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About Arcadia Falcone

Falcone was a Public Services Intern in the Office of the Associate Librarian. She was a graduate student in the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin, focusing on archives and digital collections.

April 4, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Research + Teaching

Sherlock Holmes’s Infinite Case-Book

This tiny volume, featuring a Sherlockian parody by O. Henry, formed one of a series of “The World’s Best Short Stories” distributed with packets of cigarettes.

Many of the items discussed here are featured in the display “The Intertextual Sherlock Holmes,” which can be seen outside the Reading and Viewing Room on the second floor of the Ransom Center until April 21. While fanfiction may seem like an Internet-dependent phenomenon, its origins stretch far back into… read more 

May 3, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts

The Adventure of the Immortal Detective: Discovering Sherlock Holmes in the Archives

Doyle wrote “The Coming of the Fairies” (1922) in defense of the Cottingley fairy photographs, which he believed to be genuine. Arthur Conan Doyle photography collection.

The BBC’s modernized television adaptation Sherlock and the steampunk-inspired Hollywood blockbuster Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows are only two of the most recent incarnations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective. The Ransom Center holds an eclectic array both of Sherlockiana and of materials illustrating Doyle’s diverse pursuits. Doyle… read more 

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