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 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

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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The Fortnightly Dispatch and Vincent Starrett

May 29, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Talking, a lot, about books

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May 29, 2020 /Ray Betzner
The Fortnightly Dispatch, Steven Doyle, Wessex Press, The Baker Street Irregulars, The Baker Street Journal, Vincent Starrett, Rachel Latimer, 221B, The Unique Hamlet, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Morley, Elmer Davis
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What is it we love about '221B'?

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 10, the final part (almost)

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, 221B, Basil Rathbone, Billy Wilder, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, John Bennett Shaw Memorial Library Fund, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Graceland Cemetery
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"This poem by my good friend Vincent Starrett"

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 8

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Profile by Gaslight, Edgar W. Smith, Basil Rathbone, Vincent Starrett, 221B, The Baker Street Journal, In and Out of Character, Autolycus in Limbo, Christopher Morley, Sonnet on Baker Street
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'A wider circulation'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 6

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Charles Collins, Chicago Tribune, Bookman's Holiday, 221B, Vincent Starrett, A Line O' Type or Two., Hounds of the Baskerville (sic)
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'Here dwell together still two men of note'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 4

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
221B, Vincent Starrett, Starrett Speaks, Wessex Press, Carl Sandburg, Edgar W. Smith, Christopher Morley
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“Some of the most dramatic months… of contemporary history”

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 3

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, 221B, Baker Street, Vincent Starrett, The Blitz, Edward R. Murrow, Archibald MacLeish, 221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes.
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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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Introduction and prologue: 'Where it is always 1895.'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

'221B' Part 1

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
221B, Vincent Starrett, University of Minnesota, Don Yates, The Baker Street Journal, where it is always 1895, Edward R. Murrow, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Born in a Bookshop, The Phoenix magazine

Wilder, Hardwick and an order of Thai

February 22, 2019 by Ray Betzner

This is not OUR Private Life

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February 22, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Billy Wilder, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Michael Hardwick, Molly Hardwick, Chris Steinbrunner, Norman Michaels, Christopher Lee, Late, Late Later and Possibly Last, Autolycus Press, Sherlock Holmes One More Time, Michael Murphy, The Private Life of Dr. Watson MD, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Gene Markey, Basil Rathbone, 221B, E.P. Dutton, Sarah Bernhardt
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The Great Hiatus, 1934-1960

November 02, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Between editions: 1934 to 1960

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November 02, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Christopher Morley, Edgar W. Smith, William Gillette, Alexander Woollcott, Long Long Ago, Baker Street Irregulars, Rachel Latimer, The Unique Hamlet, 221B, Persons From Porlock, 221B: Studies In Sherlock Holmes, The Singular Adventures of Martha Hudson, Books Alive, The Chicago Tribune, Profile by Gaslight, To a Very Literary Lady, The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes:, Sherlock Holmes: A Play
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"221B" fresh from Starrett's typewriter

February 21, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Autolycus in Limbo: The Manuscript

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February 21, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Autolycus in Limbo, Vincent Starrett, Charles Honce, A Vincent Starrett Library, William Rose Benet, 221B, E.P. Dutton, Edgar W. Smith, Hell, Hell Said the Duchess, Cherchez la Femme, Banners in the Dawn, The Golden Eagle Press, Sam A, Sam A Jacobs, The Public Papers of a Bibliomaniac, Ames W. Williams

The gift of "221B"

January 27, 2018 by Ray Betzner

A new translation of "221B"

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January 27, 2018 /Ray Betzner
221B, Edgar W. Smith, Vincent Starrett, Sonia Yazmadjian, And it it always 1895, Nicholas Regamey, Atelier Typographique de la Cité, Lausanne, Switzerland

221B's First Public Appearance

October 05, 2017 by Ray Betzner

Starrett's sonnet has a coming out party

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October 05, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Charles Collins, The Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Vincent Starrett, 221B, Chicago Tribune, A Line O' Type or Two., Bookman's Holiday, Two Sonnets, Christopher Morley, Edgar W. Smith, Sonnet on Baker Street, Autolycus in Limbo, Sherlock in the Trib, Ely Liebow, John Nieminski, Bowling Green, Saturday Review of Literature
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Found and lost: The manuscript of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

July 05, 2014 by Ray Betzner

Wanted: Information on the hand-corrected chapters of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.

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July 05, 2014 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Jerry Margolin, 221B, Walter Klinefelter, Christopher Morley
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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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