The Baum Bugle: A Journal of Oz is the official journal of The International Wizard of Oz Club. The journal was founded in 1957, with its first issue released in June of that year (to a subscribers' list of sixteen). It publishes three times per year, with issues dated Spring, Autumn, and Winter; Issue No. 1 of Volume 50 appeared in the Spring of 2006. The journal publishes both scholarly and popular articles on L. Frank Baum, the Oz books written by Baum and other writers, and related subjects, plus reviews of Oz-related films and theater productions, rare photographs and illustrations, and similar materials.

Among the range of articles published in The Baum Bugle:

• "The Tiger's Eye: A Jungle Fairy Tale," a rare short story by Baum, Spring 1979;
• "Dorothy Gage and Dorothy Gale," by Sally Roesch Wagner, discussing the familial connection between the Baums and the name Dorothy, Autumn 1984;
• "Bibliographia Baumiana: The Sea Fairies," by Patrick M. Maund, Spring 1997;
• "Bibliographia Baumiana: The Enchanted Island of Yew," by Patrick M. Maund and Peter E. Hanff, Spring 1998;
• "Triumph and Tragedy on the Yellow Brick Road: Censorship of The Wizard of Oz in America," by Hana S. Field, Spring 2000.

Covers

Vol 13, no 1
Spring 1969

Vol 13, no 2
Autumn 1969

Vol 13, no 3
Christmas 1969

Vol 15, no 1
Spring 1971

Vol 15, no 2
Autumn 1971

Vol 15, no 3
Christmas 1971

Vol 16, no 1
Spring 1972

Vol 16, no 2
Autumn 1972

Vol 16, no 3
Christmas 1972

Vol 17, no 1
Spring 1973

Vol 17, no 2
Autumn 1973

Vol 17, no 3
Christmas 1973

Vol 18, no 3
Christmas 1974

Vol 28, no 2
Autumn 1984

Vol 30, no 1
Spring 1986

Vol 30, no 2
Autumn 1986

Vol 30, no 3
Winter 1986

Vol 31, no 3
Winter 1987

Vol 33, no 2
Autumn 1989

Vol 34, no 1
Spring 1990

Vol 34, no 2
Autumn 1990

Vol 34, no 3
Winter 1990

Vol 35, no 2
Autumn 1991

Vol 37, no 3
Winter 1993

Vol 38, no 2
Autumn 1994

Vol 38, no 3
Winter 1994

Vol 39, no 1
Spring 1995

Vol 39, no 2
Autumn 1995

Vol 39, no 3
Winter 1995

Vol 40, no 3
Winter 1996

Vol 50, no 1
Spring 2006

Vol 50, no 2
Autumn 2006

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References

• Otto, Frederick E. Index to the Baum Bugle. The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1990. Revised and expanded by Richard R. Rutter, 2002.
• Multiple Authors. The Best of the Baum Bugle. The International Wizard of Oz Club; published biennially.

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