March 2012 Volume 16 Number 1 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 8 Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections 1 Hogan died on September 18, 1985. John Bennett Shaw wrote in the June 1986 Baker Street Journal that his friend was a “prolific writer on Holmesian subjects” whose articles appeared in “such periodicals asMalayan Police Magazine, The Brief, The Journal of Criminal Law, The Hong Kong Standard, The Air Force Magazine and Space Digest [Air Force and Space Digest] and The Baker Street Journal.” Hogan “was but a week away from assuming a full-time professorship in law at the Univer- sity of California at Los Angeles when his death occurred. Truly he was the type of urbane and articulate gentleman that Morley and Smith and Wolff would recognize as true B.S.I. material.” Sherlock Holmes Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI COLLECTIONS “Your merits should be publicly recognized” (STUD) Contents Norman Schatell's Artwork by Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI Norman Schatell's he lead article of the June 1998 issue of this newsletter carried the simple Artwork headline: “Norman Schatell.” Written by Jon Lellenberg, the article, available 1 online at http://special.lib.umn.edu/rare/newsletter/june98.pdf, highlighted the donation by the Schatell family of their late father’s artwork and corre- T spondence to the Sherlock Holmes 100 Years Ago Collections. Jon described his friend 2 Norman, an art teacher and a found- er of the scion society Mrs. Hud- Acquisitions son’s Cliffdwellers, as “interested in Remembrances 2 Sherlock Holmes in theater, pastiche, In supporting the Sherlock Holmes Collections, many donors have made contributions and other forms; he was fascinated either in honor or in memory of special persons. by Sherlock Holmes as a cultural 50 Years Ago phenomenon…it was as an artist that 3 he proceeded to astonish and delight In Honor Of From the Baker Street Irregulars…However Sherlock Holmes Don Hobbs quiet his manner, when he com- Timothy Johnson Phillip and Karen Bergem From the President bined his zany sense of humor and The Nashville Scholars James Hawkins 4 his artistic talents with his intimate Gordon Speck Joe Eckrich knowledge of Sherlock Holmes, the Robert Thomalen Paul Singleton Musings results were hilarious and wonder- Richard Wein Paul Singleton ful.” Jon wrote that Norman’s work Donald Yates Charles Press 4 was “scattered across the country, but this donation to the Sherlock Holmes Friends of The Sherlock Collections at Minnesota means that For any inquiries contact: there will be a permanent home for In Memory Of From Timothy J. Johnson, Curator Holmes Collections Richard Lancelyn Green Vincent Brosnan some of it.” 612-624-3552 or Annual Meeting Edward Hardwicke Arthur E. F. Wiese Jr. Cameron Hollyer Bruce D. Aikin [email protected] It was with great pleasure that E.W. Anne Lainhart Jeffory Hart 4 McDiarmid Curator of the Sherlock Fred Levin Mike and Julie McKuras Sherlock Holmes Collections Holmes Collections Timothy Johnson Fred Levin The Norwegian Explorers Suite 111, Elmer L. Andersen Library An Update from the received recent correspondence from Allen Mackler Philip Swiggum University of Minnesota Collections Norman Schatell’s son about an ad- 222 21st Ave. S. ditional contribution. The note from E. W. McDiarmid Jim DeLeo Photo courtesy of Glenn Schatell E. W. McDiarmid Peter Klaus Minneapolis, MN 55455 5 Norman Schatell Glenn Schatell read “I’ve decided E. W. McDiarmid Jeffrey Klaus Telephone: 612-626-9166 to donate my share of my father, E. W. McDiarmid Michael Brahmey FAX: 612-625-5525 Some Thoughts on Norman Schatell’s, Sherlock Holmes art E. W. McDiarmid Mary McDiarmid Norman Schatell work, which he did in the 1970s, to the University of Minnesota Library.” Tim’s response Murray Shaw Madeleine Lucien-Brun was “I have enjoyed looking at your father’s art work found in the John Bennett Shaw Mailing list corrections requested— 7 Collection and am very excited and pleased to accept your very kind gift on behalf of the Jan Stauber Francine and Richard Kitts Because of the high cost of returned newsletters, Helen S.