CAMELOT IN NEWSPAPERS

Following are examples of references to Camelot that appeared in newspapers.

The following article, written by Jana Miller, appeared in the August 6, 2009, edition of the Ann Arbor Journal, an Ann Arbor, Michigan newspaper.  Ms. Miller has given her kind permission to allow it to be reprinted here.  (Minor inaccuracies have been corrected for this reprinting.)

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The following article, written by Terry Oparka, appeared in the July 9, 2009, edition of the Troy Times, a Troy, Michigan newspaper.  Ms. Oparka has given her kind permission to allow it to be reprinted here.

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The following article, written by Jana Miller, appeared in the July 2, 2009, edition of The Saline Reporter, a Saline, Michigan newspaper.  Ms. Miller has given her kind permission to allow it to be reprinted here.  (Minor inaccuracies have been corrected for this reprinting.)

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Pictured above is Jose Raul Capablanca. Grandmaster Capablanca (on the right) is playing Camelot with expert player Miss Anne Morgan, in celebration of the opening of the championship of the American Women's Association Camelot Club located in Manhattan, New York.  This first Camelot tournament to be held in Manhattan took place at the association's clubhouse during January of 1932.  Grandmaster Capablanca acted as the referee of the tournament, which was won by Miss Elizabeth Wray.  This photograph is from the Cuban publication, Diario de la Marina, of March 10, 1942, and is used with the gracious permission, and from the personal collection, of Edward Winter, noted author and chess historian.  You can find out more about Mr. Winter's column, Chess Notes, here.

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  The above publicity photograph, taken on the set of Busy Bodies, a short comedy movie, appeared in several newspapers in 1933 and 1934.

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The above photograph, appearing in the April 1, 1931, edition of The Boston Herald, was captioned, "Willoughby Jones, national Camelot expert, and Edgar J. Davis, Harvard law student and winner of the recent Metropolitan Theatre tournament, who played several exhibition matches at Jordan's yesterday."