Vol. 63, no. 1 (Spring 2019)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sarah K. Crotzer |
| Production Editor | Jane Albright (uncredited) |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Reviews Editor | Atticus Gannaway |
| Bugle Bulletin Editor | Jared Davis |
| Oz Gazette Editor | Nick Campbell |
Front cover photograph by Joshua White for the Academy Museum (Ruby Slippers)
Interior front cover art by Derek Yaniger (“And Yer Lil’ Dog Too!”)
Interior back cover art by an unknown artist (advertisement for Children’s Stories That Never Grow Old)
Back cover photograph by Liz Lauren (The Wizard of Oz at the Paramount Theatre)
Spring 2019 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.
Keep Them Ruby: Following the Steps of the Ruby Slippers (Part 1)
Jonathan Shirshekan begins a comprehensive history of MGM’s Ruby Slippers props, including the famous 1970 auction in which multiple pairs were sold. This article continues in the Winter 2019 issue.
Oz on Tour: 1939
Jay Scarfone and William Stillman look at the promotional caravan tour that accompanied the original release of MGM’s classic The Wizard of Oz.
A Tea Party for Oz
Scott Cummings tells the story of a unique and charming promotional event for NBC’s Wizard of Oz radio show engineered by Reilly & Lee in 1933.
Children’s Stories That Never Grow Old
W. Neal Thompson presents a bibliographical examination of Reilly & Britton’s bite-sized storybook collection of famous children’s stories, its various reprints and compilations, all illustrated by Oz artist John R. Neill.
Pulling Strings (Part 2)
Jane Albright continues her look at Ozian puppet shows around the world, from Burr Tillstrom’s telecast in 1950 to the present day. Includes copious photographs. Part 1 of this article was presented in the Spring 2018 issue.
Reviews
Friday Night is Music Night: Wizard of Oz 80th Anniversary (concert; reviewer Dave Ward)
The Wizard of Oz Unplugged (theater; reviewer Nick Campbell)
Oz Behind the Iron Curtain: Aleksandr Volkov and His Magic Land Series by Erika Haber (non-fiction; reviewer Michael Patrick Hearn)
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (fiction; reviewer Dee Michel)
The Lost Tales of Oz ed. Joe Bongiorno (fiction; reviewer Atticus Gannaway)