The Sons of the Desert two years since 1978. Most have been located in the United States but some have been held in the United Kingdom and other countries. Actors and technicians who worked with Laurel and Hardy are frequent guests, and rare films and memorabilia are exhibited. The Sons organization has been profiled periodically in media outlets, usually in a newsworthy context (as when long-lost films have been discovered). In 1974 the British Broadcasting Corporation featured the Sons in its documentary film "Cuckoo." NBC's whimsical reality show "Real People" brought the Sons to a national audience in 1980. The CBN cable-television network scheduled a
Emily Dickinson International Society Japan (2007), England (2010) and the 2014 event is planned for the USA. The society is affiliated to the American Literature Association (ALA), "a Coalition of Societies Devoted to the Study of American Authors" and is sponsoring two sessions at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference. An Emily Dickinson Society had been formed in Japan in 1980, eight years before the foundation of EDIS. Emily Dickinson International Society The Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS) is an international organisation relating to American poet Emily Dickinson (1830–1886). It was founded in 1988 and its aim is to "Promote, perpetuate and enhance the study