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| − | '''Delmas W. Jenkins''' performed on a semi-professional around Nashville Tennessee from 1925 until the mid-forties and then became a collector. | + | '''Delmas W. Jenkins''' (1907-1985) performed on a semi-professional around Nashville Tennessee from 1925 until the mid-forties and then became a collector. |
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| + | Jenkins held [[I.B.M.]] No. 1543, which he originally joined in 1927 and was a member of the Order of Merlin.<ref>Obit, The Linking Ring, Vol. 65, No. 8, August 1985, page 110</ref> | ||
He was a close friend to [[David Price]] and when Jenkins passed away, he left his considerable collection of magical correspondence to David Price's [[Egyptian Hall Museum]].<ref>Classic Correspondence from Egyptian Hall Museum by Mike Caveney (2010)</ref> | He was a close friend to [[David Price]] and when Jenkins passed away, he left his considerable collection of magical correspondence to David Price's [[Egyptian Hall Museum]].<ref>Classic Correspondence from Egyptian Hall Museum by Mike Caveney (2010)</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:54, 22 September 2013
| Delmas W. Jenkins | |
| Born | March 19, 1907 |
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| Died | May 12, 1985 (age 78) Nashville, Tennessee |
Delmas W. Jenkins (1907-1985) performed on a semi-professional around Nashville Tennessee from 1925 until the mid-forties and then became a collector.
Biography
Jenkins held I.B.M. No. 1543, which he originally joined in 1927 and was a member of the Order of Merlin.[1]
He was a close friend to David Price and when Jenkins passed away, he left his considerable collection of magical correspondence to David Price's Egyptian Hall Museum.[2]
Delmas was one of the organizers and the only president of the short-lived Mysteria Club in Nashville for the younger magicians in 1926.
In the early 1940s, he was charter member #8 of the Magicians Club of Nashville, which in 1951 became the A E Harrison Assembly No. 50 of the SAM.[3]
Bibliography
- "Three Master Mental Mysteries" (1929)
- Trick of the Month Club Series No. 1, No. 10: A Fallacy and a Fag (1932)
References
- ↑ Obit, The Linking Ring, Vol. 65, No. 8, August 1985, page 110
- ↑ Classic Correspondence from Egyptian Hall Museum by Mike Caveney (2010)
- ↑ Conversation with Meir Yedid from http://www.mymagic.com/magichistory/magis/jenkins-delmas/index.html
