Conferences Sponsored by The Norwegian Explorers

The Norwegian Explorers, together with the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Libraries, have sponsored several conferences, which in recent years have been held every three years. Past conferences include: 1984 -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota 1993 -- Victorian Criminal Classes: Rogues, Rascals and Ruffians 1995 -- The Detective and the Collector 1998 -- Founders' Footprints 2001 -- 2001: A Sherlockian Odyssey 2004 -- A River Runs by It 2007 -- Victorian Secrets and Edwardian Enigmas Our 2010 conference, The Spirits of Sherlock Holmes, explored the many meanings of the word "spirits" and how they relate to Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Victorian Era. The conference took place August 6-8, 2010 at the Elmer L. Andersen Library at the University of Minnesota, home of the Sherlock Holmes Collections, the world’s largest collection of Sherlock Holmes-related material. As with past conferences, the 2010 conference featured presentations, vendor tables, a silent auction of selected duplicate items from the Collections, exhibits of rare and unique materials from the Collections, a performance of an Edith Meiser radio script by the Red-Throated League of the Norwegian Explorers, and the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections.

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