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Randall Stock

 

Randall Stock does marketing and product management for high-tech firms in Silicon Valley.  At one time (too many years ago), he enjoyed being a skipper on the Jungle Cruise at Walt Disney World.  He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Anderson School at UCLA and is a Carter Fellow.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University.   His technology writing experience includes a booklet on e-mail, "The World of Messaging," as well as numerous user guides, white papers, press releases, and other marketing materials.  In the Sherlockian world he's contributed chapters to BSI Manuscript Series books and given papers at Harvard and at the University of Minnesota.  He's currently working on a book about Conan Doyle's writings.   Suggestions for this website are always welcome.  You can reach me by e-mail here.

 

Some Sherlockian Writings by Randall Stock

 

Chapters in Books

• "Revealing 'A Scandal in Bohemia': Its History and Manuscript" in Bohemian Souls, edited by Otto Penzler (New York: The Baker Street Irregulars in association with The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, 2011)
• "A Sherlock Holmes Census: What's Really Out There" in Papers at an Exhibition, edited by Peter X. Accardo, John Bergquist, and Dan Posnansky (New York: The Baker Street Irregulars in cooperation with Houghton Library, 2009)
• "Following 'The Three Students': A Manuscript History" in So Painful a Scandal, edited by John Bergquist (New York: The Baker Street Irregulars in association with Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library, 2009)

The Baker Street Journal

• "Sidney Paget: Painting by the Numbers"
• "An Illustrious Manuscript"
• "The Trail of the Semi-Solitary Manuscript"
• "Perfect Reproductions: Some Notes on Canonical Manuscripts"
• "Rating Sherlock Holmes"
• "A Study in Sherlockians"
• "Irregular Participation"
• "The Best of the Best"

Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library

• "A Sherlock Holmes Census: What's Really Out There" (speech/paper)

University of Minnesota Special Collections

• "Manuscripts & More: Some Descriptions, Discoveries, and Digressions" (speech)
• "Manuscripts & Magazines: A Review of Sherlockian Rarities" (speech)
• "Two Treasures Revealed: A Manuscript and its Facsimile"

The Hounds' Collection

• "An Auction Report on the Conan Doyle Collection"
• "Quoting Sherlock Holmes: The Ten Most Famous Canonical Quotations"
• "Rating the Untold Tales"
• "Buying The Strand Magazine"

 

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