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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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<a href="http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2959" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002; Paluka, Frank
Date
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1953-1982
2007-07-20
Format
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jpeg
Identifier
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IWA0054
mwbautocorr
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2959
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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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.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
Stratemeyer Syndicate
United States -- Ohio -- Toledo
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Paluka, Frank
Wormer, Grace
Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer
Title
A name given to the resource
Mildred Wirt Benson correspondence with University of Iowa Libraries staff, 1953-1982
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Letters (Correspondence); Carbon copies
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Title
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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/970" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Date
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1949
2007-05-14
Format
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jpeg
21
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Identifier
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IWA0054
mwbpho_0012a.jpg
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/970
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
Rights
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by The Blade of Toledo, Ohio, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission from the copyright holder.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Authors
Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
United States -- Ohio -- Toledo
1940-1950
Women
Books
Reading
Title
A name given to the resource
Mildred Wirt Benson in her writing room among her books, Toledo, Ohio, summer 1949
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
Photographs
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Title
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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/965" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Ackerman, Jack
Date
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1987
2007-05-14
Format
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jpeg
20.3
25.4
Identifier
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IWA0054
mwbpho_0003a.jpg
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/965
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
A related resource
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
Rights
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by The Blade of Toledo, Ohio, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission from the copyright holder.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Women
Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
United States -- Ohio -- Toledo
1980-1990
Air pilots
Airplanes
Journalists
Authors
Title
A name given to the resource
Mildred Wirt Benson in pilot seat, Toledo, Ohio?, ca. 1987
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
Photographs
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Title
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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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Source URL
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<a href="http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/774" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
Date
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1944
2007-05-14
Format
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jpeg
37
32
Identifier
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IWA0054
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/774
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
A related resource
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection; Iowa Women's Scrapbooks Digital Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
Rights
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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.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Women
World War, 1939-1945
Toledo Times
United States -- Ohio -- Toledo
1940-1950
Cookery
Title
A name given to the resource
Early newspaper writing scrapbook, 1944-1946
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text; Still image
Scrapbooks; Clippings
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Title
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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
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Remote Item
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Source URL
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<a href="http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/704" target="_blank">View this item in its source respository</a>
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
Date
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1946
2007-05-14
Format
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jpeg
37
32
Identifier
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IWA0054
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/704
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
A related resource
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection; Iowa Women's Scrapbooks Digital Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
Rights
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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.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Women
World War, 1939-1945
Toledo Times
United States -- Ohio -- Toledo
1940-1950
Cookery
Title
A name given to the resource
Early newspaper writing scrapbook, 1946
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text; Still image
Scrapbooks; Clippings
-
Dublin Core
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Title
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African American Women in Iowa Collection
Description
An account of the resource
Historian Darlene Clark Hine said: "There is an urgent need to discover and collect more primary source materials pertaining to the lives and experiences of ordinary middle western Black women in both rural and urban communities." Although Hine and her colleagues centered their efforts on African-American women in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan -- states which traditionally have had more sizable black populations than Iowa -- the history of African-American women in this state is no less important. Indeed, Iowa's African women share a collective history that is both precious and powerful but all too seldom explored. --Kathryn M. Neal, from Giving Our History a Home: The African-American Women in Iowa Project.
Contributor
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African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women's Archives
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Northwest Ohio Altered Artists
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2005
2006-12-19
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
Description
An account of the resource
Flip book created from altered catalog cards.
Format
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jpeg
7.4
12.4
Identifier
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173618284
Language
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eng
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Relation
A related resource
cARTalog
cARTalog Collection
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0859
Rights
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Rabbits
United States -- Ohio -- Toledo
2000-2010
Women
Men
Title
A name given to the resource
Our favorite literature
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Artists' books; Flip books
Still image
Collages (Visual works); Bookworks