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 ‘new’ report on the first official Baker Street Irregulars dinner

August 19, 2024 by Ray Betzner

The Press, Watson. . . .

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August 19, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Starrett’s Scrapbook, Harry Hansen, Alexander Woollcott, Christopher Morley, Baker Street Irregulars, Mattias Bostrom, Steven Rothman, Harrison "Terry" Hunt, Linda Hunt, Susan Dahlinger, The Baker Street Irregulars Trust, The New York Wold-Tribune, The Watertown Times, H.W. Bell, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Chicago Daily News, William Gillette, Gray Chandler Briggs, William Rose Benet, Steven Vincent Benet, Autolycus in Limbo, The Saturday Review of Literature
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New views of Peking with Vincent and Ray

September 28, 2023 by Ray Betzner

New images from an old vacation

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September 28, 2023 /Ray Betzner
The Laughing Buddha, Vincent Starrett, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Jennifer Hornsby, Yi Ying, Dollar Line, SS President Coolidge, Rachel Latimer, Carmen Valentino, Steven Rothman, Helen Burton, Camel's Bell gift shop, Peter Ruber, The Last Bookman, Ida Pruitt, L.C. Arlington

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

Best. Day. Ever. Part II

November 30, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Morley praises Starrett’s poetry, pellucid gin, and ‘the delicacies of print’

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November 30, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Christopher Morley, Vincent Starrett, Brillig, Baker Street Journal, Steven Rothman, Ballad of Brobdingnag, Lines on a Lady, Hackensack Marshes, Hackensack Meadowlands, Columbia University Press, Night Watchman, Sitzfleisch

Penny Poems

December 03, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Kittens, puppies, elephants and rhymes for a penny

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December 03, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Jon Bracker, Jonathan Bracker, Christopher Morley, Vincent Starrett, Penny Poems, Steven Rothman, Vignette Domestique, Elephants in Aspic, Books Alive, Bright Cages
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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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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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A Bookman and his Dealer

March 14, 2015 by Ray Betzner

Ben Abramson was a book seller, a publisher and a dreamer.

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March 14, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Ben Abramson, Edgar W. Smith, Reading and Collecting magazine, The Baker Street Journal, Steven Rothman, Books and Bipeds, Autolycus in Limbo, The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette, Christopher Morley, Argus Books, August Derleth, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, P.M. Stone, James Keddie, Snow for Christmas
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