The Burroughs Bibliophiles is a non-profit literary society dedicated to stimulating interest in and preserving the works of the great American author, Edgar Rice Burroughs:  “The Grandfather of American Science Fiction.”

The Burroughs Bibliophiles is an international organization with headquarters at the Burroughs Memorial Collection in Louisville, Kentucky, where the magazine and newsletter are published and where the board of directors makes plans.

The official publications of the organization are The Burroughs Bulletin - a glossy magazine published quarterly -- and the Gridley Wave -- a monthly newsletter.

The Bibliophiles hold an annual convention in a different location each year. They have christened this event a “Dum-Dum,” named after the meetings of the anthropoid apes described by Burroughs in his Tarzan novels. 

A complete history of the Bibliophiles by George T. McWhorter is featured in ERBzine 0148. 
Membership and contact  information is found at the bottom of this Web page.

GEORGE McWHORTER'S BURROUGHS BULLETIN 

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Burroughs Bulletin #82: Spring 2010 
Special Issue: George McWhorter Farewell and Tribute to Original BB Founder: Vern Coriell

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CONTENTS (compiled by ERBzine)

Meanwhile, I exit on an upbeat in the Burroughs universe, with new films, books, and artwork testifying to the permanent establishment of Edgar Rice Burroughs as a major literary figure on the international scene. Fifty years ago I wasn't sure the recognition would come, but now I know it is fact.

Vernell Coriell: An Autobiography (Speech before the Kansas City SF&F Society Sep 11, 1971
    Illos: BB #1 cover | Coriell Circus Act Poster 
    Coriell Photos: Dad & kids | as Tarzan | with Frank Merrill | as paratrooper 1942 | with ERB, Barker & Mike Pierce | McWhorter presents Lifetime Achievement Award
Vern Coriell and Me by Robert R. Barrett
    Coriell Photos: Inscription to Bob Hyde | with Frank & Holly Frazetta | with Hal Foster | with Weissmuller
    Illos: Cover: Jewels of Opar art portfolio by J. Allen St. John | Tarzan cartoon by Coriell
A Memory of Vernell Coriell by Cecil (Wally) Blackburn
    Photo: Blackburn in garden
Vern Remembered by John (Carter) Tibbetts
    Illo: House of Greystoke Guestbook page with Frazetta & Frazetta, Jr. inscription 1967
Comrades to the Core by Frank Puncer
    Photo: Juggling Coriell on Unicycle dedicated to Bill Gilmour 
    Illo: Tarzan art on Xmas card from Rita and Vern sent to BB members - to Bill Gilmour
Picture Gallery: Thark Warrior by William Stout, 1998.
To Be, or To Be Perceived? - The Philosophical Questions in Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Maciej Roszkowski
    Thuvia Cover Art: Michael Whelan (Ballantine 1979), P.J. Monahan (All-Story April 8, 1916), Zoltan & Gabor (Hungary 1992), 
                  Motoichiro Takebe (Japan 1971), Manolo Prieto (Spain 1944), Zdenek Netopil (Czechoslavakia, 1977)
    Painting: George Berkeley by John Smibert (1685-1753)
Walter Clinton Pettee: The First Vision of Tarzan by Rober Hill
    Cover Art by Pettee: All-Story:Tarzan of the Apes - Oct 1912, Jan. 1912, Oct. 1911, May 1911, July 1911, April 1912 | | Scientific American Nov. 3, 1917 
    Misc. Illos: Baker's Cocoa ad 1926 | Fountain Pen Patent 1903 | Death Certificate Dec. 12, 1937 | Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, NJ | Kemper Chambers - Historian
Letter: Recognition of Editor George McWhorter's partial retirement sent by BB Chairman, Laurence G. Dunn
Letters: Robert Barrett, Dan Fite, Kim Neidigh, Denny Miller, Patrick Premo, Frank Cohen
    Vern Coriell Circus Act Poster: "Gymnastics, Juggling, Tumbling, Roly Boly" - Photo of Coriell with props

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Burroughs Bulletin #81: Winter 2010