Once again, SFWA‘s Estates Liaison Bud Webster is looking for contact information for a bunch of deceased authors’ estates.
He writes:
I’ve just turned in the latest (#31) iteration of the Estates List to SFWA. There are a number of additions, changes, and more than a few that I’m looking for; some are new (marked with an asterix), some I’ve been looking for since I first took it over. If you have any ideas about any of these, please let me know:
Estates Needed:
*Adams, Robert (Pamela Adams is either deceased or no longer available)
*Banks, L.A.
*Banks, Raymond E.
*Barnes, Arthur K.
Bass, T.J. (Thomas Joseph Bassler)
*Bates, Harry
*Bell, Eric Temple (John Taine)
Binder, Eando (Earl and Otto)
*Bok, Hannes
*Boule, Pierre
Browne, Howard
Carr, Jayge/Marj Krueger
Castell, Daphne
Clifton, Mark (possibly orphaned)
*Counselman, Mary Elizabeth
DeFord, Miriam Allen (Still working on a line for this one)
Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur
Fyfe, H.B.
Gallun, Raymond Z.
Geier, Chester
Gernsback, Hugo
*Gold, Horace L.
Gordon, Bernard
Gotschalk, Felix
Guin, Wyman
Gygax, Gary
Holly, J(oan). Hunter
Jones, Neil R.
Kapp, Colin
*Keller, David H.
*Keyes, Daniel
Maine, Charles Eric (David McIlwain)
Neville, Kris
Pavic, Milorad
Phillips, Rog
Rotsler, William
Smith, George H.
Smith, George O.
*Wandrei, Donald
Wells, Angus
West, Wallace
Williams, Robert Moore
Williams, Paul O.
Wolfe, Bernard
I don’t have queries for all of these, but I want to be proactive and have them ready just in case.
Related articles previously published on SFScope:
Seeking more estate contact information (9 December 2011)
SFWA Estates Page now available (14 November 2011)
Trying to contact deceased sf authors’ estates (14 April 2011)