The International Wizard of Oz Club has a small research collection of books, manuscript documents, and original art work. Our collection complements our purposes:
•to educate and encourage the interest of our members and the general public in the writings of L. Frank Baum and other authors about the Land of Oz,
•to promote research about authors, illustrators, critics, and other matters related to Oz, and
•to encourage original writing and other forms of expression about Oz.
Our collection began with the bequest of charter member and pioneer collector, Dick Martin, who left to the Club his unparalleled collection of Baum and Oz material. Mr. Martin expressed the hope that the Club would benefit from the sale of items from his collection, and indeed the Club’s core funding derives from that sale. However, selected items of great, ongoing research value that would facilitate the research and publication of the Club’s magazine, The Baum Bugle, were retained.
