Baker Street Irregulars archive, 1923-2007.

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Baker Street Irregulars archive, 1923-2007.

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The Baker Street Irregulars' archive contains the official records of the BSI and the papers of BSI members from its founding in the 1930s through the present. Strengths of the collection include correspondence, business files, and event files. Particular items of note include correspondence to and from Edgar Wadsworth Smith, Christopher Morley, and Vincent Starrett as well as signed menus from annual BSI dinners. The study of fictional characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and their creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is well documented in the publications, commentary and research, and catalog and bibliography series.

18 boxes (15 linear ft.)

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Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)

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Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)

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Stix, Thomas Louis, Sr.

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Lellenberg, Jon L.

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Prestige, Colin.

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Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...

Wolff, Julian, 1905-

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Smith, Edgar Wadsworth, 1894-1960

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x0002c5 ...

Stix, Thomas Louis, Jr.

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Baker Street Irregulars (Organization : U.S.)

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In January of 1934, Christopher Morley hosted a party to celebrate the birthday of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and unintentionally started what would become the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI) - one of the most preeminent Sherlockian societies in the world. Interest in the society grew rapidly after its formation was announced in Morley’s Saturday Review of Literature columns “The Bowling Green” and “Trade Winds.” In an effort to include only the most knowledgeable Sherlockian...

Hall, W. S. (William Stanley), 1889-

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974

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Vincent Starrett, a police reporter for the Daily News also wrote book reviews for various Chicago newspapers, and in this way became aquainted with Arthur Machen, with whom he had a long and varied correspondence with. The friendship and conflict following resulted in Starrett vs. Machen: A Record of Discovery and Correspondence, which is the focus of this collection. From the description of Vincent Starrett collection of Arthur Machen, 1915-1971. (Southern Illinois University). Wor...

Shaw, John Bennett

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Epithet: book collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x000050 The Baker Street Irregulars (as an organization) was founded in 1934 by Christopher Morley (and others), and continues to meet annually in New York City. (See Jon Lellenberg's multi-volume BSI Archival Series for a fuller historical treatment of the organization.) Local scion societies of the BSI are found world-wide, many of them producing...

Montgomery, James, 1898-1955.

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