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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'A most remarkable thing'

February 04, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Prof. Pence and Sherlock Holmes

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February 04, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Raymond Woodbury Pence, DePauw University, Margaret Mead, Robert Benchley, Van Wyck Brooks, Scott Monty, Essays of Today, J.B. Priestly, Edith Wharton, Stephen Leacock, G.K. Chesterton, Bernard De Voto, H. Mumford Jones, Ronald Knox, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Golden Book, The Bookman, Henry C. Johnson
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Vincent Starrett Goes Clubbing

November 24, 2023 by Ray Betzner

Among Chicago’s Cliff Dwellers

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November 24, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Scott Monty, Cliff Dwellers, Charles Collins, A Line O' Type or Two., Born in a Bookshop, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Anderson Library, Ribston Pippins, Steven DOyle, Jim Montgomery, The Baker Street Irregulars, Clan na Gael, Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Chicago Literary Lions, Fanny Butcher

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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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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Have you a Tamerlane?

January 19, 2014 by Ray Betzner

A Morgan Library display tells only part of the story of Tamerlane, Edgar Allan Poe's first book and one of the rarest books in American literature.

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January 19, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Tamerlane, Vincent Starrett, Scott Monty, Saturday Evening Post, Morgan Library, Edgar Allan Poe
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