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040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dDLC|dMdU|dO|dWaU|dDLC|dWU
046 |f1905-07-10|g2002-05-28|2edtf
100 1 Wirt, Mildred A.|q(Mildred Augustine),|d1905-2002
370 Ladora (Iowa)
370 |bToledo (Ohio)|cUnited States|2naf
372 Children's stories|aGhostwriting|2lcsh
372 Fiction|2lcgft
374 Authors|aGhostwriters|2lcsh
375 Females|2lcdgt
377 eng
378 |qMildred Augustine
400 1 |wnna|aWirt, Mildred Augustine,|d1905-2002
400 1 Benson, Mildred Wirt,|d1905-2002
400 1 Augustine, Mildred,|d1905-2002
400 1 Benson, Millie,|d1905-2002
400 1 Wirt Benson, Mildred,|d1905-2002
500 1 |wnnnc|aKeene, Carolyn
500 1 |wnnnc|aThorndyke, Helen Louise
500 1 |wnnnc|aWirt, Ann,|d1905-2002
500 1 |wnnnc|aEmerson, Alice B.
500 1 |wnnnc|aJudd, Frances K.
500 1 |wnnnc|aClark, Joan,|d1905-2002
500 1 |wnnnc|aWest, Dorothy,|d1905-2002
500 1 |wnnnc|aDuncan, Julia K.
663 For works of this author written under other names, search
also under|bWirt, Ann, 1905-2002;|bClark, Joan, 1905-2002;
|bWest, Dorothy, 1905-2002.|aFor works written in
collaboration with the Stratemeyer Syndicate and W. Bert
Foster, search also under|bEmerson, Alice B.;|bKeene,
Carolyn;|bThorndyke, Helen Louise;|bJudd, Frances K.;
|bDuncan, Julia K.
670 LC data base, 01-25-94|b(AACR 2 hdg.: Wirt, Mildred A.
(Mildred Augustine), 1905- ; usage: Mildred A. Wirt) LC
manual cat. (hdg.: Wirt, Mildred (Augustine) 1905- ; usage
: Mildred A. Wirt)
670 Caprio, B. The mystery of Nancy Drew, 1992:|bp. xi
(Mildred Wirt Benson) p. 17 (Mildred Augustine Wirt who
ghosted for Stratemeyer Syndicate under several pseudonyms
and also had many juvenile titles published under her own
name) p. 21 (mystery has clouded much of the "Nancy Drew"
authorship as the Stratemeyer Syndicate demanded pledges
of secrecy from its ghost writers) p. 173 (Mildred A. Wirt
wrote 26 of the Nancy Drews in the 1930's and 40's)
670 Info. from IaU|b(maiden name used on IaU thesis: Mildred
Augustine; pseuds used: Frank Bell [no publs. in LC], Joan
Clark [no publs. in LC], Don Palmer [no publs. in LC],
Dorothy West [no publs. in LC]; pseuds. used belonging to
the Stratemeyer Syndicate: Carolyn Keene, Julia K. Duncan
[no publs. in LC], Alice B. Emerson [no publs. in LC],
Frances K. Judd [no publs. in LC], Helen Louise Thorndyke
[no publs. in LC])
670 Gale literary databases, Jan. 7, 1999|b(Mildred (Augustine
Wirt) Benson, 1905- ; author of the Madge Sterling series
under pseudonym, Ann Wirt)
670 Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill mystery, c1939:|bt.p.
(Joan Clark)
670 Cont. auth., v. 134|b(Benson, Mildred (Augustine Wirt)
1905- ; "Penny Nichols mystery stories" under pseud. Joan
Clark)
670 Washington Post, May 30, 2002|b(Mildred Wirt Benson,
creator of Nancy Drew, d. May 29, 2002, Toledo, Ohio, of
heart attack, age 96; known as Millie Benson; married
twice: Asa Wirt (d. 1947) and George Benson (d. 1959))
670 The Dot and Dash series by Mildred A. Wirt (as Dorothy
West), via WWW, Mar. 14, 2007|b(The five volume Dot and
Dash series was written by Mildred A. Wirt Benson under
the pseudonym of Dorothy West)
670 Wikipedia, Mar. 14, 2007|b(Mildred Benson; Mildred Wirt
Benson (b. July 10, 1905, d. May 28, 2002); b. Mildred
Augustine; pen name Carolyn Keene; Mildred Wirt)
670 Mildred Wirt Benson website, April 28, 2016:|bhome page
(Mildred Wirt Benson; Nancy Drew's first ghostwriter;
Mildred is known most famously as the first Carolyn Keene,
ghost name for the popular Nancy Drew series, created by
Edward Stratemeyer) All about Millie (born on July 10,
1905 in the rural Iowa town of Ladora to Doctor J.L.
Augustine and Lillian Matteson Augustine; married George
Benson in 1950; died on May 28, 2002)|uhttp://
www.nancydrewsleuth.com/mildredwirtbenson.html|uhttp://
www.nancydrewsleuth.com/mwbbio.html
