Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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BSI’s first “official” dinner in the news

August 27, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Those crazy Sherlock Holmes fans

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August 27, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Baker Street Irregulars, Baker Street Irregulars Trust, Christopher Morley, Christ Cella's, Gene Tunney, Alexander Woollcott, Vincent Starrett, Associated Press, Burton Freund, William Gillette
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Far too few words about Ben Hecht

October 28, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Picking Pictures for Ben

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October 28, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Ben Hecht, A Child of the Century, Vincent Starrett, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Daily News, Associated Press, Chicago Renaissance, Richard Little, Charles Collins, A Line O' Type or Two., George Wharton, Christian Dane Hagerty, Lloyd Lewis, Sheherezade, Carl Sandburg
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Books of the Golden Age

May 07, 2020 by Ray Betzner

From no other diversion in life have I had such enduring pleasure as from collecting books.

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May 07, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Charles E. Honce, Books of the Golden Age, Vincent Starrett, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Caxton Club, Newberry Library, The Freeman, Born in a Bookshop, G.A. Henty, Conan Doyle
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One of "My Disciples," Part One

May 23, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Starrett and Honce: I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

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May 23, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Charles Honce, Vincent Starrett, Midnight and Percy Jones, Associated Press, The APME Red Book, A Vincent Starrett Library, Frederic Dorr Steele, The Adventures of Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, A Sherlock Holmes Birthday, A Study in Scarlet, William Gillette, A Sherlock Holmes Birthday and other bookish stories conceived in the form of news

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