Rediscovering Nancy Drew

Index

Index Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer, 30, 39,50-51,67, 184; as author of Nancy Drew books, 48, 50-51, 54,56-57,66,155,157-158, 167,182, 184; correspondence with Mildred Wirt Benson, 33-34, 35, 36, 51n, 55-56; management of Stratemeyer Syndicate, 29, 33-39,61,67, 145, 190; personal papers, 33, 184, 186. See also Stratemeyer Syndicate Applewood Books, 25, 26, 28, 41-46,47-49, 51n, 100, 191,246 Augustine, Mildred. See Benson, Mildred Wirt Axelrad, Nancy, 34, 51n, 147 Bagley, W. T., 100 Barnes, Linda. See mystery writers Bedway, Barbara, 110 Beeson, Diana, xii, 190, 193-207 Benson, Mildred Wirt, xiii, 1-6,8, 21, 27,44,45, 46n, 53, 54,55, 58n,59-65,80, 168, 171-172, 250-253; as writer of Nancy 275 Drew books, 4, 6,11,12,17,18, 27,28,33-35,36-37,47,50, 51n, 53-57, 61-62, 65n, 73-78, 79, 80-81, 87n, 126, 149,154155 ,156,157,158,168,169,171, 176, 182, 190, 249; as writer of other children's books, 27, 53, 57, 58n,59-65, 150,157, 168-169, 170-173,247-259; other books mentioned: Carolina Castle (Wirt), 63; The Clock Strikes Thirteen (Benson), 63; Dangerous Deadline (Benson), 63, 169n; Dot and Dash at Maple Sugar Camp (West), 63-64; Ghost Gables (Wirt), 63; Pirate Brig (Wirt), 63, 169n; Quarry Ghost (Benson), 63, 169n, 170, 172-173; The Runaway Caravan (Wirt), 53; Ruth Darrow in the Yucatan (Wirt), 60; Ruth Fielding Clearing Her Name (EmersonlBenson), 60; The Sacred Feather (Judd), 34; The Shadow Stone (Wirt), 53, 63; Sky Racers (Wirt), 53; Tale ofthe 276 INDEX Witch Doll (Wirt), 173; Through the Moon-Gate Door (Wirt), 53, 63; The Twin Ring Mystery (Wirt), 63; Whispering Walls (Wirt), 63; other series mentioned : Boy Scout Explorer Series (Palmer), 173, 249; Brownie Scout Series (Wirt), 64; Dan Carter, Cub Scout Series (Wirt), 64; Dot and Dash (West), 61; Girl Scout Series (Wirt), 64; Kay Tracey Mystery Series (Judd), 34; Penny Parker (Wirt), 27, 57, 58n, 62, 64, 150, 173; Ruth Darrow Flying Stories (Wirt), 60; Ruth Fielding Series (Emerson), 57n, 60-61; papers of, 149-150, 170-173, 175, 176, 178; short stories by, 60, 61, 65n; trial testimony of, 33, 34, 35,36,37,50,55-56. See also Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Bierbaum, Esther Green, xii, 26, 47, 149-150,163-168 Billman, Carol, 183, 184 Birrell, Susan, xii, 109 Black, Barbara, xii, 92,121-123 Brennen, Bonnie, xii, 190, 193-207 Carlton, Brenda, 70 The Case ofthe Good-far-Nothing Girlfriend (Maney), 192 The Case ofthe Not-Sa-Nice Nurse (ManeY),192 Castagna, JoAnn, 93, 101 The Clue in the Old Birdbath (Kasten & deHelen), 192 Collections of and about children's literature: Beinecke Manuscript Collection, Yale University, 51n, 147; Children's Literature Research Collection, University of Minnesota, 174, 185-186; deGrummond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi, 174, 184; Iowa Authors Collection, University of Iowa, 150, 179-180; The Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota, 185-186; Mildred Wirt Benson Collection, Iowa Women's Archives, 149, 171-172, 175, 176; Stratemeyer-Adams Collection, University of Oregon, 38-39, 40n; Wellesley College Archives, 184 Collectors of series books, 3, 7,9, 26,27,28,48,145-149, 152-157, 160-162, 185 Cyson, Karen, 102 Deane, Paul, 134 deHelen, Sandra, 192 Detective fiction: golden age of, 12; Nancy Drew and, 12-15. See also mysteries; mystery series; mystery writers Dey, Anna, 187 Dime novels, 32,114,115,119,157, 160, 161, 185 Drew, Carson, 56, 68, 73, 195, 198, 203,205-206,210 Drew, Nancy: as feminist, 11-21; as formula, 27, 53, 69,76,92; as inspiration , 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 42, 62, 91,94,98-99,101,103,104,111, 190,208-211; as written by Mildred Wirt Benson, 11, 12,36-37, 53,61-62; changes in, 15-16,27, 36-37,99,105,182-183,189192 , 193-207; contemporary series with, 15-16, 27-28, 39, 66-87,97-99; critics of, 11, 12, 15-16,19,20-21,82,95,102, INDEX 277 125-126, 132-134, 164-165, 181-182; films with, 55, 57n, 190, 193, 199-207; marketing of, 26,41-46,50,66-68,80-81,86; original editions of, 11, 12, 15-16, 25,26,27,42-44,48,107-108, 152-153,194-196,200-201, 209; parodies...