BLS 1968 Membership Directory
Forward
This Directory of Live Steamers is the culmination of several years of work by several Live Steamers in an attempt to catalog the extent of interest and activity in this hobby.
In 1964 the work was begun by Harry Dixon (Pacific Coast Secretary of the BLS), Edgar Kruckeberg (Eastern Secretary of the BLS), Halsted Park, Jr., and Pershing G. Scott (publisher of the Live Steam Newsletter). Return-mail cards were distributed and the returns collected but the problems of tabulating and printing the information proved insurmountable.
In 1967 the cards were turned over to William C. Fitt (publisher of Live Steam Magazine) and requests for corrections and additions were made through Live Steam Magazine. The result you now have before you.
The 1200 or so names in this list probably represent about half of the Live Steamers in North America. For various and sundry reasons many asked to be excluded from the roster in addition to those who did not return the data cards.
Time and Turnpikes, of course, plague this sort of venture with deletions and address changes but every attempt has been made to insure accuracy of the information presented as of the Spring of 1968.
It is hoped that it will serve to broaden the realm of Live Steamers and to help persons with like interests to become acquainted.
Sample Pages
Brotherhood of Live Steamers directory, 1968.
