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Episode 08: To Keep the Memory Green

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Editors Steven Rothman and Nicholas Utechin join us for a chat about a book they have co-edited: <i><b>To Keep the Memory Green</b></i>, some recollections from the life of Sherlockian/Doylean scholar and collector Richard Lancelyn Green. We also hear about their respective experiences as editors of the Baker Street Journal and the Sherlock Holmes Journal and the formation of the Quartering Press.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Topics in this episode:</span><br />
1:30 Listener audio comment<br />
4:30 Nick & Steve give some perspective on their editorial experiences<br />
14:29 A bit about Richard Lancelyn Green<br />
17:20 The genesis of To Keep the Memory Green<br />
21:12Steve recalls memories of Richard, a bus station and plastic carrier bags<br />
23:17 Nick harkens back to the early 1970s and an Oxford connection with his professional Sherlockian friend<br />
24:57 The Baker Street Irregulars and the Sherlock Holmes Society of London join forces<br />
27:00 Quartering together – the fruits of labor<br />
30:35The impetus behind the project – capturing the essence of a “one-off”<br />
40:14 An alternative to the Editor’s Gas Lamp: Richard Lancelyn Green’s introduction from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford annotated edition)<br />
49:24 Final thoughts on Richard’s contribution<br />
52:08 Burt springs a question on Scott<br />
54:32 Hunting through old bookshops<br />
56:10 Scott’s inspiration for collecting – from a movie<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Links mentioned in the show:</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/journal.php">The Sherlock Holmes Journal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/christmasannuals.html">The 2006 BSJ Christmas Annual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.quarteringpress.com/">The Quartering Press</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0192123297?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0192123297">The Oxford Sherlock Holmes: 9 volume set</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0192123297" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.conandoylecollection.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Portsmouth Central Library exhibit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JKHF?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00005JKHF">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00005JKHF" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
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Episode 08: To Keep the Memory Green

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Episode 07: Peter Blau (Part 2)

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The chatfest with Peter Blau continues as we enjoy more conversation in an even more interesting vein, if you can imagine. If you missed <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/08/episode-06-peter-blau-part-1.html#.UuW_ZsQo5w1" target="_blank">Part 1, you can find it here</a>. From the early days of the BSI to radio connections, professional societies, collecting and traditions, and even Sherlock Holmes in a far-flung place, Peter gives his unique perspective.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Topics in this episode:</span><br />
1:52   Meeting Rex Stout at the BSI dinner and the resulting shift in the paperback book industry<br />
7:05   Sherlock Holmes on radio<br />
10:13 The Practical, But Limited Geologists and other professional Sherlockian societies<br />
13:30 Some interesting books<br />
15:04 Peter's collecting interests<br />
17:00 An annual Sherlockian Christmas tradition<br />
23:50 Sherlock Holmes in the Smithsonian Institution - and beyond!<br />
30:52 What are your society's traditions?<br />
31:54 The Editor's Gas-Lamp: June 1982, Vol. 32, No. 2 - Peter Blau's first Gas Lamp as editor of the BSJ<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Links:</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Stout">Rex Stout</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553237217?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553237217">The Doorbell Rang</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0553237217" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.flicklives.com/">Jean Shepherd</a></li>
<li>Reference to "F.U." from The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009MGGI?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00009MGGI">House of Cards Trilogy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00009MGGI" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://sherlockiancalendar.homestead.com/">Sherlockian Calendar of Events</a></li>
<li>Sherlockian Societies worldwide</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0472085662?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0472085662">The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Other Eccentric Readings</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0472085662" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
<li>"That any     civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the <a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/stud-102.htm">earth     travelled round the sun</a> appeared to me to be such an extraordinary fact that I could     hardly realize it."</li>
<li>Get your own Sherlockian calendar at <a href="http://www.thesherlockstore.com/">The Sherlock Store</a></li>
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Please let us know if your Sherlock Holmes society has any traditions. We'd love to hear about them and talk about them on the show.<br />
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by Scott Monty

"Stern and Silent" [EMPT]

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCTHW53QoSHWLQ94f4kBtUhGBmy_K7DL9pt9Qd3i7zIKYOhfkIvOBSnpHpaDB6ETJvUo95_ZJhZek7otLnUK959NgiPGVCuCTha4kriGbiZTlMChAKT7Ro73Cwei8Kc4VVXbhQSrAEAaK/s1600-h/SH-Rare+Cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103237969261258098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCTHW53QoSHWLQ94f4kBtUhGBmy_K7DL9pt9Qd3i7zIKYOhfkIvOBSnpHpaDB6ETJvUo95_ZJhZek7otLnUK959NgiPGVCuCTha4kriGbiZTlMChAKT7Ro73Cwei8Kc4VVXbhQSrAEAaK/s320/SH-Rare+Cover.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Sad news from the worlds of Sherlock Holmes and book dealers: antiquarian/rare book legend Madeleine B. Stern has passed away in New York City at the age of 95. In her obituary, she was called "a prominent rare-book dealer, biographer and literary sleuth," which gets at the heart of one of the subjects she tackled in 1953.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/ListingDetails?bi=94662556&cm_mmc=gbase-_-us-_-gbase-_-94662556">Sherlock Holmes: Rare-Book Collector</a> is her cornerstone publication on Sherlock Holmes' book collecting habits. Published in 1953 by the Bibliographic Society of America, she took her literary sleuthing to heart as she applied her knowledge and love of books to the sleuth of Baker Street. Although she claimed "Sherlock Holmes was as canny and secretive in his book collecting practices as in his methods of detection," she concludes<br /><blockquote>A loving eye can restore them all: the booksellers of old, the keen-eyed detector who wanders from shop to shop in search of a quarry in calf, even the books themselves, as we brush off the dust of the past, assemble them once again, and restore them to their rightful shelves in the treasure room of Baker Street.<br /></blockquote>Madeleine Stern was as shrewd in her business acumen as she was in her bookish deductions:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8XnWIkKjKl13rkZxCNq3zBRtB6Pnrwd9VIU1TtxkW911OEi2x5gxsyFERU3xEUgDTd4IwvKeNG6HvJhGll14eBoQYhfrfCfiw2kahx019sLlCSzLl3-XrDZC0FBSQnHOmh_ZVb0q2pJk/s1600-h/SH-Rare+Book.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103237664318580066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8XnWIkKjKl13rkZxCNq3zBRtB6Pnrwd9VIU1TtxkW911OEi2x5gxsyFERU3xEUgDTd4IwvKeNG6HvJhGll14eBoQYhfrfCfiw2kahx019sLlCSzLl3-XrDZC0FBSQnHOmh_ZVb0q2pJk/s320/SH-Rare+Book.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /></a> she partnered with her life-long friend Leona Rostenberg to run Rostenberg-Stern Rare Books. I remember the excitement I had in the fall of 2000, when I received my BSI Weekend information pack, to find that Ms. Stern would be giving the Baker Street Irregulars Distinguished Lecture for 2001. She brought Ms. Rostenberg with her and spoke to us about reconstructing Holmes' library - the process of writing the above mentioned book (the article is available in the Summer issue of the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a>, Vol. 51, No. 2).<br /><br />She said that she received many letters from major Sherlockians, including Anthony Boucher (one of writers behind the Rathbone/Bruce radio series), Vincent Starrett, and Christopher Morley, which was her favorite. She was very gracious and took the time to answer questions and sign some books. You'll see mine proudly displayed here.<br /><br />The January 2001 BSI Weekend is a blur for me because that is the year I received my investiture into the group, so I hope you'll forgive my lack of additional detail. If you'd like more information on the life and career of Ms. Stern, you may see <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/books/25stern.html">her full obituary</a>, courtesy of the <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times.</span>

"Stern and Silent" [EMPT]

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The discussion continues from <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/07/episode-04-sherlockian-101-part-1.html" target="_blank">last week's episode's topic of the basics of the Sherlockian world</a>. You'll hear us discuss the societies, scholarship, international groups, regular gatherings and a healthy how-to of getting involved.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Topics covered in this show</span><br />
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<li>The Baker Street Irregulars and the origins of Sherlock Holmes societies</li>
<li>The Baker Street Journal Christmas Annuals</li>
<li>Some society proceedings</li>
<li>Overview of the past and present heads of the Baker Street Irregulars</li>
<li>Why the "Baker Street Irregulars"?</li>
<li>Some international groups, including the U.K., Canada, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Italy and France</li>
<li>How to join a Sherlockian society / what goes on at meetings</li>
<li>How to find out when the meetings are</li>
<li>Answering the age-old question: "How can I become a member of the BSI?"</li>
<li>The BSI Weekend activities</li>
<li>Other online resources for your edification</li>
<li>And some offline resources</li>
<li>The Editor's Gas Lamp, from Vol. 9, No. 4, 1959</li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Links</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/07/episode-04-sherlockian-101-part-1.html" target="_blank">Episode 04: Sherlockian 101, Part 1</a> </li>
<li>The Baker Street Journal <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/christmasannuals.html">Christmas Annuals</a></li>
<li>A list of <a href="http://www.sherlockian.net/societies/index.html">Sherlockian societies worldwide</a></li>
<li><a href="http://prioryscholarsnyc.com/manual">How to Start and Run a Sherlockian Group</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/">The Sherlock Holmes Society of London</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a></li>
<li>The entire <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/thebsjoncdrom.html">BSJ on CD-ROM</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ash-tree.bc.ca/BMT.htm">The Bootmakers of Toronto</a> and the <a href="http://www.ash-tree.bc.ca/BMT.htm">Canadian Holmes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ash-tree.bc.ca/acdsocy.html">The Arthur Conan Doyle Society</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sherlockiancalendar.homestead.com/">The Sherlockian Calendar of Events</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/district.php">The District Messenger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/scuttle.htm">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/">The Baker Street Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865531870?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0865531870" style="font-style: italic;">The Baker Street Dozen</a> by p.j. Doyle</li>
<li>What goes on at <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bsiweekend.html">the BSI Weekend</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sherlockian.net/">Sherlockian.net</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sh-whoswho.com/">The Sherlockian Who's Who</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/">SherlockPeoria</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/muse.htm">The Serpentine Muse</a></li>
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