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The Queen Victoria Medal

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The Winter issue of the 1967 Baker Street Journal included an item on page 250 that said: 
 
“A giant stride toward the quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes occurred in October when Colin Prestige (“Captain Crocker” - or “Croker” as it is in the English editions), Hon. Secretary of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, paid an eventful visit to this country. In New York he was honoured at two small gatherings, a cocktail party and a luncheon, and he was presented with a newly-created Irregular award, the Victoria Medal, for his contributions to the quartering referred to at the beginning of this paragraph. The medal is silver and was produced by the Royal Mint in 1897 to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.” 
 
Thus, Julian Wolff gave to Colin Prestige the very first Queen Victoria Medal awarded by the BSI. Others would receive it through the years.  Two of them would receive it twice!  The Medal was not only awarded for promoting British-American relations, but was also given to both men and women who deserved it for devotion to duty.  The recipients have been: 
 
Colin G. Prestige, 1967 
Baron Gore-Booth, 1968 
Lord Donegall, 1969 
Lew D. Feldman, 1969 
Dorothy Stix, 1981 and 1986 
Eleanor Baker O'Connor, 1984 and 1994 
John Bennett Shaw, 1985 
Eleanor Wolff, 1987 
Albert M. and Julia C. Rosenblatt (jointly), 1987 
Edith Meiser, 1989 
Katherine McMahon, 1990 
Dorothy Beverly [West], 1990 
Fritz Sonnenschmidt, 1991 
Theresa Thomalen, 1992 
Philip A. Shreffler, 1993 
Dorothy R. Shaw, 1995 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/06/robert-thomalen-interview-oral-history.html">Robert E. Thomalen</a>, 1996 
 
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The Medals were not usually awarded at the BSI Dinner, but, rather, at other events, including the Saturday Cocktail Reception during the BSI Weekend, Silver Blaze Race in New York, Sherlockian Dinners at the Culinary Institute of America, John Bennett Shaw’s workshop, and other venues. 
 
Dorothy Stix relates that the reason she received her second Medal was because Julian Wolff forgot that he had given her the first one.  Of course, both were well deserved. 
 
The BSI Trust is grateful to Dorothy Stix who donated her Queen Victoria Medals (including the one shown in the photos above) to the Trust in 2017. 
 
Thanks to <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/10/peter-blau-interview-oral-history.html">Peter E. Blau</a>, the keeper of all records, who supplied his list of recipients to the Trust for this web page. 
 
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Reports on the Award</h4>
 
In true irregular fashion, not all of the announcements of the awarding of the Queen Victoria Medal were published in The Baker Street Journal at the time that they occurred.  Some were mentioned in later issues. Others were not mentioned at all. 
 
Awarded to Colin G. Prestige, The Baker Street Journal 17.4 (December 1967): 250 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Lord Gore-Booth, The Baker Street Journal 35.3 (September 1985): 157 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Lord Donegall and Lew D. Feldman, The Baker Street Journal 19.1 (March 1969): 50 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Dorothy Stix, The Baker Street Journal 31.4 (December 1981): 251 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Eleanor Baker O'Connor, The Baker Street Journal 36.2 (June 1986): 107 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to John Bennett Shaw, The Baker Street Journal 36.1 (March 1986): 42 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Dorothy Stix, The Baker Street Journal 36.4 (December 1986): 235 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Eleanor Wolff, The Baker Street Journal 37.1 (March 1987): 47 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Albert M. and Julia C. Rosenblatt (jointly), The Baker Street Journal 37.4 (December 1987): 242 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Edith Meiser, The Baker Street Journal 39.1 (March 1989): 55 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Katherine McMahon and Dorothy Beverly [West], The Baker Street Journal 40.1 (March 1990): 44 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Fritz Sonnenschmidt, The Baker Street Journal 41.3 (September 1991): 156 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Theresa Thomalen, The Baker Street Journal 42.1 (March 1992): 50 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to Philip A. Shreffler, The Baker Street Journal 43.1 (March 1993): 47 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
Awarded to <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/06/robert-thomalen-interview-oral-history.html">Robert E. Thomalen</a>, The Baker Street Journal 46.1 (March 1996): 14 (available in the eBSJ) 
 
 
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Related Material</h4>
 
<a href="http://fourthgarrideb.com/2017/06/queen-victorias-diamond-jubilee-medal/">Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Medal</a>, History of the Medal from The Fourth Garrideb - Numismatics of Sherlock Holmes. 
 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Explanation of BSI Honours & Terms</a> 
 
See all the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/search/label/Memorabilia">BSI Memorabilia</a> on our website 
 
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 6/30/2017 by Andrew Solberg.

The Queen Victoria Medal

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The 2016 BSI Dinner

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Sherlock Holmes’s 162nd birthday was feted by an enthusiastic group, also celebrating the 25th anniversary of the<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2016/04/the-1991-bsi-dinner.html"> opening of the BSI to women</a>. 
 
Mike Whelan (the BSI's "Wiggins") honored Tony Montag for his more than fifty years as an Irregular. He also recognized others in attendance with Irregular longevity, including <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/10/peter-blau-interview-oral-history.html">Peter Blau</a>, Albert Silverstein, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/04/russell-merritt-interview-oral-history.html">Russell Merritt</a>, George McCormack, Chris Redmond, and James Saunders. 
 
Julia Rosenblatt toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Marilynne McKay gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  Sally Sugarman had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Catherine Cooke toasted Sherlock Holmes.   Marino Alvarez led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual.  Bob Coghill gave a toast to an Old Irregular, Maureen Green Van der Flaes.  Tony Montag read the Constitution and Buy-Laws. 
 
Bert Coules gave an account of Holmes on the radio in the 1930s, a tribute to Edith Meiser.   Peter Blau and Evelyn Herzog gave a "Duet: With an Occasional Chorus" account of the role of women in the BSI from 1934 to the present (which concluded with the singing - for the first time at an annual Dinner of the BSI - of the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes' "Reindeer Song").  Susan Rice gave a presentation on the rational roots of Holmes's feelings about women. As usual, Henry Boote, at the piano, led the musical entertainment.  Susan Dahlinger provided a marvelous rendition of a song from The Seven Per-Cent Solution film, as Nicholas Meyer was in attendance.  Betsy Rosenblatt did a great job singing "At Last," and Henry Boote charmed us with the singing of his own original composition, both celebrating women in the BSI. Francine Kitts, once again, performed a moving <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">“Standing upon the Terrace”</a> ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost. 
 
Seven deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  Nancy Browning was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a>.  Tom Francis (former Chairman of the BSI Trust) received the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Two-Shilling Award</a> for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty.  Mike Whelan also appointed two more officers of the BSI: Michael Kean (as "Cartwright") and Bob Katz (as "Billy the Page"). 
 
The evening concluded with Peter Crupe reciting Vincent Starrett’s poem “221B.” 
 
At the next day’s Sherlockian Cocktail Reception at the New York City Bar Association, Judge Albert Rosenblatt and his daughter, Betsy Rosenblatt, once again performed their remarkable rhyming summation of the previous year and of the Festivities. 
 
Dinner Details: January 15, 2016 
The Yale Club, New York 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
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Key to People in the 2016 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2016-attendees.pdf">2016 Table Seat Assignments </a>(PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Dana Cameron as The Giant Rat of Sumatra 
Bert Coules as The Whole Art of Detection 
Jenn Eaker as Mary Sutherland 
John Durein as Wilson, the Notorious Canary Trainer 
Jayantika Ganguly as The Great Agra Treasure 
Timothy Greer as The Ragged Shaw 
William Walsh as Godfrey Norton 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Tom Francis. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Nancy Browning. 
<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) 
John Devereux de Gozzaldi (The Speckled Band, 1980) 
William Dudley (The Papers of Ex-President Murillo, 1976) 
Barton Eberman (The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1986) 
John Farrell (The Tiger of San Pedro, 1981) 
Matthew Fox (Vigor, the Hammersmith Wonder, 1972) 
George Hough (The Duke of Balmoral, 1983) 
Jack Key (Pritchard, 1989) 
C. Frederick Kittle (Jack Stapleton, 2000) 
Art Levine (The Cutter Alicia, 1955) 
Austin McLean (The London Library, 1990) 
David Pearce (The Khalifa at Khartoum, 1977) 
Mel Ruiz (Jack Douglas, 1988) 
Ralph Wroblewski (Captain Teddy Marvin, 1976) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Chris Redmond, "Dr. Hill Barton Pays a Call" 
The Baker Street Journal 65.2 (Summer 2015): 18-26. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
Jeffrey Hatcher, “Casting Holmes” 
The Baker Street Journal 66.1 (Spring 2016): 21-31. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture?</a> 
 
 
<h4>
Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal 66.1 (Spring 2016): 49-59. 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2016): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2016-attendees.pdf">List of 2016 BSI Dinner Attendees</a> (PDF) 
 
 
<h4>
Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2016 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. 
 
 
<h4>
Related Material</h4>
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “BSI Poem 2016,” The Baker Street Journal 66.1 (Spring 2016): 59-62. The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 16, 2016 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/05/the-2015-bsi-dinner.html">2015 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2018/11/the-2017-bsi-dinner.html">2017 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 5/29/2017 by Andrew Solberg.

The 2016 BSI Dinner

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The 2015 BSI Dinner

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Sherlock Holmes’s 161st birthday was celebrated with great mirth, scholarly presentations, toasts, and memorable moments. 
 
Burt Wolder toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Jacquelynn Morris gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  John Baesch had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Hartley Nathan toasted Sherlock Holmes.   Marsha Pollak led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
Raymond Betzner spoke movingly on the real reason that Holmes returned to London after the hiatus. Michael Dirda spoke on Langdale Pike's participation in the Civil War and other important events. Harrison Hunt celebrated the quasquicentennial anniversary of an event, without which, there would be no BSI. David Stuart Davies delivered his one-man play about the four Ms and the poison hedgehog.  Lou Lewis read the BSI’s Constitution and Buy-Laws.  As usual, Henry Boote led the musical entertainment.  Francine Kitts, once again, performed a moving “<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Standing upon the Terrace</a>” ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost. 
 
Eight deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  Inez Bergquist was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a>.  Mary Ann Bradley received the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Two-Shilling Award</a> for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty. Mike Whelan presented the BSI's “Tip of the Deerstalker Awards” to Marsha Pollak, Ralph Hall, George McCormack, and Jim Saunders. 
 
The evening concluded with SJ Rozan reciting William Schweickert’s “<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/06/robert-thomalen-interview-oral-history.html">A Long Evening with Holmes</a>.” 
 
At the next day’s Sherlockian Cocktail Reception at the New York City Bar Association, Judge Albert Rosenblatt and his daughter, Betsy Rosenblatt, once again performed their remarkable rhyming summation of the previous year and of the Festivities. 
 
Dinner Details: January 9, 2015 
The Yale Club, 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. 
 
Key to People in the 2015 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2015-attendees.pdf">2015 Table Seat Assignments</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Marino C. Alvarez as Hilton Soames 
Kiyoshi Arai as The Shoso-in Near Nara 
Jeffory Hart as Henry Baker 
Chrys Kegley as Rachel Howells 
Kristina Manente as Grace Dunbar 
Bill Mason as White Mason 
Emily Miranker as Lady Hatty St. Simon 
James O’Brien as Knowledge of Chemistry.--Profound 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Mary Ann Bradley. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Inez (Mrs. John) Bergquist. 
<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) 
Charles Adams (The Winter Assizes at Norwich, 1990) 
Dr. Marvin Aronson (Penrose Fisher, 1968) 
Irwin Deutsch (The Intricate Matter from Marseilles, 1962) 
Samuel Gerber (The Final Problem, 1980) 
Daniel Griffin (General de Merville,1968) 
Dr. Rodney Mannion (Shoscombe Old Place, 1969) 
Joseph Moran (Sir Augustus Moran, C.B., 1991) 
Andrew Page (Lord Saltire, 1974) 
Donald Redmond (Good Old Index, 1969, Two-Shilling Award, 1994) 
Peter Ruber (Camden House, 1964) 
Thomas Russo (The Boscombe Valley Mystery, 1983) 
George Sturm (Neil Gibson, The Gold King, 1979) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Timothy S. Greer, "Murger in Baker Street" 
The Baker Street Journal 64.3 (Autumn 2014): 14-20. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
Alan Bradley, “Ha! The Stars Are Out and the Wind Has Fallen” 
The Baker Street Journal 65.1 (Spring 2015): 10-20. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture?</a> 
 
 
<h4>
Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal 65.1 (Spring 2015): 54-63. 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2015): 1-2. 
 
List of <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2015-attendees.pdf">2015 BSI Dinner Attendees</a> (PDF) 
 
 
<h4>
Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2015 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. 
 
 
<h4>
Related Material</h4>
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “BSI Poem 2015,” The Baker Street Journal 65.1 (Spring 2015): 64-66. The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 10, 2015 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Betzner, Ray, “A Case of Identity: Sigerson’s Choice,” The Baker Street Journal 65.1 (Spring 2015): 6-9. Presented at the 2015 BSI Dinner. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/04/the-2014-bsi-dinner.html">2014 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/06/the-2016-bsi-dinner.html">2016 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 4/29/2017 by Andrew Solberg.

The 2015 BSI Dinner

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The 2014 BSI Dinner

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Sherlock Holmes’s 160th birthday also marked the 80th birthday of the BSI.  It was celebrated with tri-colored cupcakes that matched Holmes’s dressing gown (blue, purple, and mouse) and after-dinner brandy. 
 
Mike Berdan toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Theodora (Teddie) Niver gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/12/glen-miranker-interview-oral-history.html">Glen Miranker</a> had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Mark Levy toasted Sherlock Holmes.   David Houle led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
Jan Burke spoke on the forensic nature of Holmes’s work.  Judge Albert Rosenblatt led a debate among Andrew Fusco, Leslie Klinger, Lou Lewis, John Linsenmeyer, Andrew Peck, and Betsy Rosenblatt on whether to amend the BSI’s Constitution and Buy-Laws.  Sonia Fetherston spoke of an Old Irregular, Bliss Austin. Henry Boote led the musical presentation. Francine Kitts, once again, performed a moving “Standing upon the Terrace” ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost. 
 
Seven deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  Marilyn Nathan was toasted as The Woman. Randall Stock received the Two-Shilling Award for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty. Les Klinger was awarded the Edgar W. Smith Intrepid Irregular Award for his role on behalf of the public domain status of Sherlock Holmes qua literary character and all other canonical characters and events that currently exist in the public domain in the United States.  Mike Whelan presented the BSI's “Tip of the Deerstalker Awards” to Andy Peck, Mitch Higurashi, Susan Rice, Don Curtis, and Maggie Schpak 
 
The evening concluded with Evelyn Herzog reciting Vincent Starrett’s “221B.” 
 
At the next day’s Sherlockian Cocktail Reception at the New York City Bar Association, Judge Albert Rosenblatt and his daughter, Betsy Rosenblatt, once again performed their remarkable rhyming summation of the previous year and of the Festivities.  Paul Singleton, Nick Martorelli, and Mary Ellen Rich performed a Sherlock Holmes radio play. 
 
Dinner Details: January 17, 2014 
The Yale Club, 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. 
 
Key to People in the 2014 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2014-attendees.pdf">2014 Table Seat Assignments</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Mark Alberstat as Halifax 
Sonia Fetherston as The Solitary Cyclist 
Harrison Hunt as The Something Hunt 
Peter McIntyre as Arthur Cadogan West 
Jacquelynn Morris as The Lion's Mane 
Christopher Music as Wagner Night at Covent Garden 
SJ Rozan as The Imperial Palace of Peking 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Randall Stock. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Marilyn (Mrs. Hartley) Nathan. 
<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) 
Peter G. Ashman (Peter Steiler the Elder, 1982) 
Vincent Brosnan (That Gap on That Second Shelf, 2011) 
Robert C. Burr (The Rascally Lascar, 1987) 
Father George Leonard Cochran (Cardinal Tosca, 1973) 
Irving Kamil (Monsieur Oscar Meunier of Grenoble, 1981) 
Theodore G. Schulz (The Amateur Mendicant Society, 1961) 
Dr. James E. Smith, II (Winner of the Jackson Prize, 1998) 
Dr. Gerald N. Wachs (Sir James Saunders, 1995) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Anastasia Klimchynskaya, "A Study in Scarlet and the Study of Mankind: Sherlock Holmes and Pope's Essay on Man." 
The Baker Street Journal 63.4 (Winter 2013): 25-31. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
James O’Brien, “Reassessing Holmes the Scientist” 
The Baker Street Journal 64.1 (Spring 2014): 6-21. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture?</a> 
 
 
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal 64.1 (Spring 2014): 51-63.<div> </div><div><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2014/05/22/2014-birthday-weekend/">The 2014 BSI Weekend Report</a> (BSI website) 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2014): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2014-attendees.pdf">List of 2014 BSI Dinner Attendees</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2014 BSI Dinner is available in the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. 
 
 
<h4>
Related Material</h4>
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “BSI Poem 2014,” The Baker Street Journal 64.1 (Spring 2014): 64-66. The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 18, 2014 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/04/the-2013-bsi-dinner.html">2013 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/05/the-2015-bsi-dinner.html">2015 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. 
 
 
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. 
 
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Page updated 4/29/2017 by Andrew Solberg.<div>This page last updated 6/29/2024 by Jerry Kegley, Peter Blau, and Randall Stock. 
 
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The 2014 BSI Dinner

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Sherlock Holmes’s 159th birthday was marked with erudite presentations, heartfelt toasts, and, above all, the enduring Sherlockian camaraderie that underpins and infuses every gathering in celebration of the Master.  The theme of the evening was celebrating past BSI leaders. 
 
Daniel Polvere toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Maggie Schpak gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  Don Hobbs had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Peggy Perdue toasted Sherlock Holmes.   John Linsenmeyer read the Constitution and Buy-Laws.  Thomas Francis led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
Given the theme of the evening, (almost) all of the presentations were about former heads of the BSI. Steven Rothman spoke on the life of Christopher Morley.  Gregory Darak spoke on Edgar W. Smith.  Peter Blau reminisced about Julian Wolff.  Susan Rice and Evelyn Herzog talked about Tom Stix, Jr.  Russell Merritt then spoke on the many faces of Moriarty in early films.  Julie McKuras spoke of an old Irregular, former University of Minnesota Librarian and <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Two-Shilling Award</a> holder, Errett Weir McDiarmid, Jr.  Henry Boote and Lyndsay Faye presented a musical tribute to characters from “The Copper Beeches” and “A Scandal in Bohemia.”  Francine Kitts, once again, performed a moving <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">“Standing upon the Terrace”</a> ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost. 
 
Eight deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  Wiggins presented the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Two-Shilling Award</a> to Michael Kean for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty.  He presented an Eddy Award to <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/bsimanuscriptseries.html">John Bergquist</a> (Associate Publisher of BSI Press), <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/wrongpassage.html">Robert Katz</a>, <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/christmasannuals.html">Sonia Fetherston</a>, and <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/wrongpassage.html">Andrew Solberg</a>. James Saunders was recognized for 50 consecutive years of presenting <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a> of the year with a corsage. 
 
Elaine Coppola was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a>. 
 
The evening concluded with Don Novorsky singing Mollie Hardwick’s “221B, 1887-1987.” 
 
At the next day’s Sherlockian Cocktail Reception at the New York City Bar Association, Judge Albert Rosenblatt and his daughter, Betsy Rosenblatt, once again performed their remarkable rhyming summation of the previous year and of the Festivities. 
 
Dinner Details: January 11, 2013 
The Yale Club, 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. 
 
Key to People in the 2013 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2013-attendees.pdf">2013 Table Seat Assignments</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Jan Burke as The Most Winning Woman 
Philip Cunningham as Abe Slaney 
Stefano Guerra as Count Negretto Sylvius 
Thomas A. Horrocks as Colonel Sebastian Moran 
Mark Levy as Don Juan Murillo 
Rosane McNamara as Lady Mary Brackenstall 
Daniel Moss as Culverton Smith 
Franklin B. Saksena as Jonathan Small 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Michael H. Kean. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Elaine (Mrs. Joseph A.) Coppola. 
<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) 
Pamela Bruxner (The British Government, 1998) 
Alfred A. Levin (Abe Slaney, 1993) 
Richard H. Miller (The Grice Patersons in the Island of Uffa, 1982) 
Dr. Robert E. Robinson (The Hansom Cab, 1986) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Peter Calamai, "Why He Isn't 'Sir Sherlock' Today" 
The Baker Street Journal 62.3 (Autumn 2012): 13-17. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
Kim Newman, “Manifold Moriarty” 
The Baker Street Journal 63.1 (Spring 2013): 6-11. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture?</a> 
 
 
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal 63.1 (Spring 2013): 56-68. 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2013): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2013-attendees.pdf">List of 2013 BSI Dinner Attendees </a>(PDF) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2013 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html"> BSI Archive</a>. 
 
 
<h4>
Related Material</h4>
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “The Sherlockian Year In Verse: 2013,” The Baker Street Journal 63.1 (Spring 2013): 68-71. The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 12, 2013 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/03/the-2012-bsi-dinner.html">2012 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/04/the-2014-bsi-dinner.html">2014 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 4/2/2017 by Andrew Solberg. 
 
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The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 158th birthday was another evening of recognition, celebration, and scholarship.  The dinner's theme was "His Last Bow" in celebration of the centenary of the beginning of Holmes's involvement in the case.  Wiggins (Michael Whelan) began the evening by lauding the large number of presentations that the BSI has published over the previous decade. 
 
Lyndsay Faye toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Andrew Solberg gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  James Saunders had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Donald Novorsky toasted Sherlock Holmes.   Costantine Rossakis read the Constitution and Buy-Laws.  Vincent Brosnan led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
As the dinner's theme was "His Last Bow," Burt Wolder, Robert Katz, and Barbara Rusch all gave related presentations.  Paul Singleton and Scott Monty gave a Sherlockian rendition of the Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks “2,000 Year Old Man” (who sounded very much like <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/10/peter-blau-interview-oral-history.html">Peter Blau</a>).  Otto Penzler spoke of tales of book selling and sellers, including the old Irregular Lew David Feldman.  Henry Boote led us in singing the BSI’s anthem, “Aunt Clara.”  Francine Kitts, once again, performed a moving “<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Standing upon the Terrace</a>” ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost. 
 
Eight deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  The BSI Trust presented its Benefactor’s Award to <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/12/glen-miranker-interview-oral-history.html">Glen Miranker</a> in recognition of his outstanding generosity to the BSI’s archives.  Wiggins presented The <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Two-Shilling Award</a> to Henry Boote for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty.  He presented an Eddy Award to Mary Ann Bradley for editing the 2011 <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/articlesandextras/currentcontents.html">Baker Street Journal</a> Christmas Annual.  
 
Constance Kean was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a>. 
 
Marsha Pollak concluded the evening’s program with her recitation of Bill Schweickert’s “<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/06/robert-thomalen-interview-oral-history.html">A Long Evening with Holmes</a>.” 
 
At the next day’s Sherlockian Cocktail Reception at the New York City Bar Association, Judge Albert Rosenblatt and his daughter, Betsy Rosenblatt, once again performed their remarkable rhyming summation of the previous year and of the Festivities.  In addition, Henry Boote and James Saunders gave an adapted version of “Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Sheen.” 
 
Dinner Details: January 13, 2012 
The Yale Club, New York 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
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Key to People in the 2012 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2012-attendees.pdf">2012 Table Seat Assignments</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Peter X. Accardo as Thorneycroft Huxtable 
Phillip Bergem as Birdy Edwards 
Mary Ann Bradley as Mary Morstan 
Helen F. Dorey as Helen Stoner 
Akane Higashiyama as Baritsu 
Donald J. Hobbs as Inspector Lestrade 
Mark Schwartz as Thucydides 
Donald Zaldin as John Hector McFarlane 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Henry Boote. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Constance (Mrs. Michael H.) Kean. 
<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) 
James H. Bready (The Disappearance of James Phillimore, 1955) 
Dr. Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. (The Solitary Cyclist, 1985) 
Dr. George L. John (“Sir Jasper Meek, 1969) 
Jason Pierre Rouby (Vanderbilt and the Yeggman, 1968) 
J. Warren Scheideman (Count Von und Zu Grafenstein, 1982) 
Peter Harry Wood (The Second Stain, 1985) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Sonia Fetherston, "I Met Harry Murcher: Getting Acquainted with Holland Grove’s Elusive P.C." 
The Baker Street Journal 61.1 (Spring 2011): 6-13 (available in the eBSJ). 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
Dr. Lisa Sanders, “Is Holmes as Crazy as a Fox, or Just Plain Crazy? Diagnosing Mental Illness in Sherlock Holmes” 
The Baker Street Journal 62.2 (Summer 2012): 6-15. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture?</a> 
 
 
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal 62.1 (Spring 2012): 55-67. 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2012): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2012-attendees.pdf">List of 2012 BSI Dinner Attendees</a> (PDF) 
 
 
<h4>
Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2012 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html"> BSI Archive</a>. 
 
 
<h4>
Related Material</h4>
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “The Sherlockian Year In Verse: 2012,” The Baker Street Journal 62.1 (Spring 2012): 67-69. The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 14, 2012 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/02/the-2011-bsi-dinner.html">2011 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/04/the-2013-bsi-dinner.html">2013 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 12/5/2016 by Tamar Zeffren 
This page last updated 3/11/2017 by Andrew Solberg.

The 2012 BSI Dinner

The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 158th birthday was another evening of recognition, celebration, and scholarship. The dinner...

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