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Summer 2007 Conference:
Victorian Secrets and Edwardian Enigmas

Victorian Secrets and Edwardian Enigmas
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Updated June 11, 2007

The Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota and the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota are sponsoring a conference to explore the world of Sherlock Holmes. The conference will take place July 6-8, 2007 at the Elmer L. Andersen Library at the University of Minnesota, home of the Sherlock Holmes Collections, the world’s largest collection of Sherlock Holmes-related material.

The conference will feature presentations, vendor tables, a silent auction of selected duplicate items from the Collections, an exhibit of rare and unique materials from the Collections, a performance of an Edith Meiser radio script by the Red-Throated League of the Norwegian Explorers, and the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections.

Confirmed Speakers

Curtis Armstrong, BSI
Michael Dirda, BSI
Michael Eckman
Cliff Goldfarb, MBt, BSI
Michael Kean, BSI
Les Klinger, BSI
Jon Lellenberg, BSI
Elaine Hamill McCafferty, BSI
Jonathan McCafferty, BSI
Bill Mason
Dana Richards
Daniel Stashower, BSI
Randall Stock
Gary Thaden
Sue Vizoskie, ASH, BSI

Schedule

Friday, July 6, 2007
1:00 pm - The conference will officially begin at the Andersen Library with welcoming remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs. Our speakers are:
1:30 pm - Michael Kean
2:30 pm - Cliff Goldfarb
3:30 pm - Michael Dirda
4:30 pm - Reception at the library, followed by the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Annual Meeting -- featuring the keynote address by Les Klinger
Saturday, July 7, 2007
  9:00 am - Daniel Stashower and Jon Lellenberg
10:00 am - Dana Richards
11:00 am - Curtis Armstrong
12:00 noon - Luncheon at the library (optional registration)
1:30 pm - Jonathan and Elaine McCafferty
2:30 pm - Michael Eckman
3:30 pm - Bill Mason
6:00 pm - Cocktail hour at the Holiday Inn Metrodome, a short walk from the Andersen Library
7:00 pm - Dinner at the Holiday Inn Metrodome, with a live auction of selected valuable items from the Collections and entertainment provided by The Red-Throated League of the Norwegian Explorers, who will perform a radio script by Edith Meiser (optional registration)
Sunday, July 8, 2007
  9:30 am - Randall Stock
10:30 am - Gary Thaden
11:30 am - Sue Vizoskie
12:30 pm - Closing comments

To register for the conference, please download and print out either the conference brochure or the separate registration form. Fill out either form and mail it along with your payment by June 21, 2007 to:
    Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI
    13512 Granada Ave.
    Apple Valley, MN 55124

    Questions? Contact Julie at 952-431-1934 or by email at Mike9750@aol.com

Accommodations for out-of-town visitors will be available at the Holiday Inn Metrodome Minneapolis.

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