The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco is a Baker Street Irregulars scion society founded in 1941 by friends William Anthony Parker White — better known by his pen name, Anthony Boucher — and Joseph Henry Jackson, book editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Scowrers hold meetings by Zoom several times a year. To be added to the notification list, please email McMurdo
The buttons below take you to copies of the Vermissa Herald, which was our newsletter for many years. Disjecta Membra contains some Scowrers history. There is also a play, created by Karen Anderson, (Emilia Lucca, BSI).
Next Meeting
The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco will hold a Virtual Meeting Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 1pm PST / 4pm EST / 9pm UTC.
Our speaker will be Marsha Pollak, BSI, ASH
What Was Watson Reading?
How Yellowbacks and Railway Bookstalls Brought Popular Books to the Masses
(This is a change of speaker. Julie McKuras had to postpone her talk)
Email: McMurdo to register