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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
Date
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1927-01-15
2007-06-14
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jpeg
39
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22
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IWA0054
mwboy1
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2031
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Brethren Press
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
A related resource
Our young people
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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1920-1930
Title
A name given to the resource
"Caloric" Ann
Type
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Text; Still image
Children's literature; Magazines (Periodicals); Short stories
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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2002-01-05
2007-07-13
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jpeg
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IWA0054
mwbstar.jpg
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2631
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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Star tribune
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
2000-2010
Title
A name given to the resource
"Nancy Drew" author still writing generations later
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text; Still image
Clippings
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
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An account of the resource
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
Contributor
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
Date
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1927-07-23
2007-06-14
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24
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IWA0054
mwbluth4
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2048
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
A related resource
Lutheran young folks
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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Subject
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1920-1930
Title
A name given to the resource
A question of value
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text; Still image
Children's literature; Magazines (Periodicals); Short stories
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
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An account of the resource
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
Contributor
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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<a href="http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2601" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Seewer, John
Date
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2001-12-30
2007-07-13
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jpeg
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IWA0054
mwbgr
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2601
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
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The Grand Rapids press
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
2000-2010
Title
A name given to the resource
At 96, author's career drawing to a close
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The nature or genre of the resource
Still image; Text
Clippings
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
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An account of the resource
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
Contributor
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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<a href="http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/1682" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002; Woerner, K.S.
Date
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1940
2007-06-01
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jpeg
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4
MSC0869
mwbcov030
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/1682
Publisher
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Cupples & Leon Company
University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Relation
A related resource
Penny Parker mystery stories
Mildred Wirt Benson Digital Collection
Iowa Authors Collection
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0869
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.<br><br>Digital collection © The University of Iowa. Nancy Drew Mystery Series®, Nancy Drew, and all related characters and images are © and registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. This site is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Any of Simon & Schuster's copyrighted material appearing on this site complies with fair use principles established in U.S. and international copyright law for the purpose of review, study, criticism, or news reporting.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Parker, Penny (Fictitious character)
1930-1940
1940-1950
Title
A name given to the resource
Behind the green door
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text; Still image
Novels; Book jackets; Title pages; Tables of contents
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Description
An account of the resource
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
Contributor
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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<a href="http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2163" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Judd, Frances K.; Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1937
2007-06-11
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jpeg
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8
MSC0869
mwbcov045
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2163
Publisher
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Cupples & Leon Company
University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Relation
A related resource
Kay Tracey mystery stories
Mildred Wirt Benson Digital Collection
Iowa Authors Collection
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0869
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.<br><br>Digital collection © The University of Iowa. Nancy Drew Mystery Series®, Nancy Drew, and all related characters and images are © and registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. This site is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Any of Simon & Schuster's copyrighted material appearing on this site complies with fair use principles established in U.S. and international copyright law for the purpose of review, study, criticism, or news reporting.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tracey, Kay (Fictitious character)
1930-1940
Title
A name given to the resource
Beneath the crimson brier bush
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text; Still image
Novels; Book jackets; Title pages; Tables of contents
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Description
An account of the resource
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
Contributor
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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<a href="http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2153" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002; Lea, Frank
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1936
2007-06-11
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jpeg
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MSC0869
mwbcov046
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2153
Publisher
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Amereon, Ltd.; Penn Publishing Company
University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Relation
A related resource
Mildred Wirt Benson Digital Collection
Iowa Authors Collection
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0869
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.<br><br>Digital collection © The University of Iowa. Nancy Drew Mystery Series®, Nancy Drew, and all related characters and images are © and registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. This site is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Any of Simon & Schuster's copyrighted material appearing on this site complies with fair use principles established in U.S. and international copyright law for the purpose of review, study, criticism, or news reporting.
Subject
The topic of the resource
1930-1940
Title
A name given to the resource
Carolina castle
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text; Still image
Novels; Book jackets; Title pages; Tables of contents
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Description
An account of the resource
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
Contributor
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
Date
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2007-09-17
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jpeg
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MSC0869
mwbcov075
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/3289
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Relation
A related resource
Mildred Wirt Benson Digital Collection
Iowa Authors Collection
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0869
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.<br><br>Digital collection © The University of Iowa. Nancy Drew Mystery Series®, Nancy Drew, and all related characters and images are © and registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. This site is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Any of Simon & Schuster's copyrighted material appearing on this site complies with fair use principles established in U.S. and international copyright law for the purpose of review, study, criticism, or news reporting.
Title
A name given to the resource
Carolina castle
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text; Still image
Novels; Book jackets; Title pages; Tables of contents
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Description
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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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Lapin, Geoffrey
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1983-07
2007-07-13
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IWA0054
mwbcarol
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2618
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O'Gara, Gil
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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Yellowback library
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
1980-1990
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Carolyn Keene, pseud.
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Essays; Articles
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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<a href="http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2593" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Gurwell, Ida M.
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1931
2007-07-13
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IWA0054
mwbpd
169948831
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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Cleveland plain dealer
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
1930-1940
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Chats with Cleveland writers: Mildred Augustine Wirt
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Text; Still image
Clippings; Articles