Edgar W. Smith Switch Plate from his Morristown, NJ residence "221B Baker Street." This custom switch plate is an unfinished aluminum replica of the original now in the BSI Archive held by the Lilly Library at Indiana University. Dave Galerstein, BSI, rescued both the switch plate and the 221B door plate from the cottage on … Continue reading Edgar W. Smith Switch Plate
Fifty Years in Baker Street. By Jens Byskov Jensen. This book is a rare collaboration between the BSI and one of its scion societies, The Cimbrian Friends of Baker Street. The Baker Street Irregulars has hundreds of scion societies in the U. S. and, perhaps surprisingly to most Sherlockians, an additional three scions overseas: Sherlock … Continue reading Fifty Years in Baker Street
Doyle At 150: A Sesquicentennial Assessment Music CD. As part of the "Arthur Conan Doyle: A Sesquicentennial Assessment" symposium held in Cambridge, Massachusetts in conjunction with Harvard's Houghton Library, a musical interlude was presented on May 9, 2009. Entitled "Conan's Concerto: A Selection of Period Doylean and Sherlockian Music," the program included performances by a … Continue reading Doyle At 150
Harvard Trilogy Limited Edition Boxed Set. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Sesquicentennial Assessment. Not since the fabled Baker Street Irregulars "Trilogy Dinner" of 1944 has a single event produced three such important Sherlockian publications. "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Sesquicentennial Assessment," a symposium held May 7-9, 2009 at Harvard University to celebrate the 150th anniversary … Continue reading The Harvard Set
Papers at an Exhibition - Arthur Conan Doyle: A Sesquicentennial Assessment. Edited by Peter X. Accardo, John Bergquist, and Dan Posnansky. The Houghton Library at Harvard sponsored a three-day symposium on 7-9 May 2009 entitled "Arthur Conan Doyle: A Sesquicentennial Assessment." The symposium consisted of four academic sessions with fourteen presentations. This volume includes all … Continue reading Papers at an Exhibition
"Did you notice nothing curious about that advertisement?" By Peggy Perdue. Sherlock Holmes, a mainstay of books, movies, television, theatre, and websites has also graced many an advertising campaign over the years. The 2009 BSJ Christmas Annual, written by Peggy Perdue, curator of the Toronto Public Library's Arthur Conan Doyle Collection examines the astonishing array … Continue reading BSJ 2009 Christmas Annual
Two Celebrations: The 50th Annual Running of The Chicago Silver Blaze and The Triennial Silver Blaze of The Baker Street Irregulars. Edited and Introduced by Candace Lewis. "Silver Blaze" is not only one of the most beloved and quoted tales in the Sherlockian Canon; the story and it's namesake racehorse have inspired Sherlockians in New … Continue reading Two Celebrations
So Painful a Scandal. A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of "The Three Students" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle along with Commentary on the Story. Edited and Introduced by John Bergquist, BSI. So Painful a Scandal is the sixth title of the multi-volume Baker Street Irregulars Manuscript Series. Although "The Adventure of the Three Students" … Continue reading So Painful a Scandal (“The Three Students”)
Australia and Sherlock Holmes. Edited by Doug Elliott and Bill Barnes. Australia and Sherlock Holmes is the third title in The Baker Street Irregulars' International Series, which brings the best non-fiction Holmesian writing from around the world to a larger audience. The history of Australian Sherlockians can be traced back over 100 years to a … Continue reading Australia and Sherlock Holmes
Reading the Signs: Some Observations and Aperçus on Film and Television Adaptations of The Sign of the Four. By David F. Morrill, BSI. Bringing to motion picture and television screens a simple story of past misdeeds, greed, and revenge like The Sign of the Four should be easy. But it isn't. Because audiences have traditionally … Continue reading BSJ 2008 Christmas Annual
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