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.


Newsboy index 2000-2011



Volume 37


Nov/Dec 1999:
"Dr Duke. A Christmas Story" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprint of 1867 Public Spirit story, found by Gary Scharnhorst (along with two others published in Sept-Dec 2000 issues)]
"The Werner Connection; or, Tracing the Roots of Seven Alger Publishers" by Bradford S. Chase
[Werner Printing and Lithographing Company of Akron, Ohio; also, Saalfield Publishing; MacLellan-N-Y-Publishers; Superior Printing Company; Goldsmith; World Syndicate; World Publishing Company, and some format information]
"Literary Pensions" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprint of 1868 Public Spirit essay, found by Gary Scharnhorst

Sept/Oct 1999:
"Alger Ages, But Not Much: A Centennial Reflection" by Arthur P. Young [brief biography and impact: "a selective inventory of Alger's continuing presence in . . . literature, scholarship, organizations, and . . . the used book market"]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Clair Bee's Chip Hilton series]
"A Remembrance" [Florence Ogilvie Schnell]
"John Stuart Ogilvie" by Florence Ogilvie Schnell [HAS member and his granddaughter]
"The Ragged Newsboy"[19th-century ballad, words submitted by Bob Collmer]
"Father Knows Best -- Or Does He? An Informal, Incomplete Study of Father Figures in Boys' Books" by Alan Pickrell [includes Hardy Boys and Jerry Todd]
"Dash to DeKalb Memories" [photos]
"Auctioneers Sold on New Careers" and "Internet Puts Its Stamp on the World of Commerce" by Malia B. Zoghlin [reprinted from 1999 Chicago Tribune]
Ad for Official Horatio Alger Society Golf Shirt

July/Aug 1999:
"Confessions of an Alger Addict" by Alvin K. Funderburg [reading Alger in the 1920s; plot conventions and other Alger traits]
"Centennial of Alger's Death: Selected Obituaries" [reprints of obituaries from July 18, 1899 Boston Daily Globe and July 19, 1899 Boston Daily Advertiser, New York Times, New York Herald
"Last Will and Testament: Horatio Alger, Jr."
"Mild-Mannered Reporters . . . or Boys' Book Heroes?" by William R. Gowen ["how the newspaper profession is portrayed in boys' books" - including Stratemeyer's Shorthand Tom, William Heylinger's Ritchie of the News, Howard R. Garis's Great Newspaper Series (Larry Dexter), Edward Mott Wolley's Donald Kirk, and Graham M. Dean's Young Reporter)
"The Horatio Alger, Jr. Resources Web Site" by Bill and Mary Roach

May/June 1999: [convention issue]
"Dash to DeKalb" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"H.A.S. Special Consignment Results" and "Annual H.A.S. . . . Auction Results"
"By-Laws for the New Millennium" by Bradford S. Chase
"By-Laws of the Horatio Alger Society"
Letter: Forest P. Porter's transcription of a Lowell Thomas speech ca 1981 that mentions Alger

March/April 1999:
"Dash to DeKalb" [convention update]
"Mrs. Pollifax and Tattered Tom: A Sequel" by John T. Dizer [follow-up to May 1993 article on Alger references in Dorothy Gilman Butters's The Calico Year; includes bibliography of Gilman's works]
"Ragged Dick in the Nineties: An Active Student Learning Project" by Carol S. Loranger [Alger in college lit class]
"Earl Reed Silvers: An Appreciation" by A. Lois Varney [includes bibliography of Silvers's works] "Book Reviews" by Willam R. Gowen [Bradford S. Chase's Horatio Alger Books Published by The New York Book Company and facsimile edition of Horatio Alger, Jr., and O. Augusta Cheney, Seeking His Fortune, and Other Dialogues]

Jan/Feb 1999:
"Dash to DeKalb" [convention preview]
"Brad Chase's Fourth Book [Horatio Alger Books Published by The New York Book Company] to Be Released at Convention
"Humble Hans and Ragged Dick: Brothers Under the Skin" by Marilyn H. Karrenbrock Stauffer [parallels between writings by Alger and Mary Mapes Dodge -- especially Hans Brinker]
"A Publishing Odyssey: Seeking His Fortune and the $500 Check" by David L. Collier [saga of the facsimile edition]
"Cover and Spine Designs of the Westgard and Collier & Westgard Limited Edition Alger Volumes" by Gilbert K. Westgard II


Volume 36

Nov/Dec 1998:
"Alger at the Comics," pt. 2, by Arthur P. Young [Robert Coverdale's Struggle as "Robert Coverdale's Pluck and Luck" in Shadow Comics]
"The Webster Series: A Stratemeyer Syndicate Series by 'Frank V. Webster' -- in the Spirit of the Alger Completions" by James D. Keeline [includes bibliography and brief information about ghostwriters -- Howard Garis, Weldon J. Cobb, St. George Rathborne

Sept/Oct 1998:
"Alger at the Comics," pt. 1, by Arthur P. Young ["Rough and Ready" in Shadow Comics]
"A Tribute: Henry 'Hank Gravbelle, Feb. 17, 1930 - Sept. 18, 1998" by Elaine R. Gravbelle
"Street Fair Honors Horatio Alger, Jr." by Steven N. Sutton [3rd annual, in Marlborough, Mass.]

July/Aug 1998:
"Horatio Alger Goes International: Collecting Foreign Editions" by Robert E. Kaspar [includes Robertson's Edition, Aldine's Garfield Library, and foreign language editions]
"Waving the Flag for Phillips Exeter: The Boys' Books of Albertus T. Dudley" by William R. Gowen [includes biography and bibliography]
"Another Glance at the '98 Convention" [photos]

May/June 1998: [convention issue]
"Valley of the Sun Shines on H.A.S." by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Convention Postcards from Arizona" [photos]
"Annual H.A.S. . . . Auction Results" and " . . . Convention Consignment Auction Results"
"Book Reviews" by Willam R. Gowen [John T. Dizer's Tom Swift, The Bobbsey Twins and Other Heroes of American Juvenile Literature and Gilbert K. Westgard II, ed., Bootblack, The Horatio Alger Magazine, vol VIII]

March/April 1998:
"A Stratemeyer Necrology: Some Final Determinations" by Peter C. Walther [sequel to articles in Sept. 1996 and Jan. 1997; biographical information on Stratemeyer's family; includes "Death of Louis C. Stratemeyer" from (Elizabeth NJ) Daily Journal, 11 Sept. 1905]
"Aftermath of an Erratum: New Thoughts on Horatio Alger's From Canal Boy to President" by Arthur P. Young [includes publishing history and reproduction of publisher's broadside and copyright registration]
"Pee-Wee Harris, Warrior Bold" by Percy K. Fitzhugh, il. Bert Salg [conclusion -- pt. 5]

Jan/Feb 1998:
"Welcome to the Valley of the Sun!" [convention preview]
"H.A.S. Repository Has Memorable Year" by the Staff of the HAS Repository [at Northern Illinois University]
"Winston's Standing Boy Series" by Robert L. Kersch [Alger formats]
"Pee-Wee Harris, Warrior Bold" by Percy K. Fitzhugh, il. Bert Salg [pt. 4]


Volume 35

Nov/Dec 1997:
"President's Column" by John Cadick [summarizing business changes and Long-Range Planning Committee]
"H.A.S. Directors Beat Chicago's Winter . . . Barely" by William R. Gowen [report of meeting]
"Bertha's Christmas Vision" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprint from 1853 Monthly Religious Magazine]
"Pee-Wee Harris, Warrior Bold" by Percy K. Fitzhugh, il. Bert Salg [pt. 3]

Sept/Oct 1997:
"Report of the Financial Review ad hoc Committee"
"Horatio Alger and the American Union" part 6 by Peter C. Walther [includes reprint of "The Blue Sash!" by Carl Cantab (Horatio Alger Jr.) from 1854 American Union]
"Pee-Wee Harris, Warrior Bold" by Percy K. Fitzhugh, il. Bert Salg [pt. 2]
"Signed . . . Sealed and Delivered" by William R. Gowen [reproductions of book inscriptions by Charles Pierce Burton, William Heyliger, and Ralph Henry Barbour; follow-up to July 1996 article of same title]

July/Aug 1997:
"The History of the Penn Publishing Company," pt. 1, by Robert E. Kaspar
"Miniatures on Diminutive Pee-Wee Harris" by Rocco J. Musemeche [appreciation of Percy Keese Fitzhugh's Pee-Wee Harris series; includes bibliography]
"Pee-Wee Harris, Warrior Bold" by Percy K. Fitzhugh, il. Bert Salg [pt. 1 of 5; from Boys' Life]
"Horatio Alger Society Award Winners -- 1997" [photos]

May/June 1997: [convention issue]
"Do and Dare in New Hampshire" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Endowment Receives Major Gift from Huber" by Samuel T. Huang
"Financial Review Ad Hoc Committee Mission Statement" by John Cadick
"Convention Memories" [photos]
"Annual H.A.S. . . . Auction Results" and " . . . Convention Consignment Auction Results"
"Collecting by Publisher? Try New York Book Company Algers for Fun" by Bradford S. Chase [Alger formats]

March/April 1997:
"A New Alger Title Is Discovered" by Arthur P. Young [The Platform School Dialogues by Horatio Alger and O. Augusta Cheney]
"Do and Dare in New Hampshire" by Angelo Sylvester [convention update]
"Welcome to the H.A.S. Home Page!" by Mike Morley
"Horatio Alger Society Repository Library News" by Samuel T. Huang
"Horatio Alger and the American Union" part 5 by Peter C. Walther [includes reprint of "The Humpbacked Contributor" by Carl Cantab (Horatio Alger Jr.) from 1853 American Union]
"Horatio Alger Banned, 1910" by George W. May
"Book Reviews" [Larry E. Sullivan and Lydia Cushman Schurman, eds., Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes reviewed by William R. Gowen; and E. Christian Mattson and Thomas B. Davis's A Collector's Guide to Hardcover Boys' Series Books, reviewed by Arthur P. Young]
"Taking another Look at that Old Ball Game" ["Triple Play": excerpt from Everett T. Tomlinson's The Pennant (1912)]

Jan/Feb 1997:
"Do and Dare in New Hampshire" by Angelo Sylvester [convention preview]
"ALGER-L Information" by Bill Roach
"A Stratemeyer Necrology" An Update (and apology)" by Peter C. Walther [corrections and additions to Sept. 1996 article]
"Striking Out: The Stratemeyer Syndicate and Boys Sports Books" by William R. Gowen [includes Baseball Joe, College Sports, Garry Grayson, Mel Martin, with brief mention of other authors who "craft(ed) well-written sports-related" books]


Volume 34

Nov/Dec 1996:
"Welcome Home, M. A. Donohue!" [Brad Chase's donation to the Horatio Alger Society's repository library, at Northern Illinois University]
"Jacket Jottings: Recent Discoveries of Alger and Alger-Publisher Dust Jackets" by Arthur P. Young
Letters to the Editor: Bart Nyberg on the Jerry Hicks series and overweight characters [in response to Alan Pickrell's Sept 1996 article]
"Other Than Uncle Wiggily; or, The Lesser-Known Works of Howard R. Garis" by John T. Dizer [also includes biographical information and bibliography of "Known books of Howard R. Garis written under his own name, excluding the Uncle Wiggily Books"]

Sept/Oct 1996:
"Those Magnificent Munsey Paperbacks" by Robert E. Kaspar [Alger formats]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen [Stratemeyer's early writings; Alger presentation copy of Do and Dare priced at $2250]
"A Stratemeyer Necrology . . . with Random Thoughts on German Orthography" by Peter C. Walther [follow-up articles in Jan. 1997 and March 1998; includes genealogical information, photographs of Stratemeyer gravesite, and information from cemetery ledgers]
"All the World Loves a Fat Boy -- Doesn't It?" by H. Alan Pickrell [overweight characters in boys' series, including Frank Merriwell, Darewell Chums, Lend-a-Hand Boys, Hardy Boys, Mark Tidd, Three Investigators]

July/Aug 1996:
"New York Book Company Algers: Some Interesting Initial Findings" by Bradford S. Chase [formats]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen ["The Tale of a Lumberman" published by Edward Stratemeyer]
"'96 H.A.S. Award Winners" [photos]
Letter: David Lee Collier on promoting H.A.S. through special bookmarks [included with issue]
"Signed . . . Sealed and Delivered" by William R. Gowen [reproductions of book inscriptions by Horatio Alger, Jr., Percy Keese Fitzhugh, Edward Stratemeyer, Leo Edwards (Edward Edson Lee), Clarence B. Kelland, Edwin Alger (Jay Jerome Williams)] [follow-up article in September 1997]

May/June 1996: [convention issue]
"Strive and Succeed in Stratford" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"A Few Words of Thanks from Our Convention Hosts" by Ivan McClymont
Letter: Olive Tardiff, reminiscence about Henry A. Shute [response to March 1996 article]
Candid Camera at the Convention [photos]
"Annual H.A.S. . . . Auction Results" and " . . . Convention Consignment Auction Results"
"Bibliographic Rambles No. 11: W. O. Stoddard and the Moving Picture" by Peter C. Walther
"The Holy Grail: Fifteen Minutes with the Stratemeyer Syndicate Archives [at NYPL]" by John T. Dizer
"Book Review" by Arthur P. Young [E. Christian Mattson and Thomas B. Davis's A Collector's Guide to Hard Cover Boys' Series Books; or, Tracing the Trail of Harry Hudson]

March/April 1996:
"Strive and Succeed in Stratford" by Ivan McClymont [convention update]
"Horatio Alger and the American Union," part IV, by Peter C. Walther [reprint of "Mrs. Smith's Soiree" by Carl Cantab (Alger) from 1853 American Union]
"Brite and Fair; or, The Real Story of Judge Henry A. Shute" by Bart J. Nyberg [includes reprint of 1905 Chicago Record article on Shute with photo; biography; Plupy series; bibliography]
"Welcome to Stratford" [convention update: photos]

Jan/Feb 1996:
"Strive and Succeed in Stratford" by Ivan McClymont [convention update]
"Tribute to an Alger Hero" [reminiscences about Bob Williman] by Bradford S. Chase
"It's a Series" by William R. Gowen [A. T. Dudley's A Spy of '76 and The King's Powder]
"Alger and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Harvard Days Remembered" by Edward L. Tucker


Volume 33

Nov/Dec 1995:
"The Christmas Gift" by Horatio Alger, Jr. [reprint from 1854 Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Conpanion]
"A Remembrance from Cambridge" by Robert E. Kaspar [reprint of "Biographical Sketches: Horatio Alger, Junior" from Annals of the Harvard Class of 1852 (published 1922)]
"Horatio Alger Books, Ltd." by Ronald A. Murch [book collecting]
"Hoo-ray! ri! ro! row! roo! rah!: Rupert Hughes and His Dozen" by William R. Gowen [includes biography; Lakerim Athletic Club; bibliography]

Sept/Oct 1995:
"The Centennial of 'The Newsboy': Oldest Surviving Stature is Celebrating Its 100th This Fall" by William R. Gowen [statue in Great Barrington MA]
"Striving to Succeed in Stratford" by Ivan McClymont [convention update]
"A Man of the 'Century'" [John T. Dizer]
"Alger Dust Jackets," part III, by Irving Leif ["pre-1900 dust jackets on first editions"]
"The Serpent in the Garden: Malicious Reptiles in Juvenile Series Books" by Alan Pickrell [includes X Bar X Boys, Don Sturdy]
Letter: Bart J. Nyberg [two new two-volume series discovered -- Henry Gardner Hunting's Witter Whithead and Ellery H. Clark's Dick Randall] 1995 Membership Roster included with issue

July/Aug 1995:
"Alger Dust Jackets," part II, by Robert E. Kaspar ["known jackets for early 20th century reprint publishers"]
"Editor's Notebook" by William R. Gowen ["Dealing with Book Dealers . . ."]
"Pioneers, Passionate Ladies and Private eyes: A Report on the Library of Congress Symposium on Dime Novels, Series Books and Paperbacks, June 9-10, 1995" by James D. Keeline
"A Few More Pieces of the Syndicate Puzzle . . ." by James D. Keeline [copyright transfers]
"Horatio Alger and the American Union," part III, by Peter C. Walther [reprint of "Mrs. Brown Stout!" by Carl Cantab (Alger) from 1854 American Union]

May/June 1995 [Convention issue]:
"On the Mark in Corning" by William R. Gowen [convention report]
"Annual H.A.S. . . . Auction Results," "William J. McCord Estate Auction Results" and " . . . Convention Consignment Auction Results"
"Sportsmanship . . . Self-Sacrifice . . . St. Timothy's: The Books of Arthur Stanwood Pier" by William R. Gowen [includes bibliography]

March/April 1995:
"Corning Bids Welcome to H.A.S.!" by Dick Pope [convention update]
"All Dressed Up for the Occasion: Alger Dust Jackets," part I [of 3], by Robert E. Kaspar [post-1900 dust Jackets on first edition Algers]
"Horatio Alger and the American Union," part III, by Peter C. Walther [reprint of "Aunt Dorothy's Visit!" by Horatio Alger, Jr. from 1853 American Union]
"The Horatio ALger Theme in Girls' Books" by Jo Anne Fetterly [includes L. M. Montgomery, some Stratemeyer Syndicate series]
Letter: James D. Keeline [bio-biblographical information on Thomas Morris Longstreth and George Inness Hartley ]

Jan/Feb 1995:
"On the Mark in Corning" by Richard L Pope [convention preview]
"The Real Tom Swift: The Work of American Aviation Pioneer Glenn Curtiss Is Preserved at the New and Expanded Glenn Curtiss Museum" by William R. Gowen
"The Alger Repository Moves Forward" by Robert E. Kaspar [at Northern Illinois University]
"Michael A. Donohue: A Profile of a Publisher and His Horatio Alger, Jr. Products" by Bradford S. Chase [biography, M. A. Donohue Co. history, Alger formats]
Letter: Bart J. Nyberg [two new two-volume series discovered -- by George Inness Hartley and T. Morris Longstreth; follow-up letter by Keeline in next issue]




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