Directory of Anglofandom

The Directory of Anglo-Fandom or rather Anglofandom was the UK's first fan directory published by J. Michael Rosenblum in January 1945 on behalf of the British Fantasy Society (BFS). It seems that the original work was done by Dennis Tucker but he 'found it impossible to continue' and so turned the papers over to Rosenblum around October 1944 (per Futurian War Digest #37).

Page 4 says "One copy free to BFS members. Other copies at 4d each. […] Also distributed to all members of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association alleged to be part of the Spring 1945 Mailing" (i. e. #31); however there is no trace of this happening in the FAPA Book (vol. 2).

Beside names and addresses – it can be especially useful for establishing full names when initials were usually used, although many are still initials only – Rosenblum identified armed forces personnel, and separately those posted overseas, BFS members with their numbers, and included some 'not in touch at the present moment' and 'one or two people whose connection to fandom is known to be finally severed', marked X.

The 24 unnumbered pages are divided thus:

• Pictorial cover (author not given), empty verso
• Foreword at pp (3–4)
• Main list at pp (5–20); there are 14 entries per full page and the final has 5 plus "Addenda" of 4 (three of them BFS members with high numbers, so likely recent). This makes for 219 names altogether, of whom there were "one American and two Canadians […] resident in thse [sic] isles long enough to join the" BFS.
• "Roll of Honour" of nine US honorary BFS members at p (21), plus a notice "of the death by accident of BFS member Michael Lord, Sub-Lieut., RNVR" (not in the main list)
• Advert for / description of BFS exhorting to join (22)
• The final two pages in the Fanac scan look as if they might be switched, judging from the left edge's fraying and traces of the staple (just one, in the upper third): (23?) as scanned has a list of BFS officers, fanzines etc., while (24?) is empty with a handwritten (might this be Rosenblum's hand?) address of "F J Ackerman", with his street name "New North" crossed out and corrected to North New Hampshire. It would make sense to have some text on the bacover and empty inside, but why write the address there?

The British Fanzine Bibliography claims there was a second edition in 1948 produced for the British Fantasy Library. However, references elsewhere suggest this was more likely much-talked-of but never published.

Directory of Anglo-Fandom at Fanac.org (3 MB PDF, poor quality reproduction / faded)

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1945

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