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The 1953 BSI Dinner Photo Identification Key

A key for this photo appears on the next page of this document. For a large photo without the labels, see the BSI Trust website page for this BSI Dinner. The end of this document includes notes and related sources used in producing this key.

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1953 BSI Dinner Photo Identification Number Key 1. Rollin V. Hadley (c) 2. Tony Montag 3. Page Heldenbrand 4. John Holzapfel 5. Dr. John J. Lawless (g) 6. James Iraldi 7. Nathan Bengis 8. A. Carson Simpson 9. Stephen F. Crocker (i) 10. H. W. Starr 11. David Randall 12. Dr. Julian Wolff 13. Robert Keith Leavitt 14. Rev. Thomas Whelan 15. Rev. Leslie Marshall 16. Rex Stout 17. Edgar W. Smith 18. Fletcher Pratt 19. Laurence P. Dodge 20. Owen Frisbie 21. Benjamin Clark 22. Frank Waters 23. Bryce L. Crawford 24. Wilbur McKee 25. Dr. Richard H. Hoffman 26. Lloyd Denton (d) 27. Isaac George 28. Allen Robertson 29. James Bready 30. Dr. Milton Lang 31. Dr. Joseph V. Klauder (j) 32. Reginald Allen (h) 33. Carl Anderson 34. W. S. Hall 35. Monroe Wheeler (f) 36. L. A. (Lorenz A.) Morrow (k) 37. Irving Fenton (b) 38. Remsen T. Schenck 39. Col. Rosser L. Hunter 40. Dr. Charles Goodman

41. Svend Petersen 42. Edward Bartlett 43. Robert G. Harris 44. Paul Gore-Booth 45. Red Smith 46. Tom Stix 47. James Nelson 48. Basil Davenport 49. Charles Honce 50. Rufus Tucker 51. Bliss Austin 52. Earle Walbridge 53. George Kreuzberger 54. William Baring-Gould 55. Will Oursler 56. Howard Haycraft 57. Fred Dannay 58. Morris Rosenblum 59. Wilmer T. “Bill” Rabe 60. Col. Willard T. Chevalier (e) 61. John V. L. Hogan 62. Leon Holstein

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Not Identified in Photo: none In Photo but Not in Minutes: Irving Fenton (b) Listed as Attending but Not in Photo James Bishop (a) Herbert Brean (a) Anatole Chujoy (a) SOURCES 1. Seating Chart: not available 2. Dinner / Meeting Minutes: by Edgar W. Smith, as shown below (64 names, 61 in photo) NOTES (a) Named in the Minutes, but not in the photo (b) Not named in Minutes, but identified from other sources (c) Rollin V. Hadley from photo in Fenway Court Journal, 1988, page 63, courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Immigration card on Ancestry.com (d) Lloyd Denton from photo in Evening Sun (Baltimore), Oct. 22, 1979 (e) Col. Willard T. Chevalier (1886-1961) from photo in Cincinnati Enquirer March 14, 1951 (f) Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) from photo on Wikipedia and from https://imgkid.com/monroe-wheeler.shtml (g) Dr. John J. Lawless from photo in University of West Virginia 1962 yearbook on Ancestry.com (h) Reginald Allen (1905-1988) from photo in The Journal News (White Plains NY) Dec. 29, 1960 (i) Stephen F. Crocker from photo in 1962 West Virginia University yearbook (j) Joseph V. Klauder (1888-1962) from photo provided by University Archives, University of Pennsylvania (k) L.S. Morrow is L.A. (Lorentz A. Morrow, B.S.I., “The Grice Patersons in the Island of Uffa” 1966) from photo in Lawrenceville NJ School Yearbook, available on Ancestry.com If you have corrections or additional information, please contact us via the BSI Trust website. Photo key originally prepared by Julie McKuras, 2/11/19 This document last updated by Julie McKuras, 2/24/19

Copyright © The Baker Street Irregulars™ BSI DINNER / MEETING MINUTES BY EDGAR W. SMITH The BSI Archives hold the minutes for this BSI Dinner as produced by Edgar W. Smith, who was Buttons-cum Commissionaire of the BSI and managed preparations for the Dinner. It’s possible that additional people came to the Dinner or that some listed in the minutes were unable to attend it. The minutes were used as a guide when creating the photo key, but other sources were also consulted to confirm identities.

- The first page of the minutes appears below on the next page of this document - The full minutes are available via the page for this Dinner on the BSI Trust website

BSI

R~ginald Allen Bliss Austin

·wm. Baring-Gould Edward H. Bartlett James Bishop Herbert Brean Col. Willard Chevalier Anatole Chujoy Fred Dannay Bo.sil Davenport Rollin Hadley W. S. Hall Ho"iard Haycraft Pag3 Heldenbrand Dr. P.ichard H. Hoffman John V. L. Hogan 1. S. Holstein John Holtapfel Char.le s Honce Robert Keith Leavitt Wilbur McKee Rev. Leslie Marshall Tony Montag L. s. Morrow J .ames Nelson Will Oursler Fletcher Pratt David A. Randall Remsen T. Schenck Edgar W. Smith Red Smith Thomas A. Stix Rex Stout Rufus S. Tucker Earle F. Walbridge Monroe Wheeler Dr. Julian Wolff

Meeting of THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS

Held on

Friday, January 9~ 1953 at

Cavanagh r s Restaurant, New York City

PRESENT

The Amateur Mendicants of Detroit

Robert G. Harris

'Ihe Five Orange Pips of Westchester

Benjamin Clark Owen P. Frisbie Frank Waters

The Musgrave Ritualists of New York

Nathan Bengis James Iraldi Morris Rosenblum

The Six Napoleons of Baltimore

James H. Bready L. H. Denton Isaac s. George Dr. Mi 1 ton Lang Allen Robert son Rev. Thoe. A. Whelan

The Norwegian. Explorers of Minneapolie-St.Pa~l

Bryce L. Crawford

The Speckled Band of Boston

Laurence P. Dodge

The Scion of the Four of Morgantown, W. Va.

Stephen F. Crocker Dr. John J. Lawless

The Red Circle of Washingston

Paul H. Gore-Booth Col. Rosser Hunter Svend Petersen

The Diogenes Club of New York

Dr. Charles Goodman

The Sons of the Copper Beeches of FhiladelEpie

Carl Anderson Dr. Jos. V. Klauder George Kreuzberger A. Carson Simpson H. W. Starr

The Old Soldiers of Baker St. Ubique

Lt. W. T, Rabe