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The 1975 BSI Dinner

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The cocktail hour that introduced Sherlock Holmes’s 121st birthday festivities featured as esteemed guests actors John Wood and Mel Martin, who portrayed, respectively, Sherlock Holmes and Alice Faulkner in William Gillette’s play, Sherlock Holmes. Princess Nina Mdivani Harwood (the widow of Denis Conan Doyle and daughter-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) was honored as The Woman. The Dinner also marked Fred Dannay’s (half of Ellery Queen) return.  There were 147 attendees. Rev. Leslie Marshall’s delivery of Sherlock Holmes’s Prayer was especially notable during the proceedings. There was Canonical music, followed by Standing on the Terrace for those who had dropped from the ranks, the introductions of a large number of first-timers, and the awarding of Honours to those who had served the cause well. After several scholarly papers, brief reports from the Scion Societies were given.  Julian Wolff called the 1975 meeting “probably the best ever.” 
 
Dinner Details: January 10, 1975 
The Regency Hotel, 540 Park Avenue, New York 
 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
Click on the above photo to see a larger version of it, and maximize your browser window to see the most detail. 
 
<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:16162476?n=54">Key to People in the 1975 BSI Dinner Photo</a> (digitized image at Harvard) 
Three pages. Front, interior, and back. Sequence 54-56 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Glenn Laxton as Mr. James M. Dodd 
William McCullam as The Reigate Squires** 
Jan C. Prager as Mr. Fairdale Hobbs, changed to Lowenstein of Prague 
Nicholas Utechin as The Ancient British Barrow** 
Lynn E. Walker as The Long Island Cave Mystery 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
** in absentia 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Nathan L. Bengis 
Paul Clarkson (in absentia) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Princess Nina (Conan Doyle Harwood) Mdivani 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is The Woman honour?</a> 
 
"Stand with me here upon the terrace..." 
(as named at this Dinner, not their year of passing) 
Not listed in the 1975 BSJ report. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Peter E. Blau, "In Memoriam: Muzaffar ad-Din" 
The Baker Street Journal v24 n3 (September 1974) pp. 141-145 (available in the eBSJ).. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
 
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal v25 n2 (June 1975) p. 115, 120 (available in the eBSJ). 
 
List of 1975 BSI Dinner Attendees (not available at this time, but see Key to the Photo, above) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
None available online at this time. 
 
 
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Related Material</h4>
<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:16197447">1975 BSI Dinner Menu </a>(digitized image at Harvard) 
Two pages. Cover and interior. Sequence 52-53 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/11/the-1974-bsi-dinner.html">1974 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/12/the-1976-bsi-dinner.html">1976 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
For an index to all BSI Dinners and photos, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/dinner-summary.html">BSI Dinner Summary</a> list. 
 
 
The BSI Archive is located at the Houghton Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Archival material may be used by any qualified scholar, subject to the normal rules and regulations of the Library. For links to a detailed finding aid and related information, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive at Harvard</a> page. 
 
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This page last updated 11/28/15 by Andrew Solberg.

The 1975 BSI Dinner

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The 1974 BSI Dinner

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Sherlock Holmes’s 120th birthday was celebrated by 124 Irregulars and guests with “even more than the usual conviviality.” All Irregular rites were observed. Dorothy (Mrs. John Bennett) Shaw was honored as The Woman. Those present stood on the terrace to remember departed Irregulars.  Papers were delivered by Bruce Kennedy. Alastair Martin, Will Oursler, and John Bennett Shaw, “all of whom excelled.” Nine Investitures were given.  The Scion Society reports concluded the formal programme, after which there was some Irregular revelry and discussion. 
 
Dinner Details: January 4, 1974 
The Regency Hotel, 540 Park Avenue, New York 
 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
Click on the above photo to see a larger version of it, and maximize your browser window to see the most detail. 
 
<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:16162476?n=49">Key to People in the 1974 BSI Dinner Photo </a>(digitized image at Harvard) 
Three pages. Front, interior, and back. Sequence 49-51 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Elic Denbo as The Ferrers Documents 
Constantine Evans as The Diogenes Club** 
Jon L. Lellenberg as Rodger Prescott 
Andrew Page as Lord Saltire 
Albert M. Rosenblatt as Inspector Bradstreet 
Philip A. Shreffler as Lord St. Simon, changed to Jefferson Hope** 
Bartlett D. Simms as Professor Coram 
Herbert P. Tinning as Dr. Leon Sterndale 
Michael F. Whelan as Vincent Spaulding 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
** in absentia 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Lloyd H. Denton 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Dorothy (Mrs. John Bennett) Shaw 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is The Woman honour?</a> 
 
"Stand with me here upon the terrace..." 
(as named at this Dinner, not their year of passing) 
Not listed in the 1974 BSJ report. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
J.C. Prager & Al Silverstein, "Lowenstein of Prague: The Most Maligned Man in the Canon" 
The Baker Street Journal v23 n4 (December 1973) pp. 220-227 (available in the eBSJ). 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
 
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal v24 n1 (March 1974) p. 53, 60 (available in the eBSJ). 
 
List of 1974 BSI Dinner Attendees (not available at this time, but see Key to the Photo, above) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
None available online at this time. 
 
 
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Related Material</h4>
<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:16197446">1974 BSI Dinner Menu</a> (digitized image at Harvard) 
Two pages. Cover and interior. Sequence 47-48 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/11/the-1973-bsi-dinner.html">1973 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/11/the-1975-bsi-dinner.html">1975 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
For an index to all BSI Dinners and photos, see our<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/dinner-summary.html"> BSI Dinner Summary</a> list. 
 
 
The BSI Archive is located at the Houghton Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Archival material may be used by any qualified scholar, subject to the normal rules and regulations of the Library. For links to a detailed finding aid and related information, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive at Harvard </a>page. 
 
Page composed on 9/26/2015 by Tamar Zeffren 
This page last updated 11/10/15 by Andrew Solberg.

The 1974 BSI Dinner

Sherlock Holmes’s 120th birthday was celebrated by 124 Irregulars and guests with “even more than the usual conviviality.” All Irregular ...

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The 1973 BSI Dinner

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The Baker Street Irregulars celebrated the 119th birthday of Sherlock Holmes at The Regency Hotel.  The Commissionaire, Julian Wolff, intended to present the Sherlock Holmes silver medal to Mr. Rafael Sevilla-Sacasa (Director of the Philatelic Bureau of the Republic of Nicaragua) for his services in keeping the memory of the Master green by the issuance of the first official Sherlock Holmes stamp.  Unfortunately, Mr. Sevilla-Sacasa was unable to be present due to a severe earthquake in his country. The medal was awarded to him in absentia.  In his place, Mr. Jeff Oakden, of the Crown Agents, delivered a short address.  All of the BSI’s traditions were observed, beginning with the first Conanical toast to The Woman, Ines (Mrs. William S.) Hall, whose late husband was one of the founders of the BSI. Newcomers were introduced. Jim Montgomery’s songs were played, and papers of unusually high calibre were delivered by Will Oursler, Bruce Kennedy, John Bennett Shaw, and John Linsenmeyer.  Six Investitures were awarded at the Dinner.  The BSI, through a small committee headed by James Nelson, presented a special golden sovereign to the Commissionaire, who wrote that he intended to wear it on his watch-chain in memory of the occasion. 
 
Dinner Details: January 5, 1973 
The Regency Hotel, 540 Park Avenue, New York 
 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
Click on the above photo to see a larger version of it, and maximize your browser window to see the most detail. 
 
<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:16162476?n=44">Key to People in the 1973 BSI Dinner Photo</a> (digitized image at Harvard) 
Three pages. Front, interior, and back. Sequence 44-46 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Leonard Cochran as Cardinal Tosca** 
Robert A. W. Lowndes as Langdale Pike 
Keith Paulison as Mr. John Scott Eccles 
Andrew Jay Peck as Inspector Baynes, Surrey Constabulary 
Rex Pinson, Jr. as Inspector G. Lestrade 
John A. Schrandt as Inspector Stanley Hopkins 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
** in absentia 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
James Nelson 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Ines (Mrs. William S.) Hall 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is The Woman honour?</a> 
 
"Stand with me here upon the terrace..." 
(as named at this Dinner, not their year of passing) 
Rufus Tucker (The Greek Interpreter, 1944) 
Reginald Owen (the actor who played both Holmes and Watson) 
Harry Truman (former President and Honorary BSI) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Andrew Jay Peck, "The Solitary Man-Uscript" 
The Baker Street Journal v22 n2 (June 1972) pp. 71-73 (available in the eBSJ). 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
 
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal v23 n1 (March 1973) pp. 54-55, 60 (available in the eBSJ). 
See also related letter from Vincent Starrett on p. 49. 
 
List of 1973 BSI Dinner Attendees (not available at this time, but see Key to the Photo, above) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
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Julian Wolff at a BSI Dinner</div>
 
In the following 7-minute vignette from the 1973 BSI Dinner, Commissionaire Julian Wolff is given a gold sovereign by James Nelson. 
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A recording of the entire 1973 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. 
 
 
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Related Material</h4>
<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:16197445">1973 BSI Dinner Menu</a> (digitized image at Harvard) 
Two pages. Cover and interior. Sequence 37-38 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/10/the-1972-bsi-dinner.html">1972 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/11/the-1974-bsi-dinner.html">1974 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
For an index to all BSI Dinners and photos, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/dinner-summary.html">BSI Dinner Summary</a> list. 
 
 
The BSI Archive is located at the Houghton Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Archival material may be used by any qualified scholar, subject to the normal rules and regulations of the Library. For links to a detailed finding aid and related information, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive at Harvard</a> page. 
 
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This page last updated 3/22/16 by Randall Stock. 
 
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The 1973 BSI Dinner

The Baker Street Irregulars celebrated the 119th birthday of Sherlock Holmes at The Regency Hotel. The Commissionaire, Julian Wolff, int...

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