Baum Bugle Past Issues: 1960s - International Wizard of Oz Club

From this page you can access content overviews for every issue of The Baum Bugle published from 1960 to 1969. Members with current subscriptions will also have access to selected archive content, which is reproduced online with the original authors’ permission. Any such articles will be linked within the overviews by their title.

If you are looking for a particular article that is not online, or you wish to search the full content of The Baum Bugle by title, author, or subject, please take a look at the index for Volumes 1–45 (1957–2001) by Frederick E. Otto and Dr. Richard R. Rutter. Our Baum Bugle editorial staff will also be happy to assist you with questions by email at [email protected].

Historical note: In the 1960s, the world was an open book for Oz and Baum enthusiasts. The Baum Bugle connected these early scholars—most of them collectors—and helped them piece together an understanding of L. Frank Baum’s life and work, including the creation and publication of the Oz books. As a result, much of the Bugle content from this time period is tentative and even conversational, demonstrating enthusiastic and pioneering work that would prove foundational in decades to come. Early editors Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer, along with core early contributors such as David L. and Douglas G. Greene, kept up the momentum by featuring as many exciting and intriguing aspects of the worlds of L. Frank Baum as they could. However, it was with the introduction of a new editorial team in 1968, led first by James E. Haff and then by David L. Greene, that The Baum Bugle began to truly resemble the journal we know today.

Volume 4: 1960

ed. Justin G. Schiller

No. 1: August