The Lewis Carroll Society of North America (LCSNA), founded in 1974, is an organization of Carroll admirers of all ages and interests and a center for Carroll studies. The Society has members throughout the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and the UK, with interests in virtually all of Lewis Carroll's many pursuits and in his continuing effect on our current culture.

The Society meets twice a year - in the Spring and in the Fall. Meeting places have included such locations as the Parrish Collection at Princeton University, the Berol Collection at New York University's Fales Library, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas in Austin, the Newberry Library in Chicago, the Arthur Houghton Collection at the Pierpont Morgan Library and the Harcourt Amory collection at Harvard University's Houghton library.

The list of speakers at our meetings is a veritable who's who of all aspects of Carrollian knowledge. Eminent Carrollian scholar and charter member, Prof. Morton Cohen, spoke at the first meeting and many times since. Below are listed just a smattering of other speakers who have shared their wisdom with us. If you look at the range of talks, it will give you a better appreciation of the breadth of Lewis Carroll's influence, and the LCSNA's interests.

David del Tredici - his musical composition, Final Alice
Barry Moser- illustrating Wonderland
Prof Peter Heath - Alice parodies
David and Maxine Schaefer - the Lewis Carroll Stone in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey
Joyce Carol Oates - Wonderlands
Lou Bunin - his 1951 Alice film
Prof. Francine Abeles - Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Wit
Dr. Elizabeth Sewell - the Nature of Nonsense
Adolph Green - My Lifelong Passion for Lewis Carroll
Nina Demurova - Translating Alice into Russian
William Appleton - the Appleton Alice
Kathryn Beaumont - Voicing Alice in Disney's animated film
Dr. Selwyn Goodacre - Carroll Collecting
Robert Sabuda - his award-winning pop-up Alice
Adam Gopnik - Martin Gardner's Annotated Snark

There is more to our meetings than talks, panel discussions, and entertainment. We also like to share a meal. Unlike Lewis Carroll, we enjoy eating more than just a biscuit and a glass of wine. The luncheon or dinner is an integral part of our agenda and provides time for catching up with old friends and making new ones. At the LCSNA get-togethers not only can you talk about the latest books, often you can chat with the authors. It is a great opportunity to learn more about our author and to establish life-long friendships with fellow Carrollians.

Every once in a while we have meetings that span two or three days. This allows us time to attend Carrollian theater productions, see local book and art exhibits, or hear music performances. Our members like the added time to have more tantalizing discussions with each other, compare notes, and brag about recent acquisitions. Often members are kind enough to open their homes to people who wish to view their collections during these extended sessions. We have also been known to have an auction now and again, which always brings a different perspective to the group's interaction.

The Society maintains an active publication program. Members receive copies of the Knight Letter (our magazine), and discounts on books as they are issued. The Society located and published the lost chapter of Through the Looking-Glass entitled The Wasp In a Wig. During the sesquicentennial celebration of Carroll's birth, in 1982, the Society and the Pierpont Morgan Library jointly sponsored an exhibition called Lewis Carroll and Alice featuring the original manuscript of Alice's Adventures. An informative catalogue was printed. In 1994 the Society hosted the second International Lewis Carroll Conference at the Graylyn Executive Conference Center at Wakeforest University in North Carolina and gave Carroll scholars and enthusiasts from around the globe a chance to exchange ideas.

We have sponsored expeditions to notable sites of Carrollian interest in England. We have also contributed to the Lewis Carroll memorial plaque in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey, and to the maintenance of Lewis Carroll's gravesite.

If you have interest in Lewis Carroll, or simply a love for Alice (or the Snark for that matter) -- join us!