Vol. 26, no. 3 (Winter 1982)
| Editor-in-Chief | Barbara S. Koelle |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Review Editor | David L. Greene |
| Research Editor | Douglas A. Rossman |
| Contributing Editors | Jerry Tobias, John Fricke, Douglas G. Greene |
| Consulting Editors | Martin Gardner, Dick Martin, Michael Patrick Hearn |
Front cover photograph by an unknown photographer (L. Frank Baum ca. 1915)
Back cover photograph by an unknown photographer (L. Frank Baum, 1864)
Winter 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.
Concerning The Wonderful Land of Oz and its Discoverer, L. Frank Baum
This is a reproduction of an essay written by Ruth Plumly Thompson in the 1950s, on the subject of her predecessor and the impact of his original Oz book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Corresponding with Frank Joslyn Baum: Excerpts from Letters Written to Fred M. Meyer
Fred M. Meyer, the Oz Club’s secretary, recalls his brief letter-writing relationship with L. Frank Baum’s oldest son, who was the Club’s original honorary president. Many letters are excerpted from a period just under two years, between 1956 and 1957. Includes rare photographs of Frank Jr.
“Dear Sergeant Snow”: Maud Gage Baum’s Correspondence with Jack Snow (Part 1)
The fourth Royal Historian of Oz, Jack Snow, was an ardent fan of L. Frank Baum and wrote to his widow, Maud, decades before he was selected to continue the series. This first installment begins Maud’s answers to a series of questions set by Snow in a 1927 letter. The article would be concluded in the Spring 1983 issue.
How the Adventurers Encountered an Unknown Beast
A reproduction of one installment of L. Frank Baum and Walt McDougall’s Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz newspaper comic page in 1904.
Gopher Prairie and Emerald City: A Comparison of Themes and Techniques of Sinclair Lewis and L. Frank Baum
Eugene J. Fisher compares prominent themes in the works of the two American authors, including their descriptions of the frontier land and their criticism of common American ideals, including material success and pseudo-intellectualism.
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz illustrated by Michael Hague (fiction; reviewer Irene Fisher)
Policeman Bluejay introduction by David L. Greene (fiction; reviewer Barbara S. Koelle)
Cut and Assemble The Emerald City of Oz by Dick Martin (craft book; reviewer Barbara S. Koelle)