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[[Magician's Guild]] of America was professional magic society started around 1942 in New York City with the slogan: "''For good entertainment, demand a Magician''".  
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There were a few organizations known as a "Magician Guild".
  
[[Al Baker]] was one of the founders. They allowed only fifteen percent of the members to be amateurs (starting with 15 out of the 100 expected initial members). Meetings were held at the Hotel McAlpin in New York City and The Board of Governors consisted of [[Theo. Hardeen]], [[Max Holden]], [[Robert Sherman]], [[Richard DuBois]] and [[Julien J. Proskauer]]. [[Walter B. Gibson]] was the first vice-president.
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The [[Magicians Guild of America]] in Colon Michigan which began in 1938 and was formally called  the "Capitol Magic Club". <ref>Tops, May 1938, page 10</ref>  The [[Tops]] magazine bore the title as its Official Organ.
  
One of the first goals of the Guild was to bring live magic shows to Broadway, which was realized on January 21, 1945 with "[[Mystery Time]]" at the Bealsco Theatre. The show included [[Cardini]], [[Hardeen]], [[Al Flosso]], [[Litzka]] (Great Raymond's wife) and others. The [[Great Raymond]] got sick a few hours before show time and was replaced by [[Doug Geoffrey]] (Hardeen Junior), [[Warren Simms]], [[Hal Haviland]], and [[Jarrow]].
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Another was the [[Magician's Guild of America]] in New York City which was  a professional magic society started around 1943.
  
The Guild was one of the first groups to introduce regular magic lectures.
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A few IBM rings used the term such as the Magicians Guild of Lansing (Ring No. 54), the Edmonton Magicians Guild (Ring No. 28), and the London Magicians Guild (Ring No. 265) which was formed in London, Ontario, Canada (as a result of a name change from the "London Magic Club")<ref>http://magiclondon.brinkster.net/</ref>.
  
Along with their own "Monthly Guild Bulletin", the [[Tops]] magazine bore the title as the Official Organ of the Magician's Guild of American around 1938.  Then the [[Conjurors' Magazine]] was the official organ for the group from 1945 until it merged with [[Genii]] in 1949. Magician's Guild News Reports could be seen in Genii during the 1966 through 1973. And finally, in 1981, they selected [[Legerdemain]] as their official publication.
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There was also a [[Pasadena Magicians Guild]] in the 1930s and [[Atlantic States Magicians Guild]] in the 1960s.
  
Harry Blackstone and Warren Simms were elected as "Deans".
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== Presidents (not in order) ==
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{{References}}
* [[Cardini]]
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* [[Blackstone]]
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* [[Richard Dubois]]
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* [[Warren Simms]]
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* [[Richard C. "Dick" Richards]]
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* [[Al Flosso]]
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* [[Coe Norton]]
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* [[Dr. Ben Braude]]
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* [[Larry Shean]]
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* [[John Tudor]]
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* Bob Lynn (aka [[Tony Raven]])
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[[Category:Magic Organizations]]

Latest revision as of 14:59, 19 August 2012

There were a few organizations known as a "Magician Guild".

The Magicians Guild of America in Colon Michigan which began in 1938 and was formally called the "Capitol Magic Club". [1] The Tops magazine bore the title as its Official Organ.

Another was the Magician's Guild of America in New York City which was a professional magic society started around 1943.

A few IBM rings used the term such as the Magicians Guild of Lansing (Ring No. 54), the Edmonton Magicians Guild (Ring No. 28), and the London Magicians Guild (Ring No. 265) which was formed in London, Ontario, Canada (as a result of a name change from the "London Magic Club")[2].

There was also a Pasadena Magicians Guild in the 1930s and Atlantic States Magicians Guild in the 1960s.


References

  1. Tops, May 1938, page 10
  2. http://magiclondon.brinkster.net/