1966
Elizabeth Ligon Baum
(1907–1971)
Elizabeth L. Baum, the widow of L. Frank Baum’s first son, Frank Joslyn Baum participated actively as an honored guest and co-hostess of the earliest Winkie Conventions of the International Wizard of Oz Club. She was very generous with her Baum family collections, and made accessible to the editors of The Baum Bugle important presentation copies of L. Frank Baum’s books and his scrapbooks (now owned by The Oz Club). These materials helped bring to Club members rare and obscure information about Baum’s career and interests.
Elizabeth’s husband, who was co-author of To Please a Child, died in 1958 before the Baum biography was completed. She subsequently helped carry on her husband’s work by making available to co-author Russell P. MacFall rare memorabilia and other information for his use. She was well acquainted with her late husband’s Baum and Oz collection and was particularly skillful in pointing out material that was easily overlooked by researchers.
