Episode 124: Replay - To Keep the Memory Green

"seared into my memory" [SPEC]

Richard Lancelyn Green, BSI ("The Three Gables"), who died in March 2004, was the world's leading expert on the life and works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He amassed one of the finest collections of Conan Doyle, and specifically, Sherlock Holmes material in private hands and had intended to produce a three-volume biography on Conan Doyle.

He was not yet 30 when he co-edited the towering A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle in 1983. He served a term as Chairman of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. His tragically early death was mourned by both friends and those who knew of him only by reputation, and it was decided that a collection of essays should be brought out in his honor and memory.

We interview co-editors Nicholas Utechin, BSI ("The Ancient British Barrow") and Steven Rothman, BSI ("The Valley of Fear") on the resulting volume, To Keep the Memory Green. While this is a previously released episode, there are a few more interesting tidbits of information, including a July sale being held by the BSI Press. Listen in for details on how to get this volume for half price.

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This episode includes our two longtime sponsors, plus a new addition. Please support our sponsors by visiting their sites:

• Sherlock Holmes and the Cryptic Clues: A Grave Undertaking by Michael McClure. You should buy it. We're deadly serious.
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• The Baker Street Journal, where you can find the July Half-Off Sale on four titles: A Remarkable Mixture; To Keep The Memory Green; The Grand Game, Volume Two; The Remarkable Characters of Arthur Conan Doyle.
  

Notes

4:30 Nick & Steve give some perspective on their editorial experiences
14:29 A bit about Richard Lancelyn Green
17:20 The genesis of To Keep the Memory Green
21:12Steve recalls memories of Richard, a bus station and plastic carrier bags
23:17 Nick harkens back to the early 1970s and an Oxford connection
24:57 The Baker Street Irregulars and the Sherlock Holmes Society of London join forces
27:00 Quartering together – the fruits of labor
30:35 The impetus behind the project – capturing the essence of a "one-off"
40:14 Editor's Gas Lamp
49:24 Final thoughts on Richard's contribution
52:08 Burt springs a question on Scott
54:32 Hunting through old bookshops
56:10 Scott's inspiration for collecting – from a movie

Links

• To Keep the Memory Green
• The Sherlock Holmes Journal
• The Baker Street Journal
• The Oxford Sherlock Holmes: 9 volume set
• The Portsmouth Central Library exhibit
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

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