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The '''MIT Science Fiction Society in Cambridge, MA''' was founded in 1949, and [http://www.mit.edu/~mitsfs remains extant]. The [[club]] has the world's largest open-shelf collection of [[science fiction]], publishes ''[[Twilight Zine]]'' and has the motto "'''We're not [[fans]], we just read the stuff'''."  The ''[[MITSFS Index]]'' was a somewhat MITSFS project organized by [[Erwin S. Strauss]].
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[[File:MITSFS.jpeg|frame|center|MITSFS Annual Banquet, May 15, 1959, at Stuben's Restaurant on Boylston Street in [[Boston]]: 1. [[Philip Spiro]], 2. [[Bill Sarill]] (pseudomember), 3. [[Bob Duff]] ([[vice-president]]), 4. [[J. Martin Graetz|J. Martin “Shag” Graetz]], 5. [[Dave Nickles]], 6. [[Harry McCraw]], 7. [[Norm Humer]], 8. [[Anthony Lewis]] ([[secretary]]), 9. [[Charles Robert Keppel]] (ex-member), 10. [[Barbara Keppel]], 11. [[Bob Wagner]], 12. [[Bostwick Wyman]], 13. [[Roy Krupp]], 14. [[Isaac Asimov]], 15. [[L. Court Skinner]] ([[president]]), 16. [[Joe Cohen]] ([[treasurer]]), 17. [[Ken Gooen]] (ex-[[secretary]]) and 18. [[Philip Norris]] (past [[president]]). From the collection of [[Phil Spiro]].]]
  
Its officers and committees are unique:
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The '''MIT Science Fiction Society''' in [[Cambridge, MA]], was founded in 1949, and remains extant. The [[club]] has the world's largest open-shelf [[collection]] of [[science fiction]], [[publishes]] ''[[Twilight Zine]]'' and has the motto, "'''We're not [[fans]], we just read the stuff'''."  The ''[[MITSFS Index]]'' was a somewhat MITSFS project organized by [[Erwin S. Strauss]].
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Its [[officers]] and [[committees]] are unique:
 
*The Skinner
 
*The Skinner
 
*The Lord High Embezzler (officer who handles money, which other [[organizations]] call a [[treasurer]])
 
*The Lord High Embezzler (officer who handles money, which other [[organizations]] call a [[treasurer]])
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[[Mike Ward]] founded [[TAPA]] in 1968 to encourage [[fannishness]] in [[sercon]] MITSFS.
 
[[Mike Ward]] founded [[TAPA]] in 1968 to encourage [[fannishness]] in [[sercon]] MITSFS.
  
[http://www.fanac.org/photohtm.php?Fan_Photo_Album/m07-001 Photo, annual banquet, 1959].
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[http://www.mit.edu/~mitsfs Website.]
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[https://fanac.org/photohtm.php?Fan_Photo_Album/m07-001 Background on the photo.]
  
{{club | website=http://www.mit.edu/~mitsfs | start=1949}}
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{{club | start=1949}}
 
[[Category:initialism]]
 
[[Category:initialism]]
 
[[Category:US]]
 
[[Category:US]]

Revision as of 21:04, 21 February 2021

MITSFS Annual Banquet, May 15, 1959, at Stuben's Restaurant on Boylston Street in Boston: 1. Philip Spiro, 2. Bill Sarill (pseudomember), 3. Bob Duff (vice-president), 4. J. Martin “Shag” Graetz, 5. Dave Nickles, 6. Harry McCraw, 7. Norm Humer, 8. Anthony Lewis (secretary), 9. Charles Robert Keppel (ex-member), 10. Barbara Keppel, 11. Bob Wagner, 12. Bostwick Wyman, 13. Roy Krupp, 14. Isaac Asimov, 15. L. Court Skinner (president), 16. Joe Cohen (treasurer), 17. Ken Gooen (ex-secretary) and 18. Philip Norris (past president). From the collection of Phil Spiro.


The MIT Science Fiction Society in Cambridge, MA, was founded in 1949, and remains extant. The club has the world's largest open-shelf collection of science fiction, publishes Twilight Zine and has the motto, "We're not fans, we just read the stuff." The MITSFS Index was a somewhat MITSFS project organized by Erwin S. Strauss.

Its officers and committees are unique:

In many respects, NESFA is an outgrowth of MITSFS. Well-known fans who were members include Guy Consolmagno, George Flynn, Richard Harter, Tony Lewis, Fuzzy Pink Niven, Cory Seidman, Erwin S. Strauss, Leslie Turek, Mike Ward, Robert Wiener. Philip Norris, president ca. 1958, deserves to be better known.

Mike Ward founded TAPA in 1968 to encourage fannishness in sercon MITSFS.

Website.

Background on the photo.


Club 1949
This is a club page. Please extend it by adding information about when and where the club met, when and by whom it was founded, how long it was active, notable accomplishments, well-known members, clubzines, any conventions it ran, external links to the club's website, other club pages, etc.

When there's a floreat (Fl.), this indicates the time or times for which we have found evidence that the club existed. This is probably not going to represent the club's full lifetime, so please update it if you can!