This Web Page Contains: Listings of Sherlock Holmes Societies The Case Inquiries from The Hounds of the Internet A list of Sherlockian Publications A listing of Sherlockian Purveyors A special Sherlockian Publication Some interesting Sherlockian Websites and Organizations How to write a Sherlockian Term Paper Los Angeles area Sherlockian Societies The Adventures and Their Author Articles about Sherlock Holmes written by or giving credit to Willis Frick

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Sherlockian Data

• Listings of Sherlock Holmes Societies throughout the world (from lists by Peter Blau):
  • Information on the Listings: (By Peter E. Blau.) Click here.
  • All Sherlockian Societies. (Alphabetical listing by Peter E. Blau.) Click here.
  • Active Geographical Sherlockian Societies Listing. (By Peter E. Blau) Click here to look for a society in your area.
  • Active Professional Sherlockian Societies. (By Peter E. Blau ) Click here.
  • Active Other Sherlockian Societies. (Listing By Peter E. Blau) To view click here.
  • To update or add to the list of Sherlockian Societies, `itures, or Manuscripts email Peter at, blau7103@comcast.net.

• A list of Sherlockian Publications from Sherlockian Societies and other groups. Click here.  Notes about the Sherlockian Publication Listing:  Click Here.

• A list of Sherlockian Purveyors.   Includes purveyors of: Aprons, Art, Art Prints, Artwork, Audio Tapes, Audio Cassettes, Audio and Video, Audio Books, August Derleth Books, Autographs, Issues of BSJ, Badges, Bag Pipes, Basil of Baker Street Books, Bears, Beer, Belts, Birthday Cards, Board Games, Bobby Whistle, Bobby Hat, Bone China, Book Plates, Book Illustrator, Books, Magnifying Glass, Bookends, Books Miniature, Books, Books (new, used out of Print), Bookends, Boots, Bottle Stoppers, Boxes, Brandy Glasses, Brett Calendars, Busts, Buttons, Calendar, Cards, Cartoons, Cassettes, Catalan books, Catalog, CD-ROMs, CDROM games, Ceramic dogs, Chessboards, Chessmen, Chess Sets, Children's books, China Statues, Christmas Ornaments, Christmas Cards, Cigar box labels, Clocks, Clothes, Clothing Patterns, Clothing, Coat Hangers, Coins, Collectibles, Comic books, Cookbooks, Costumes, Cruises, Decals, Decanters, Deer stalker hats, Diary, Dinners, Disks, Dolls, Door Handles, Earing, Editions, Educational Material, Embroidery, Enamel Boxes, Entertainment, Envelopes, Ephemera, Erotic Sherlockian Books, Figures, First Day Covers, First editions, Games, German Books, German Videos, Gift items, Gift books, Glass, Greeting cards, Guides, Handbills, Hats, Hebrew Books, Illustrations, Indexes, Inverness capes, Jewelry, Journals, Key fobs, Key rings, La Pen Pins, Lamps, Lapel Pins, Laserdisks, Leaflets, Letter Paper, Letter Opener, Lobby cards, Lodging, Magazines, Magnets, Magnifying Glass, Manuscript Copies, Manuscripts, Maps, Maximum Cards, Medals, Miniature Books, Miniatures, Models, Mouse Pads, Mugs, Murder Mysteries, Museum Poster, Museum, Music, Mystery Weekends, Neckties, Needle Point, Nesting Dolls, Note Pads, Notes, Paintings, Pastiches, Pens, Pewter Paper Knife, Pewter Items, Pewter Figures, Pamphlets, Pigs, Pins, Pipes, Plaster Figures, Plaster Busts, Plates, Play Books, Playing Cards, Plays, Pocket Calendar, Poems, Porcelain Mugs, Portuguese Books, Postcard, Posters, Prints, Programs, Puzzles T-shirts, Puzzles, Radio Scripts, Records, Reprint Cards, Reproductions, Rubber Stamps, Salt& Pepper Shakers, Scarves, Screen Savers, Scripts, Sculpture, Sheet music, Sherlockiana, Shoe Horns, Shoe Lifts, Shoes, Shot glasses, Signs, Socks, Software, Solar Pons Books, Souvenirs, Stamps, Stationary, Statues, Stichery Projects, Stickers, Sticks, Stills, Study Guides & Tests, Sweat Shirts, Sweaters, T-shirts, Tea Pots, Tea, Teaching Materials, Teaspoons, Teddy Bears, Thimbles, Ties, Tie tacks, Tobacco Products, Tobacco, Tours, Towels, Toy Soldiers, Travel Guides, Travel, TV Plays, Umbrellas, Victoria Information, Victorian Clothing, Videotapes, Walking Sticks, Watches, Windows Screen Savers, Wine Glasses, Word Puzzles, Writing Pads, and lots of other stuff.

• Notes about the Purveyors Listing: Click here.
  Keeping the lists of purveyors and publications up to date is an endless job. Please email updates to sherlocktron@sherlocktron.com.
  

• A listing of some Sherlockian Audio Tapes.  Click here.

• A listing of Investitured Irregulars
  

  • By name,  Cick Here
  • By Investirure, Click Here.
    

• The Women and The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes (copurtsey of: judith-freeman@hotmail.com).  Click here.

• For information on Manuscripts of the Canon.  Click here.

• A listing, from Phil Bergem, of Sherlock Holmes related films, Click here, and TV shows Click here and one of ACD related films and shows, Click here.  To update these lists please email him directly at: pgbergem@gmail.com

• Indices of material in The Serpentine Muse the publication of the The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes (coutsey of.  Click here.

•    Philip K. Jones database of Sherlockian pastiches, parodies and related fiction contains  with well over 9,000 entries.

  • The data base: SHERLOCK.xls

  •  Documents explaining how the data base is arranged and the abbrevations used: SHERCODE.doc and UNTOLDUP.doc.

  •  Please notify him of errors and omissions by email, pkenj@wowway.com.

• The Universal Sherlock Holmes (1994) is the third is a series of bibliographies documenting the world of Sherlock Holmes by Ronald Burt De Wall, click here. 

• Figures of Speech Found in The Sherlock Holmes Canon, by Karen Murdock, ASH.  Click here.

Some interesting Sherlockian Websites and Organizations

• The two oldest Sherlockian Societies: 

•  The Baker Street Irregulars (Membership is by invitation only.) and their publication,  The Baker Street Journal. They also offer books and other Items for Sale.
•  The Sherlock Holmes Society of London and their publication,  The Sherlock Holmes Society Journal. They also offer books and other Items for Sale

• The Best of Sherlock Holmes
  

• A website is devoted to covering noteworthy items related to Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  It includes lists of "the best" Holmes stories and quotations.  It also includes information on Conan Doyle manuscripts, Beeton's Christmas Annual, Sherlockian and Doylean computer products, and more.  Click here.

• A Modern, Breezy and fun Website, Sherlock Holmes Fan!, http://www.sherlockholmes-fan.com/
  

How to write a Sherlockian Term Paper

Click here.

Los Angeles Area Sherlockian Societies

• The Curious Collectors of Baker Streetr.  Click Here.

• The Blustering Gales from the Southwest:  Click here to email Carol Sperling.  Click here for the website

The Adventures and Their Author

The Sherlock Holmes "canon" consists of 60 stories 56 short stories and four novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  They were first published between 1887 and 1927. In the United Kingdom and Canada the stories are now out of copyright. In the United States the last dozen, those published after 1919, are still protected by copyright.

For information on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, contact The Conan Doyle (Crowborough) Establishment, c/o Brian Pugh, 20, Clare Road, LEWES, East Sussex, BN7 1PN, England.

For the stories themselves Click Here.

A special Sherlockian Publication

Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press

Articles about Sherlock Holmes written by or giving credit to Willis Frick

• Observations on the Adventure of the Empty House, EMPT
• Watson’s Wives, How many?  Watson's Wives, Table 1, Table 2
• Were Sherlock and Mycroft the only offspring in the Holmes Family?  What about brother Nigel? Sherlock Holmes Older Brother
• Who was that on the cliff above the Reichenbach Falls?  A Man's Head Against The Darkening Sky
• Ten Rules for Sherlockian Pastiches.  With no apology whatsoever, I offer my own highly opinionated rules for good pastiches,


• Cardiovascular Disease in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, By Sundaram V. Ramanan, MD.