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Bibliographical references include: Old Diary Leaves. The True History of The Theosophical Society. Vol. I. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; Madras: The Theosophist, 1895. x, 2, 491 pp. pl {{ctd-source|BCW|9|446}}. | Bibliographical references include: Old Diary Leaves. The True History of The Theosophical Society. Vol. I. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; Madras: The Theosophist, 1895. x, 2, 491 pp. pl {{ctd-source|BCW|9|446}}. | ||
The bibliography lists the second and third series of Old Diary Leaves, published in 1900 and 1904 respectively {{ctd-source|BCW|10|426}}. | |||
Served as secretary of the National Insurance Convention in New York in 1871 and compiled its two-volume official report with his own prefaces. On page 124 of the first volume he pencilled a note that he had been paid $5,000. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - A Word with our Friends|BCW 3:13]]}} | |||
Assumed legal and editorial responsibility for The Theosophist on 1 November 1887. On 23 December he began transferring books to the new Adyar Library premises; the first book transferred was Isis Unveiled. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxii|BCW 8:xxii-xxiii]]}} | |||
In spring 1888 he recuperated with the Morgans at Ootacamund and bought land for the future cottage Gulisthan, intended as a retreat for [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]], himself and friends. He returned to Adyar on 12 June. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)#xxiv|BCW 9:xxiv-xxv]]}} | |||
In August 1888 he travelled to Europe to address disagreements within the Theosophical Society. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] dates his receipt of K. H.’s letter aboard the Shannon to 22 August 1888, correcting the year 1884 given in the third series of Old Diary Leaves. That autumn he took part in establishing the British and Esoteric Sections. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.10)#xxiv|BCW 10:xxiv-xxviii]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - An Explanation Important to All Theosophists#135|BCW 10:135-136]]}} | |||
Made a lecture tour of Japan in February–May 1889, meeting representatives of Buddhist schools in Kyoto on 19 February. That autumn he visited Britain and Ireland; travelling with [[Keightley, Bertram|B. Keightley]], he stayed with [[Dick, Frederick J.|F. J. Dick]] in Dublin. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxiii|BCW 11:xxiii-xxvi]]}} | |||
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|other resources=[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/olcott-henry-steel Theosophy World Encyclopedia] | |other resources=[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/olcott-henry-steel Theosophy World Encyclopedia] | ||
|origin=English: Henry Steel Olcott | |origin=English: Henry Steel Olcott | ||
|mentioned in=[[Blavatsky H.P. - A Word with our Friends|A Word with our Friends]] ([[Blavatsky H.P. - A Word with our Friends|BCW 3:13]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxii|BCW 8:xxii-xxiii]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)#xxiv|BCW 9:xxiv-xxv]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.10)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.10)#xxiv|BCW 10:xxiv-xxviii]]); [[Blavatsky H.P. - An Explanation Important to All Theosophists|An Explanation Important to All Theosophists]] ([[Blavatsky H.P. - An Explanation Important to All Theosophists#135|BCW 10:135-136]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxiii|BCW 11:xxiii-xxvi]]) | |||
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