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

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

'The Unique Hamlet' has a birthday party

January 25, 2021 by Ray Betzner

The centenary celebration of a classic

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January 25, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Richard Sveum, Walter M. Hill, The Unique Hamlet, Baker Street Journal, 2020 Christmas Annual, The Baker Street Journal 2020 Christmas Annual, The Baker Street Journal 2020 Christmas Annual: The 100-year adventure of The Unique Hamlet, Susan Rice, Julia McKuras, Randall Stock, Michael Meer, Vincent Starrett
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Off Topic: Susan Rice

October 08, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Memories of a Susan Rice fan

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October 08, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Susan Rice, Mickey Fromkin, Vincent Starrett, John Bennett Shaw, Compound of Excelsior, The Sage of Santa Fe, Vinny Brosnan, The Somnambulist and the Detective, Bob Thomalen, Springtime in Baker Street, I Heard of Sherlock Everywhere, Scott Monty, Burt Wolder, Evelyn Herzog, Janice Fischer, Steven Rothman
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Afterthoughts and acknowledgments

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

221B Part 11.

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Basil Rathbone, University of Minnesota, Julie McKuras, Timothy Johnson, Steven Rothman, Steve Rothman, Mark Gagen, Jon L. Lellenberg, "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", Edward R. Murrow, Les Klinger, Susan Dahlinger, Susan Rice, Don Yates, Amand J. Field, The Wartime films of Sherlock Holmes, England's Secret Weapon
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'Something remains of London in 1895'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 9

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
"221B", Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Vincent Starrett, Baker Street Journal, Julian Wolff, John Bennett Shaw, Michael Murphy, John Ruyle, August Derleth, The Soft-nosed Bullet-in, Baker Street Babes, Susan Rice, The Somnambulist and the Detective
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“Your photographs are not unlike you.”

November 20, 2015 by Ray Betzner

A “new” Vincent Starrett photograph and the mystery that comes with it.

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November 20, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Murder on B Deck, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Seaports in the Moon, Susan Rice, Robert Mangler, Karen Murdock, Peter Ruber, Charles Honce
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The Sherlockian world's most famous bookplate, Part 2

August 09, 2014 by Ray Betzner

Tracing the history of an iconic Sherlock Holmes image.

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August 09, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Fridolf Johnson, Vincent Starrett, University of Minnesota, Timothy Johnson, Cheryll Fong, Julie McKuras, Graceland Cemetery, University of Delaware, Susan Rice, Buena Oaks Hotel, A Baker Street Quartette, Edgar W. Smith, The Baker Street Irregulars Inc, The Somnambulist and the Detective, The Last Bookman, Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present
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The Sherlockian world's most famous bookplate, Part 1

August 02, 2014 by Ray Betzner

How a bookplate created in 1931 became an iconic image of Sherlock Holmes.

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August 02, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Baker Street Irregulars, Edgar W. Smith, W. E. Butler, Sherlockian Bookplates, Fridolf Johnson, Banners in the Dawn, Fifteen More Poems, Charles Honce, University of Minnesota, Philip Hench Collection, Arthur Parsons, Lillian Starrett, Yale University, Arthur Machen, Walter M. Hill, Salome, University of Delaware, Dickson's Close, The Book of Old England, Monologue in Baker Street, Chicago Tribune, Dr. Watson's Mind Read by Master, The Baker Street Journal, Christmas Annual, Susan Rice, A Baker Street Quartette, The Somnambulist and the Detective, The Last Bookman, Graceland Cemetery, Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present
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With ears attuned…

February 11, 2014 by Ray Betzner

A quick post celebrating the all-Starrett episode of the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere podcast, with a guest appearance by Basil Rathbone.

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February 11, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, 221B, Basil Rathbone, Susan Rice, Burt Wolder, Scott Monty, I Heard of Sherlock Everywhere
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