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Collections

Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Athenaeum has Sherlockian holdings donated from the private collections of Baker Street Irregulars A. Carson Simpson, Herman Beerman, and other Philadelphia area collectors.

Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire

Lausanne, Switzerland

Arthur Conan Doyle Collection: This collection contains manuscript materials including personal papers, correspondence, scientific and literary articles, and newspaper clippings related to Doyle's publications. The collection also includes photographs taken by Doyle during the Boer War, World War I, and his visits to Switzerland and the United States.

British Library

London, England

Conan Doyle Collection: This collection of over 2,100 items is made up of family papers bequeathed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's daughter, Dame Jean Bromet, as well as items secured during an auction of Conan Doyle manuscript materials. The collection contains some rare unpublished items by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle including his first unpublished novel "The Narrative of John Smith".

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. University of Texas-- Austin

Austin, Texas

Holdings related to Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle are scattered throughout numerous collections held by the Harry Ransom Center. Notable holdings include: two Sherlock Holmes manuscripts, correspondence to and from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and a pair of spectacles owned by Doyle.

Houghton Library. Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Baker Street Irregulars Trust Collection: The Trust Collection contains primary materials regarding the history of The Baker Street Irregulars (BSI) and its members. This consists of correspondence, photographic and audio materials, manuscripts of historical documents, biographical material, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles. They are always seeking donations of BSI-related materials to enhance their collection.

Huntington Library

San Marino, California

The Huntington Library holds nearly 200 individual publications by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle including rare Spiritualist publications, newspaper articles, and manuscripts.

Lilly Library. Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana

Doyle Manuscripts: This is a small collection of only 18 items, but it consists of letters from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and fragments of Sherlock Holmes stories, as well as correspondence from early Sherlockians such as Christopher Morley, Howard S. Mott, Edgar W. Smith and Vincent Starrett.

Marylebone Library

Westminster, England

Sherlock Holmes Collection: This unique collection contains stories, information about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, photographs, newspaper clippings and journals. The Collection is held at Marylebone Information Service, but is accessible by appointment only. Call (020) 7641 1206 to schedule an appointment.

National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Collection: Contains around 60 letters from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as the manuscript for "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client." The manuscript of "The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe" is also held by the National Library of Scotland, but is located in the Blackwood Collection.

New York Public Library

New York, New York

Berg Collection: The Berg Collection contains some 30,000 printed volumes, pamphlets, and broadsides, and 2,000 linear feet of literary archives and manuscripts, representing the work of more than 400 British and American authors. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is well-represented in this collection which contains several manuscripts of his stories.

Newberry Library

Chicago, Illinois

C. Frederick Kittle Collection of Doyleana: The Kittle Collection of Doyleana is a tribute to the varied talents of the Doyle family, as well as to Fred Kittle who for more than 40 years has amassed one of the world's finest collections of Doyle family materials. The focal point of Kittle's Doyle collection is the extraordinary array of manuscripts and first editions from Doyle and members of his family. All told, there are hundreds of first editions, representing over 90% of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's life's work. In addition, more than 150 letters by Doyle and 50 by other members of his family help weave the story of this brilliant man's career.

Portsmouth Library Service

Portsmouth, England

Arthur Conan Doyle Collection: This is the private collection of Richard Lancelyn Green bequeathed to the City of Portsmouth after his death. The extraordinary collection of over 14,000 items contains Conan Doyle related books, papers and assorted memorabilia. It is in the process of being catalogued, and will be available not only to academics and specialists, but also to the general public.

Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Scotland

Conan Doyle Papers: This collection offers a wide spectrum of works related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle including notebooks, manuscripts, first editions of his works, personal correspondence, and sketches by Doyle's father, Charles. The Royal College also houses the Joseph Bell Collection.

Toronto Public Library

Toronto, Ontario

Arthur Conan Doyle Collection: The Toronto Public Library has the largest publicly accessible collection in the world devoted to Arthur Conan Doyle. While much of the collection is devoted to Doyle's more famous character, Sherlock Holmes, the Library also collects different editions of Doyle's works, from the first to the most recent, along with simplified versions, translations, and adaptations to stage and screen. The Collection is housed at the Toronto Reference Library in an old-fashioned-looking room where people can browse along open shelves in a manner unusual in a special collection.

University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Campus

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sherlock Holmes Collections: The Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Library constitute the world’s largest gathering of material related to Sherlock Holmes and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Collections consist of over 15,000 items including books, journals, and a wide variety of other forms through which the transformation of the Holmes character from the printed page to a cultural icon can be traced. Two of the more important collections of the many that have been added since 1974 are those of Philip S. Hench and John Bennett Shaw.

University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Mary Shore Cameron Collection: Housed in Wilson Library’s Rare Book Department, the Mary Shore Cameron Collection contains over 3,000 items of Sherlockian interest including a nearly comprehensive collection of Sherlock Holmes first editions, early pastiches and parodies, foreign language editions, seminal Sherlockian research, and manuscript materials.

Charles J. Ragland Collection: This collection contains over 1,200 publications related to Sherlock Holmes, specializing in works published from the 1970's to the present. The collection is still being actively developed by its donor.

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jack Powell Collection of Sherlock Holmes: This collection contains nearly 600 published works related to Sherlock Holmes.