PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY Special Collections Department Percival Ephemera & Periodicals John H. Percival Magic Collection, Ephemera & Periodicals OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Title: John H. Percival Magic Collection, Ephemera & Periodicals Creator: John H. Percival Dates: 1898-1983 Media: Printed, manuscript and photograph ephemera Quantity: .25 linear feet ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION The collection is organized into the following series: Series I: Periodicals Series II: Dealer Catalogs Series III: Magic Convention Programs and Related Items Series IV: Miscellaneous Ephemera NOTE: The organization of this collection is ongoing. SEE ALSO Providence Public Library Special Collections: John H. Percival Papers. Providence Public Library Special Collections: John H. Percival Magic Collection. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Providence Public Library Special Collections department. Preferred Citation: Researchers are requested to cite Percival Ephemera and Providence Public Library Special Collections in all footnote and bibliographic references. Processed By: The collection was processed in 2012 by Elise Petrarca Property Rights: The Providence Public Library owns the property rights to this collection. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION Series I: Periodicals 1. Around the Magic World. Tan Bah Chee and Benjamin J. Kleinman, eds. Vol. 1, No. 2 2. Bat. Lloyd E. Jones, ed. No. 1 3. Better Magazine. John W. Nelson, ed. Vol. 5, No. 2-12 Vol.6, No. 1-9 4. Better Magic. Collins Pentz, ed. No. 1 5. Big Bob’s Club News. Lloyd E. Jones, ed. No. 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26 6. Big Bob’s Mini Interim Club News. Lloyd E. Jones, ed. No. 9, 15 7. Boston Barnstormer. Herman Hanson, ed. Vol. 1-35 8. Society of American Magicians California Newsletter. Assembly #22, Los Angeles. December 1962 - March 1963 9. Cema Noticias. Edited by Departamento de Promacar E. Difusao. Vol. 1, No. 12 Vol. 2, No. 13-15 10. Change Bag. James Catlett, ed. Vol. 4, No. 1 11. Club 71. Repro 71, pub. No. 4, 5, 8, 9 12. Combined Magical Club Bulletin. R. W. Hoel, ed. Vol. 1, No. 1-6 13. Conjurer’s Chronicle, Hutchinson’s. Wilford Hutchinson, ed. Vol. 2, No. 1 14. Conjuring Record. V. K. Allison, ed. Vol. 1, No. 2-3 15. Conjurors’ Magazine. Walter B. Gibson, ed. Vol. 1-4 Vol. 5, No. 1, 18-12 16. Diebox. Walter Adrian, pub. Vol. 2, No. 3 17. Dope Sheet, Tommy Windsor’s. Tommy Windsor’s Studios, pub. No. 1-6, 9-16 18. Edward’s Monthly. W. G. Edwards, ed. Vol. 1, No. 3 19. El-pro-per. C. Foster Fenner Junior League Magic Group, pub. August 1958 – February 1966 20. Florida Magic News. International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring #45, Miami. Vol. 1 21. Ft. Lauderdale International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring #150. Vol. 1 22. Frank Lane’s Funny Talk. Frank Lane, ed. Vol. 1, No. 8 23. Gen. Harry Stanley, ed. and pub. Vol. 9, No. 3, 6 Vol. 10, No. 3, 5 Vol. 12, No. 3 Vol. 14, No. 2 24. Genii. William Larsen, Jr., ed. and pub. Vol. 1, No. 3-12 Vol. 2-3 Vol. 4, No. 1-3, 5-12 Vol. 5-12 Vol. 13, No. 1-12 (2 variants of No. 4) Vol. 14, No. 1-3, 5-12 Vol. 15-35 Vol. 36, No. 1-9, 11-12 Vol. 37, No. 1-11 25. Ghosts. A. W. Wilson, MD, ed., Earnest Evangeline, pub. Vol. 1, No. 1 26. G-D D—N Truth About Magic. Burling Hull, pub. No. 7-8 Goldston’s Magic Quarterly: see Magic Quarterly 27. Hade-E-Gram. Micky Hades, ed. and pub. Vol. 3, No. 30 28. Hugard’s Magic Monthly. Jean Hugard, ed. and pub. Vol. 1 Vol. 2-19 Vol. 20, No. 1-9 Indices, Vol. 1-4 Hutchinson’s Conjurer’s Chronicle: see Conjurer’s Chronicle 29. L’Illustionists. Maison Caroly, pub. No. 83 Ireland’s Magic Trick Talk: see Magic Trick Talk 30. Jinx. Theo Anneman, ed. and pub. Vol. 22, 25, 31, 40, 61-151 31. Linking Ring. Official publication of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Vol. 4, No. 4-6 Vol. 5, No. 1-2, 4-6 Vol. 6-40 Vol. 41, No. 1-10 Vol. 42-52 Vol. 53, No. 2-6, 8-12 Vol. 54, No. 1-5 32. Los Angeles Wand. Southern California Assembly #22, Society of American Magicians. Vol. 5, No. 5, 9, 12 Vol. 6, No. 1-4, 6-8, 10-12 Vol. 7-8 Vol. 9, No. 1-3 Maddock’s Magic Searchlight: see Magic Searchlight 33. Magazine of Magic. Official organ of the Magician’s Club, London. Will Goldston, ed. Vol. 1, No. 1-5 34. Magic. F.T. Singleton, pub. Vol. 1 Vol. 2, No. 6-11 35. Magic. Ellis Stanyon, ed. and pub. Vol. 11, No. 1,5 Vol. 14, No. 6 Vol. 15, No. 6 36. Magic is Fun. D. Robbins & Co., pub. No. 2-4 37. Magic Gazette. Nelman System, pub. No. 12 38. Magic Hall of Fame News Bulletin, Society of American Magicians. John Yeveers, ed. and pub. Vol. 1, No. 4 Vol. 2, No. 1 39. Magic Handbook. Science & Mechanics Publishing. 1962, 1968 editions 40. Magic Key. H. F. Herth, ed., Magic Key Publishing, pub. Vol. 1. No. 1-4, 6-10, 12 41. Magic Magazine. Max Andrews, ed. and pub. Vol. 3, No. 6, 8-9 Vol. 1, No. 1 42. Magic Market. Steve Docri, ed. and pub. Vol. 1, No. 1 43. Magic Mirror. F.W. Conradi-Horster, ed. and pub. Vol. 9, No. 1 (German) Vol. 9, No. 1 (English) 44. Ireland’s Magic Trick Talk. Magic Inc., pub. Vol. 2, No. 12 Vol. 3, No. 1-2, 4-12 45. Maddock’s Magic Searchlight. A. H. Maddock, pub. Vol. 1, No. 5 46. Magic Wand (bound with The Wizard). Vol. 1, No. 1-2 Vol. 3, No. 25 47. Magic Wand and Magical Review. Old Series. George Johnson, ed. Magic Wand, pub. Vol. 9, No. 3 48. Magic Wand and Magical Review. New Series. George Johnson, ed. Magic Wand, pub. No. 109-120, 128, 133, 135, 137-139, 141-158, 171-178, 182, 184, 190-191, 214 49. Magic World. J. E. Pierce, ed. and pub. Vol. 3, No. 10-11 Vol. 4, No. 3-9 50. Magical News. Wilfred Jonson, ed., Magical News, pub. No. 1 51. Goldston’s Magical Quarterly. Official Organ of the Magician’s Club. Will Goldston, ed. and pub. Vol. 2, No. 1 Vol. 3, No. 1 Vol. 4, No. 4 52. Magical Review. Max Underwood, ed. Vol. 1, No. 6 53. Magical Tidings. Edward A. Shawman, ed. and pub. Vol. 1, No. 1-5 Vol. 2, No. 2, 4 Vol. 3, No. 1-3 Vol. 4, No. 1 54. Magician. Will Goldston, ed. Vol. 2, No. 12 Vol. 3, No. 6. 55. Magician Monthly. Will Goldston, ed. Vol. 16, No. 5 Vol. 32, No. 9-12 Vol. 33, No. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Vol. 34, No. 12 Vol. 35, No. 3 56. Magicians Magazine. Roger C. Patrick, ed. Vol. 1, No. 1 57. Magick. Bascom Jones, ed. No. 1, 8 58. Magnet. Thom Hendricks, pub. Vol. 3, No. 4. Issues 34-37. Magic Hoop Review, suppl. to no. 37 59. Mahatma. George H. Little and T. Francis Fritz, eds. Vol. 2, No. 10 Vol. 3, No. 1-2, 4-5, 7, 9 Vol. 4, No. 4-5 Vol. 6, No. 4 Vol. 9, No. 5 60. Mellon’s Mental-wise. Ed Mellon, ed. and pub. Vol. 1, No. 10-12 Vol. 2, No. 1, 6-12 61. Midnight News. Midnight Magic Manufacturing Co., pub. Vol. 3, No. 2 62. Modern Magician. James McKnight, ed. and pub. Vol. 3, No. 2 63. M.U.M. Old Series. Edited by the President, Published by the Society of American Magicians. Vol. 7, No. 55 Vol. 10, No. 10-12 Vol. 11, No. 3-14 Vol. 12, No. 1-4, 6-10, 12 Vol. 13, No. 1-12, 14-16 Vol. 14, No. 4-7 Vol. 15, No. 1-4 64. M.U.M. Richard Gustafson, ed. Published by the Society of American Magicians. Vol. 41-62 Vol. 63, No. 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 Introductory issue, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1949 65. National News Letter. Wynn Boyar, ed. No. 6 66. N.C.A. Digest. C.J. Hagen, ed. and pub. Vol. 1 Vol. 2, No. 1-3 67. New Jinx. Arlecchino, ed. and pub. Vol. 1-6. Introductory issue, summer special, index. 68. New Phoenix. Jay Marshall, ed. and pub. No. 331, 333-348, 351-362, 364, 366-367. See also: Osirian 69. News Letter Ring 45 International Brotherhood of Magicians, Miami. Jan., Feb., May, Oct. 1966 70. Old Tops. Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co., pub. Vol. 1-5 Vol. 22, No. 1-3 71. Osirian. Jay Marshall, ed. Vol. 1, No. 1 72. People’s Handbook Series. No. 10, 19, 36, 50 73. Pete’s Leaflet. Lloyd E. Jones, pub. Vol. 1, No. 1-2, 4-7 Vol. 2, No. 5 74. Phoenix. Louis Tannen, ed. Reprint of original. Vol. 1-50 75. Pips. Chuck Kirchner and James Steffner, eds. No. 21 76. Pyramid. S. Foster Fenner Assembly, Ring #26, Society of American Magicians. Dec. 1949 77. Ring 44 Newsletter. William E. Baker Ring, International Brotherhood of Magicians, Providence. Vol. 2, No. 2 Society of American Magicians Magic Hall of Fame News Bulletin: see Magic Hall of Fame News Bullentin 78. Silent Messenger. (Old Series) Silent Mora Ring #22, Boston, International Brotherhood of Magicians. Vol. 1, 1952 1953-1962 (not enumerated) 79.