Little is known the Department of Agriculture in order Tim Johnson pays tribute to our friend about Elliot Foster Kimball, but his to write an article, and yet the man Fred Levin, and Dick Sveum has writings certainly remain as lively and remains a mystery. There is still much covered the business portion of the entertaining as they were when they to be learned about Kimball’s past, and annual meeting. I hope you find all of first appeared. I’m not sure that the I welcome any additional informa- these subjects entertaining. great Romantic poets would have used tion. My thanks go to Jon A. Cole of Julie McKuras, A.S.H., B.S.I.

4 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 4 of the Baker Street Journal. Kimball Who Beat Holmes.” It was illustrated Sherlock Holmes Collections Annual Meeting Continued from Page 1 had other articles published in the with a self-portrait of Dr. Elliot Kim- Poultry Science journal from 1952 ball. The “Who’s Who” notes that the Mr. Lellenberg also previewed a room, and a look at how today’s crimes series of seven books published over through 1961 that covered his poultry artist Kimball is the “world’s foremost planned touring exhibit titled are solved using science. The exhibit multiple channels (web, eReaders genetics research. Titles such as “Red- authority of plant and animal genetics.” “Sherlock Holmes: The Science of hopes to capitalize on the recent Sher- [Kindle, Sony, Nook], audio players, Breasted Mutation in Gallus Gallus,” Author Toille is listed as “Occupation: Deduction.” The exhibit is sanctioned lockian renaissance to draw people iPad tablet and print). Mr. Monson- “Genetics of Wheaten Plumage in dubious; may be communicated in by the Conan Doyle Estate and is being in to learn more about the science of Haefel explained his project to the the Fowl,” and “Genetic Relation of care of Elliot Kimball.” Author Kimball, developed by Exhibits Development crime, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Sher- Annual Meeting attendees and directed Extended Black to Wild Type Plumage who’s “A Retort Courteous” appeared Group (EDG) of St. Paul. The exhibit, lock Holmes. This large exhibit would them to the Kickstarter web site 5YEARS0 AGO Pattern in the Fowl,” to name a few, in the same issue, posed a challenge to as planned, will include books from fill 8,000-10,000 square feet and be (www.kickstarter.com) under give a good idea of his work in poultry Prof. J.F. Christ regarding statements the University of Minnesota’s Sherlock available for museums from October “Steampunk Sherlock Holmes.” genetics at the time. made about Dr. Watson’s height. Holmes Collections, Robert Downey, 2013-2019. [Ed. Note: the website for Dr. Elliot Kimball, BSI (“Profes- Jr.’s Holmes costume, medical instru- the proposed “Sherlock Holmes: The Mr. Lellenberg answered questions sor Coram,” 1965), passed away on September 1, 1973. His obituary that The December 1961 Baker Street Dr. John H. Watson at Netley appeared ments owned by Arthur Conan Doyle, Science of Deduction” by the Exhibits from the audience on these three Journal carried his article “Chronology in 1962. Addressing the problem of and many other interesting Doylean Development Group is www.exhibits- subjects and on his previous works, appeared in the March 1974 Poultry Science journal stated, “Elliot Kim- of ‘The Blue Carbuncle,’” in which he Dr. Watson’s stay at Netley, which had and Sherlockian items. EDG is hoping development.com/SherlockHolmes. including his multi-volume archival argued that “The Blue Carbuncle” took bothered Kimball for thirty years, he to obtain costumes from various films html.] According to Lellenberg, the ex- history of the Baker Street Irregulars, ball died in Jamaica, New York, on September 1, 1973, at the age of 74. place in 1890, not 1889. He based this stated his avoidance of “oreamnosis… and television shows, along with hibition will open in March 2013 at the Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters, assertion on the fact that the correct the taxonomic designation of the posters, original art and books from Oregon Museum of Science & Industry and his novel, Baker Street Irregular. A number of his papers on plumage genetics were published in Poultry dating of the story “hinges upon the mountain goat is Oreamnosm ontanus. Portsmouth Library, Marylebone in Portland, Oregon, and thereafter controlling significance of ‘A Case of The practice of leaping from (intel- Library, Edinburgh’s Royal College of tour three or six months at a time. A Whaling with Arthur Conan Doyle, Science in the 1950s and early 1960s. He was self-educated in the classics Identity.’” In “The Adventure of the lectual) crag to crag with the sangfroid Physicians and Surgeons, the Museum smaller, more history-oriented exhibi- a traveling Crime Scene Investigator: Red-Headed League,” internally dated and abandon of a mountain goat has of London and our own Elmer L. An- tion co-developed with the Museum of Sherlock Holmes exhibit, and Sherlock and was master of an unusually large vocabulary which was reflected in his as October, 1890, Holmes stated “You been defined by the writer as oream- dersen Library. London will open there in 2014 and Holmes in an iPad Steampunk world: it will remember that I remarked the nosis.” He deduced, without apparent then proceed to smaller venues. was an entertaining whirlwind tour of writings. Mr. Kimball was a proficient amateur painter, mineralogist, and other day, just before we went into oreamnosis, that Watson’s course at The traveling exhibit will concentrate the Sherlockian world, provided by Jon the very simple problem presented by Netley occurred from October 1879 on the beginnings of the science of Richard Monson-Haefel, the creator of Lellenberg, at the Friends 2012 annual printer, and was a ghost writer of note. He was a Sherlock Holmes scholar and Miss Mary Sutherland…” Kimball’s until March 1880, when Watson left solving crimes and how it has evolved “Steampunk Sherlock Holmes,” was meeting. rationale was that “a comment by for India. In closing this eight-page over time, using interactive features introduced to the assembled audience his monograph ‘Watsoniana’ is now a collector’s item.” Holmes concerning events of October pamphlet, Kimball thanks his “good including Baker Street, the 221B sitting members. This is a locally produced 1890 could not possibly have been wife, whom he recognizes as his Our Sherlock Holmes scholar was a uttered in December of 1889.” In the Favorite Protoplasm (one of the best busy man in 1962: he had two pam- “Whodunit” Kimball is described as women ever contrived by the process phlets published that year, Dr. John H. a “Sherlockian student for fifty years, of cell division).” Louise, the good Watson at Netley and the aforemen- [and] is a geneticist with a world-wide wife, insisted his obsession with dating tioned Watsoniana, as well as a number reputation. He operates the Clinton the Netley phase of Dr. Watson’s life of articles in various periodicals. Experimental Farm and is a member was due to the fact that “those carrying The State of the Collections of the Genetic Society of America, Scotch genes are equipped with plain Elliot Foster Kimball was born May the American Genetic Society, and obstinacy.” Kimball preferred to believe have always attended the annual meeting of the Friends of Sherlock Holmes Collections. This year’s “State of the Collec- 15, 1896 in San Francisco, California the Poultry Science Association.” His that those “folk of Scotch descent are tions” address presented by E.W. McDiarmid Curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Timothy Johnson was, in my according to his World War II draft long-held interests in Sherlock Holmes gifted with admirable pertinacity.” opinion, exceptional in both the scope and the scale of the accomplishments of the past year and the strategic plans for the registration card, which he completed led to his essay “The Statue of John future. on April 27, 1942. (This birthdate H. Watson” which appeared in Vol. 1, Watsoniana also appeared that same I Number 3 of The Baker Street Gaso- year. This 52-page pamphlet was dedi- would make him 77 at the time of his The Collections are being driven down multiple paths that will enable them to reach the personal computing devices of death, not 73 as noted in the obituary.) gene, but appeared under the byline cated to John H. Watson, M.D. and has researchers. These paths include 10 online finding aids, 10,614 documents and artifacts in MNCat,778 in the UMedia archives, Although information regarding his Llabmik Toille. Mr. Toille insisted that a preface by S. Tupper Bigelow. The and updated web sites that make the content of the Collections easily accessible. Tim is currently involved in the web site educational background hasn’t come Dr. Watson’s middle name was Hubert, July 22, 1962 New York Times carried migration and is working on The Universal Sherlock Holmes as well as past issues of this newsletter. to light yet, it seems that one portion not Hamish, and that Holmes’s trusty Anthony Boucher’s column “Criminals of his career was spent working for Boswell was 5 feet 10 inches tall. at Large.” In the “Baker Street Dept.” Tim, as the curator, is also actively involved in outreach projects that include an exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair, collaboration the U.S. Government. Jon A. Cole, Toille was listed in the “Who’s Who” Boucher noted “A welcome addition with other Holmes collection libraries, newsletters, tours, numerous classes and seminars, and research requests. The acquisition Director of Business Operations for as “a scientist specializing in the study to the ranks of Irregular scholars is of new items as well as preservation and maintenance of the currently held materials in the Collections is also a top priority. Tim the Poultry Science Association, wrote of plants, presently in Tibet with his geneticist Elliot Kimball, who has pub- stressed the goals of collaboration and cooperation with institutions such as the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection in Toronto, the that he “found an article [Kimball] trusty Sherpa guide named Hubert; lished ‘Dr. John H. Watson at Netley’ Portsmouth Lancelyn Green Collection, The BSI Trust Archives and several ongoing projects including “Sherlock Holmes: The co-authored in 1937 that was pub- but can be communicated by address- ($1) , a valuable footnote to Watson’s Science of Deduction.” lished in the Poultry Science journal in ing all correspondence in care of the brief career as military surgeon, and 1938 when he apparently was with Editor.” Kimball also privately printed ‘Watsoniana: First Series’ ($2), a series The future will bring the continued expansion of the powerful online sites and tools. It is these sites and tools that will help the U. S. Department of Agriculture in “The Sign of One” for Christmas 1961. of essays mingling deduction, conjec- deliver the world’s largest collection of Sherlock Holmes memorabilia into the libraries and the homes of all who wish to learn. Washington, D.C.” At the time Kimball ture, assertion and fiction in a dizzying completed his 1942 draft registration That leads us to Kimball’s busy 1962. but always stimulating manner.” From Michael McKuras card, he gave his address as 18 Liberty Llabmik Toille made his second ap- the date of this review, we know that Street, Clinton, Connecticut, the same pearance in The Baker Street Gasogene the two pamphlets appeared in the as the one he provided in Vol. 11, No. in April 1962 with “The First Man first half of the year. Kimball closed the

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As The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections men theyInternational encounter Association in the Gardens. of Journalists with atures boxing the themepoem “Byare the“The North Croxley Sea” by the time or the Prince. Interestingly, Sir in theThe books hero, Danger!watchful andof her Other needs, Stories, is a quarterly newsletter published by the The March 2008 issue of this newslet- TalesHe of you talks!the Ringmay Great andknow, heavens, Camp Danish how(released washe talks for in Verekerat and Berlin a fellow in 1908, pugilist and laterdress as up Master”Sir (1899),Arthur Conan“The Lord Doyle. of FalconIt is a short- Charles Tregellis appears in this story Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections WhenAmong most terthe featured foreignSherlockians translationsan article hear about the of The The Flag, as a young maiden and herCaption: aunt and The 1902 firstbridge” edition (1909),has the “The Bully of Brocas as wellAlso, as a thecompanion fact that theyof the were Prince. expect- the USBut centuries aswe The forgive Croxley the him, official Masterfor his deeds. andwritten Other lan- which seek to promote the activities, inter- President of the British International poem, and there is a facsimile of the nameHound “Barrymore” ofpublished the Baskervilles in we 1908, think from which of John either benefitted waylay the two bullies, exhortingPaget illustration Bar- while theCourt” second (1921) does not. and “The End of Devil ing their first child may have Tales ofguage the Ring of andNorway, Camp) and and although The ests and needs of the Special Collections and Rare Books Department, University of theBennett butler Shaw’s and housekeeper collections, thefrom one The rymoreSociety to make of anJournalists honest woman during 1915.of HeHawker”last stanza(1930). as written by Conan Doyle. In spiteinfluenced of the misconduct Doyle’s decision of the to con- ConanLife DoyleNorwegian is the Stories.drama in here 1911 to-day had begun the Union Jack Club. One of the Don Hobbs’ The Galactic Sherlock me by the first translator, who called Minnesota Libraries. Houndthat was of publishedthe Baskervilles 100 yearsor actor ago John has the “poorpassed Amelia.” away Theon December end result 25, was 1920. Prince,tribute the period to The interested Press Book Doyle.in the Andsplitting Death the away, villain the of influencethe plot. entries in The Flag was Sir Arthur Holmes bibliography of foreign lan- the storyHer Hunden cheek was fra wet Baskervilles. with North ThisSea spray, Mail editorial correspondence c/o: Barrymore,special significance. who played According the Master to De that the bullies were harangued and Conan DoyleHer cheek also was wrote wet awith play North based Sea spray, This wasfirst the place. time Being of Wellington a father himself, and I’m It isfrom a realistic Danish play;Phil was Bergem, still strong. B.S.I. It’s Conan Doyle’s “The Grey Dress – guage editionsCatling’s ofname the alsoCanon appears has nine in con- title is established;We walked where to the tide eye and it comesshingle meet, Scan courtesy of the University of Minnesota Libraries a complicated story but actually DetectiveWaal it was in athe 2nd 1922 edition, film Sherlock with the embarrassed by the disguised men and on Rodney Stone, initially with the title sure he could easily empathize with Shall it end well or shall it not Unpublished Dialogue from ‘A Duet.’”books junctionlisted as translationswith The Savage by Elisa Club- of close toThe the longoriginal; waves and rolled it fromsounds far away sure he could easily empathize with Editor Holmesfirst published. Conan Doyle,in 1902. however, NotedHound used beaten by the angry crowd who sensed Sir CharlesThe Tregellislong waves. He rolled later from changed far away NorwegianThe hero? Oh, on the the hero’s printed part page is beth BrochmannLondon. Founded and includes in 1857, scanned the mem- right. ItTo is purralso inmisleading, ripples at our because feet. it 11 yearsthe oldfatherless at the time,children which which makes would as different from Ibsen’s time to the Julie McKuras thecollector name Dr.in another,Donald Pollacknon-Sherlockian, has both their weakness. The fall of Lord Bar- the character to Sir Charles Temperley Is vacant—to be played by you. 13512 Granada Ave. covers. hints thatAnd Baskerville as we walked is ait placeseemed rather to me it 1952benefit or ’53. from I think the saleit was of giventhe volume. story.in his Thiscollection.The was following “The Fall year, of inLord 1909, Bar -The Pressrymorebers from come the pinnaclefrom the ofworlds London of art, and the Andname as weof thewalked play it toseemed The House to me presentThen as act Shakespeare it well! An isorphan’s from presheart- Apple Valley, MN 55124 rymore”Album whichwas first published appeared to in aidThe the society drama, was complete. law, literature, The story music is wellor sci- ofthan Temperley a family.That .three He But, wasold for friendsproud the three hadenough metexcel that - day: to me by friends of my parents who ent dayMay English. beat the lighterAt the if same you do. time I did 952-431-1934 This search led to the online WorldCat lent reasonsThe old mentioned, old sky, the I olddecided old sea, not knew Finally,about my Doyle interest wrote in a detective poem about [email protected] StrandC3542. Magazine Journalists’— A1456. 100 OrphanHunden years ago,fraFund, Basker in and- as he presentedence. and Former makes members for an amusing have included of the playThe thatold old he sky,took the out old a oldsix- sea, Finally, Doyle wrote a poem about go for a “conservative” style, hoping which lists eleven books by A. Conan to changeAnd it.” love, which is as old as they. stories.orphans Anyway, which it was was a revelation.published in it would read to modern day Norwe- Decemberville: En hadny 1912.fortælling done Johnthe om previous Bennett Sherlock year,Shaw, Conan tale. notables such as Charlie Chaplin, month lease on the Adelphi Theater Christy Allen and Julie McKuras Editorial Board Doyle translated in Norwegian by When I wrote to Nils Nordberg for an I’veSteampunk still got it, title page missingHolmes and gian Christyreaders Allen as Conan and Julie Doyle McKuras reads to Editorial Board asHolmes with. manyDoyleAutoriseret ardentstepped oversættelse Sherlockians, forward with ved also a contri- Mark Twain, Wilkie Collins, James in London, hired a director and actors Songs of the Road, just a few pages John Bergquist, Timothy Johnson, Elisabeth Brochmann. Also online is update Outhe surprised seaward hung me theby writing:brooding mist, slightly the worse for wear, yet one of English-speaking readers of today. enjoyedElisabeth Doyle’s Brochmann. non-Sherlockian Kristiania: writ- In addition to the name Barrymore the and became intimately involved in the after “By the North Sea.” It was References: Jon Lellenberg, Richard J. Sveum, M.D. bution. The book, edited by Thomas NasjonalbiblioteketMcNeill Whistler, (National Sir Alexander Library ElisabethWe Brochmann’s saw it rolling, translationfold on fold, of my dearestfter possessions. working for But nearly very a few year the help of Jon, Friends of the Collec- ings.Forlagt He af owned H. Aschehoug a copy of & that Co. month’s (W. story has a number of other elements production.We saw The it rolling,play premiered fold on fold, on called “The Orphanage” and is repro- http://www.scoop- Catling and published by John Murray,of Norway),Fleming, which W. S.had Gilbert, Elisabeth Sir Henry HOUN Andwas markedactually the first great published Sun Alchemist of the storieson an were innovative available new in my Sher own- tions,Sincedatabase.com/bio/catling_thomas and1971 hundreds my translation of fans of we HOUN were StrandNygaard), and 1902. donated 263 it p.to the Sherlock or similarities to stories in the Canon. February 11, 1910. The public did not duced below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Club has an introductory note which gives BrochmannIrving, dates Dante listed Rossetti, as 1855-1915 Dylan Thomas, 1902, alsoTurn by all Aschehoug. its leaden edge The to gold.interest language lockthen, Holmes so I had series to wait titled until Ste I- ablehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Club to surpass our fundraising goal on Holmes—————. Collections 2nd ed. along 1911. with 246 the p. rest One is the name “Tregellis” which is share Doyle’sTurn all enthusiasm its leaden edge for toboxing, gold. hashttp://www.savageclub.com/ been reprinted over a dozen times the history of the Fund. It began in along withHerbert some Beerbohm books and Tree, letters. Edgar in the newLook Holmes well, look adventure well, oh lady seems mine! to learned Englishampunk to Holmes pursue, Imy was interest invited Kickstarter.comby various publishers, by nearly by Aschehoug50%, raising ofI became his treasure aware trove. of translator Elisabeth very similar to the name of Tregennis and the theater was often half-empty. I wonder,by Jon perhaps,Lellenberg if heto wasattend think- over $43,000.00 on a $29,000.00 goal. Copyright © 2006 “1892 with a gift of £1,000 by the late Wallace and Peter Ustinov. It is cur- have beenThe as grey great below, here the as gold in England! above; inA Holmes.I wonder, perhaps, if he was think- and Norild as well as Gyldendal, and University of Minnesota Library Brochmann in 2004 when I acquired from “The Devil’s Foot.” There is also The final blow was the death of King To me the most famous Norwegian The 1911For edition so the greyest was one life inmay a seriesshine ing theof the April Orphan’s 30th annual Fund whenFriends he ThankI’ve also you read Friends it as an of audiothe Sherlock book. It Copyright © 20122011 Inlot preparation93 ofLord The GleneskConan for this Doyle and article £500 Collec I read by- the the late Sirthe storyrently aspect located of a “shamat 1 Whitehall clergy- Place, Edward VII on May 6, after which Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. translator of the Canon is Nils Nor- of booksAll published golden in thein thatlight format,of love. half ofAs theEB’s wroteSherlock HOUN this? wasHolmes more Collections or less my Holmeswas included Collections! in the firstYou canever follow collected our storytion auction againJohn for atWillox…Working theChristie’s. first time Included in pressmenyears man” whichLondon was and used their in website“The Solitary indicates it all London theaters were closed for The University of Minnesota is an Equal dberg, BSI (“A Norwegian Named octavo, with green covers and dust- meeting.favourite Iboyhood was humbled reading by I thetend com to be- progress at steampunkholmes.com andin the was lotthroughout reminded were seven whythe letters country I enjoy and Doyle’scommenced two Cyclist.”“remains Holmes one also of disguised the leading himself Bohemian a mourning period. Doyle took the Sherlock Holmes edition in Norwegian, Opportunity Educator and Employer. Sigerson” 1981). In 1995 he wrote jacket.The It Press(and Albumindeed added all the over three £1000 to mitmentuncritical, of but members I think toit waspreserving for its time the writings.postcards He by isACD a masterful to Madame storyteller, Broch- as a NonconformistGentleman’s Clubs clergyman in London.” in “A opportunity to write a substitute play, which I edited and part-translated contributions, and in the same year “Holmes by Any Other editions of EB’s transla- Sherlockan excellent Holmes translation, legacy lessand error-ridden inspired Richard Monson-Haefel weavingmann discussing a clear picture rights withto stories his words, and Scandal in Bohemia” and an Italian The Speckledthe Institute Band ,of which Journalists opened Orphan June (wanted to do all but didn’t have the first orphan was adopted.” The Name: Translating the tion) had the Sidney Paget byand their less supportinclined forto take our libertiesproject. thanWith producingpamphlets. an ACD interesting was eager tale to and, have in priest inIn “The1882, Final the PrinceProblem.” of Wales, later 4, 1910.Fund. The Holmes basis of the play time), published in 10 volumes by Den reader is assured that “Every penny SherlockIn 1882,Holmes the Stories,” Prince of Wales, later illustration of the hound contemporary Swedish or Danish trans- thisThe Warcase, in a Southmost amusingAfrica: Its one. Cause “The and was much more to the public’s liking. Norske Bokklubben (“The Norwegian contributed to the Fund, from its publishedEdward in Sherlock VII, became an honorary breaking out of the fog on lations. It’s a long time since I’ve re-read FallConduct of Lord translated Barrymore” into all uses languages two The theme of boxing was mentioned The successChristy ofAllen, the newwho play contributes allowed fre- Book Club”) in 1980. The tenth volume Aschehoug in EB’s time was Doyle’s beginning seventeen years ago, has Holmes:member The Detective of the &Club. He enjoyed the the dust jacket. The series it but it is my impression Continuedthat EB was from Page 4 themesand wrote thatbeginning a Conanpreface seventeen Doyle for the returned Norwegian years ago, has frequently in the Holmes stories. There Doylequently to recoup to the the ConanDoyle losses of his (ACD)earlier list Musings... was a collection of pastiches and essays. main Norwegian publisher, but unfor- The Collector,atmosphere Essays and on suggestedthe that a was called H. Aschehoug especially good at maintaining the poetic toedition. time and beenBrochmann again: devoted boxing must to the andhave keep the had and a educa- were the characters of Sam Merton effort onand the even Internet, wind upis interested with a profit. in Conan In the 1990s all ten volumes were re- tunately they didn’t follow it up—there John Bennettmasonic Shaw lodge Library. would be a good addi- & Co.s Kronebibliotek (“1 qualitiesnever of the the same original. for Francine; I’m still haunted she stuffed rat now adorn the Collections. readers and other interested parties, Regencyclose relationshiption Period. of the There withorphans…Avoiding areACD a numberand his any and Steve Dixie from “The Mazarin printed wholesale by a short-lived pub- were no translations of VALL or The In that essay he explained Doyle’sKrone poetry. Library”, She wrote: mean- by themissed descriptions sharing theirof the interests moor as and I read most Our thanks go to Peter Blau, not only and this issue features two of those: offamily, commonalities butexpenditure there is with nothing on thebricks Sherlock about and hermortar, theStone” tionand to“The the Threefacilities. Gables,” On December both 3, The Regency Period which so interest- lisher called LibriArte. I’ve done minor Case-book, and only four of the stories about the challenges of ing that the price was one them almost 60 years ago. Holmesin any of principletales the Conanto be laid found Doyle down as biographies. waswell. that of saving of whom1886, were Catling used aswrote bodyguards to the Grand or ed DoyleI’ve was tried the to period do some 1810 research to 1820, about of all, she missed his companionship. revisionsfor writing to the about text hisover friends the years, Wayne but inGeorgina His Last Doyle, Bow were author published of Out of in the translating SH in the Norwegian krone, slightly ACD visited Norway in June 1892 with toughs.Secretary Holmes ofwas United a boxer Grand in college Lodge, when Kingthe poemGeorge proper III’s insanity and how/why left it And when she passed away, their a majorand Francine one for butanother also forBokklubben helping with Norway,Shadows: in The a book Untold called Story Spioncen of Arthur- the child to its home and its home to changing Norwegian lan- less than $10 in today’s As for my own translation it was Thehis sister story Connieinvolves and Sir JeromeCharles K. Tregel Jerome- and maintainedenclosing hisan “imposingtalents for groupdefense. of peti- him unablewas written,to rule, andbut havehis son, come later up friends had the same reaction as people completethe packing edition, and inmailing two volumes, of the many, in tralen,Conan 1919.Doyle’s I’ve First been Family very, read fortunate, Dick the child.” guage, including titles: money). I’ve got some of actually published for the first time in lis,among his nephewothers. Vereker Tregellis, and Doyle alsotioners,” enjoyed proposing boxing, that winning a new lodge to becomeempty. King George IV, assumed had when George Burns died; his pass- 2002.many The boxes. most recent reprint is in a bothSveum’s in Gyldendal article from that December they wanted 2008 to tioners,” proposing that a new lodge empty.the titles, including Dr 1971. In 1966 I had been in a TV quiz Sir Charles’ rival Lord Barrymore. Sir the respect of his shipmates on the the Royal duties as Prince Regent. ing meant that he was together with 2011 Bokklubben volume Sherlock givewith Holmes a careful his eye due and place has incorrected a prestige a Thomas Catling edited The Press “Anotherbe foundedexample forof the approximately Watson’s optegnelser (“The show, winning 10,000 kroner for my CharlesA Google and search Lord revealed Barrymore a 1902 were letter whaler Hope at the age of twenty, and Unfortunately the Prince was not of Holmes Mysterier i utvalg (“Selected series of modern and classical mystery Album. Born September 23, 1838, he euphony-before-precision25% of the membership is the who were RecordsWhat of Dr I Watson”),did learn waspublished that it was knowledgeGracie again. of Holmes, so I was consid- John Bergquist has provided us with a date. Soren Eversoll, an honored visitor “bucks”written byof LondonSamuel L.Society, Clemens unsavory (Mark even set up a ring in his garage for pe- high moral character. Doyle wrote in Mysteries”), containing STUD, HOUN stories and bringing him back into translationMasons. of the On title January of The 18, Hounds 1887, ofThe 1918. Apartalmost from certainly a missing written ABBE when this Jean ered quite the local Sherlock Holmes look at Leaves from The Copper Beeches, to the Collections last year, continues butTwain) popular toworked Brochmann characters for Lloyd’s noting who Weekly enjoyed that Newsshe , as a riodic bouts with friends and visitors. another story, “An Impression of the and The Adventures—all translated print, and in Den norske Bokklubben the BaskervillesSavage Club. Several Lodge problems was consecrated exist atis a reprintwas ofpregnant the same with title Denis published (who was expert.Francine In 1969 Morris Gyldendal, Swift, ever Norway’s the librari- and its interesting authors and editors, his interest in Sherlock Holmes, highhad translated fashion,compositor, showing into Norwegianwriter, off in news public, his editor from He attended a number of professional Regency,” by yours truly. If you’re interested, I’ll for deciding to do the first ever com- here. For instance no single word in in 1905, containing the last seven largestan, publishingplanned to house,donate hadher Sherlockianstarted a published 50 years ago. I’d like to according to a note sent by his mother. theSherlockian attention1866 pastiche ofthrough women, A1884, Doubled-Bargambling, then editor - frommatches,Freemasons’ claiming toHall have and seen Sir Henrynearly Irving born in March of 1909, just one be happy to send you a copy for your plete edition and giving me a free rein Norwegian suggests a large, possibly stories from The Return of SH. Broch- paperback mystery series called “The cardsreled Detective and1884 boxing. through Story. Vereker The 1907. Lilly approaches The Library Scoop all of thewas great invested boxers as ofTreasurer. his time, There is no Amidmonth this strange before society The Press of bruBook- was collection to The Sherlock Holmes collection.thank Christy And toAllen complete for providing the story: I to present Sherlock Holmes as I think ferocious and deadly, canine; hund mann’s HOUN was re-published by the Black Series” (inspired by the French SirManuscript Charles forCollection £1,000 sohas that 15 heletters can to and helonger was even a formal invited connection to referee between the tality published).and sentiment there moved Collections. Sadly, her death in alsoinformation adapted and about translated Conan Doyle’sa Swedish poet- heSo should it’s business be. as usual at The Database, subscription biographical means any dog, big or small. And what same house a last time in 1941. “La Série Noire”) and asked me to do settleher (1900-1917) his own gambling from English debts. Theauthors world championshipthe Lodge and thematch Club. between the portly figure of George, the October 2007 meant her collection, radiory as dramatisation featured in our of the100 book Years and Ago Sherlock Holmes Collections, for dictionary of British and Irish journal-about “…of the Baskervilles.” If liter- a selection of Sherlock Holmes stories. nephewincluding proposes F. Anstey to (one earn of it theby making24 Jack Johnson and James Jeffries on July PrinceAccording and Regent, to Doyle’s monstrous own correspon- which she amassed with her beloved producedcolumn. it Dick as a Sveumsix-part updates serial in us 1977. on the Sowhich the 1911 we are second all thankful. edition was what ists from the period of 1800 – 1950, ally translated into my language the I can certainly tell you that Broch- There had then been no Holmes books I sometimes think that my main motive got Nils Nordberg hooked on Sherlock

“Lordauthors Barrymore along with the ACD laughingstock of The Fate of of 4, 1910After in Reno, his retirement Nevada. Otherfrom Lloyd’s com- on account of his insignificance Photo by Julie McKuras Wayne, was ready to move to status of the drive for the E.W. indicates he extended the circulation title would be Bakervilleslektens hund, mann’s dencetranslation (from of A HOUNLife in Letters and that), this in Norwegian since 1941. I did in fact London,”Fenella, 1892) a move and which Jerome would K. Jerome. benefit mitments and the distance, Catling preventedundertook the and interesting for the inhuman for becoming a radio drama producer Holmes. In his translation he kept of the paper beyond London and waswhich Wis eeklynot only News clumsy, Catling but–even undertook the very 1911was edition a worrisome has played time. aJean decisive was do twoMinnesota. selections, Boxes containing of books,Jon Lellenberg seven pho- sto and- RichardMcDiarmid Monson-Haefel Curatorship. Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI I was able to examine the letters while him from doing so. absence of any points of interest. was the wish to do this story on radio, Elizabeth Brochmann’s title, and he was worse—suggestsediting task a forstory The about Press aAlbum pet: . The part in mypregnant life. It with was herthe first child Holmes at age ries tographs,each. We ephemerathen decided and thateven I awould giant It’s gratifying to receive notes from attendingreputed the Gillette to be theto Brett first IIIto usecon the- auto- the medium it is perfectly suited for. a good friend of John Bennett Shaw. As The Dog of the Baskervilles Family. story I ever34 and read, Doyle and wasit hooked worried me about her translate HOUN. I used EB’s version ference at Indiana University. And, ah yes, 2009 saw the first ever a Norwegian-American and Sherlock- Actually the decision was made for on the Master. I Continuedmust have on been page 10 7 or (and also several Danish and Swedish) Continued on page 7 “nynorsk” translation of HOUN, by ian, I appreciate all the connections. as reference, but avoided copying it. Ragnar Hovland but relying I suspect a Continued on page 7 SIGN was also included in the series, good deal on mine. Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 2 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 7 June 2012 Volume 16 Number 2

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bottle of Courvoisier plus one fifth of the history of the scion mentioned earlier, The physical book is an interesting F New Jersey cognac, with the note: ‘Tell Thomas Hart reports that a publication artifact in itself, featuring quarter bind- the bartender to serve the Courvoisier fund was established as early as 1952 ing with textured morocco-colored first. Then by the time the Sons get to (with the princely sum of $4.00.) Hart, as endpapers of the same stock as the the New Jersey cognac, they may not treasurer of the Publication Committee, covers. spot the difference’” (250). Today, goes on to apologize to the membership Lellenberg says of Starr, “I’m convinced for “his many exhortations for funds, and Leaves from The Copper Beeches was fol- Sherlock Holmes that Julian Wolff [who took over leader- many stern admonitions against failure, lowed up by a second volume, More ship of the Baker Street Irregulars under made at meetings” over the years. Leaves from The Copper Beeches, in COLLECTIONS the title “Commissionaire” after Smith’s 1976. The Sons are still flourishing as untimely death in 1960] would have an active scion society; perhaps some- “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) retired as Commissionaire sooner than he day we will be able to look forward to did if Bill Starr had not died at a some- a third volume. what early age in 1976 and had been Contents around in the early ’80s to take over.” John Bergquist, BSI Francine and Wayne Swift By Peter E. Blau, ASH, BSI Leaves from The Copper Beeches was par- Francine and Wayne Swift tially financed by contributions from Illustration by H.W. Starr, captioned “The appeal t has been said that marriages between two Sherlockians are the most permanent. members of the Sons, who are listed in for the Publication Fund,” printed in Jon 1 Many Sherlockians have found it easy enough to persuade a spouse to enjoy the Lellenberg’s Irregular Crises of the Late ’Forties the acknowledgments. In his memoir of Sherlockian world, but when two people who already are Sherlockians marry they (New York, 1999) Continued from Page 3 100 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.

50 Years Ago 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 Paul Churchill Thomas Drucker Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 5 National Press Club. Paul Churchill Warren Randall 612-624-3552 or Wayne was from Nebraska, an elec- Joseph Gillies Michael Kean [email protected] of The Sherlock Photo courtesy Holmes Collections Allen Mackler Patricia Nelson Recent Acquisitions Wayne and Francine Swift trical engineer and a teacher, and an Allen Mackler Once Upon A Crime Mystery Bookstore Sherlock Holmes Collections 5 early convert to the world of com- Allen Mackler Philip Swiggum Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library puters. When he moved to Washington he decided to take an adult-education course in Beatrice McCaffrie John Lockwood University of Minnesota Sherlock Holmes at a local community college and soon attended his first Sherlockian E.W. McDiarmid Michael Brahmey 222 21st Ave. S. To the Editor function, a running of The Silver Blaze (Southern Division) at Pimlico Race Track in E.W. McDiarmid Jim DeLeo Minneapolis, MN 55455 6 Maryland, where he and Francine quickly discovered they shared more than an interest E.W. McDiarmid Jeffrey Klaus Telephone: 612-626-9166 in Sherlock Holmes. They courted , and wed, and had many happy years together, shar- E. W. McDiarmid Peter Klaus FAX: 612-625-5525 ing a multitude of interests, Sherlockian and otherwise. Robert Pattrick Vincent Brosnan A Beacon of the Future Mailing list corrections requested— Wayne became a member of The Baker Street Irregulars in 1978 (as “The Giant Rat of Jan Stauber Alexian Gregory Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, 6 Jan Stauber Francine and Richard Kitts we would appreciate being informed of changes Sumatra”). Francine became a member of The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes in Tom Stix Karen Anderson of address or other corrections. 1977 (as “Hatty Doran”) and was honored by the BSI as The Woman in 1983, and Dr. Richard Sturtz William Sturtz Remembrances awarded her Irregular Shilling and Investiture in 1994 (as “The Wigmore Street Post Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 8 Continued on page 6 year with an article in the Winter 1962 John Bennett Shaw had a copy of Kim- age. He apparently made his living as a 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1 Sherlock Holmes Journal titled “Origin ball’s “Sherlockian Quiz” with Shaw’s ghostwriter for magazines such as Sat- and Evolution of G. Lestrade.” notation “c. 1965 (Jan).” Kimball’s “The urday Evening Post.” If Kimball was a Pseudo-Crucial Crocus” was included ghostwriter, he covered his tracks well. In the years that followed, Kimball in the March 1966 Baker Street Journal Diana Denny of The Saturday Evening produced an unpublished typescript, and “Oreamnosis” appeared in the Post archives couldn’t find anything on Injecta Membra, in 1963. “A Multiclari- Spring 1966 Sherlock Holmes Journal. In our Dr. Kimball. facient” ran in the Spring 1965 Sherlock Shaw’s correspondence files, there is a Sherlock Holmes Holmes Journal and drew on Kimball’s July 1967 letter from Louise Kimball, Kimball wrote in 1961 that his interest COLLECTIONS expertise as a genetics expert. He wrote noting that her husband was unable to in Sherlock Holmes began fifty years that Dr. H.E. Stamford, son of Dr. Wat- answer Shaw due to his arthritis, lead- ago, at a time when the tales of the son’s former dresser, had called upon ing one to speculate as to the reason Master Detective were making their “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) him at his Connecticut home in July his brief period of Sherlockian scholar- initial appearances. “The Milverton 1964. Dr. Stamford related his father’s ship ended so abruptly. Mess” from that seminal year of 1962 discovery of a method enabling him to exemplified Kimball’s own maxim of determine the sex of a person through Elliot Kimball was gone, but not forgot- “Recourse to factual evidence in the Contents The Friends of the Sherlock Holmes examining their white blood cells. In ten. On May 28, 1992, a gentleman canonical Text, and to sound analy- 1895, he discovered that both Sher- by the name of Roy Crawford, writing sis of all circumstances” when dating Collections Annual Meeting and Featured lock Holmes and his brother Mycroft from the Department of Animal and “The Adventure of Charles Augustus The Friends of the carried the Stamford Aggregate. While Poultry Science from the University of Milverton,” appeared in The Best of The Speaker Mr. Jon Lellenberg females are xx, and males xy, subjects Saskatchewan, wrote a letter which is Sherlock Holmes Journal Volume One” Sherlock Holmes by Gary Thaden Collections Annual of this condition are xxy, rendering available online. He wrote “I enjoyed edited by Nicholas Utechin (2006) them sterile. He said there was “no the long series by Elliot Kimball. He An excerpt from Dr John H. Watson at Meeting and Featured evidence that either felt the erotic was indeed a character. He appeared Netley is featured among the writings Speaker Mr. Jon Lellenberg rigid Arctic waters, sailing ship decks slick with whale oil, and harpoons flying urgency so common in garden-variety on the poultry genetics scene when I in The Grand Game, Volume 2 edited by through the air: Jon Lellenberg, the guest speaker at the April 30, 2012 Friends xy males” and excluded the possibility was first starting out, and I heard him Laurie King and Leslie Klinger (2012). 1 of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Annual Meeting, brought all of these images of Sherlock Holmes fathering a child. speak once. He upset many apple carts. Dr. John H. Watson at Netley, priced to mind as he gave us a preview of his upcoming book, “Dangerous Work”: Diary F of an Arctic Adventure, due out in October from the British Library and the The editor’s note stated “We are very Some of his work has withstood the at $1 upon publication, was recently 100 Years Ago grateful to Dr. Elliot Kimball for this test of time but much of it has not. listed for sale by a prominent New York University of Chicago Press. (The University of Chicago Press was the North American contribution. Firstly, we shall be able to He suddenly seemed to lose interest bookseller for $150. 2 distributor for the British Library for Mr. Lellenberg’s previous book, The Narrative of point to it should anybody every cast in poultry, and plunged into crystal- John Smith. Both books were co-edited with Daniel Stashower.) doubts on the erudition of the Sherlock lography where he made similar waves. Julie McKuras, A.S.H., B.S.I. 50 Years Ago Holmes Journal.” And then he died at a relatively young The room at the Andersen Library seemed to grow cold as Mr. Lellenberg showed us 3 facsimile pages of the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s diary, which told of the harrowing adventures aboard the whaling ship at 80 degrees latitude north in the unforgiving frigid From the President Arctic waters. Included in the preview of the book on Conan Doyle’s whaling days were pictures of whaling ships, exhausted whales and hearty seamen. Particularly interesting 4 were the pictures of Conan Doyle as a young medical student aboard the whaling ship Hope, where he acted as the ship’s medical person. Conan Doyle was even recruited as a Acquisitions harpooner, due to his size and athletic ability. The 1880 diary, and this book, detail the stressful and dangerous experience onboard an Arctic whaling ship at the end of the 4 British whaling days. Remembrances In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have For any inquiries contact: Musings Timothy J. Johnson, Curator made contributions either in honor or in memory of special persons. 612-624-3552 or 4 [email protected] In Honor Of From An Update from the May Blunder Warren Randall Sherlock Holmes Collections Collections Timothy Johnson Timothy Reich Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library University of Minnesota 5 222 21st Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55455 The State of the In Memory Of From Tamara Bower Thomas Drucker Telephone: 612-626-9166 Collections Ray Eckerle Susan and Ben Vizoskie FAX: 612-625-5525 6 Paul & Nan Leland The Occupants of the Empty House Fred Levin The Occupants of the Empty House Mailing list corrections requested— Steampunk Holmes Fred Levin Gordon Speck Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, Jan Stauber Susan and Ben Vizoskie we would appreciate being informed of changes of address or other corrections. 7 Photo by Julie McKuras Remembrances Dick Sveum, Jon Lellenberg and Tim Johnson Timothy J. Johnson, Curator 8 Continued on page 6 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1