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	Hill published the first volume in Chicago on May 17, 1900. Illustrations by Baum's friend W. W. Denslow added greatly to the appeal of the book. ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its thirteen sequels have been reprinted many times, selling millions of copies. The first novel was adapted as a popular 1902 musical at the Chicago Grand Opera and on Broadway in New York. In 1939 the musical film version called ''The Wizard of Oz'' was released to great acclaim. The Oz works continue to be enormously popular.		Hill published the first volume in Chicago on May 17, 1900. Illustrations by Baum's friend W. W. Denslow added greatly to the appeal of the book. Both Baum and Denslow had studios in Chicago's Fine Arts Building.<ref>Goodrich, Theresa. [https://yourchicagoguide.com/fine-arts-building "Fine Arts Building: a Vertical Arts Colony and Madhouse of Creativity"] posted April 5, 2022 in Your Chicago Guide website.</ref><ref>NOTE: In 1912 the Akbar Lodge of the American Theosophical Society also took up rooms in the Fine Arts Building. There were 38 charter members, and the lodge offered lectures that might have been attended by Baum.</ref>

			''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its thirteen sequels have been reprinted many times, selling millions of copies. The first novel was adapted as a popular 1902 musical at the Chicago Grand Opera and on Broadway in New York. In 1939 the musical film version called ''The Wizard of Oz'' was released to great acclaim. The Oz works continue to be enormously popular.

	In 1905 Baum bought Pedloe Island with the idea of establishing an amusement park for children, "Ozland," but never completed the project. Later Disneyland created an Emerald City.<ref>Associated Press story. ''Binghamton Press''. April 1, 1961.</ref>		In 1905 Baum bought Pedloe Island with the idea of establishing an amusement park for children, "Ozland," but never completed the project. Later Disneyland created an Emerald City.<ref>Associated Press story. ''Binghamton Press''. April 1, 1961.</ref>

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	== ~~Other~~ resources ==		== Additional resources ==
	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-1469793668 A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum] by John Algeo		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-1469793668 A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum] by John Algeo
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	*[http://www.examiner.com/article/the-theosophical-foundations-of-l-frank-baum-s-wizard-of-oz# The Theosophical foundations of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz] by Wayne Purdin		*[http://www.examiner.com/article/the-theosophical-foundations-of-l-frank-baum-s-wizard-of-oz# The Theosophical foundations of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz] by Wayne Purdin
	*[http://vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/the-occult-roots-of-the-wizard-of-oz/# The Occult Roots of The Wizard of Oz] at The Vigilant Citizen		*[http://vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/the-occult-roots-of-the-wizard-of-oz/# The Occult Roots of The Wizard of Oz] at The Vigilant Citizen
	* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-31143326 Dorothy Gage and Dorothy Gale] by Sally Roesch Wagner		* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-31143326 Dorothy Gage and Dorothy Gale] by Sally Roesch Wagner
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/baum-lyman-frank Baum, Lyman Frank] in Theosophy World

	=== Audio ===		=== Audio ===

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	The Theosophists, in fact, are the dissatisfied of the world, the dissenters from all creeds. They owe their origin to the wise men of India, and are numerous, not only in the far famed mystic East, but in England, France, Germany and Russia. They admit the existence of a God--not necessarily a personal God. To them God is Nature and Nature God.		The Theosophists, in fact, are the dissatisfied of the world, the dissenters from all creeds. They owe their origin to the wise men of India, and are numerous, not only in the far famed mystic East, but in England, France, Germany and Russia. They admit the existence of a God--not necessarily a personal God. To them God is Nature and Nature God.

	We have mentioned their high morality: they are also quiet and unobtrusive, seeking no notoriety, yet daily growing so numerous that even in America they may be counted by thousands. But, despite this, if Christianity is Truth, as our education has taught us to believe, there can be no menace to it in Theosophy.<ref>[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/~~1583~~ A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum] by John Algeo</ref></blockquote>		We have mentioned their high morality: they are also quiet and unobtrusive, seeking no notoriety, yet daily growing so numerous that even in America they may be counted by thousands. But, despite this, if Christianity is Truth, as our education has taught us to believe, there can be no menace to it in Theosophy.<ref>[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-1469793668 A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum] by John Algeo</ref></blockquote>

	Biographer Michael Patrick Hearn wrote,		Biographer Michael Patrick Hearn wrote,

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	*[http://www.theosophyforward.com/index.php/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/129-theosophical-wizard-of-oz.html# Theosophical Wizard of Oz] by John Algeo		*[http://www.theosophyforward.com/index.php/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/129-theosophical-wizard-of-oz.html# Theosophical Wizard of Oz] by John Algeo
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1586# The Wizard of Oz: The Perilous Journey] by John Algeo		*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1586# The Wizard of Oz: The Perilous Journey] by John Algeo
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1551#~~ The Wizard of Oz on Theosophy] by L. Frank Baum		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-87042762?highlight=WyJiYXVtIl0= The Wizard of Oz on Theosophy] by L. Frank Baum
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1587#~~ The Spirituality of Oz: The Meaning of the Movie] by Andrew Johnson		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-spirituality-of-oz-the-meaning-of-the-movie The Spirituality of Oz: The Meaning of the Movie] by Andrew Johnson
	*[http://suite101.com/a/the-oz-books-and-mysticism-a47693# The Oz books and Theosophy] by Robert O'Connor		*[http://suite101.com/a/the-oz-books-and-mysticism-a47693# The Oz books and Theosophy] by Robert O'Connor
	*[http://www.examiner.com/article/the-theosophical-foundations-of-l-frank-baum-s-wizard-of-oz# The Theosophical foundations of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz] by Wayne Purdin		*[http://www.examiner.com/article/the-theosophical-foundations-of-l-frank-baum-s-wizard-of-oz# The Theosophical foundations of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz] by Wayne Purdin

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	=== Audio ===		=== Audio ===
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/algeo/A%20Myth%20for%20Our%20Lives:%20Follow%20the%20Yellow%20Brick%20Road.mp3# A Myth for Our Lives: Follow the Yellow Brick Road] by John Algeo		*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/algeo/A%20Myth%20for%20Our%20Lives:%20Follow%20the%20Yellow%20Brick%20Road.mp3# A Myth for Our Lives: Follow the Yellow Brick Road] by John Algeo

			=== Video ===
			* '''[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-oz/ American Oz]'''. This superb documentary was first aired by PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) as an episode of "The American Experience" series on April 19, 2021.

	=== Archival Collections ===		=== Archival Collections ===

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	In 1905 Baum bought Pedloe Island with the idea of establishing an amusement park for children, "Ozland," but never completed the project. Later Disneyland created an Emerald City.<ref>Associated Press story. ''Binghamton Press''. April 1, 1961.</ref>		In 1905 Baum bought Pedloe Island with the idea of establishing an amusement park for children, "Ozland," but never completed the project. Later Disneyland created an Emerald City.<ref>Associated Press story. ''Binghamton Press''. April 1, 1961.</ref>

			The Oz books are filled with concepts that are recognizable to Theosophists, such as self-transformation and alternate realities.

	== Later years ==		== Later years ==

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	[[Matilda Joslyn Gage]], Baum's mother-in-law, was an ardent Theosophist, having been admitted to the Rochester Theosophical Society on March 26, 1885 by [[Josephine Cables]]. He and his wife Mrs. Maud G. Baum joined Chicago's Ramayana branch of the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[September 4]], 1892 upon the recommendation of [[W. P. Phelon\|Dr. W. P. Phelon]] and M. M. Phelon.<ref>Per John Algeo: This information was kindly supplied by Grace F. Knoche and Kirby Van Mater, of the Theosophical Society headquartered in Pasadena, California. The Baums’ membership is recorded on Register 1, page 561, and Matilda Gage’s on the same Register, page 49.</ref><ref>Membership dates for the Baums are confirmed by the Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entries 8508 and 8509 (website file: 1C/65).</ref>		'''[[Matilda Joslyn Gage]]''', Baum's mother-in-law, was an ardent Theosophist, having been admitted to the Rochester Theosophical Society on March 26, 1885 by [[Josephine Cables]]. He and his wife Mrs. Maud G. Baum joined Chicago's Ramayana branch of the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[September 4]], 1892 upon the recommendation of [[W. P. Phelon\|Dr. W. P. Phelon]] and M. M. Phelon.<ref>Per John Algeo: This information was kindly supplied by Grace F. Knoche and Kirby Van Mater, of the Theosophical Society headquartered in Pasadena, California. The Baums’ membership is recorded on Register 1, page 561, and Matilda Gage’s on the same Register, page 49.</ref><ref>Membership dates for the Baums are confirmed by the Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entries 8508 and 8509 (website file: 1C/65).</ref>

	In the first issue of the ''Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer'' in 1890 under his editorship (before he joined the Society), he wrote about [[Theosophy]] saying:		In the first issue of the ''Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer'' in 1890 under his editorship (before he joined the Society), he wrote about [[Theosophy]] saying:

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	[[Matilda Joslyn Gage]], Baum's mother-in-law, was an ardent Theosophist, having been admitted to the Rochester Theosophical Society on March 26, 1885 by [[Josephine Cables]]. He and his wife Mrs. Maud G. Baum joined Chicago's Ramayana branch of the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[September 4]], 1892 upon the recommendation of Dr. W. P. Phelon and M. M. Phelon.<ref>Per John Algeo: This information was kindly supplied by Grace F.Knoche and Kirby Van Mater, of the Theosophical Society headquartered in Pasadena, California. The Baums’ membership is recorded on Register 1, page 561, and Matilda Gage’s on the same Register, page 49.</ref><ref>Membership dates for the Baums are confirmed by the Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entries 8508 and 8509 (website file: 1C/65).</ref>		[[Matilda Joslyn Gage]], Baum's mother-in-law, was an ardent Theosophist, having been admitted to the Rochester Theosophical Society on March 26, 1885 by [[Josephine Cables]]. He and his wife Mrs. Maud G. Baum joined Chicago's Ramayana branch of the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[September 4]], 1892 upon the recommendation of [[W. P. Phelon\|Dr. W. P. Phelon]] and M. M. Phelon.<ref>Per John Algeo: This information was kindly supplied by Grace F. Knoche and Kirby Van Mater, of the Theosophical Society headquartered in Pasadena, California. The Baums’ membership is recorded on Register 1, page 561, and Matilda Gage’s on the same Register, page 49.</ref><ref>Membership dates for the Baums are confirmed by the Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entries 8508 and 8509 (website file: 1C/65).</ref>

	In the first issue of the ''Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer'' in 1890 under his editorship (before he joined the Society), he wrote about [[Theosophy]] saying:		In the first issue of the ''Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer'' in 1890 under his editorship (before he joined the Society), he wrote about [[Theosophy]] saying:

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	==~~Online~~ resources==		== Other resources ==
	===Articles===		=== Articles ===
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1583# A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum] by John Algeo		*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1583# A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum] by John Algeo
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1584# Oz and Kansas: A Theosophical Quest] by John Algeo		*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1584# Oz and Kansas: A Theosophical Quest] by John Algeo
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	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1580# Dorothy Gage and Dorothy Gale] by Sally Roesch Wagner		*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1580# Dorothy Gage and Dorothy Gale] by Sally Roesch Wagner

	===Audio===		=== Audio ===
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/algeo/A%20Myth%20for%20Our%20Lives:%20Follow%20the%20Yellow%20Brick%20Road.mp3# A Myth for Our Lives: Follow the Yellow Brick Road] by John Algeo		*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/algeo/A%20Myth%20for%20Our%20Lives:%20Follow%20the%20Yellow%20Brick%20Road.mp3# A Myth for Our Lives: Follow the Yellow Brick Road] by John Algeo

			=== Archival Collections ===
			* [https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/b/baum_lf.htm L. Frank Baum Papers] at Syracuse University Libraries.
			* [https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1413?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:lfbaum&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes L. Frank Baum collection] at Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1583#~~ A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum] by John Algeo		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-1469793668 A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum] by John Algeo
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1584#~~ Oz and Kansas: A Theosophical Quest] by John Algeo		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-672608471 Oz and Kansas: A Theosophical Quest] by John Algeo
	*[http://www.theosophyforward.com/index.php/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/129-theosophical-wizard-of-oz.html# Theosophical Wizard of Oz] by John Algeo		*[http://www.theosophyforward.com/index.php/theosophy-and-the-society-in-the-public-eye/129-theosophical-wizard-of-oz.html# Theosophical Wizard of Oz] by John Algeo
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1586#~~ The Wizard of Oz: The Perilous Journey] by John Algeo		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-1150141492 The Wizard of Oz: The Perilous Journey] by John Algeo
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-87042762?highlight=WyJiYXVtIl0= The Wizard of Oz on Theosophy] by L. Frank Baum		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-87042762?highlight=WyJiYXVtIl0= The Wizard of Oz on Theosophy] by L. Frank Baum
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-spirituality-of-oz-the-meaning-of-the-movie The Spirituality of Oz: The Meaning of the Movie] by Andrew Johnson		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-spirituality-of-oz-the-meaning-of-the-movie The Spirituality of Oz: The Meaning of the Movie] by Andrew Johnson
	*[http://suite101.com/a/the-oz-books-and-mysticism-a47693# The Oz ~~books~~ and Theosophy] by Robert O'Connor		*[http://suite101.com/a/the-oz-books-and-mysticism-a47693# The Oz Books and Theosophy] by Robert O'Connor
	*[http://www.examiner.com/article/the-theosophical-foundations-of-l-frank-baum-s-wizard-of-oz# The Theosophical foundations of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz] by Wayne Purdin		*[http://www.examiner.com/article/the-theosophical-foundations-of-l-frank-baum-s-wizard-of-oz# The Theosophical foundations of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz] by Wayne Purdin
	*[http://vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/the-occult-roots-of-the-wizard-of-oz/# The Occult Roots of The Wizard of Oz] at The Vigilant Citizen		*[http://vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/the-occult-roots-of-the-wizard-of-oz/# The Occult Roots of The Wizard of Oz] at The Vigilant Citizen
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1580#~~ Dorothy Gage and Dorothy Gale] by Sally Roesch Wagner		* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-31143326 Dorothy Gage and Dorothy Gale] by Sally Roesch Wagner

	=== Audio ===		=== Audio ===