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Colorado
My local scion society: “Dr. Watson’s Neglected Patients is a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars located in Denver, Colorado. Although nationally known authors and Sherlockians are members of the society, the Neglected Patients is open to all lovers of mystery no matter their level of interest in or knowledge of Sherlock Holmes.”
Illinois
Sherlock Holmes is alive and well (if a little demented) in Peoria, Illinois. Sherlock Peoria seems to have been around since at least 1983 and its members seem devoted to the Canon, despite Peoria never having been mentioned in it. The website also features a web comic that rivals Alien Loves Predator in silliness.
Maryland
The Red Circle of Washington, D.C., has been meeting irregularly since 1949: “All are welcome to join our ranks, participate in our meetings, and enjoy the camaraderie that comes from our shared interest in all things Sherlockian and Doylean.”
Watson’s Tin Box of Ellicott City, MD: “Our dinner meetings are generally on the last Monday of the month, from 7 pm to 9 pm, and each month we focus on a different Sherlock Holmes story. Attend two or more meetings and you are considered a member of Watson’s Tin Box. There are no dues.”
The Denizens of the Bar of Gold meet in Cambridge, M.D., and you can find several very nice videos on their website. For information about their meetings, visit the website and click the contact button at the bottom of the page — suitably mysterious.
The Society of the Naval Treaty scion seems a “modest” group in Annapolis: The Society of the Naval Treaty was established in 1994 in Annapolis MD, by Lynn Whitall and Father Peter Caputo. Our incredibly cool and welcoming club meets every other month to discuss all things Sherlockian.
Michigan
McMurdo’s Camp, a Scion Society of the Baker Street Irregulars, was recently organized in Charlevoix, Michigan. The Society is dedicated solely to the study of, and socialization involving, the four novels and fifty-six short stories of The Canon, plus related subjects and activities.
The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit is a BSI scion organized in 1946. I wish I could say more but there’s no convenient capsule bio. It certainly appears to be a thriving society.
Minnesota
The Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota
“The group meets four to six times a year in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area and holds its annual dinner in December. The group's newsletter, Explorations, is published irregularly three times a year, and the Sherlock Holmes Study Group meets monthly to discuss a tale from the Canon. An affiliated troupe, The Red-Throated League, performs Holmes radio scripts written by Edith Meiser.”
Missouri
The Harpooners of the Sea Unicorn of St. Charles, MO, is devoted to the study of Sherlock Holmes and the Victorian era and meets monthly, usually at Mother-in-Law House Restaurant, to discuss the Canon. Click for the Harpooner’s Meetup page or their website.
NEW JERSEY
The amusingly named Mrs. Hudson’s Cliffdwellers, a scion society, meets twice a year, typicall the first Sunday in June in December: “MHCD was founded in 1976 by Irving Kamil, Norm Schatell, and Harlan Umansky. From the very beginning our scion was dedicated to fun, silliness, and the odd bit of inspired lunacy.”
New York
The Three Garridebs of Westchester County, New York, was founded in 1973 after three groups merged, and has four regular meetings a year and three special events. The regular meetings are held in January, March, May, and November, usually on the third Saturday of the month.
According to their history at the Sherlock Holmes Who’s Who, The Hudson Valley Sciontists of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., “was created in 1969 by Albert Rosenblatt and Glenn Laxton. Our initial meetings were held at the Altamont Inn in Millbrook. Among the first guests were Ceil Baring-Gould, the late Dr. Julian Wolff and the late Chris Steinbrunner.’
Ontario
“Since 1972, the Bootmakers of Toronto have been the leading Canadian society for the appreciation and enjoyment of Sherlock Holmes. Please enter our web site to discover more about a world where it is always 1895.”
Pennsylvania
White Rose Irregulars
“Here you will discover a group of truly wonderful Sherlockian Scholars, who meet quarterly to share the canon and all that relates to it. We are also developing a comprehensive schedule of Sherlockian events across the world to promote the canon.”
Quebec
Founded in 1979, The Bimetallic Question of Montreal has hosted two international Sherlockian colloquia, the first in 1991 and the second in 2001 and usually meets on the first Thursday of every second month (February, April, June, August, October and December).
TennesSee
The Nashville Scholars (of the Three Pipe Problem) was founded in 1979 by John Shanks. Meetings are “usually” the 3rd Saturday in each month at McNamara’s Pub in Donelson.
Texas
“Welcome to the website of The Sherlock Holmes Society of Austin, an officially sanctioned scion society, located in Austin, Texas”
Washington
The Sound of the Baskervilles (meetings in Seattle) is a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars organized in 1980. “Club membership brings our members (affectionately called ‘SOBs’ the monthly newsletter Ineffable
Twaddle, and a copy of our Beaten’s Christmas Annual, as well as the incalculable benefits of
association with a group of certifiable Holmes aficionados.”
