The Trust
The Baker Street Irregulars Trust is a special part of the New York City based literary society dedicated to the study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and the Victorian world: The Baker Street Irregulars. The Trust's purpose is to assemble, preserve, and make available for study relevant materials related to the history of The BSI and to individuals and organizations such as The BSI that have devoted themselves to such studies.

Our Motto
Our motto, For The Sake Of The Trust, comes from the story The Musgrave Ritual. The story begins with Holmes opening up his archive:

[Holmes] threw back the lid. I could see that it [the large tin box] was already a third full of bundles of paper tied up with red tape into separate packages. "There are cases enough here, Watson," said he, looking at me with mischievous eyes. "I think that if you knew all that I had in this box you would ask me to pull some out instead of putting others in." "These are the records of your early work, then?" I asked. "I have often wished that I had notes of those cases."

You can read the full story here.

The Trust wants to ensure that all who are interested will have the benefit of a record of our activities.

Materials Sought
The Trust is actively seeking material not only to make its archive accurate and complete but also to capture the spirit of The Baker Street Irregulars and its distinguished members. The following items are examples of things that are of interest:

•	Ephemera from BSI functions: papers, toasts, musical interludes, "Stand With Me" remembrances, tapes, poems, keepsakes, lists of attendees and pictures.
•	Materials documenting BSI Field Trips, such as Silver Blaze Races at Saratoga or the Valley of Fear Expedition.
•	Correspondence and manuscripts from The BSI publications and projects: Manuscript Series, BSI History Series and The BSI International Series.
•	The notes and papers used by individuals in preparing and delivering speeches as part of The BSI "Distinguished Speakers" series.
•	Correspondence between any parties where the subject pertains to The Baker Street Irregulars, or correspondence that offers insight into individuals who where members of The Baker Street Irregulars.
•	BSI artifacts such as Edgar W. Smith's cottage nameplate and the gavel presented to Edgar by The Six Napoleons of Baltimore.
•	The Baker Street Journal issues that have some interesting provenance or annotation.
•	Correspondence, manuscripts and editors' files, related to the production of The Baker Street Journal.

Inquiries
Inquiries should be directed to Glen_Miranker@BSITrust.org.