Sherlock Holmes: More to Explore

The HaithiTrust Digital Library has fully digitized issues dating from 1891 to 1916.

The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia has an index to the Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand Magazine.

Fifty-two shows from the Mutual Broadcasting System radio program starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. The show was sponsored in 1939-40 by Grove's Bromo Quinine and later enjoyed an extended run as The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes under the sponsorship of Petri Wines. These recordings are of varying quality with most in the good to very good sound range. The files have been tagged with the most accurate information available and each file name begins with the original broadcast air date.

Long considered lost until a complete dupe negative was identified in the vaults of La Cinémathèque française in 2014, this William Gillette film is a vital missing link in the history of Sherlock Holmes on screen. By the time it was produced at Essanay Studios in 1916, Gillette had been established as the world’s foremost interpreter of Holmes on stage—having played him approximately 1300 times since his 1899 debut.

Current CSUSB students, faculty, and staff, click on the link above and then on the Academic Video Online link to get to the movie.

Not affiliated with CSUSB? Come to the library and use one of our computers to view the movie online.

The Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Library constitute the world’s largest gathering of material related to Sherlock Holmes and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Collections consist of over 60,000 items including books, journals, and a wide variety of other forms through which the transformation of the Holmes character from the printed page to a cultural icon can be traced.

Use the navigation options on the left to view a wide array of items relating to Sherlock Holmes. There are even a few sound recordings.

Disc 4 of this set has 8 classic Sherlock Holmes movies starring various actors as Holmes.

Starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes.

The sequel to Sherlock Holmes (2009) starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes.

The BBC production starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes.

The Baker Street Irregulars website is your source for official information from the Baker Street Irregulars. Founded in 1934, the BSI was the first Sherlockian literary society in the world. We publish a wide range of scholarship related to Sherlock Holmes, and produce various events including the BSI Weekend every January.

Founded in 1951, the Society is open to anyone with an interest in Sherlock Holmes, Dr John H. Watson and their world. It is a literary and social Society, publishing a scholarly Journal and occasional papers, and holding meetings, dinners and excursions.

An Internet portal to Sherlock organizations worldwide.