* St. Louis and other Missouri fandom
  - early St. Louis fandom
    > in late 1940s, fanzines from Van Splawn originated in St. Louis
    > Lemay Science Fiction Club
      -- existed for only a short time in the early 1960s
      -- only prominent member was Doc Clarke
    > in 1961, Steve Scott, who published fanzine called FANTASMAGORIQUE, met
      another St. Louis fan, Rich Wannen
      -- both attended the 1962 Chicon
         >> Wannen liked it, but Scott didn't care much for the people there
            and soon after quit fandom
    > Hank Luttrell started publishing fanzines in 1964
      -- had previously contributed to an area fanzine named CYGNUS (edited by
         Paul Gilster) in 1963
         >> CYGNUS also had material by local fan Kent McDaniel
    > By mid 1960s, discussions were underway between Gilster, McDaniel,
      Clarke, Wannen, and Dave Hall about starting a fan club
      -- some were too young to drive, however, and lived distances from
         each other
      -- happenstance encounter in book store, between Jim Hall (Dave's
         father) and Ray & Joyce Fisher led to formation of OSFA
  - Ozark SF Association (OSFA)
    > founded in 1965
      -- served to unite the diverse activities of area fans
      -- first meeting hosted by Dave Hall and his father, Jim Hall
      -- about a dozen fans present at first meeting, including the Halls, Ray
         and Joyce Fisher, Hank Luttrell, Rich Wannen, Harold Steele and his
         son Jack
         >> (mini bio of Ray "Duggie" Fisher)
         >> published ODD, which was nominated for fanzine Hugo in 1968
    > eventually grew to be a moderately large club, with 50-60 members
      -- meetings usually had 20-30 people present
      -- meeting sites at members homes for first few years
         >> after club grew, meetings moved to Main Branch of St. Louis
            Public Library, later to St. Louis Museum of Natural History 
            where member Donn Brazier was a curator
            --- Joyce Fisher (Katz) described museum meeting place as "a
                charming room dominated by a fireplace and shelves of curious
                exhibits"
      -- prominent members included the Couch family (Leigh, Norbert, Chris,
         Lesleigh, and Mike) who joined after the first Ozarkon
         >> Leigh and Norbert Couch were members of First Fandom
         >> younger Couches were all members of APA-45
         >> Lesleigh went on to marry Hank Luttrell, and in the 1970s became
            the first U.S. Down Under Fan Fund (DUFF) representative
      -- other prominent members included Pam Janisch, Sue Robinson, Bob
         Schoenfeld, Doc Clarke, Chester Malon, Donn Brazier, Paul Willis,
         Sim Pierce, Ron Whittington
         >> Brazier best known as publisher of fanzine TITLE
            --- had been active in 1940s, degafiated to join St. Louis fandom
            --- (mini bio of Brazier here)
            --- (some info about TITLE)
         >> Paul Willis later descended into Fortean publishing, and did a
            zine called ANUBIS
         >> Malon was co-chair of the first Ozarkon, also co-edited a fanzine
            named ARGHH! with Ron Whittington
         >> Pierce was the Birdman of St. Louis fandom; kept his windows open
            so that wild birds could come and go freely
            --- according to Joyce Fisher (Katz), "not too surprisingly, his
                home was somewhat feathery."
            --- Pierce was also a senior mail-order huckster, who regaled
                often other members of St. Louis fandom with his knowledge of
                pre-golden age SF
    > club was mainly oriented toward fanzine publishing, which led to
      formation of a splinter organization
      -- other activities included old movies (Wannen had a collection of B&W
         films), and socializing
    > publications
      -- SIRRUISH
         >> named by Dave Hall, who mistakenly thought it was a biblical term
            used to detect outsiders and spies
         >> editors at various times were Dave Hall, Hank Luttrell, and Leigh
            Couch
         >> was a largish genzine, sometimes as many as 40 pages
            --- material was contributed by club members and also fans from
                other places
         >> initially, the club's only publication
            --- after eight issues, split into genzine and newsletter
      -- OSFAn (newsletter)
         >> edited (initially) by Hank Luttrell and Dave Hall
            --- Luttrell edited by himself during club's best years
         >> in 1970s, Doc Clarke took over editorship
      -- WHAT ABOUT US GRILS?
         >> a very fannish genzine edited by Joyce Fisher, Pam Janisch, and
            Sue Richardson
            --- title based on an old joke
         >> began in 1969, 3rd and last issue appeared in 1970
            --- featured contributions from such fan luminaries as Bob Tucker,
                Bob Bloch, Tim Kirk, Bill Rotsler, and Joe Staton
            --- zine ended its short life when Robinson drifted out of fandom
                and Fisher moved to New York
                >>> 3rd issue was done entirely by Janisch, but only a very
                    few ever made into the hands of its readers
    > club sponsored (and ran) the 1969 worldcon
    > club lasted until early 1970s, when it faded from view
      -- Ray and Joyce Fisher broke up, caused in part by pressures resulting
         from running the 1969 worldcon
         >> Joyce moved to New York City in 1970
      -- Wannen was inducted into the army
      -- Hank & Lesleigh (now) Luttrell had gone off to college
      -- Dave Hall became a Heinlein Hippy and dropped out of fandom
      -- flavor of club changed dramatically as a result, with newer group
         getting reputation for rowdiness, which alienated older members
    > later in 1970s, St. Louis fandom would be reborn in a new club, the St.
      Louis Science Fiction Association
  - The Saturday People
    > formed in 1966
    > spin-off from OSFA
      -- the "insurgent" arm
    > invitational fanzine club
      -- members included the Fishers, Dave Hall, Bob Schoenfeld, Sue
         Richardson, Pam Janisch, Ron Whittington
      -- members were fanzine publishers, for most part
    > meetings hosted by Ray Fisher every Saturday night
    > lasted into 1970, when St. Louis fandom started its process of
      disintegration
  - Missouri SF Association
    > formed at the University of Missouri's Columbia campus in 1968
    > founded by Hank Luttrell and Lesleigh (Couch) Luttrell
      -- Lesleigh Luttrell later went on to be first DUFF delegate, in early
         1970s

* Texas
  - Southern Fandom Group
    > co-founded by Lloyd D. Broyles of Waco, Texas, in 1960
      -- at the time, Broyles was a 29-year-old fan
         > he had started reading science fiction in 1951, had made contact
           with fandom in 1953, and was a member of the NFFF
         > in 1962, he published the first of two WHO'S WHO IN FANDOM
           fanzines, for the year 1961 (the second was done by somebody else)
      -- SFG was intended to be an organization of fans across the Southern
         U.S.A.
      -- was based on NFFF, first and only director was Alfred McCoy Andrews
         of Alabama
      -- published a dittoed newsletter, THE SOUTHERN FAN, edited by Broyles
      -- lasted until early 1963
         > cause of its demise was that great fan club killer, lack of
           activity
    > helped set stage for formation of SFPA in 1961 and the Southern Fandom
      Confederation, which formed in the early 1970s
    > however, this pan-southern organization did not lead to formation of
      fandom within Texas; for that we have to look at different sources
  - the fanzine VOID
    > credited by some as forming the image of Texas fandom
      -- (need info to support this)
    > originally edited by Jim and Greg Benford in the 1950s
      -- they published it through issue 14
    > saw a succession of co-editors after that
      -- Ted White became co-editor with issue 15
      -- Jim Benford eventually dropped out, and about issue 22, Pete Graham
         and Terry Carr became co-editors
    > during the Carr-White-Graham era, VOID became one of best "genzines"
      (general interest fanzines) of its time
      -- (some of the contents?)
      -- later issues featured multi-page cartoon-strip covers by Bhob Stewart
      -- actively promoted the 1962 Willis fund
    > lasted through issue 28, which was dated February 1962
    > was revived for one issue in 1969 by Arnie Katz
  - New Dallas Fandom
    > announced in March 1965, in issue no. 1 of TRUMPET
      -- same issue announced demise of (Old) Dallas Fandom
      -- edited by Tom Reamy
         >> (mini bio of Tom Reamy)
      -- TRUMPET was destined became more famous than the fan group that
         inspired it
         >> was commercially lithoed on slick paper
         >> 50 cent price was considered just short of outrageous, however
         >> front cover somewhat tasteless drawing by Reamy; back cover was
            drawing by SF artist John Schoenherr
         >> contents included photo-illustrated movie reviews, selection of
            Hannes Bok artwork, and an article by Marion Zimmer Bradley
         >> TRUMPET also had the renown of leading on to one of the more
            controversial worldcon bids of the decade, the Dallas in '73 bid
    > in 1969, Reamy announced a revamped Dallas fandom with the formation of
      the Dallas Science Fiction Society (DaSFS)
      -- met once a month in members' homes
         >> by second meeting, there were 20 people attending
      -- clubzine, edited by Joe Bob Williams, was titled DJ
    > Dallas in '73 Worldcon bid
      -- fronted by Tom Reamy
      -- had the slick bidzine DALLASCON BULLETIN
         >> in a letter to LOCUS, Tom Reamy said of the bidzine, "We're aiming
            for a minimum circulation of 5,000.  It will carry advertising to
            help defray expenses.  It will be sent free to everybody."
            --- when queried about the economics of sending out 5,000 copies
                of a fanzine at no charge, Reamy responded that "We sold $330
                worth of ads in it, which will almost pay for it.  We hope by
                the second issue, when people see that we are actually *doing*
                it, will bring in enough to pay for *all* of it.  It won't
                take many more ads to show a profit -- which we could use for
                the bid."
         >> first issue was 20 pages
         >> (content?)
      -- ultimately folded in late 1960s (when?) after Reamy dropped out
         (why?)
  - Houston fandom
    > (previous history)
    > in the late 1960s, a new fan club formed (name?)
      -- first president was Joanne Berger
  - Cepheid Variable (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX)
    > founded in 1967

* Atlanta/Southern fandom
  - (need info)

* Denver
  - Denver Area Science Fiction Association
    > founded in late December, 1968
    > hosted Mile Hi Cons

* New Mexico
  - Albuquerque fandom
    > most prominent fan in all of New Mexico in the 1960s was Roy Tackett
      -- Tackett had been active in fandom since 1936, mostly through
         correspondence (all that was available to a rural Colorado fan at
         that time)
         >> following military service with the U.S. Marines during World War
            Two, Tackett became more active in U.S. fandom, especially on the
            west coast
            --- had attended the first LASFS Fanquet, in 1945
            --- was active in Bay Area fandom in late 1940s and early 1950s
            --- began a fanzine, DYNATRON, which he published for several
                decades and which lasted a full 100 issues
      -- Tackett had settled in Albuquerque in 1962 after finishing another
         military service tour of duty with the U.S. Marines
         >> "As far as I knew, there wasn't any stf activity in Albuquerque,
            so I did the only thing that was possible: I took out ads in the
            SF magazines asking for anyone interested in forming a stf club to
            contact me.  I got letters from Chicago and Boston, but nary a
            nibble from Albuquerque."
    > genesis of area fandom was two years later, at a chance meeting in a
      used book store of Roy Tackett and Bob Vardeman, who were reaching for
      the same copy of a back issue of ANALOG magazine
      -- Vardeman had never heard of fandom, so Tackett filled him in; as he
         later remembered, "It was a terrible thing to do to a teenager."
      -- soon afterward, Tackett, Vardeman, and Eugene Casey formed the
         Albuquerque SF Society
    > meetings were monthly during the mid 1960s
      -- membership in organization eventually reached about 20 people
      -- prominent members of new club included Vardeman, Tackett, and Jack
         Speer
         >> Speer had moved to New Mexico from Seattle in 1961
    > the most prominent event in New Mexico fandom was the dinner meeting on
      April 11, 1966
      -- guests were Jack Williamson and Don Wollheim 
         >> Wollheim was presented a facetious demand for staples instead of
            glue in paperback books, hearkening back to the Staples Wars of
            the 1940s
      -- also present was Caz Casadessus, who came down from Denver for the
         meeting
      -- this meeting later became referred to as the first of the Bubonicon
         science fiction conventions
         >> the next year, after another dinner meeting, which also featured a
            guest appearance by Wollheim, Vardeman suggested the name in view
            of the prevalence of Bubonic Plague in New Mexico at that time
         >> Jack Speer protested, but was outvoted

* Nevada
  - Las Vegas SF Society
    > organized by Dwain Kaiser in the spring of 1964
    > was reported in STARSPINKLE to have only a few members, and "high hopes
      for regular meetings in the near future"



National/USA-based International fan groups

* NFFF
  - was mostly a quiet decade for the organization, in contrast to the high-
    power feuds that racked it during the 1950s
    > moderate amount of excitement in 1963 when former director Alma Hill
      started impeachment proceedings against Al Lewis, who was then the
      chairman of the Directorate of the NFFF
      -- Lewis had written an article in the club's fanzine, THE NATIONAL
         FANTASY FAN, defending the worth of the newszine FANAC to its
         readers, which came across as an unfavorable review to the
         consternation of many readers
    > hardly had that fracas blown over when Lewis was once again the subject
      of an impeachment proceeding, this time by Clay Hamlin
      -- Lewis had defended Earl Kemp from libelous charges levelled at him by
         an otherwise little-known fan, D. Bruce Berry, in a fanzine article
         >> Ron Ellik reported, tongue-in-cheek, on the two impeachment
            attempts: "That Lewis sure is a scoundrel."
  - other activities included regional get-togethers of fans
    > in May 1963, John & Bjo Trimble hosted what was billed as "The First
      Annual N3F Swim, Beer, and Good Clean Fun Afternoon" in Los Angeles
      -- title seems self-explanatory
      -- not known if there were any sequels to this event in subsequent years
  - annually sponsored a story contest (started when?)
    > judges included Fred Pohl (1966)
    > cash prizes given to winners
  - sponsored a hospitality room at worldcons
  - sponsored an amateur press association, N'APA
    > founded in 1950s
    > open to all members of NFFF
    > official editors during 1960s included Robert Lichtman and Fred Patten
  - other publications
    > a letterzine, TIGHTBEAM

* Psi Phi
  - described as "the Galactic Science Fiction Fraternity"
  - run by an organization at Michigan State University called the Local 
    Committee
  - visible for a short while in the mid 1960s
  - open to college students who had a 2.0 GPA or better
    > 50 cent dues per year
    > applicants were sent a quiz to determine eligibility

* Fan Awards Poll committee
  - Fan Awards Poll originated by Charles Wells just prior to 1962 Worldcon
  - committee formed to administer the Awards
    > in 1963, consisted of Walter Breen, Bob Lichtman, and Dick Lupoff
  - Harry Warner was appointed to oversee first annual poll, which was mailed
    in March 1963 (FOR THE YEAR 1962), Charles Wells took over when Warner
    sustained a hip injury in early 1963
    > winners were WARHOON for Best Fanzine, ATom for Best Artist and Best
      Cartoonist, and Walt Willis for Best Column, Best Writer, and Number
      One Fan Face
  - Dick Eney took charge for 1964 poll (for the year 1963), mailing out
    ballots in February 1964
    > winners were YANDRO for Best Fanzine, DOUBLE BILL #7 for Best Single
      Publication, ATom for Best Artist, "Strange Fruit" in YANDRO for Best
      Column, Willis for Best Writer, Arnold Katz for Best New Fan of the
      Year, and Willis again for Number One Fan Face