Vincent Starrett papers
Scope and Contents
Chicago biographer, bibliographer, essayist, collector, literary critic, and journalist, as well as a devotee of Sherlock Holmes, who worked at the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Tribune from 1906 until 1967. Includes copies of Starrett's Tribune "Books Alive" column, 1942-1967, together with correspondence from Harry Hansen, Basil Rathbone and others, and other articles and essays. This collection is entirely composed of photocopies, largely made from the Vincent Starrett collection at the University of Minnesota.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1986
Creator
- Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974 (Person)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research: printed inventory is available in the library's Modern Manuscript Collections notebooks.
Extent
1.4 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
Chicago biographer, bibliographer, essayist, collector, literary critic, and journalist, as well as a devotee of Sherlock Holmes, who worked at the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Tribune from 1906 until 1967. Includes copies of Starrett's Tribune "Books Alive" column, 1942-1967, together with correspondence from Harry Hansen, Basil Rathbone and others, and other articles and essays. This collection is entirely composed of photocopies, largely made from the Vincent Starrett collection at the University of Minnesota.
Physical Location
1 32 5
Source
- Murdock, Karen J. (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Vincent Starrett papers, 1918-1986
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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