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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Susan Rice Mentorship Award

August 05, 2022 by Ray Betzner

Nominate your favorite Sherlockian for the Susan Rice Mentorship Award

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August 05, 2022 /Ray Betzner
Susan Rice, Susan Rice Mentorship Award, Baker Street Irregulars, Sherlock Holmes, Curtis Armstrong, Peter Blau, Ashley Polasek, Jenn Eaker, Steven Rothman

Sherlockiana: The little leaflets at the start of a movement

January 03, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Finding Bliss in Ysleta, Part 2

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January 03, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Sherlockiana, Edward B. Hill, Edwin B. Hill, Edwin Bliss Hill, Ysleta, Vincent Starrett, Sherlock Holmes, Cornelis Helling, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Morley, E.E. Kellett, Monody on the Death of Sherlock Holmes, Ronald Knox, Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes, The Final Problem, Cambridge University, The Case of the Missing Patriarchs, Logan Clendening, John Myers Myers, Charles E. Honce, A Vincent Starrett Library, "Scotland Yard", "To William Gillette: On his return to the stage in 'Sherlock Holmes' ", To a Very Literary Lady, To an Undiscerning Critic, Arthur Conan Doyle, Some Piquant People, Lincoln Springfield, Dr. Joseph Bell
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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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'So They Still Live For All That Love Them Well'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

'221B' Part 2

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, 221B, Gray Chandler Briggs, Elmer Davis, The Saturday Review of Literature, Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle & The Bookman, Susan Dahlinger, Les Klinger
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A series of magazine stories

September 14, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Private Life, Part 2

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September 14, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Real Detective, Mr. Holmes of Baker Street, Gray Chandler Briggs, The Atlantic Monthly, The Golden Book, The Bookman, Reader's Digest, Les Klinger, Susan Dahlinger, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Conan Doyle and The Bookman, Sherlock Holmes: Notes for a Biography, No. 221-B Baker Street, Ave Sherlock Morituri et Cetera
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Books and Bipeds: Starrett at his best

September 24, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Why Books and Bipeds deserves a place on your shelf.

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September 24, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Ben Abramson, Argus Books, Books and Bipeds, Nova 57 Minor, Sherlock Holmes, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Bookman's Holiday, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, Buried Caesars
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The Bookman, the School Teacher, and the Other Bookman

February 28, 2015 by Ray Betzner

Can you solve the riddle of the second bookman in this posting?

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February 28, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Otto Penzler, Mattias Bostom, Evelyn Byrne, The Mysterious Bookshop, Attacks of Taste, Elizabeth Barrett Browning Junior High School, New York Daily News, Buckminster Fuller, Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Born in a Bookshop, G.A. Henty, University of Oklahoma Press, Sonnets from the Sherlockeuse
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Off Topic: John Bennett Shaw, 20 years later.

October 04, 2014 by Ray Betzner

Some memories of John Bennett Shaw, 20 years after his death.

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October 04, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Robert Mangler, John Bennett Shaw, University of Notre Dame, Cremona Fiddlers of Williamsburg, Ray Betzner, Sherlock Holmes, The University of Minnesota, The Baker Street Irregulars, BSI, Ely Liebow, Stevens Technical Institute, Berry College, Peter Blau
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Irving S. Cutter: Lost Baker Street Irregular or Found Hound?

May 17, 2014 by Ray Betzner

The tale of a Chicago doctor, writer and book collector and his curious relationship to Starrett and the Baker Street Irregulars.

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May 17, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Dr. Irving S. Cutter, The Case-Book of Jimmie Lavender, The Hounds of the Baskerville, Baker Street Journal, Baker Street Irregulars, BSI, Chicago, Sherlock Holmes, Born in a Bookshop, Books Alive, Galter Health Sciences Library, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Passavant Hospital, Arthur Conan Doyle
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