Newsboy is the official newsletter of the Horatio Alger Society. Single issues are $4 when available; the Alger Society's membership and subscription page has additional information on ordering issues and joining the society. (Disclaimer: My only connection with HAS is as a long-time member. They were gracious enough to allow me to post this listing, which I'd started to make it easier to find material in back issues.)

Note: Each issue of Newsboy also contains two regular columns, "President's Column" and "Editor's Notebook," both of which frequently include book-, collecting-, HAS-, or Alger-related information; there is also a "Letters to the Editor" column. Except in unusual cases, the contents of these columns have not been indexed at this time, nor are they noted in the listings below.

Volume 49
Nov./Dec. 2011:
"Dash to DeKalb III: An Early Glance at 2012 Convention" by Lynne M. Thomas
"Reading Horatio Alger in Muncie" by Carol Nackenoff
"Inscriptions in Alger Books" by Angelo Sylvester
Letters to the Editor [Bart J. Nyberg on airmail cover (envelope) with image used in Ted Scott endpages; Cary Sternick on Jacob Abbott reference in Alger]
"Job Warner's Christmas" by Horatio Alger, Jr. (reprinted from December 1863 Harper's New Monthly Magazine)
Sept./Oct. 2011:
"Introducing the Horatio Alger Society's New Website"
"Alger Letters from the H. A. S. Website" [Link to HAS page]
"A Word about Membership . . . " by Robert E. Kaspar
"Coming Up Short: Edward Stratemeyer's Venture with Hearst's International Library," pt. 2, by William R. Gowen
July/Aug. 2011:
"Horatio Alger's Tattered Tom: A Tale of Two Genders" by Carol J. Singley [reprint from The Worcester Review (2009)]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Lovell's Rugby edition]
"Convention Reflections" [convention photos]
"Coming Up Short: Edward Stratemeyer's Venture with Hearst's International Library," pt. 1, by William R. Gowen [Joe Strong, Rushton Boys, Nan Sherwood]
May/June 2011:
"Work and Win in Ohio" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [ William O. Stoddard title in Medal Library]
"Canton Memories" [convention photos]
"Special Consignment Auction Summary: Paul A. Cripe Estate Collection"
"Annual H.A.S. Fund-Raising Auction Results"
"2011 H.A.S. Award Recipients" [convention photos]
"Horatio Alger Society Board of Directors Meeting" by Robert E. Kaspar
"Milly's Oranges" by Rev. Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from July 29, 1865 Gleason's Literary Companion]
March/April 2011:
"The Hurst Book Project: A Synopsis, Status . . . and an Excerpt" by Bradford S. Chase
"Doing and Daring at the Horatio Alger Society: First Thoughts on a Strategic Plan"
"Hall of Fame a Canton Centerpiece" [convention preview]
"Where the Wild Things Are: A Consideration of the Feral and the Near Feral in Juvenile Series Books" by H. Alan Pickrell [includes "Tarzan Clones" Bomba and Sorak]
"Bomba on the Silver Screen" by Bill Gowen
Jan./Feb. 2011:
"Work and Win in Ohio" by Robert G. Huber [convention preview]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Upton Sinclair -- real and erroneous connections with Street & Smith dime novel series]
"Life in Cambodia: The First 5 Months" by Steven N. Sutton [recipient of 2010 Dick Seddon Award]
"Clarifying an Old 'Sea Story': Noted Author Upton Sinclair Wrote Some, But Not All, of the Clif Faraday Naval Adventures for Street & Smith" by William R. Gowen [includes bibliography]
"Sinclair: Beyond the Dime Novels"
Volume 48 [issues also online at Horatio Alger Society Newsboy page]
Nov./Dec. 2010:
"Early Glance at 'Work and Win in Ohio'" by Robert G. Huber [convention preview]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [remembrances: Percy H. Seamans; Rocco J. Musemeche]
"Little Phil's Christmas Dinner" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from December 1867 Student and Schoolmate]
"New Year's Day" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from January 2, 1869 Gleason's Literary Companion]
"Master of His Craft: Frank Thayer Merrill as Children's Book Illustrator" by William R. Gowen
Sept./Oct. 2010:
"Alger at the Comics. Part 4: 'The Will to Win'" by Arthur P. Young
"The Will to Win" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [color reproduction of story from Street & Smith's Super Magician Comics]
"Remembering Ruth Miller" by Robert E. Kaspar
"NIU [Horatio Alger] Fellowship Reinstated for 2011" by Lynne M. Thomas
"Good Sports: Ralph Henry Barbour's 'How to Play' Books for Young People" by William R. Gowen
July/Aug. 2010:
"George Leonard Chaney on Horatio Alger, Jr., Oliver Optic and Captain Mayne Reid: A Rediscovered Nineteenth Century Perspective" by Arthur P. Young
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [print-on-demand reprints of scarce titles, especially Tom Swift Keds titles and Dave Fearless]
"More Memories of 2010 Convention" [photos]
"Tom Swift: Inventor of the Century" by James D. Keeline and Kimberlee Keeline [Tom Swift 100 Convention]
May/June 2010:
"In a New Hampshire World" by William R. Gowen [2010 HAS convention report]
"The First Iris of Spring" by William R. Gowen [remembrance: Meg Fleming]
"A Partic'lar Friend Remembers Bob Routhier" by Bradford S. Chase
Obituary: Robert R. Routhier
"A Portsmouth Portfolio" [convention photos]
"Special Consignment Auction Summary: Ronald A. Murch Collection"
"Horatio Alger Society Board of Directors Meeting" by Robert E. Kaspar "A. T. Stewart" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from March 10, 1883 The Golden Argosy]
March/April 2010:
"Former H.A.S. President Jim Ryberg Dies"
"Portsmouth Welcomes Horatio Alger Society" by William R. Gowen [2010 HAS convention preview]
"Teen Reading at the Turn of the Century," part 1, by Kent Baxter [excerpt from chapter 5 of The Modern Age: Turn-of-the-Century American Culture and the Invention of Adolescence (2008) (Introduction/review by Carol Nackenoff)
Book review by William R. Gowen [of Peter C. Walther's The Lost Works of Oliver Optic, vol 1]

Jan/Feb 2010:
"Ralph Raymond's Heir: Gleason's Pictorial Novelettes; or, Clues to An Alger First Edition" by Bob Sipes
"In a New Hampshire World: Places to Visit . . . Things To Do" by William R. Gowen [2010 HAS convention preview]
"A Glimpse of Venice" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from January 1874 Young Israel]
Book review by William R. Gowen [of John T. Dizer, Edward S. Lauterbach, and J. Randolph Cox's The Secret of Hidden Island]

Volume 47 [issues also online at Horatio Alger Society Newsboy page]
Nov/Dec 2009:
"In a New Hampshire World" by Arthur P. Young [2010 HAS convention preview]
"Horatio Alger Jr., A Marlboro Man" by Carol Nackenoff [report on special feature in the Worcester Review vol. 30.1-2]
"Additions to the Alger Bibliography" by Scott B. Chase
"Original Poetry" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [two poems reprinted from 1859 NY Saturday Press]
"Street & Smith's Alger Comic Book Adaptations" by William R. Gowen
Book review by Peter C. Walther [of Robert Charles Wilson's Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America]
"The Novel -- Its Scope and Place in Literature" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from March 1896 New York Railroad Men]
"A Visit to the Home of Walter Scott" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from 14 April 1883 Golden Argosy]
Sept/Oct 2009:
"In a New Hampshire World" by Arthur P. Young [2010 HAS convention preview]
"Miss Frizzell's Boarding School" by Charles F. Preston (Horatio Alger, Jr.) [reprinted from 6 Sept 1856 Flag of Our Union]
"The Milton Bradley Co. -- Horatio Alger Connection" by Robert E. Kaspar [includes color photos of gameboards and boxes]
"A Brief Statistical Evaluation of Alger's Literary Output" by Bob Sipes
"Good Scouts: [Percy K.] Fitzhugh's 'Singles' A Joy to Read, Collect" by William R. Gowen [includes color photos of dust wrappers]
July/Aug 2009:
"Additions to the Alger Canon" by Bob Sipes
"The Little Savoyard" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from 3 April 1869 Flag of Our Union]
"Tom Swift and the Hammondsport Convention" by John T. Dizer
"The Writer: Serving Authors since 1887" by James D. Keeline
"Writing Stories for Boys" [reprints articles by Horatio Alger, Jr., William O. Stoddard, James Otis (Kaler), and Harry Castlemon (Charles A. Fosdick) from The Writer 1895-96]
Book review by William R. Gowen [of Mark Connelly's The Hardy Boys Mysteries, 1927-79: A Cultural and Literary History]
May/June 2009:
"The Charlottesville Charivari" by William R. Gowen [2009 HAS convention report]
"Jean Hartmann Dies at 82" by William R. Gowen
"Convention Glimpses" [convention photos]
"Special Consignment Auction Summary" and "Special Donation Auction Summary"
"Horatio Alger Society Board of Directors Meeting" [report] by Robert E. Kasper
"Treasurer's Report" by Christine DeHaan
"Aunt Jane's Ear Trumpet" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [facsimile of story in April 13, 1889 Leisure Hour Library]
March/April 2009:
"The Charlottesville Charivari: Things to See . . . Things to Do" by Jeff Looney [2009 HAS convention update]
"The Hurst Project: Nine Unusual Hurst & Co. Horatio Alger Formats" by Brad Chase
"Flying High . . . With Noel Sainsbury, Jr." by William R. Gowen
Jan/Feb 2009:
"The Charlottesville Charivari" by Jeff Looney [2009 HAS convention preview]
"The Artist's Apprentice" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from 26 August 26 1854 The Flag of Our Union]
"Worthy Challenger to the Stratemeyer Syndicate: A. L. Burt's Inexpensive Series Books, 1905-37" by William R. Gowen
Volume 46
Nov/Dec 2008:
"The Charlottesville Charivari" by Jeff Looney [2009 HAS convention preview]
"Beckoning at the Gate: Horatio Alger, Jr. and the Literary Canon" by Arthur F. Young
"Odd One Out: Annabel; or, Suzanne Metcalf's Unexpected Homage to Horatio Alger," pt. 2 (of 2), by Sean P. Duffley
Sept/Oct 2008:
Editor's Notebook: Remembering Edward T. LeBlanc
"Odd One Out: Annabel; or, Suzanne Metcalf's Unexpected Homage to Horatio Alger," pt. 1, by Sean P. Duffley ["An earlier version of this article appeared in . . . The Baum Bugle" in Spring 2007]
July/August 2008:
"Remembering Janice Morley (1955-2008)" by Carol Nackenoff
"A Perplexing Pine Point Puzzle; or, Some Random Thoughts Regarding the Publishing Priority of The Young Boatman by Horatio Alger, Jr." by Robert E. Kaspar [includes color illustrations of covers]
"The Golden Test" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprint from Dec. 15, 1866 Gleason's Literary Companion
"John W. Lovell's Rugby Edition: An Introduction" by William R. Gowen [includes color illustrations of covers]
May/June 2008:
"Finding a Fortune in Carson Valley" by William R. Gowen [2008 HAS convention report]
"Special Consignment Auction Summary" and "H.A.S. Special Donation Auction Summary"
"2008 Strive and Succeed Award'" by Janice Morley
"Vickery & Hill" by Charles Francis [reprinted from Discover Maine 2006] (Introduction by William R. Gowen)
March/April 2008:
"Finding a Fortune in Carson Valley" by Janice Morley [2008 HAS convention update]
"The Newly Discovered 'Percy Manson's Lesson'" by J. Jefferson Looney
"Percy Manson's Lesson'" [reprint of 1894 Horatio Alger, Jr., story ]
"Games People Play (and Young Readers Too)" by William R. Gowen [games related to boys' books]
Jan/Feb 2008:
"Finding a Fortune in Carson Valley" by Janice Morley [2008 HAS convention preview]
"A Note of Thanks from NIU" by Lynne M. Thomas
"Horatio Alger's School Books and Educational Readers" by Robert R. Routhier
"Additions to the Alger Bibliography" by Gary Scharnhorst [stories and poems 1854-1908; includes reprint of Alger's 1883 letter to the Christian Union]
"Come Fly with Me: Boys' Aviation Series Books" by Arthur P. Young [review of Fred Erisman's Boys' Books, Boys' Dreams, and the Mystique of Flight]
"Another Previously Unknown Series" by Bart J. Nyberg [Max Siegel's Boys Club]
Volume 45
Nov/Dec 2007:
"A New Alger Publication from W. W. Norton" by Carol Nackenoff [review of Norton Critical edition of Alger's Ragged Dick]
"Make Your Hotel Reservations Soon!" and "Hollywood at Home in the High Sierra!" by Janice Morley [2008 HAS convention update]
"Endless Frontiers and the Emancipation from History: Horatio Alger's Reconstruction of Place and Time in Ragged Dick," pt. 2, by Aaron Shaheen [reprinted from Children's Literature 33 (2005)]
Sept/Oct 2007:
"Oops . . . Another A. L. Burt Find!" by Bradford S. Chase [Alger's Tom Thatcher's Fortune in Burt format 44]
"Other Similar A. L. Burt Covers" by William R. Gowen
"A. L. Burt Boys' Home Library Series" by Robert E. Kasper
"Endless Frontiers and the Emancipation from History: Horatio Alger's Reconstruction of Place and Time in Ragged Dick," pt. 1, by Aaron Shaheen [reprinted from Children's Literature 33 (2005)]
July/Aug 2007:
"An Early Glimpse at the 2008 Convention" by Janice Morley
"Two Who Made a Difference in America" by George F Sharrard [Alger and Baden-Powell]
"William O. Stoddard: From White House to Author" by William R. Gowen
"William O. Stoddard, Jr." by William R. Gowen
"Books by William O. Stoddard" by William R. Gowen [bibliography]
"Books by William O. Stoddard, Jr." by William R. Gowen [bibliography]
"A Glance Back at the [HAS 2007] Convention" [photos]
May/June 2007 [Convention issue]:
"Seeking Fortune in Shelbyville" by William R. Gowen [2007 HAS Convention Report]
"Strive and Succeed Award" by Bob Sipes
"Shelbyville Memories" [photos]
March/April 2007:
"Seeking Fortune in Shelbyville" by Bob Sipes [convention preview]
"Indiana's Historic Covered Bridges" by William R. Gowen [convention preview]
"L. Frank Baum's Boys' Series Books" by H. Alan Pickrell [Sam Steele and Boy Fortune Hunters]
"Collecting Baum's Series Books: What to Look For" by William R. Gowen
"Series Books for Young People by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)" by William R. Gowen [bibliography]
"Video Review" by William R. Gowen [Mickey Mouse Club Hardy Boys]
Jan/Feb 2007:
"A Hoosier Welcome from Shelbyville" by Bob Sipes [convention preview]
"Forty-six Missing Titles; or, Let's Adopt a Format" by Bob Routhier and Brad Chase [page images at the HAS website]
"Missing Titles for Four A. L. Burt Formats at the Northern Illinois University Horatio Alger Repository" by Brad Chase
"Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture" [at] Northern Illinois University
"Into the Wilds for Fun and Profit: Boys Books Visit the Great Outdoors" by William R. Gowen [special emphasis on Stratemeyer Syndicate and C. A. Stephens]
Volume 44
Nov/Dec 2006:
"An Early Look at the 2007 Convention" by Bob Sipes
"From the Vice President's Corner" by Larry Rice [Horatio Alger repository at NIU]
"Strive and Succeed Award" [donors]
"The Gentle Boy from the Dangerous Classes," pt. 2, by Michael Moon [reprinted from Representations 19 (1987)]
"A Holiday Treat . . . Alger Style" by Janice Morley [recipe for oyster stew]
Sept./Oct. 2006:
"The Thrill of a New Discovery" by Brad Chase [book collecting and A. L. Burt Algers]
"The Gentle Boy from the Dangerous Classes," pt. 1, by Michael Moon [reprinted from Representations 19 (1987)]
July/Aug 2006:
"Carl Hartmann: An H.A.S. Legend Remembered" by Robert E. Kasper, Bernie and Marcy Biberdorf, Brad Chase, Jerry Friedland, and Jack Bales [reminiscences]
"An Alger Trio, Part Two: Horatio Alger, Jr., John Townsend Trowbridge and Louise Chandler Moulton" by Peter C. Walther [includes transcripts of correspondence between Moulton and Alger]
"2006 Convention Flashback" [photos]
"Wyckoff's Drumbeat at Trenton" by Frank W. Quillen
"Drumbeat at Trenton" by A. Capwell Wyckoff [unpublished Wyckoff story]
May/June 2006 [Convention issue]:
"On to Omaha!" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"An Alger Trio, Part One: Horatio Alger and His Scrapbook" by Peter C. Walther
"The Fourth of July and How Joshua Pettibone Spent It" [reprinted from The American Union July 1854]
"Book Review" by Mary Ann Nyberg [Melanie Rehak's Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her]
March/April 2006:
"Tattered Tom and Nellie Ray" by John T. Dizer ["Young heroines of Horatio Alger and Edward Stratemeyer"]
"Changing Times -- or Not?" [includes 1937 newspaper clipping: "Boys' Group Honors Alger, Jr, Tho None Buys Books Today"]
"Nellie Ray's New York" by James D. Keeline
"Book Review" by William R. Gowen [John T. Dizer's American Children's Literature, 1890-1940: Heroic Tales That Shaped Adult Lives]
Jan/Feb 2006:
"On to Omaha!" by Bart and Mary Ann Nyberg [convention update]
"The Horatio Alger Society Repository: Status Report -- and a Personal Farewell" by Arthur P. Young
"Henry Trafton's Independence" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprint of 1860 story from Gleason's Literary Companion]
"Bert Salg: Artist and Illustrator" by William R. Gowen
Volume 43
Nov/Dec 2005:
"Omaha Welcomes You!" by Bart and Mary Ann Nyberg [convention update]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [update to 1992 Newsboy article on Ralph Henry Barbour]
"The Nursery Tales of Horatio Alger" by Michael Zuckerman [reprinted from American Quarterly 24 (1972)]
Sept/Oct 2005:
"Official Roster . . . At Last!" [announcement of 2006 membership roster booklet]
"A New Short Story by Harry Castlemon" by Bob Sipes
"Bob's Wildcat" by Harry Castlemon [Charles A. Fosdick] [reprint of story from 1871 Little Corporal]
"How I Found The $500 Check" by Ralph D Gardner [reprint of 1989 Newsboy article]
"Here Are the Rarest of the Fabulous Algers" by Ralph D Gardner [reprint of 1968 article]
"A Boy's Life: Tom, Huck, Jerry & Poppy" by Alan Pickrell [comparison of Leo Edwards's Jerry Todd and Poppy Ott series and Mark Twain's books]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Donohue editions; Stratemeyer]
"Book Review" by William R. Gowen [Cary Sternick's The Henry Altemus Company: A History and Pictorial Bibliography]
2005 HAS Awards [photos]
July/Aug 2005:
"How Much Money Did Horatio Alger Really Earn?" by Robert E. Kasper [includes reproductions of Alger's contracts with book publishers]
"My Saturday Afternoons with Albert Einstein" by Ralph D Gardner [reprint of 1991 article]
"Remembering My Days as 'Ralph the Newsboy'" by Ralph D Gardner [reprint of 1985 Newsboy article]
"The Big Alger Question" by Ralph D Gardner [collecting] [reprint of 1971 Newsboy article]
"Happy 125th, Edward Stratemeyer!" by Ralph D Gardner [reprint of 1987 article]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R.Gowen [Donohue editions; Stratemeyer]
"2005 Convention Flashback" [photos]
March/June 2005 [combined issue and convention issue]:
"Gathering in Grand Rapids" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Grand Rapids Memories" [photos]
"Ralph D. Gardner Remembered" by Brad Chase, Carol Nackenoff, Jerry Friedland, George W. Owens, Angelo Sylvester, Ruth W. Miller, Clyde E. Willis, Robert K. Kasper, and Jack Bales [reminiscences]
Jan/Feb 2005:
"Horatio Alger Society Loses a Legend [Ralph D. Gardner]" by Robert E. Kasper
"Ralph D. Gardner, Adman and Horatio Alger Biographer, Dies at 81" [NYT obituary]
"Ralph Gardner, 81, Authority on Horatio Alger" [NY Sun obituary]
"Our First Time!" by Carol Nackenoff [convention preview and 1994 reminiscences]
"Exciting Announcement from Polyglot Press" [Alger reprints]
"Horatio Alger, Jr.: Juvenile Writer, Durable Metaphor and Collectible Author" by Arthur P. Young
"Speed Reading Horatio Alger" by David J Yarington
Volume 42
Nov/Dec 2004:
"A Big Welcome from Grand Rapids" by William R. Gowen [convention preview]
"Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture" [at] Northern Illinois University
"The Boys of Grand Rapids: Author Charles G. Muller and His Venture into Series Books" by William R. Gowen
"Alger from Abroad: The Garfield Library" by Bob Sipes [Includes bibliographic listing of 'The Garfield Library' first and second series]
Sept/Oct 2004:
"The 2005 Convention: An Early Look"
"Cut & Create; or, Alger's Editors Make Success Heroes" by Kyoko Amano
"Editors & Editing Practice at Street & Smith" by J. Randolph Cox
"Workin' on the Railroad: Boys' Books Ride the Rails" by William R. Gowen [dime novels and series books about railroads, especially Stratemeyer Syndicate's Ralph of the Railroad and Burton E. Stevenson's Boys Story of the Railroad]
"Boys' Railroading Books -- A Selected List" by William R. Gowen
July/Aug 2004:
"Book Review" by Robert G. Sipes [Jon Boorstin's The Newsboys' Lodging-House]
"Daubs and Botches: The Artwork for [Edward Stratemeyer 's] Dave Porter's Return to School" by James D. Keeline [includes biographical information about illustrator Charles Nuttall and reproductions of the F. Gilbert Edge illustrations for School]
"Edward Stratemeyer and Stratemeyer Syndicate Books Illustrated by Charles Nuttall"
"Looking Back at 'Dash to DeKalb II'" [convention photos]
March/June 2004: [Combined issue and convention issue]
"Dash to DeKalb II" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Convention Reflections" [convention photos]
"Strive and Succeed Award"
Jan/Feb 2004:
"Magnificent Chicago Opens Doors to Visitors" by William R. Gowen [convention preview]
"A New Donohue Alger Format? I Think So. . . : Fireside Series Format No. 13A" by Brad Chase
"Strive and Succeed Award" [donors]
"On the Death of Horatio Alger? A Social Science Reflection" by Carol Nackenoff
"Meet Nicholas Basbanes, Convention Keynote Speaker" [convention preview]
"Books in My Baggage; or, A Horatio Alger Reminiscence" by Jack Bales
Volume 41
Nov/Dec 2003:
"Welcome to 'Dash to DeKalb II'!: A Preview of the 2004 Horatio Alger Society Convention" by William R. Gowen
"Bob Bennett Remembered: Collector, Bibliographer and Partic'lar Friend" by Robert E. Kasper, Brad Chase, John T. Dizer, Jack Bales, and Bob Sipes [reminiscences]
"Revisiting the Hurst Alger Miniatures" by Rolfe B. Chase
"Background on Hurst -- and a Few Printing Terms" by William R. Gowen
Letter from Jack Bales [includes reprint of an Alger letter from April 12, 1865]
Sept/Oct 2003:
"Olive Augusta Cheney -- Author, Historian, Temperance Leader, Suffragist and Much More" by Robert E Kasper
"Everett Tomlinson: Minister, Educator, Historian and Author" by William R. Gowen
"Tomlinson's Publishers -- Quite a Diverse Lot" by William R. Gowen
"Everett T. Tomlinson's Books" by William R. Gowen [bibliography]
"Paul G. Tomlinson's Books" by William R. Gowen [bibliography]
July/Aug 2003:
"Horatio Alger's Harvard Graduates Magazine Obituary" [reprint]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Ralph Henry Barbour update]
"Rollo's Journey to Cambridge" by Cary Sternick [John T. Wheelwright and Frederic J. Stimson's parody of Jacob Abbott's Rollo's Travel books]
"Convention Memories" and "Annual H.A.S. Awards" [photos]
May/June 2003 [Convention issue]:
"Houston 2003: 'Adrift in Space City'" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Book Review" by William R. Gowen [Cary Sternick's A Bibliography of 19th Century Children's Series Books with Price Guide]
"Who's on First? The Boys in the Chip Hilton Books" by Alan Pickrell
"The Chip Hilton Sports Series by Clair Bee" [bibliography]
"Chip Hilton Award"
March/April 2003:
"Reflection: How an Interest in Alger Publishers Led to Five Books" by Brad Chase
"Alger 's Heroes . . . And Villains" by Angelo Sylvester [names of heroes and villains in 122 book-length Alger stories]
"Edward Stratemeyer's Putnam Hall Series" by Ed Mattson
Jan/Feb 2003:
"H.A.S. Will Be 'Adrift in Space City'" by Marc C. Williams [convention preview]
"Her Smile Will Live On: Marg McClymont Remembered" by Bernie Biberdorf
"Things To See and Things To Do" [and] "Holiday Inn - NASA" by Marc C. Williams [convention preview]
"Love in Disguise: An Old face in a New Phase" by Carl Cantab [Horatio Alger, Jr.] [reprint of 1854 American Union story]
Volume 40
Nov/Dec 2002:
"Convention Time Is Getting Nearer!" by Marc C. Williams [convention preview]
"Polyglot Press Releases Alger's Works"
"Strive and Succeed Award" [donors]
"Old Simon the Miser: A Story of the New Year" by Carl Cantab [Horatio Alger, Jr.] [reprint of 1853 American Union story]
Sept/Oct 2002:
"At Last: Whitman's Struggling Upward Cover Design Found" by Bradford S. Chase
"Horatio Alger Repository Report" by Arthur P. Young
"Last Will & Testament: Horatio Alger, Jr." [holograph also reproduced]
"Alger's Will, Dated Feb 15, 1898"
"More Details about Alger's 1873 Tour of Europe" [from Olive Augusta Cheney 's letters] by Gary Scharnhorst
July/Aug 2002:
"The Frank A. Munsey-John W. Lovell Connection and Their Alger Paperbacks" by Robert E. Kasper
"Merriam, Allison -- and a Little Alger: Edward Stratemeyer Enters the World of Hard-Cover Books" by John T. Dizer
"Paul F. Miller: Remembering a True Bibliophile" by Robert E. Kasper
May/June 2002 [Convention issue]:
"Salt Lake City 2002: 'Crossroads of the West'" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Mary Jane Thorp Fondly Remembered" by Bradford S. Chase
"Ode to a Book Collector" by Florence Shay
"2002 Convention Caught by the Camera" and "Salt Lake Memories" [photos]
"'D. T. Henty' and [Edward Stratemeyer 's] Bright Days Revisited" by John T. Dizer
"The Human Owls of La Vendee: An Historical Tale" by D. T. Henty [reprinted from 1896 Bright Days; includes reproduction of ad for Bright Days]
March/April 2002:
"Things to See and Enjoy in Salt Lake City" by William R. Gowen [convention preview]
"Alger at the Comics," pt. 3 by Arthur P. Young [Horatio Alger, Jr., story from Doc Savage Comics 1940] [pts. 1 and 2 in 1998]
"William Heyliger: All-American Writer" by William R. Gowen
"Books by William Heyliger" by William R. Gowen [bibliography]
Jan/Feb 2002:
"'Crossroads of the West' Prepares to Welcome Horatio Alger Society" by Ralph J. Carlson [convention update]
"HAS [Horatio Alger Society] Repository -- Northern Illinois University: Update" by Arthur P. Young
"Salt Lake City at a Glance" [convention update]
"Strive and Succeed Award" [donors]
"Mershoniana: Wiliam L. Mershon and The Mershon Company" by Peter C Walther [includes transcript of agreement with Stratemeyer]
Volume 39
Nov/Dec 2001:
"A 2002 Welcome from Salt Lake City!" by Ralph J. Carlson [convention update]
"Two Alger Stories for the Holidays"
"John Rawson's Christmas Gift" by Rev. Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from 1867 Gleason's Literary Companion]
"John Stevenson's Good Fortune" by Rev. Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprinted from 1867 Gleason's Literary Companion]
"Jolly Good Times: Mary P. Wells Smith and Her Books for Young People" by William R. Gowen
"Mary P. Wells Smith's Books for Young People" [bibliography] by William R. Gowen
Sept/Oct 2001:
"A Literary Double Play: Harte . . . to Buntline . . . to Alger" by Robert D. Pepper
"How I Built My Rare-Book Connection" by Ralph Gardner, Jr. [reprint from NY Observer 2001]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [final installment of a series "look[ing] at the leading publishers of juvenile books and . . . methods they used to identify first editions," concluding with Whitman and W. A. Wilde; began Jan/Feb 2000]
"'If You Build It. . . ': Self-Improvement Books for Young People" by William R. Gowen [includes Hardy Boys Detective Handbook; Rick Brant's Science Projects; Frank Merriwell's Art of Physical Development; and others]
"Self-Help Books: A Selected List" [bibliography] by William R. Gowen
July/Aug 2001:
"The A. L. Burt Boys' Home Stories" by Robert E. Kasper [hard-cover editions of Alger; article in July/Aug 2000 covered paperback Burt Algers]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Street & Smith; Sully & Kleinteich; George Sully & Co editions]
"Memories of '2001 -- An Alger Odyssey'" [photos]
"Capwell Wyckoff's Mystery Hunters: Sleuthing in the Great Outdoors" by Frank W. QUillen
"Boys' Books by Capwell Wyckoff" [bibliography]
May/June 2001 [convention issue]:
"2001--An Alger Odyssey" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Story Locales Used by Horatio Alger, Jr." by Angelo Sylvester
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Stitt]
March/April 2001:
"Alger Story Comes to Light in The Sunbeam" by Arthur P. Young
"2001--An Alger Odyssey" by Doug Fleming [convention update]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Scribner's Sons]
"The Diamond Ring; or, The Astrologer's Stratagem: A Tale of Boston in 1775," pt. 3, by Oliver Optic [William T. Adams] [reprint from 1854 Boston Olive Branch
Jan/Feb 2001:
"2001--An Alger Odyssey; or, Onward to Ottawa" by Doug Fleming [convention update]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Saalfield;]
"The Diamond Ring; or, The Astrologer's Stratagem: A Tale of Boston in 1775," pt. 2, by Oliver Optic [William T. Adams] [reprint from 1854 Boston Olive Branch
Volume 38
Nov/Dec 2000:
"2001--An Alger Odyssey; or, Onward to Ottawa" by Doug Fleming [convention preview]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Penn; G. P. Putnam's Sons; Reilly & Britton; Reilly & Lee]
"The Diamond Ring; or, The Astrologer's Stratagem: A Tale of Boston in 1775," pt. 1 [of 3], by Oliver Optic [William T. Adams] [reprint from 1854 Boston Olive Branch
"Introduction to 'The Diamond Ring'" by Peter C. Walther
"The Truth about The Sleuth: 'Turning Back the Old Clock as Nancy Drew Turns 70' [and] 'Nancy Drew and the Birthday Gift'" by Angela Hill [reprint of two articles from Calif. newspapers]
"Book Review" by William R. Gowen [J. Randolph Cox's The Dime Novel Companion: A Source Book]
Sept/Oct 2000:
"The Goldsmith Publishing Company" by Bradford Chase
"Facing the (Internet) World: A Look at the Horatio Alger Society Web Site" by Michael and Janice Morley
"Accessing Alger in the Digital Domain" by Mark A. WIlliams
"Anchors Aweigh! Series Books and the United States Navy" by William R. Gowen [includes Optic, Cyrus Townsend Brady, Stratemeyer, Edward L. Beach]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [NY Book Co; L C Page]
July/Aug 2000:
"The A. L. Burt Boys' Home Library" by Robert E. Kasper [formats]
"Why I Read Alger" by Angelo Sylvester
"["D. T. Henty's] Malcolm the Waterboy, or A Mystery of Old London" by John T. Dizer
"Constitution and Bylaws of the Horatio Alger Society"
"Convention Flashback" [photos]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Little, Brown & Co; David McKay; Mershon]
May/June 2000: [Convention issue]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Reminiscences about Bob Sawyer]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Hearst's International Library; Henry Holt & Co.; Houghton Mifflin; Hurst & Co.; Lee & Shepard]
"In a New World in West Chester" by William R. Gowen [Convention report]
"H.A.S. Special Consignment Results" and "Annual H.A.S. . . . Auction Results"
"The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Horatoi Alger Heroes" by Bill and Mary Roach
March/April 2000
"Wallace Palmer: A True Giant Passes" by Ralph D. Gardner
"An E-Eulogy for a Wonderful Partic'lar Friend [Wallace Palmer]" by Gilbert K. Westgard II
"Widow Brown's Oil Well: A Tale of Petroleum" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprint of 1868 story from Public Spirit]
"Horatio Alger Society Constitution and By-laws for the New Millenium" [Proposed] by Bradford S. Chase
"A Beautiful Place in the Country" by Terry Conway [about Baldwin's Book Barn, reprinted from 1997 Biblio] [convention preview]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Dodd, Mead & Co.; M. A. Donohue & Co.; Doubleday & Co.; Dana Estes & Co.; Goldsmith Publishing Co.; Griffith and Rowland Press; Grosset & Dunlap; Harper & Brothers]
Jan/Feb 2000
"In a New World in West Chester" by Tom Davis [convention preview]
"Mrs. Pemberton's Shoes and How Much They Cost" by Caroline F. Preston [Horatio Alger, Jr.] [reprint of 1868 story from Public Spirit]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Identifying first editions -- general precepts; specifics for Henry Altemus Co.; D. Appleton & Co.; D. Appleton-Century; Barse & Hopkins; Barse & Co.; A. L. Burt; Century Co.; Chatterton-Peck; Thomas Y. Crowell; Cupples & Leon; cont'd in subsequent issues through Sept/Oct 2001]
"Fond Memories of Alger's Works" by Frank W. Quillen


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