Jon L. Lellenberg

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Jon L. Lellenberg

Jon Lynn Lellenberg (6 february 1946 - 24 april 2021) was an American Doylean and Sherlockian scholar, editor, writer and literary agent.


Biography

His most important Doylean work was as co-editor, with Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley, of Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters, which made a major body of Conan Doyle's private correspondence available to readers and scholars. He also edited The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and wrote on Conan Doyle's biography, family papers, correspondence and literary legacy. He was a member of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society (1989-2003) and was closely connected with the Conan Doyle family and estate, serving as the U.S. representative for the Conan Doyle Estate and as executor of the estate of Dame Jean Conan Doyle (see Dame Jean Conan Doyle's Will).

Jon was also a prominent figure in Sherlockian scholarship. He was a member of The Baker Street Irregulars, receiving the investiture "Rodger Prescott of Evil Memory" in 1974, and was deeply involved in preserving and documenting the history of the BSI through archival volumes such as Irregular Memories of the 'Thirties, Irregular Records of the Early 'Forties, Irregular Proceedings of the Mid 'Forties and Irregular Crises of the Late 'Forties. He also belonged to other Sherlockian circles and contributed to journals and anthologies devoted to Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle and the wider Sherlockian tradition.

As an editor of Sherlock Holmes pastiches and new stories, including volumes such as Holmes for the Holidays, Murder in Baker Street and Sherlock Holmes in America, Jon helped connect scholarly Sherlockian culture with modern popular fiction. His work combined archival seriousness, literary enthusiasm and a strong sense of continuity between Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, and the societies that kept both traditions alive.


Doylean Works

Books

Articles

  • Conan Doyle in Kansas City (Kansas City Daily Journal No. 10, 10 december 1977)
  • Introduction, The Sherlockian Baedeker VII: Windlesham: Last Home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 14, June 1978)
  • A Search for Emotional Peace (in The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, SIUP, 1987) with Peter E. Blau
  • A few words from Arthur Conan Doyle (ACD Journal, september 1989)
  • And Now, a Word from Arthur Conan Doyle (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 62, Summer 1990)
  • Popular Biography Marches On (in The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 2nd ed., 1997)
  • Dame Jean Conan Doyle (The Sherlock Holmes Journal vol. 23, No. 4, Summer 1998)
  • And Now, a Word from Arthur Conan Doyle (in Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Carroll & Graf, 2001)
  • Reply: Letters and emails: It's no mystery why Conan Doyle's house must be preserved (The Guardian, 17 july 2006)
  • A Tale for Which the World is Now Prepared (Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Newsletter vol. 11, No. 3, september 2007)
  • A. Conan Doyle and the Great War (Saturday Review of Literature No. 4, 2016)
  • Hodder Williams on Conan Doyle (Saturday Review of Literature No. 8, 2020)

Reviews

Interviews


Sherlockian Works

Books / Monographs

  • Shylock Homes: His Posthumous Memoirs (Dispatch-Box Press, 1973) with John Kendrick Bangs
  • A Checklist of Early Sherlockian Parody and Pastiche, 1892-1914 (Dispatch-Box Press, 1973; First Supplement, December 1975)
  • Dr. Watney's Agent Speaks Out!: An Interview about Schlock Homes with Robert L. Fish (Dispatch-Box Press, 1974) editor
  • The Case of the Danish Prince: A Sherlock-Shakespearean Playlet (Dispatch-Box Press, 1974) collective work
  • The Adventures of Herlock Sholmes: A History and Bibliography (Dispatch Box Press, 1976) co-editor
  • Sherlock Holmes in Parody and Pastiche: An Oral Essay (Dispatch-Box Press, 1978)
  • The Early Holmes: Alone in Bloomsbury (in A Touch of the Class, Pondicherry Press, 1981)
  • Introduction (in A Baker Street Dozen, Congdon & Weed, 1987)
  • New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Carroll & Graf, 1987) co-editor with Martin H. Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh; foreword by Jon Lellenberg
  • Studies in Scarlet (Gasogene Press, 1989) includes "The ‘original mss.' – Studies in Canonical Beginnings"
  • The Mystery of the Second Hand (in Sherlock Holmes by Gas-Lamp, Fordham University Press, 1989) with John Nieminski
  • Nova 57 Minor: The Waxing and Waning of the Last Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight Publications, 1990) essay
  • The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Original Stories by Eminent Mystery Writers (Carroll & Graf, 1999) co-editor
  • Disjecta Membra: Stray Scraps of Irregular History, 1932-1950 (Baker Street Irregulars, 2001)
  • The Italian Secretary (Carroll & Graf, 2005) afterword: "Dr. Kreizler, Mr. Sherlock Holmes..."
  • The Ghosts in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Running Press, 2006) co-editor
  • "Certain Rites, and Also Certain Duties": Unsuspected Sources of Baker Street Irregularity (Hazelbaker & Lellenberg, 2009)
  • Sherlock Holmes in America (MJF Books, 2009) co-editor
  • Baker Street Irregular (Arkham House Pub., 2010) novel
  • Sources and Methods: A Companion Volume to Baker Street Irregular (Hazelbaker & Lellenberg, 2015) co-editor
  • Sherlock Holmes Collection: Anthology of Classic Tales (Flame Tree Publishing, 2017) editor and foreword
  • The Hounds of the Baskerville (Sic): A History of Chicago's Senior Sherlockian Scion Society (Donald J. Terras / The Hounds of the Baskerville (Sic), 2017)
  • Sherlock Holmes Short Stories (Flame Tree Publishing, electronic version, 2018) editor

Articles

  • A Novel Treatise (Baker Street Journal vol. 23, No. 1, March 1973)
  • The Persecuted Parodist (The Vermissa Daily Herald, New Series, vol. 7, No. 2, April 1973)
  • Knowledge of the occult — immense (Dispatch-Box Press, 1973; later in The Pontine Dossier, New Series, vol. 2, No. 2, 1974)
  • The Education of Sherlock Holmes: A Footnote (later in Baker Street Miscellanea No. 7, September 1976)
  • A Study in Watson (The Holmesian Observer vol. 4, No. 2, June 1974)
  • For that gap on the second shelf (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 2, July 1975)
  • Introduction, The Sherlockian Baedeker I: The S. Holmes, Esq. (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 8, December 1976)
  • Introduction, The Sherlockian Baedeker II: Dr. Watson's Pubs (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 9, March 1977)
  • Introduction, The Sherlockian Baedeker III: The Sherlock Holmes (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 10, June 1977)
  • Sherlock Holmes Is Alive and Well (Forecast! Washington/Baltimore Entertainment Guide vol. 14, No. 8, October 1977)
  • In Re: Luther Norris (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 13, March 1978) as Ebenezer Snawley
  • The Seco Second Handwriting — Identified (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 16, December 1978)
  • The Alpha Inn (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 16, December 1978)
  • Letters to Baker Street (Baker Street Journal vol. 28, No. 4, december 1978)
  • The Holmes-Lupin Phenomenon (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 20, december 1979)
  • John H(Eron) Watson, M.D. (Baker Street Journal vol. 30, 1980)
  • The Sherlockian Baedeker XI: Sherlock Holmes in Scandinavia (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 21, Spring 1980)
  • S.I.W.: A Study in Watson (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 22, Summer 1980)
  • The Sidney Paget Auction (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 23, Fall 1980) introduction
  • The Seco Second Hand — Identified (Serpentine Muse vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 1980, p. 4-5, 8, 14-16) reprinted from Baker Street Miscellanea, December 1978)
  • Dr. Watney's Agent (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 26, Summer 1981)
  • The Clendening Investigation (Kansas City Daily Journal No. 26, 20 June 1981; No. 27, 7 September 1981; No. 28, 1 December 1981; No. 29, 22 January 1982; No. 30, 31 March 1982; No. 32, 28 July 1982; No. 33, 15 October 1982; No. 34, 10 December 1982; No. 43, 17 July 1985)
  • Sherlock Holmes in Parody and Pastiche (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 27, Autumn 1981, p. 8-12; No. 28, Winter 1981)
  • Packaging Holmes for the Paperbacks (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 31, Autumn 1982)
  • Paget in Plentitude: A Consumer's Guide to Facsimile Editions (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 35, Autumn 1983)
  • The Adventures of Herlock Sholmes: A History and Bibliography (Baker Street Journal vol. 34, No. 2, June 1984)
  • Bangsian Sherlockiania (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 39, Autumn 1984)
  • A Further Bibliographical Postscript to "Bangsian Sherlockiana" (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 42, Summer 1985)
  • An Interview with Michael Harrison (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 41, Spring 1985)
  • Clive Brook's 1929 The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 41, Spring 1985)
  • In 1887... (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 49, Spring 1987)
  • Sherlock Holmes on the Air (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 49, Spring 1987)
  • The Magnum Opus of His Latter Years (Baker Street Journal vol. 37, No. 2, June 1987)
  • Great Books Revisited? (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 54, Summer 1988)
  • Postscript to "Great Books Revisited" (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 55, Autumn 1988)
  • Introduction: Ears Attuned to Catch the Distant View-Halloo (in "Dear Starrett—" / "Dear Briggs—", BSI, 1989)
  • Notes on the Correspondence: These Relics Have a History, Then? (in "Dear Starrett—" / "Dear Briggs—", BSI, 1989)
  • A bit of an archaeologist when it comes to old houses (Beeman's Christmas Annual, 1989)
  • The Periodical Press (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 60, Winter 1989)
  • Introduction: For It Is Always 1934 (Irregular Memories of the 'Thirties, BSI, 1990)
  • Henry Lauritzen, BSI (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 64, Winter 1990)
  • Introduction: Sons of the Baker Street Boys (in Irregular Records of the Early 'Forties, BSI, 1991)
  • The Early Holmes: Alone in Bloomsbury (in Back to Baker Street: An Appreciation of Sherlock Holmes & London, SHSL, 1994) [reprint in shortened form of the December 1978 Baker Street Miscellanea article]
  • Logan Clendening: Canonizing an Irregular Saint (Baker Street Journal vol. 42, No. 4, 12 December 1992)
  • The March of Time (Baker Street Journal vol. 44, No. 1, March 1994)
  • Striking Close to Home: "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (The Musgrave Papers No. 7, 1994)
  • Introduction: Absurd and Trivial Memories (in Irregular Proceedings of the Mid 'Forties, BSI, 1995)
  • Introduction (in More Holmes for the Holidays, Berkley Prime Crime, 1996)
  • The Origins of the Baker Street Journal Part I: Prehistory (Baker Street Journal vol. 46, No. 1, March 1996)
  • The Origins of the Baker Street Journal Part II: The Game Is Afoot (Baker Street Journal vol. 46, No. 2, 6 June 1996)
  • Wigmore Street Postbag: Harrison Reassessed (The Sherlock Holmes Journal vol. 23, No. 1, 1996)
  • Norman Schatell (Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Newsletter vol. 2, No. 2, June 1998)
  • "Entertainment and Fantasy": The 1940 BSI Dinner (The Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual 1998)
  • There Shall Be No Annual Dinner (in Irregular Crises of the Late 'Forties], BSI, 1999)
  • Footnotes: Baker Street Irregulars (The Washington Post, Book World, 31 January 1999)
  • Sherlockian Societies (in The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing, Oxford University Press, 1999; online version, 2005)
  • The Sherlock Holmes of the Revolution (Baker Street Journal vol. 50, No. 3, Autumn 2000)
  • A Sherlockian Library (in Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Carroll & Graf, 2002)
  • "An Extraordinarily Nasty Reply" (Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Newsletter vol. 6, No. 2, June 2002)
  • Cartographer Royal of the BSI (Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections Newsletter vol. 6, No. 4, December 2002)
  • The BSI at Seventy (The Sherlock Holmes Journal vol. 26, No. 3, 2003)
  • Miss Porlock, I Presume? (in Murderland, BSI, 2004)
  • The Old Campaigner (Baker Street Journal vol. 56, No. 1, Spring 2006)
  • Introduction: "American, as you perceive" / "American as You Perceive" (in Sherlock Holmes in America, 2009)
  • The Ronald Knox Myth (The Sherlock Holmes Journal, vol. 30, No. 2, Summer 2011)
  • Randy Cox's Brain on Drugs (in J. Randolph Cox: a Sherlockian festschrift, Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota, 2013)
  • You Gotta Be Rough: The Cop Who Protected Christ Cella's Speakeasy says "To Hell with Sherlock Holmes" (Saturday Review of Literature No. 1, 2013)
  • The Dynamics of an Express Train (Saturday Review of Literature No. 1, 2013) as The Ghost of Russell McLauchlin, BSI
  • The Mystery of the Two Three Irregular Plates (Saturday Review of Literature No. 2, 2014)
  • A. Conan Doyle, Nineteenth Century Man (Saturday Review of Literature No. 2, 2014)
  • Culture and Irregularity (Saturday Review of Literature No. 3, 2015) as The Shade of Lucius Beebe, Esq.
  • Two Exhibitions Are Better Than One (Saturday Review of Literature No. 3, 2015)
  • The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, Excerpts from the Manuscript (Journal of Law vol. 5, No. 1, 2015)
  • The Reigate Puzzle: A Lawyerly Annotated Edition (Journal of Law vol. 6, No. 1, 2016)
  • The Cocktail Route (Saturday Review of Literature No. 4, 2016) as The Shade of Lucius Beebe, Esq.
  • Rubberneck Row (Saturday Review of Literature No. 5, 2017) as The Shade of Lucius Beebe, Esq.
  • Along the Boulevards with Sherlock Holmes (Saturday Review of Literature No. 6, 2018) as The Shade of Lucius Beebe, Esq.
  • A Study in Due-Diligence (Saturday Review of Literature No. 8, 2020)
  • That Hound Won't Hunt (Saturday Review of Literature No. 9, 2021) as Arthur Cadogan West


See also

Podcast

Reviews




  • Main source: The Saturday Review of Literature No. 10, 15 january 2022. John Lyn Lellenberg: A Bibliography.
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