2003 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Sherlock Holmes Is Alive and Well at the Metropolitan Toronto Library: The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection

Speaker(s)

Victoria Gill, Curator of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection
Marsha Pollak, Chair, Sub-Librarians Scion of the B.S.I. in A.L.A.
Doug Wrigglesworth, Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection
Bob Coghill, The Bootmakers of Toronto

Start Date

6-22-2003 4:00 PM

End Date

6-22-2003 5:30 PM

Co-Sponsoring Scion Organization

The Bootmakers of Toronto; The Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection

Location

Metropolitan Toronto Library

City and State

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Description

At the 31st (Irregular) Annual meeting, the Sub-Librarians toured the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, one of the world's finest collections of materials by and about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, at the Toronto Reference Library. Marsha Pollak, Doug Wrigglesworth of the Friends of Arthur Conan Doyle and Bob Coghill of the Bootmakers welcomed the group. Victoria Gill, Curator, gave an introduction to the Collection, emphasizing Sherlock Holmes. Afterwards there was a "Coffee and Sticky Buns" light reception, hosted by The Bootmakers of Toronto, the local Sherlock Holmes scion society. Bob Coghill gave a talk and slide presentation. The Sub-Librarians met and mingled with the Bootmakers and the Friends of the ACD Collection.

Contact Information

Marsha Pollak

Recommended Citation

Gill, Victoria; Pollak, Marsha; Wrigglesworth, Doug; and Coghill, Bob, "2003 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Sherlock Holmes Is Alive and Well at the Metropolitan Toronto Library: The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection" (2003). The Sub-Librarians Scion of the Baker Street Irregulars in the American Library Association. 9.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/sublibrarians/all/events/9