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1999 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Mystery and Music in the Big Easy

The Sub-Librarians gathered in New Orleans' French Quarter at the Royal Sonesta Hotel to hear Ace Atkins, reporter for the Tampa Tribune, talk about his first book, Crossroad Blues. It immediately...

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1998 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Sherlock Holmes in Washington

The Sub-Librarians joined The Red Circle of Washington for drinks and dinner at the National Press Club. Marsha Pollak was unable to attend due to a major library renovation in California, and Maxine...

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1997 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Sleuths on the Screen

Marsha Pollak and Robert Steele welcomed the Sub-Librarians to the Holiday Inn for afternoon tea once again and reminded them to take a look at the shadow boxes representing Sherlockian stories and...

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1996 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Sherlock Holmes: Possessor or Possessed

At the 24th (Irregular) meeting, the Sub-Librarians met with members of several New York City area Sherlockian scion societies, including the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes and Montague Street...

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1995 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Let a Woman in Your Life: the Women in Conan...

At the 23rd (Irregular) meeting, the Sub-Librarians greeted members of multiple Chicago area scion societies at the Harold Washington Library Center. The meeting began with a champagne and dessert...

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1994 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Miami, It's Murder

The Sub-Librarians joined The Tropical Deerstalkers for drinks and dinner at the Sheraton River House. Edna Buchanan, Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald reporter and author, was the featured speaker....

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1991 Sub-Librarians Meeting: In Bed With Sherlock Holmes

Jennie C. Paton, Media Services Librarian, gave a multi-media presentation on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, showing the 1929 Fox interview, and the Sherlock Holmes stories, showing how they have been used...

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1993 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Sherlock Holmes on Stage and Screen

Marsha Pollak, ASH, welcomed everyone to the 21st (Irregular) annual meeting of the Sub-Librarians. Toasts were given to Lomax by Doris Dale, Sherlock Holmes by Frank Sadowski, Hill Barton by Douglas...

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1967 First Sub-Librarians Meeting

John Bennett Shaw and Howard Haycraft conceived the idea of a Sherlockian library group at The Baker Street Irregulars Dinner in January 1967. The first meeting of The Sub-Librarians of the Baker...

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2018 Sub-Librarians Meeting: You Have Been on eBay, I Perceive: The Pathology...

All fans of mystery and crime fiction are invited to join the Sub-Librarians for its 41st (irregular) annual gathering. Many Sherlockians have a passion for collecting all things relating to Sherlock...

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2019 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Horror and Mystery Photoplay Editions

"Horror and Mystery Photoplay Editions: What are they? Why do they fascinate? How do they help historians find lost films?" All fans of mystery and crime fiction are invited to join the Sub-Librarians...

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2021 Sub-Librarians Virtual Meeting: A Conversation with Mystery Writer...

The Sub-Librarians Scion of the Baker Street Irregulars in The American Library Association, the oldest profession-oriented group related to Sherlock Holmes, welcomes author Bonnie MacBird, who will...

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2020 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The in-person conference of the American Library Association was switched to virtual only, and therefore the Sub-Librarians meeting was cancelled.

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Stafford G. Davis Collection of Sherlock Holmes

A small amount of personal papers, and an affiliated Sherlockian library. This collection contains materials dealing with the history and literature of the character of Sherlock Holmes.

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Sherlock Holmes Ephemera Collection

This collection contains a variety of ephemeral items related to the Sherlock Holmes stories and character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Included are cigarette cards, postcards, greeting cards, and...

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Anthony Boucher's Sherlockiana Collection

Anthony Boucher's Sherlockiana Collection came to the library through a donation by the Scowrers and the Molly Maguires, a local Sherlockian group. First editions, foreign translations, criticism, and...

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Donald J Hobbs Sherlock Holmes Collection

The Hobbs Collection, numbering over 8,000 volumes, contains translations of the Holmes canon in 108 languages both natural and artificial, from Afrikaans to Zulu, as well as non-Roman English...

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2022 Sub-Librarians Meeting: By the Book: The Where-Are-We-This-Year Universe...

About the Meeting The Sub-Librarians and Red Circle scion societies of the Baker Street Irregulars will hold a joint meeting during the American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington,...

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"Education Never Ends" - Teaching and Learning with Sherlock Holmes

Students of all ages are attracted to the character of Sherlock Holmes. How can this curiosity be harnessed into active learning experiences in a course structure? Drake University Professor Michael...

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Sherlock Holmes / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Research Collection

A small collection of approximately 50 titles mostly containing non-Sherlockian works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle including his historical novels, some nonfiction/spiritualist works, and short stories....

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