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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Watching two Sherlockians at play

March 03, 2022 by Ray Betzner

Sherlockian Penpals

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March 03, 2022 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Cornelis Helling, Christopher Morley, Saturday Review of Literature, Jules Verne, Trade Winds, P.E.G. Quercus, Frederic Dorr Steele, Baker Street Journal, Baker Street Irregulars, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), 221B: Studies In Sherlock Holmes, Some Reminiscences of An Old Sherlockian
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BSI weekend 2022

January 21, 2022 by Ray Betzner

A BSI weekend fill with precious memories

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January 21, 2022 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, BSI weekend, BSI dinner, Michael Kean, Glen Miranker, Grolier Club, Murder on B Deck, Otto Penzler, Mysterious Bookshop, Charles Perry, Jacqueline Bost Morris, Ashley Polasek, Steven DOyle, Mickey Fromkin, Susan Rice, Curtis Armstrong, Peter Blau, Jenn Eaker, Janice Fischer, Lyndsay Faye, The Great Hotel Murder, ACD Society, MIchael Kean, Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Page, Oyster Bar, Grand Central, SPODE, LORE, Yale Club, Jim Hawkins, Tim Johson, Ira Matetsky, 221B, Susan Rice Mentorship Award

Studies in Starrett World Headquarters 2.0

August 27, 2021 by Ray Betzner

A major move and an unexpected gift.

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August 27, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Studies in Starrett, Williamsburg, Studies in Starrett World Headquarters 2.0, Jerry Margolin, Frederic Dorr Steele
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Christopher Morley enters the scene

January 03, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Finding Bliss in Ysleta, Part 3

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January 03, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Christopher Morley, Vincent Starrett, A Vincent Starrett Library, Charles E. Honce, Edwin B. Hill, Edwin Bliss Hill, Carolyn Wells, Michael Gross, Wisteria Lodge, Collier's Weekly, Frederic Dorr Steele, Stephen Vincent Benet, The Bookman, Arthur Bartlett Maurice, William Rose Benet, Dupin, Poe, Arthur Conan Douyle, John Valentine, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen Crane: A Bibliography, Stephen Crane, A message for Vincent Starrett, 221B, Anthony Boucher, Elmer Davis
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Dedications

May 22, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Monkey glands, McCarthyites and the W.G.A.

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May 22, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Walter M. Hill, In Praise of Stevenson: An Anthology, W.C. Morrow, Ambrose Bierce, Rhymes for Collectors, Lilian Hartsig, Ebony Flame, Lilian Starrett, Bella Starrett, Banners in the Dawn, Thomas Kennedy, Buried Caesars, Robert Polk Starrett, Flame and Dust, Richard Le Gallienne, Coffins for Two, Fifteen More Poems, Charles Parsons, Ray Latimer, Seaports in the Moon, Ambrose Bierce: A bibliography, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, M.J. Latimer, Murder on B Deck, Stanley Starrett, Harold Starrett, Robert Starrett, The Blue Door, Edwin Baird, Dead Man Inside, Scott Cunningham, The End of Mr. Garment, Stirling Parkinson, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette, Frederic Dorr Steele, Gray Chandler Briggs, Charles Honce, Midnight and Percy Jones, Persons From Porlock, Christopher Morley, Oriental Encounters, The Great Hotel Murder, Riley Blackwood, Books Alive, Bookman's Holiday, Georgia E. Bennett, Autolycus in Limbo, The Case-Book of Jimmie Lavender, Harry E. Maule, Ellery Queen, John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Murder in Peking, Lin Yutang, Books and Bipeds, Book Column, Best Loved Books of the Twentieth Century, Wendell W. Goodpasture, Late Later and Possibly Last
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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

The Final 'Private Life' Problem

February 15, 2019 by Ray Betzner

What is it that we love about Private Life?

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February 15, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Otto Penzler, Steven Doyle, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Ray Betzner, Gray Chandler Briggs, Frederic Dorr Steele, William Gillette, Vincent Starrett
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Otto Strikes Twice

January 26, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Two popular paperbacks

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January 26, 2019 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Otto Penzler, The Mysterious Bookshop, The Mysterious Library, Otto Penzler's Sherlock Holmes Library, The Macmillan Company, John Bennett Shaw, Tom Stix Jr., Robert Thomalen, Warner Books, Frederic Dorr Steele, William Gillette, Julian Symons, Pinnacle, Carl Sandburg, Christopher Morley
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Revised and Enlarged

November 09, 2018 by Ray Betzner

A Classic is Reborn

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November 09, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Unique Hamlet, 221-B, Alexander Woollcott, Gray Chandler Briggs, Christopher Morley, Peter Cushing, Andre Morrell, Ronald Howard, Adrian Conan Doyle, The Golden Book, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Press, William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frederic Dorr Steele, H.W. Bell, Elmer Davis, Morley, The Singular Adventures of Martha Hudson, Catherine Cooke, The Baker Street Journal, Edgar W. Smith, Baker Street Studies, Profile by Gaslight, Bookman's Holiday, John Bennett Shaw, Baker Street Irregulars
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A classic is born

September 20, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Private Life, Part 3.

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September 20, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, The Macmillan Company, D.H. Friston, The Private Life of Helen of Troy, John Erksine, Desmond McCarthy, E.V. Knox, Macmillan and Company, Macmillan Company, Frederic Dorr Steele, William Gillette, D. H. Friston, Don Loving, Gray Chandler Briggs, Beeton's Christmas Annual, where it is always 1895
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An Icon in the Making

August 13, 2016 by Ray Betzner

From Starrett to Loving to Zimmer and more

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August 13, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Don Loving, Mathew Zimmer, Charles Honce, A Vincent Starrett Library, Autolycus in Limbo, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Great All-Star Animal Base Ball Game, Steven Rothman, Steven Doyle, Francine Kitts, Robert Thomalen, The Golden Eagle Press, S.A. Jacobs, Pascal Covici, W.S. Hall, Frederic Dorr Steele, Edgar W. Smith, Rex Stout, Christopher Morley, Earle F. Walbridge, Michael Murphy, Fridolf Johnson
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Vincent Starrett and the 1934 Baker Street Irregulars Dinner

January 03, 2015 by Ray Betzner

Vincent Starrett, Alexander Woollcott, William Gillette and the 1934 Baker Street Irregulars Dinner

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January 03, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Christ Cella's, Alexander Woollcott, Baker Street Irregulars, Born in a Bookshop, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Henry Morton Robinson, Frederic Dorr Steele, While Rome Burns, Long Long Ago, Best Loved Books of the Twentieth Century, Parnassus on Wheels, The Hound of the Baskervilles
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