Charles Roltare
(USA: 4th February 1873 - 14th October 1932)
Stage name of Charles Roltare Eggleston. Debut in 1889. Stage actor turned magus. Pro. First editor of MUM 1911-12. SAM President 1911-12. Retired from stage in 1914.
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MUM: Magic Unity Might (1911-1927)
Charles Roltare
The Society of American Magicians was founded in 1902. Their first society journal was published in October 1911 on the suggestion of Charles Roltare. The currently serving president was the editor. Its content is a mix of meeting notes, news, opinions, and articles on historical matters, a good portion of which has been contributed by Harry Houdini.
1st edition 1911, PDF 821 pages.
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MUM Volume 16 (February 1927 - July 1927)
Charles Roltare
- No. 159: Houdini Memorial
- Nos. 160, 161
- No. 162: From Theo. Hardeen
- No. 163: Twenty-five Years Old May 10, 1927
- No. 164: Report of the Annual Banquet, Entertainment and Dance
1st edition 1927, PDF 18 pages.
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MUM Volume 15 (December 1925 - January 1927)
Charles Roltare
- No. 148
- No. 149
- No. 150: Special Notice to Members of All Assemblies
- No. 151: Houdini Has Magicians' Night in Philadelphia
- No. 152: Harken to Ye Editor
- No. 153: Annual Banquet
- No. 154: Laws for Spiritualists
- No. 155: A Time for New Resolutions
- No. 156: Houdini in Memoriam
- Nos. 157, 158: A Few of the Tributes
1st edition 1925, PDF 41 pages.
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MUM Volume 14 (July 1924 - November 1925)
Charles Roltare
- Nos. 136, 137, 138: In Loving Memory of John William Sargent
- No. 139: As It Should Be! / Oscar S. Teale
- No. 140: In Memoriam Francis J. Martinka; Ben Ali Bey
- No. 141: Is This Merely a Question of Veracity? If So, Who is at Fault?; Ben Ali Bey (continued)
- No. 142: Wah Chan / John Mulholland
- No. 143: An Open Letter / Oscar S. Teale; Physical Phenomena - Margery fails to win the Scientific American Prize and now she follows all other alleged supernormals / Oscar S. Teale
- No. 144: Dr. Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser
- No. 145: In Memory of Mr. Alfred Becks
- No. 146
- No. 146-147: The Twenty-First Annual...
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MUM Volume 13 (July 1923 - June 1924)
Charles Roltare
- Nos. 124, 125, 126: Magic and Magicians of Australia / Robert Kudarz
- Nos. 127, 128: Society of American Magicians to Fight Exposures
- No. 129: Random Thoughts on Magic / Henry R. Evans
- No. 130: A Bit of Magical Archeology / G. G. Laurens
- No. 131: Head shots of Presidents of the Society of American Magicians
- No. 132: Hands Across the Sea / Will Goldston
- No. 133
- No. 134
- No. 135: Banquet of the Society of American Magicians
1st edition 1923, PDF 41 pages.
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MUM Volume 12 (July 1922 - June 1923)
Charles Roltare
- Nos. 112-113: Our Welcome to Noted Mystifiers
- Nos. 114-115: Magic and Magicians in New Zealand and Australia / Robert Kudarz
- No. 116: Magic and Magicians in New Zealand and Australia (continued)/ Robert Kudarz
- No. 117: Well! Well! Look What Is Going On
- No. 118 Robert Kudarz dies; William Berol Lamented
- No. 119: T. Nelson Downs Mystified
- No. 120: Concerning Robert Kudarz, late Compeer No. 167
- No. 121: A Carnival of Magic
- No. 122: Houdini Entertains 500 Kiddies in San Francisco / H. Syril Dusenberry
- No. 123: Our Annual Banquet
1st edition 1922, PDF 55 pages.
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MUM Volume 11 (July 1921 - June 1922)
Charles Roltare
- No. 100: Magician, Inventor and Publisher Hanged in London
- No. 101: Adam Hull Shirk Visits New York; Grave of the Great Lafayette
- No. 102: Meeting of the Parent Assembly; Historical Data Sawing a Lady in Two
- No. 103: News of November Meeting; Graves of Ling Look and Yamadeva
- No. 104: An Open Letter to All Editors / Harry Houdini
- No. 105: Unknown Facts About Philippe, father of the "Gift" Show / Harry Houdini
- No. 106: The Evolution of Superstition / Joseph F. Rinn
- No. 107: Great Victory for Magic
- No. 108: Dean Harry Kellar dies
- No. 109: Membership Cards Nearing 1000 Number
- No. 110:...
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MUM Volume 10 (June 1920 - June 1921)
Charles Roltare
- No. 87: Sixteenth Annual Banquet, Society of American Magicians; Signor Blitz Before Abraham Lincoln / Oscar S. Teale
- No. 88: Breslaw, one of the great mystifiers of the eighteenth century / Harry Houdini
- No. 89: Breslaw (continued)
- No. 90: Philadelphia, a historical seventeenth century magician / Harry Houdini
- No. 91: Tributes to John William Sargent; Philadelphia (continued)
- No. 92: Ladies' Night
- No. 93: Hell Gate to Golden Gate
- No. 94: Trewey - an Appreciation / Henry R. Evans
- No. 95: Frizzo - Master Magician / Harry Houdini; A Comparison of the Oldest Magic with Modern Illusions ...
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MUM Volume 9 (June 1919 - May 1920)
Charles Roltare
- No. 75: Our Fifteenth Annual Dinner; William Davis Leroy; Mrs. Francis J. Martinka
- No. 76: Magic and Magicians - past and present - in Australia and New Zealand / Robert Kudarz
- No. 77: Magic and Magicians in Australia and New Zealand (continued); Houdini in "The Grim Game"; Impressions of a Night with Dr. Wiljalba Frikell / Frederick Eugene Powell
- No. 78: Dissertation of Cagliostro / G. G. Laurens
- No. 79: Jonathan Harrington / Edwin Fay Rice
- No. 80: Professor Hoffmann, Angelo Lewis, The brightest star in the firmament of magical literature / Harry Houdini
- No. 81: Does Sir Conan Doyle's...
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MUM Volume 8 (June 1918 - May 1919)
Charles Roltare
- No. 63: Our Fourteenth Annual Dinner; Golden Gate Assembly; Passing of Paladino; The Mishaps of a Mystic / Edwin Fay Rice
- No. 64: Kit Clarke, Veteran Manager of Magicians Dies
- No. 65: The Life and Five Years Before the Public, of Robert Nickle, the World's Prestidigitateur
- No. 66: One of Our Members at the Front; The Princes of German are Shaking Dice for the United States / Herbert Quick
- No. 67: Kit Clarke and His Contempories / C. Fred Crosby
- No. 68: Kit Clarke and His Contempories / C. Fred Crosby
- No. 69: Katterfelto: One of the Most Interesting Characters in the History of Magic....
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MUM Volume 7 (October 1917 - May 1918)
Charles Roltare
- No. 55: Mainly about magicians; Battles of Famous Mystifiers / Harry Houdini
- No. 56: A Historical Event - Kellar's Farewell; Battles by Famous Mystifiers (continued) / Harry Houdini
- No. 57: John Henry Anderson - Speaks for Himself; Edwin Fay Rice - a retired past master of magic; About the Magic Wand / G. G. Laurens
- No. 58: The Story of the Gift Shows / Kit Clarke; Houdini's Vanishing Elephant
- No. 59: An American Magician Who Died in an English Poorhouse / Harry Houdini; Mind Reader W. Irving Bishop's Mother Passes Away; A Paradoxical Perplexity: Dr. Samuel C. Hooker's Phenomenal Presentation...
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MUM Volume 6 (June 1917 - September 1917)
Charles Roltare
- No. 51: Banquet Supplement
- No. 52: Robert Heller
- No. 53: Houdini wins dispute with Rigoletto
- No. 54: Outwitting Herrmann's Manager
1st edition 1917, PDF 22 pages.
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MUM Volume 5 (June 1916 - May 1917)
Charles Roltare
- No. 41: The Houdini Library / Oscar S. Teale
- No. 42: Houdini in state prison
- No. 43
- No. 44: Morse the Mystificator; Alliance of Magicians
- No. 45: By-Laws revision
- No. 46
- No. 47
- No. 48
- No. 49: Alexander Herrmann
- No. 50: On the Value of Research / Oscar S. Teale
1st edition 1916, PDF 44 pages.
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MUM Volume 4 (November 1915 - May 1916)
Charles Roltare
- No. 34: John Philip Quinn; MacAllister, the celebrated Wizard and Magician; Prof. Charles Huot
- No. 35: Houdini; The Wizard of the North; A Reminiscence; Magic
- No. 36: Anthony Martinka; The Rising Cards; Juggling for Exercise; Love's Necromancy; Ten Little Magicians
- No. 37: The Fakir of Oolu; Magic Number; Are You a Magician?; An Expose
- No. 38: The Rising Cards; Robert Nickel; The Chinese Magician
- No. 39: Frank Peppler Knight; Augustus F. Hartz; Prof. E. C. Taylor; Hunter and the Pipe
- No. 40: President Sees Houdini Escape from Water Tank; What Dr. Wilson says about the annual banquet
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MUM Volume 3 (September 1914 - September 1915)
Charles Roltare
- No. 22: Minutes of Previous Meeting; Vacation Time is Over; Real Magic; Judge Not
- No. 23: Minutes of Previous Meeting; Secretary's Column; The Harmless Necessary Knocker; Harry Kellar
- No. 24: What is There in it for Me?; Laurant describes a magician's profession
- No. 25: Be Not Weary in Well-Doing; The Magic of Over One Hundred Years Ago; Prof. Hoffmann; Originator of the Non-Assisting Clock; Bust of Horace Goldin
- No. 26: Some Valntines in Limerick Lines / Uguess Hoo; Robert Heller
- No. 27: Long-Distance Messages; From Professor Charles Huot
- No. 28: Ye Editor Speaks; Magicians Fool Each...
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MUM Volume 2 (October 1912 - June 1914)
Charles Roltare
Note that numbers 11 and 12 were never published.
- No. 1: Amendment to the By-Laws
- No. 2: Signor Antonio Blitz
- No. 3: The Elevation of Magic
- No. 4: Official Report of the SAM
- No. 5: Will Goldston, our London Representative, chats about his career
- No. 6: Richard Van Dien, Secretary of the SAM
- No. 7: Elmer P. Ransom; Introspection
- No. 8: Charles Roltare
- No. 9: Dr. Albert M. Wilson; The Tenth Annual Dinner; A Question of Priority
- No. 10: An Exposure
- No. 13: List of Members of the SAM
- No. 14: The Social; A Game of Life (poem)
- No. 15
- No. 16: Ladies' Night of the SAM
- No. 17: A Reminiscence...
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MUM Volume 1 (October 1911 - July 1912)
Charles Roltare
- No. 1: Our Policy; Magic is Dead!; Representatives; $5 For a Name; Jealousy; Annual Banquet; Our Entertainments
- No. 2: Conjuring by Electricity / G.G. Laurens
- No. 3: Professional Ethics; Jack Norworth; Werner Says; Many Thanks
- No. 4: Our Minister Magician; Extra Copies; The Growth of Flowers; Leroy's Letter; Annual Big Magic Show; Annual Banquet; Illustrous Wilson; Our Lyceum Magicians; An Invitation; The SAM Magicians
- No. 5: Marvill Magician; Keep It Up; Come Again; The SAM Magicians; The Social Session; Supplement
- No. 6: A Slight Correction and Reminiscence; Originality; Did It Ever Occur...
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