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<p>The BSI Trust Lecture series began in October 2021. Lectures are held annually and are open to the public at no charge. They are delivered live as a Zoom webinar, with recordings deposited in the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. </p><p>Lectures typically last about an hour. The live event allows viewers to submit questions to the presenter.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">BSI Trust Lecture Summary</h3><p>The links below go to BSI Archive online recordings at the Indiana University media server.</p><p><a href="https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/999n10f49p" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roberta Pearson: 2021 BSI Trust Lecture</a><br />The Adventure of the Mutable Detective<br />(See also her paper in the Spring 2022 BSJ)</p><p><a href="https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/336h04mk43" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ray Betzner: 2022 BSI Trust Lecture</a><br />"221B": The Story of a Sherlockian Sonnet</p><p><a href="https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/f55z211163" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steven Rothman: 2023 BSI Trust Lecture</a><br />The Godfathers of Sherlockian Publishing: Christopher Morley and Edgar W. Smith</p><p><a href="https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/z10w72jp27" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mattias Boström: 2024 BSI Trust Lecture</a><br />"The public shall know": The Impact of the Baker Street Irregulars Over 90 Years</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Future BSI Trust Lectures</h3><p>To get notified via email when we schedule future BSI Trust Lectures, sign up via the BSI website for our free “<a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/bsi-news-via-email">News from the BSI</a>” email alerts.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">History of the BSI Trust Lectures</h3><p>The BSI Trust Lecture series began in 2021 under the leadership of Thomas A. Horrocks, then Chair of the BSI Trust. Steve Mason, Greg Ruby, and Randall Stock produced the webinars. Alan Rettig edited the recordings, and Tamar Zeffren deposited the edited recordings in the BSI Archive.</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="BSI Trust Lecture Videos" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvzLzpA2-R2nlb2rk3cAdXKZLbP9sBA9myljgPQBJfYKmzIynSQD5Rv4-u9MRcVcR2ISZ6N-zTd7UR81_iKlq7C63vfnHv536QLIjs5oqPsmhT9yjQwYTY-C0phZPJwa5KZaBFJWyJNZ9NqnTE_-0SEw0nA5SgIxCjPsvYpKtcly45T3XrwVu8rGi47s/w200-h200/bsi-trust-lecture-videos.jpg" width="200" /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>Page composed on 12/8/23 by Randall Stock.</div><div><br /></div><div>Page updated 12/12/24 by Randall Stock.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

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The BSI Trust Lecture series began in October 2021. Lectures are held annually and are open to the public at no charge. They are delivered l...

<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZd1Ujt4wufW3dCbEnaziH00pHGNT_r7iaHpikVaqH_QNI2P-KA5352zmDXiNEEXeukp7sWnLHWVgfCDPpBT0ZXAQJ32TkU0SmhlOohpARYHig4DkfyEtGfK7kGk9A81ASs1jluHM97VSez4jwUNpOBcRuVAAs9u9G882R6vjj-sAvM7jLEds2d-Er3rc/s868/william-cochran-v1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="William Cochran, BSI" border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZd1Ujt4wufW3dCbEnaziH00pHGNT_r7iaHpikVaqH_QNI2P-KA5352zmDXiNEEXeukp7sWnLHWVgfCDPpBT0ZXAQJ32TkU0SmhlOohpARYHig4DkfyEtGfK7kGk9A81ASs1jluHM97VSez4jwUNpOBcRuVAAs9u9G882R6vjj-sAvM7jLEds2d-Er3rc/w279-h320/william-cochran-v1.jpg" title="William Cochran, BSI" width="279" /></a></div><br />Rare is the sentence in William Cochran’s (Murray, 1988) interview which does not feature at least one dynamic anecdote or memorable <i>bon mot</i>.  <p></p><p>Bill’s eclectic interview encompasses topics ranging from his early encounters with William S. Baring-Gould’s <i>Annotated Sherlock Holmes</i> to organizing speakeasies during the BSI Weekend with Gordon Speck and Newton M. Williams. It covers the “serendipity” of his Sherlockian collecting to the history and evolution of the Occupants of the Empty House scion (which he founded).</p><p>He provides insights into Midwestern scion societies, his favorite BSI Dinner experiences, and the Sherlock Holmes article he is most proud to have authored.</p><p>Bill also discusses his unusual connection with the architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller, who attended meetings of Christopher Morley’s Grillparzer Club in the 1930s.  As Bill often observes, “If you’re not having fun, then why on earth are you doing it?” </p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/28701573/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/no/custom-color/cccccc/time-start/00:00:00/hide-playlist/yes/hide-subscribe/yes/hide-share/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><p style="text-align: center;">Click above to play audio (<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/oral-history-4.html">playback help</a>)</p><p>Interviewee: William Cochran </p><p>Interviewer: Joseph Eckrich</p><p>Date: May 3, 2019</p><p>Location: Carbondale, IL</p><p>Description: MP3, 36.1 MB, 86kbps, 58 minutes</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Interview Topics</h4><p>Criterion Bar Association</p><p>The Hounds of the Baskerville (sic)</p><p><i>Baker Street Journal</i></p><p>William S. Baring-Gould</p><p>Tom and Ruthann Stetak</p><p>John Bennett Shaw</p><p>Robert C. Burr</p><p>Peter Blau</p><p>Michael Harrison</p><p>Newton M. Williams</p><p>William S. Baring-Gould</p><p>Julian Wolff</p><p>Tom Stix</p><p>Gordon Speck</p><p>Downstate Sherlockian Competition</p><p>Occupants of the Empty House</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Definitions</h4><p><a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Explanation of BSI Honours & Other Terms</a></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Related Materials</h4><p><a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2016/04/the-1988-bsi-dinner.html">The 1988 BSI Dinner</a><br />William Cochran received his Investiture at this BSI Dinner.</p><p><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/the-baker-street-journal/">The Baker Street Journal</a> (BSI website)<br />Cochran was Editor of the <i>Baker Street Journal</i> (BSJ) in 1993.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/search/label/Audio+Oral%20History">Interviews recently added online</a> (sorted by when recording was posted online)</p><p><br /></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a> page.</p><p><br /></p><p>Page composed on 11/15/23 by Tamar Zeffren</p><p>This page last updated 12/8/23 by Randall Stock</p><p> </p><div><br /></div>