DUM-DUM
HISTORY
DATES ~ SITES ~ HOSTS
~ GUESTS OF HONOUR ~ HONOREES
In the early years
the Burroughs Bibliophiles Dum-Dum was an annual luncheon meeting held
in conjunction with the World Science Fiction Convention on the Saturday
preceding Labor Day, excepting the times when the SF Convention was held
overseas.
The Guests of Honor
through the early years were each presented with "The Golden Lion Award"
in appreciation for their contribution in keeping alive the works and characters
and the spirit of Edgar Rice Burroughs. With each "Golden Lion" award went
a lifetime membership in the Burroughs Bibliophiles.
The BBs is not the
original ERB club. As early as 1916 there was the TRIBES OF TARZAN clubs
and still later the Signal Oil Tarzan clubs and the TARZAN CLANS, etc.
However, all of these were TARZAN clubs and most were commercal endeavours.
The Burroughs Bibliophiles is a literary society dedicated to Edgar Rice
Burroughs, and as such remains the first of its kind.
Please
see Beyond 50 in the ERB LifeLine Bio for other important BB dates
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1960 September 4: The Burroughs Bibliophiles are
formed in Pittsburgh: Bob Hyde Pres. - Stan Vinson, VP -
Robert
Horvath, Sec. - Charles Reinsel, Treas. - Vern Coriell,
Ed.
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1961 June 24: Cincinatti ~ No special guests
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1962 September 2: Chicago - Mrs.
J. Allen St. John
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1963 September 1: Washington, DC ~ L.
Sprague de Camp ~ Sam Moskowitz
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1964 September 5: Oakland - Frank Merrill
(could not attend due to illness) ~ Hulbert Burroughs
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1965 September 4-5: Chicago - James H.
and Joan Burroughs Pierce
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1966 September 3: Cleveland - Hulbert Burroughs
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1967 September 2: New York - Harold Foster
~ Frank Frazetta ~ Bob Hodes
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1968 August 31: Oakland - Russ Manning
and John Coleman Burroughs (unable to attend)
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1969 August 30: St. Louis - William Juhre
and Sam Moskowitz
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1970 September 5: Detroit - Philip Jose
Farmer and Frank Schoonover (unable to attend)
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1971 September 4: Boston - Johnny Weissmuller
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1972 September 2: Los Angeles - Herman
Brix (Bruce Bennett) and Burne Hogarth - John
Flint Roy is the recipient of the First Order of Edgar Award (A
McClurg TA First Edition)
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1973 September 1: Toronto - Buster Crabbe
~ Vern Coriell
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1974 August 31: Washington, DC -
Joe
Kubert ~ Mrs. Rex Maxon (unable to attend) ~ Neal
Adams ~ Russ Cochran
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1975 September 1: Los Angeles - Tarzan and
Jane Reunion ~ 4 Tarzans & 5 Janes
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1976 September 4: Kansas City, MO
- Jock Mahoney ~ Philip Jose Farmer
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1977 September 3: Miami Beach - Hotel Fountain Bleu
- Leigh Brackett
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1978 September 2: Phoenix, AZ - James
Pierce (not in attendance) ~ Buster Crabbe, Michael Pierce
who is introduced as the new President of ERB, Inc.
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1979 September 1: Louisville, KY - Special
guests James Pierce & Lester Del Rey
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1980 November 1: Hunt Valley, MD - Honoree
Boris
Vallejo
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1981 September 5: Denver, Colo. - Honoree
Michael
Whelan
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1982 September 5: Chicago, Ill.
- Don Wollheim and Denny Miller (Denny not
present)
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1983 September 3: Baltimore, MD - Jack
Williamson & Forrest J. Ackerman - special guest
Mrs.
Rex Maxon - Last Dum-Dum organized by Vern Coriell
(Achievement Award)
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1984-1989 - [Bill Ross Notes] "There were no official
Dum-Dums from 1984 through 1989. The supposed Atlanta Dum-Dum
in 1986 was actually something 4E threw together to raise money for Vern.
There was no banquet or meeting. 1983 was the last Vern organized
Dum-Dum and 1990 was the first George McWhorter organized Dum-Dum."
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1984 - [Huck notes] "I have a postcard from Vern
saying there would be no Dum-Dum at the Worldcon (in Los Angeles that year)
but that he would organize something later in the year. If he ever did,
I didn't hear about it."
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1985 - (only ECOF this year)
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1986 - August 31: Atlanta, GA - organized by
Forry
Ackerman
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1987 - Morgan City, LA ~Not actually a Burroughs
Bibliophiles event.The city wanted to celebrate the 70th anniversary of
the filming of "Tarzan of the Apes", but ERB Inc. demanded a $5,000 royalty
and then shut the event down . . . after buttons were printed and the city
had incurred other expenses. The celebration never occurred.
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1988 - New Orleans, LA - [Huck Remembers] -"A group
of about 20 went to a Cuban restaurant just outside the French Quarter
for dinner. I believe Bill Ross found the place. No GoH, no awards."
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1989 - Boston - The nadir of the Dum-Dums.
Four showed up -- Cole Richardson, Larry Burrows, Joe Wilcoxen,
and Huck. [Huck remembers:] "The only time they would give us a
room was at the same time as the First Fandom meeting, and then they
refused to publicize it in the daily bulletin. I made up signs and
posted them around the Con but it wasn't enough."
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1990 Aug. 30-Sept. 2: Dum-Dum is reinstated
by George McWhorter ~ Burne Hogarth & Danton
Burroughs Louisville, KY - The Galt House - [Huck remembers:]
- "Burne Hogarth (who spoke at least as long as he did in '92), Denny
Miller, Russ Cochran, Sammy the baby Gorilla (who pretended to be a
wind-up toy when hotel staff were around). The ill-fated Tierra
del Fuego Expedition (going back from the university to the Galt House,
our carload got headed the wrong way and drove about 5 miles without seeing
a familiar sight, until finally I said, 'Shouldn't the sun be on
the OTHER side of the car?') Denny can confirm; he was in the same
carload."
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1991 Aug. 31 - Sept. 1: Chicago, IL -
Omni Hotel - Erling B. Holtsmark ~ Guests: Sam Moskowitz
~ Richard Powers ~ Mike Chapman ~ Forrest J. Ackerman The BB
Dum-Dum banquet was held at a downtown restaurant on Saturday evening
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1992 August 27-30: Louisville, Kentucky - Gault
House - Mitchell Harrison ~ Frank Westwood ~
Bob
Zeuschner ~ Rita Coriell ~ Denny Miller~
Guests: Burne Hogarth, Don Kraar, Sam Moskowitz, Dick Lupoff, Henning
Kure (all 107 minutes of Burne Hogarth's speech is captured on tape
by J the V)
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1993 September 16-19: Pittsburgh,
PA - Don Kraar ~ Guests: Tom Yeates, Denny Miller,
George Evans (absent), Gray Morrow and Dave Fury
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1994 September 1-4: Atlanta, GA - Perimeter
Center - Dave Fury (in absentia) & Tracy Griffin
~ Guest: Sam Moskowitz (spoke on the Burroughs-Kline feud)
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1995 Aug. 31- Sept. 6: Rutland, VT -
Joe
Jusko, Surprise guest Maureen O'Sullivan
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1996 August 22-25: Woodland Hills/Tarzana,
CA - Harlan Ellison - Guests: Danton Burroughs,
Tom Yeates, Chuck Porge, Janes & Tarzans: Joanna Barnes, Eve Brent,
Vanessa Brown, Gordon Scott, Denny Miller
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1997 August 22-24: Newton, IA - Gordon
Scott ~ Jim Thompson ~ George McWhorter
~ Guests: Earling B. Holtsmark ~ Bob Zeuschner and Dave Fury
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1998 August 3-6: Baltimore, MD - Gabe
Essoe ~ J.G. Huckenpohler ~ George McWhorter
~ Guests: Al Williamson and Mark Schultz
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1999 - Woodland Hills/Tarzana, CA 1999--Special Advance
Screening of the new Disney Tarzan movie ~ Eddie Gilbert,
Stu Byrne, Forry Ackerman ~ 4E ~ Achievement Award to Bob Barrett
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2000 July 13-16: Grandville, Michigan: Hosted by
Mike
Conran ~ Guests: Johnny Sheffield - Buzz Brown ~ Brian Bohnett
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2001 June 21-24: Tampa Florida: Hosted by Pete
Ogden ~ Steve Hawkes ~ Lydie Denier ~ Steve Korchak
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2002 May 23 - 26: Bryan-College Station, Texas ~
Hosted by Brad Vinson: ERB Original Art Collection ~ Joe Lansdale
~ Scott Beachler Lifetime Achievement Award to Brad Vinson
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2003 August 28-31: Louisville: University of Louisville
& Galt House: Hosted by George McWhorter ~ UofL ERB Exhibit
Danton Burroughs ~ Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell ~ Panel: J.G.
Huckenpohler & Bob Zeuschner ~ Max Allan Collins (absent due to
death in family -- Bob Zeuschner replaced him with after-dinner speech)
~ Denny Miller ~ Lifetime Achievement Awards to Bill Hillman
and
Brian Bohnett
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2004 June 25-26 Fort Collins, Colorado ~ Hosted
by Mike Chapman ~ Glenn Morris Olympic Medals, etc. ~ Guests
Lydie
Denier, Denny Miller ~ Achievement Award to Joan Bledig
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2005 August 10 - 14: Oak Park, Illinois ~ hosted
by Jerry Spannraft ~ GoH: Max Allan Collins ~ Achievement Awards
to Jerry Spannraft and Laurence Dunn.
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2006 August 3-6: Doubletree Inn, Rockville, MD ~
hosted by the National Capital Panthans ~ GoH: Mat Cohen ~ Achievement
Awards: Alan Hanson (Achievement); Matt Cohen (Golden
Lion) ~ Panels: The Evolution of Jane -- Bruce Salen (moderator) and
Edgar Rice Burroughs -- The Second Century (Bruce Salen, moderator) ~ Banquet
Speakers: Matt Cohen, Laurence Dunn ~ Board of Directors Meeting:
Aug 3.
Special Notes: Combined with ECOF 2006; Bob
Hyde Memorial Banquet
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2007 August 2-5 Galt House, Louisville, KY ~ Host:
George
McWhorter ~ GoH: Richard Hescox ~ Guests: Denny and Nancy
Miller ~ Awards: John Tyner (Achievement);Richard
Hescox (Golden Lion) ~ Panels: Tarzan and Jane: Forever in
Fashion? (D. J. Howell, moderator) and Burroughs Bibliophiles
History -- Past, Present, Future (John Tyner, Moderator) ! Banquet
Speakers: Mike Chapman, Denny Miller ~ Board of Directors Meeting:
Aug. 4
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2008 July 24-27 Ramada Hotel, Waterloo, Iowa ~ Host:
Mike
Chapman ~ GoH: Jack and Carol Bender ~ Awards:
Henry
Franke (Achievement); Jack Bender (Golden Lion);
Bradleigh
Vinson (Mucker Award) ~ Panel: Tarzan Comic Strip Artwork (talk
by Jack Bender) Banquet Speakers:
Denny Miller, Dave
Fury ~ Board of Directors Meeting: July 25.
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2009 August 14-16, Holiday Inn, Miamisburg, Ohio
~ Hosts: Dick and Ginnie Spargur ~ GoH: Pete and Joan Ogden
~ Guests: Milan Fibiger (Artist); Cathy Wilbanks and Janet
Mann, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. ~ Award: Pete Ogden (Burroughs
Empire Medal) ~ Panels: ERB Art (Dennis Wilcutt, Speaker) - Legacies
to the University of Louisville Library (Cheryl Crane, Speaker)
- ERB’s Influences (Dick Spargur, Moderator) - Documentary on “Tarzan,
Lord of the Louisiana Jungle” (Al Bohl, Presenter) ~ Banquet Speaker:
Pete
Ogden ~ Directors Meeting: August 14.
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2010 August 19-22, Best Western Motel, Hillside,
IL ~ Hosts: Chicago Muckers ~ GoH: George T. McWhorter ~ Guests:
Stephen Korshak; Tom Floyd (artist); Jim Sullos, Cathy Wilbanks,
Willie Jones, and Janet Mann, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.; Linda,
Llana Jane, and Dejah Burroughs ~ Panels: The Art of
J. Allen St. John (Stephen Korshak, Presenter) ~ Awards: George
McWhorter (Achievement); Stephen Korshak (Golden
Lion); Tom Floyd (Golden Lion); George McWhorter (Mucker
Award) ~ Banquet Speakers: Laurence Dunn, Tom Floyd, Stephen Korshak,
George McWhorter ~ Board of Directors Meeting: August 21.
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