Other Indiana Associations

Christopher Morley. Internal Revenue. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933.

Internal Revenue

Though J. K. Lilly, Jr., never became a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, he knew many men who were members. Christopher Morley, BSI founder, inscribed this book of collected essays to Lilly.

Vincent Starrett. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Macmillan, 1933. 

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Vincent Starrett, another early BSI member and Chicagoan, inscribed this copy of his famous Sherlockian work to Lilly, writing: “For J. K. Lilly, Jr. – cautiously entering this volume for a place on his distinguished shelves. J. K. Lilly, Jr., donated to Indiana University more than 20,000 books and 17,000 manuscripts, inspiring the foundation of the Lilly Library.

Walter Klinefelter. A Packet of Sherlockian Bookplates. Nappanee, Ind.: Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1964.

A Packet of Sherlockian Bookplates

Walter Klinefelter was involved in the Sherlockian world from the earliest days of the BSI, but he was invested only in 1962. He published a number of books about stamps and bibliography, including two classic Sherlockian titles: A Packet of Sherlockian Bookplates (shown here) and Sherlock Holmes in Portrait and Profile. The former was published by Hoosier printer James Lamar Weygand at the Private Press of the Indiana Kid. The other book shown here comes from Weygand’s library.

TIME Magazine. March 15, 1943. Portrait of Elmer Davis on the magazine cover, and containing an article on Elmer Davis as the Chief of the Office of War Information. 

Elmer Davis

Hoosier Elmer Davis was already a distinguished journalist when he became host of a news radio program for CBS. The format was short, just 5 minutes, but he gained a large following during the years 1939-1941. He left radio to lead the Office of War Information for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Davis was invested in the BSI in 1949.