Vol. 26, no. 2 (Autumn 1982)
| Editor-in-Chief | Barbara S. Koelle |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Art Editor | Bill Eubank |
| Review Editor | David L. Greene |
| Research Editor | Douglas A. Rossman |
| Contributing Editors | Jerry V. Tobias, John Fricke, Douglas G. Greene |
| Consulting Editors | Martin Gardner, Dick Martin, Michael Patrick Hearn |
Front cover art by Frederick Richardson (Queen Zixi of Ix)
Back cover art by Bill Eubank (25th Anniversary Ozmapolitan Convention poster)
Autumn 1982 Selected Contents
This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.
Lurline’s Source
Ruth Berman examines the contrasting Baum characters Lurline, Zurline, and Lulea, and how they may originate in a popular opera of the period.
The Amazonia of Oz
Carl S. Vogel examines Baum’s attempts to promote the equality of women in the Oz books, and the inspiration of the teachings of his mother-in-law, Matilda Joslyn Gage.
The International Wizard of Oz Club 25th Anniversary
A special look back at the first 25 years of the Oz Club and The Baum Bugle, including short essays by Russell P. MacFall and Fred M. Meyer.
Oz Around the Country
A selection of short pieces looking at Oz happenings around the United States: a children’s reading program in Chicago; the construction of a yellow brick road in Chittenango, New York; the new musical of The Marvelous Land of Oz from the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company; the revival of the Ozmite Club; and the opening of “Dorothy’s House” in Liberal, Kansas.
Commentary: A Letter from Australia
Although most “commentary” in the Bugle is ephemeral, this is a special exception: a letter from Dorothy Dureau (Allen), whose family was featured in a letter at the end of the original printing of The Royal Book of Oz.