The Baker Street Irregulars Trust

Fall 2015 Newsletter

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The Fall 2015 newsletter includes these articles:<br />
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<li>BSI Trust Launches Five-Year Fundraising Campaign by Richard Olken, BSI.</li>
<li>A Moveable Feast: Developing the BSI Dinner Pages by Tamar Zeffren.</li>
<li>Cartwright’s Bonanza by Bob Thomalen, BSI.</li>
<li>Mr. Solberg Goes to Washington (to talk about the BSI Trust) by Beverly Wolov.</li>
<li>From the Chair by Andy Solberg.</li>
<li>Added to the Archives.</li>
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<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/news/trust-newsletter-2015-fall.pdf">Fall 2015 BSI Trust newsletter</a> (PDF - 2 MB)<br />
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Fall 2015 Newsletter

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The 1977 BSI Dinner

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Attendees at the celebration of Sherlock Holmes’s 123rd birthday enjoyed not only “the excellent roast-beef dinner,” but, even more importantly, the enduring “reunions with Irregulars from all over the country.” Despite inclement weather, “[n]one of [the] rites and ceremonies was omitted.” Amy (Mrs. Owen P.) Frisbie was toasted as <i>The</i> Woman. A record twenty one Investitures were bestowed in 1977.<br />
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Dinner Details: January 7, 1977<br />
The Regency Hotel, 540 Park Avenue, New York<br />
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
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<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:16162476?n=67">Key to People in the 1977 BSI Dinner Photo</a> (digitized image at Harvard)<br />
Three pages. Front, interior, and back. Sequence 67-69<br />
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BSI Honours List</h4>
<b>Investitures:</b><br />
Herman Abromson as Lord Cantlemere<br />
Carl Bassett as Josiah Brown*<br />
Marvin P Epstein as Count Negretto Sylvius<br />
Samuel Feinberg as The Prince of Colonna<br />
William D. Goodrich as Alexander Holder<br />
Paul D. Herbert as Mr. Leverton, of Pinkerton's<br />
Stanfield D. Hill as François le Villard<br />
Jerry Margolin as Hilton Cubitt<br />
Karl E. Meyer as Fritz von Waldbaum<br />
Daniel J. Morrow as James Stanger of the <i>Herald</i><br />
Donald E. Novorsky as The Empty House<br />
David B. Pearce as The Khalifa at Khartoum<br />
Daniel Posnansky as Colonel Hayter<br />
Billy Ross as The Abergavenny Murders<br />
Norman Schatell as Jonathan Small<br />
Richard Schwartz as Dr. Percy Trevelyan<br />
Glenn J. Shea as Thaddeus Sholto<br />
Eric H. Silk as The Blue Carbuncle<br />
Paul B. Smedegaard as The Randall Gang<br />
Stephen Stix as The Darlington Substitution Scandal<br />
Sean M. Wright as The Manor House Case<br />
* received Investiture at another event during the year<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a><br />
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<b>Two-Shilling Award:</b><br />
Charles Goodman<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a><br />
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<b><i>The </i>Woman:</b><br />
Amy (Mrs. Owen P.) Frisbie<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is <i>The</i> Woman honour?</a><br />
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<b>"Stand with me here upon the terrace..."</b><br />
(as named at this Dinner, not their year of passing)<br />
Not listed in the 1977 BSJ report.<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a><br />
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<b>Morley-Montgomery Award:</b><br />
H.C. Potter, "John H. Watson—Word-Painter"<br />
<i>The Baker Street Journal</i> v26 n2 (June 1976) pp. 99-102 (available in the eBSJ).<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a><br />
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
<i>The Baker Street Journal </i>v27 n2 (June 1977) p. 109, 121 (available in the eBSJ).<br />
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List of 1977 BSI Dinner Attendees (not available at this time, but see Key to the Photo, above)<br />
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Recordings</h4>
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Related Material</h4>
<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:16197449">1977 BSI Dinner Menu </a>(digitized image at Harvard)<br />
Two pages. Cover and interior. Two copies, Sequence 65-66<br />
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Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/12/the-1976-bsi-dinner.html">1976 BSI Dinner</a><br />
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Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2016/01/the-1978-bsi-dinner.html">1978 BSI Dinner</a><br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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This page last updated 12/6/15 by Andrew Solberg.<br />
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The 1977 BSI Dinner

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The 1976 BSI Dinner

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More than 150 revelers gathered at the Regency to celebrate the 122nd anniversary of Sherlock Holmes’s birth, taxing “the walls of our meeting place beyond its capacity.” This joyous occasion saw the designation of “<i>The</i> Woman” bestowed upon Rosemary (Mrs. Edward F.) Clark and the presentation of “unusually good” scholarly papers. Ten Investitures were awarded. Among those receiving the Irregular Shilling were Isaac Asimov, Otto Penzler, and Jack Tracy.<br />
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Dinner Details: January 9, 1976<br />
The Regency Hotel, 540 Park Avenue, New York<br />
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
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<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:16162476?n=62">Key to People in the 1976 BSI Dinner Photo</a> (digitized image at Harvard)<br />
Three pages. Front, interior, and back. Sequence 62-64<br />
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BSI Honours List </h4>
<b>Investitures:</b><br />
Isaac Asimov as The Remarkable Worm<br />
W. E. Dudley as The Papers of Ex-President Murillo**<br />
Dr. James Lione as My Old Friend Charlie Peace<br />
Donald A. McDonough as Bodymaster McGinty<br />
Michael Murphy as The Noble Bachelor<br />
Donald P. Musgrave as Lowenstein of Prague, changed to Reginald Musgrave<br />
Otto Penzler as The King of Bohemia<br />
Jack Tracy as A Case of Identity**<br />
Rev. Wayne Wall as Holy Peters<br />
Ralph Wroblewski as Captain Teddy Marvin**<br />
* received Investiture at another event during the year<br />
** <i>in absentia</i><br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a><br />
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<b>Two-Shilling Award:</b><br />
Bliss Austin<br />
James Keddie Jr.<br />
Herbert W. Starr<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a><br />
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<b><i>The </i>Woman:</b><br />
Rosemary (Mrs. Edward F.) Clark<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is <i>The</i> Woman honour?</a><br />
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<b>"Stand with me here upon the terrace..."</b><br />
(as named at this Dinner, not their year of passing)<br />
Not listed in the 1976 BSJ report.<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a><br />
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<b>Morley-Montgomery Award:</b><br />
Michael L. Burton, "On the Hound" <br />
The Baker Street Journal v25 n3 (September 1975) pp. 154-158 (available in the eBSJ).<br />
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a><br />
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
<i>The Baker Street Journal</i> v26 n2 (June 1976) p. 104, 112 (available in the eBSJ).<br />
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List of 1976 BSI Dinner Attendees (not available at this time, but see Key to the Photo, above)<br />
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Recordings</h4>
None available online at this time.<br />
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Related Material</h4>
<a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:16197448">1976 BSI Dinner Menu</a> (digitized image at Harvard)<br />
Two pages. Cover and interior. Two copies, Sequence 58-61<br />
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Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/11/the-1975-bsi-dinner.html">1975 BSI Dinner</a><br />
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Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/12/the-1977-bsi-dinner.html">1977 BSI Dinner</a><br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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Page composed on 11/25/2015 by Tamar Zeffren<br />
This page last updated 12/6/15 by Andrew Solberg.<br />
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The 1976 BSI Dinner

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Glen Miranker Interview: Oral History Project

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While an undergraduate at Yale College, Glen Miranker (The Origin of Tree Worship, 1991) assisted Dr. David Musto in reviving the Bull Pups of Yale. Glen graduated <i>summa cum laude</i> from Yale College in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. He holds both Masters (1977) and Doctor of Philosophy (1979) degrees in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  On graduation, Glen worked for IBM and taught graduate courses as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. In 1981, he and his wife Cathy relocated to the Bay Area, where he joined a Sunnyvale start-up company.  Glen was invited by Steve Jobs to join Next Computer in 1990 and Apple Computer in 1996. For most of his tenure at Apple, he ran hardware development and served as Apple’s Chief Technology Officer (Hardware), retiring in 2004.<br />
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In 1976, his wife Cathy gave him his first collectible book, <i>The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes</i>.  He was invested into The Friends of Irene Adler In 1979, the Speckled Band of Boston in 1981, and the BSI in 1991.  In 2004, Glen joined the board of the BSI Trust and served as its Co-Chair from 2005-2008.  Long a bibliophile, he now devotes himself to book collecting, lecturing and assisting special-collections departments and boards at such institutions as the Houghton Library of Harvard University, the Toronto Reference Library, the Harry Ransom Center, and the Newberry Library, among others. He also collects and lectures on the history of cryptography and is a director of the National Cryptologic Foundation.<br />
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Glen has donated hundreds of BSI related historical correspondence and other items to the Trust’s collection, and he is the recipient of the Trust’s Benefactor’s Award. <br />
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Interviewee: Glen Miranker<br />
Interviewer: Marsha Pollak<br />
Date: May 3, 2008<br />
Location: San Francisco, CA<br />
Description:  MP3, 46.3 MB, 73kbps, 1 hour 28 minutes<br />
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Interview Topics</h4>
Biographical Information<br />
Re-Introduction to Sherlock Holmes<br />
Sparking the Interest in Collection<br />
Meeting Dan Posnansky<br />
First BSI Dinner<br />
Meeting Bliss Austin<br />
Isaac Asimov<br />
Julian Wolff<br />
Peter Blau<br />
John Bennett Shaw<br />
Marvin Epstein<br />
Collecting<br />
Friends of Irene Adler<br />
Investiture<br />
Tom Stix<br />
Mike Whelan<br />
The BSI Archives<br />
Next Computer<br />
Apple Computer<br />
Retirement<br />
Peter Stern<br />
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<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Explanation of BSI Honours & Other Terms</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2016/04/the-1991-bsi-dinner.html">The 1991 BSI Dinner</a></div>
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Glen Miranker received his Investiture at this BSI Dinner.</div>
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<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/02/spring-2006-newsletter.html">Spring 2006 Trust Newsletter</a><br />
Glen Miranker becomes Co-Chair of the BSI Trust<br />
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<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-deerstalker-where-sherlock-holmes-popular-image-came-from-7325976/?no-ist">Smithsonianmag.com</a>, July 26, 2012<br />
An article on Glen Miranker’s collection<br />
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<a href="https://www.kqed.org/arts/98617/far_from_elementary_a_collection_of_sherlock_holmes_artifacts">KQED Arts</a>, June 21, 2012<br />
An article on an exhibition at The Book Club of California that featured Glen Miranker’s collection<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.bestofsherlock.com/ref/hound-exhibit-2012.htm">The Best of Sherlock Holmes</a>, June 29, 2012<br />
An article focusing on <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> at The Book Club of California exhibition<br />
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<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2013/11/26/a-former-apple-executives-obsessive-search-for-sherlock-holmes/">Forbes</a>, November 26, 2013<br />
An article on Glen Miranker and his collection<br />
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<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/16/sherlock-holmes-london-museum-exhibition-conan-doyle-notebooks">The Guardian</a>, October 16, 2014<br />
An article on the Sherlock Holmes Exhibition in London, many of the items at which were loaned by Glen Miranker<br />
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For an index to all OHP interviews, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/oral-history.html">Oral History Project Summary</a> list.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/search/label/Audio+Oral%20History">Interviews recently added online</a> (sorted by when recording was posted online)<br />
<br /><span style="text-align: center;">Material in the BSI Archive 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 </span><a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html" style="text-align: center;">BSI Archive</a><span style="text-align: center;"> page</span>.<br />
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