To give you a sense of the exciting Disney history discoveries that can be made when one digs really deep and why I am so eager to find volunteers in London...

A few days ago, one of my many volunteers in New York stumbled upon the first issue of Mickey's News, a newsletter that Disney's European representative, George Kamen, began sending to British licensees in November 1937. I only have one full issue for now and -- among other things -- I am trying to locate the others which are likely to really "move the needle" from a historical standpoint.

This is fun!

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED IN LONDON

I am still looking for a few committed volunteers in London as a few who had reached out were eventually unable to work on the project for personal reasons.

Research for my future book about Disney's international expansion in the world in the 1930s and 1940s has really been progressing by leaps and bounds over the past few weeks thanks to volunteers all around the world.

The project at the British Library is larger than I originally thought, though, and I would welcome a second volunteer to help me with the research.

If you are in London and are able and willing to conduct two days of research at the British Library over the next few days / weeks, could you please email me at didier.ghez@gmail.com ?

Of course I immediately picked up Disney historian David Lesjak's massive new book and should get it today.
 

What a joy this morning to read that all of historian JB Kaufman's essays are now available in two physical books. If you know JB"s work (and who does not) you also know that all that he writes about classic movies and about Disney history is worth reading.

The Disney-related essays are gathered in Volume 1; the others are in Volume 2.

 

 Heads up... Imagineer Eric Robinson's book is now available on Amazon!

 

I am very much looking forward to the release of this upcoming book by Bob Weis!

As you know, my new book, The Wonderful Worlds of Disney will be released in a few weeks.

Some of you will enjoy the podcast Notably Disney in which I discuss its making as well as several other Disney-history-related matters.

I am delighted to share that Walt's People -- Volume 32 has been released today by Skyway Press.

It contains material about John Basmajian, Eric Cleworth, Anne Del Valle, Roy E. Disney, Eyvind Earle, Robert Foster, Andy Gaskill, Floyd Gottfredson, Michael Graves, Earl Hurd, David Inglish, Un Iwerks, Evelyn Kennedy, Gordon Legg, Ron Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Bill Peet, Parry Ray, Herb Ryman, Steve Segal, Lucy Wheaton Taliaferro and Al Taliaferro, Don Taylor, Larry Tryon, and Linda Woolverton.

I think you will all really enjoy it.