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	Edward Stratemeyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stratemeyer pioneered the technique of producing long-running, consistent series of books using a team of freelance authors to write standardized novels, which were published under a pen name owned by his company.
		Stratemeyer's series were also innovative in that they were intended purely as entertainment, with little of the moral lessons or educational intent found in most other popular fiction of the early twentieth century.
		Stratemeyer is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Stratemeyer (238 words)

	Stratemeyer Syndicate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of series for children and adults including the Nancy Drew mysteries, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, Dave Fearless and others.
		The Syndicate was the brain-child of Edward Stratemeyer, whose ambition was to be a writer à la Horatio Alger.
		In 1930 Stratemeyer died and the Syndicate was inherited by his two daughters, Harriet and Edna (ironically enough, Stratemeyer had been a firm believer that a woman's place was in the home).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stratemeyer_Syndicate (838 words)

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		The Stratemeyer Syndicate was established to allow Stratemeyer to purchase existing stories and plot new ones to be completed by ghostwriters.
		Edward Stratemeyer took the financial risk of the success of his literary properties and it is appropriate that he reaped the rewards when a story sold well.
		The Stratemeyer Syndicate decided that it was better to revise the stories rather than pay to have the old, dated stories typeset using the new methods.
	members.aol.com /sharonr899/library/StratemeyerFAQ.txt (1090 words)

	Daily Blague: Girl Sleuth: Identity Crisis
		Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) was the youngest child in a large, comfortable family; his father had married his brother's widow and proceeded to have three children of his own.
		Stratemeyer's career as a writer of popular fiction took off without a hitch, and he soon had more work than he could handle.
		She connected with the Syndicate by responding to one of its ads, and by 1929 had so impressed Stratemeyer that he handed her the "scenarios" of the first the Nancy Drew stories as soon as their publisher-to-be, Grosset and Dunlap, greenlighted the project.
	www.portifex.com /DailyBlague/archives/2006/02/girl_sleuth_ide.html (1331 words)

	Newhouse C1
		Stratemeyer offered on average $100 a book in exchange for a writer's notarized release and promise not to make a peep about authorship.
		Stratemeyer wanted to write stories that were "safe and sane" yet still exciting.
		After Stratemeyer's death, his daughter Harriet took over the business (with her sister Edna, who was less active), and the number of series titles dropped drastically as they focused on the most popular ones.
	www.newhousenews.com /archive/story1c052101.html (865 words)

	Bobbsey Twins Authorship
		Harriet wanted to keep the Syndicate in the family and encouraged her children to write for the Syndicate.
		A Syndicate employee, June M. Dunn wrote the outlines and manuscripts to these volumes and rewrote several others including the first three volumes of the series in 1961.
		In 1979, the Stratemeyer Syndicate moved its publishing rights to Simon and Schuster, the company that would later purchase the Syndicate in 1984.
	www.stratemeyer.org /BobbseyWriters.html (1376 words)

	Stratemeyer, Edward L - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Stratemeyer, Edward L (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stratemeyer himself probably wrote a total of another 220 books.
		After his death the syndicate was directed by his daughter, Harriet S Adams, who herself had created the Nancy Drew series (under the name of Carolyn Keene).
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Stratemeyer,+Edward+L (243 words)

	The History of the Hardy Boys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stratemeyer soon found that he had far more ideas for stories and series than he could write on his own.
		Stratemeyer would outline the basic plot of each book to be written, and one of the Syndicate writers (known as "ghosts") would write the book, being paid a flat fee and no further royalties.
		In a process that angered loyal fans, the Syndicate systematically rewrote the Hardy Boys volumes 1-38 between 1959 and 1973.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Hills/5567/history.html (824 words)

	Josephine Lawrence--Children's Books
		Lawrence impressed Stratemeyer enough for him to tell her that, should she want to write juveniles, he'd be interested in seeing her work.
		The latter was somewhat of a departure from the Stratemeyer Syndicate's previous tots' series, since it used a group of friends rather than members of only one family as protagonists.
		Under the Syndicate house name Alice B. Emerson, she ghostwrote the first four volumes in the Betty Gordon series in 1920-21, as well as volumes seven and nine a few years later.
	www.readseries.com /joslaw/joslaw-1c.htm (501 words)

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		The Stratemeyer Syndicate was established to allow Stratemeyer to purchase existing stories and plot new ones to be completed by ghost-writers.
		ADAMS and EDNA C. STRATEMEYER (aka EDNA C. Although Edna submitted many of the plot outlines for the NANCY DREW series, she soon became an inactive partner and moved to Florida.
		In general, the Stratemeyer Syndicate series were better than many of its competitors published at similar price ranges.
	www.washburn.edu /sobu/broach/StratemeyerFAQ.txt (1091 words)

	The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
		In truth, Stratemeyer’s style was much like Alger’s; each was of the “Maggie, for this was the name by which she was universally known” school of circumlocution.
		Stratemeyer sent him outlines, cautioning McFarlane to remember that these books were less flashy than their cheaper counterparts: “You perhaps understand our cloth books go in a different field from the paper volumes and the stories are not quite so melodramatic.” The books were to be two hundred and sixteen pages and twenty-five chapters.
		Stratemeyer had signed up a young college graduate named Mildred Wirt, and he sent her the outline of “The Secret of the Old Clock.” Wirt went on to write twenty-three of the first thirty Nancy Drews.
	www.newyorker.com /printables/critics/041108crat_atlarge (4674 words)

	Lost Classics - Stratemeyer Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Edward Stratemeyer, the son of a German immigrant, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 4, 1862.
		John T. Dizer wrote that this literary syndicate was considered to be "the most important single influence in American juvenile literature." Hiring a stable of writers, he supplied characters, plot outlines, and pseudonyms for what quickly became the largest juvenile fiction publishing enterprise in the country.
		Edward Stratemeyer died in Newark, New Jersey on May 10, 1930, at the age of 68 of lobar pneumonia.
	www.lcbcbooks.com /bios/stratemeyer.htm (313 words)

	Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonyms
		In addition, the founder of the Syndicate, Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) is known to have used many pseudonyms (either by his choice or the publishers of his stories in story papers, dime novels, or in book form).
		This article seems to take the same viewpoint of "official" Stratemeyer Syndicate legends which indicate that the owners of the Syndicate were the main authors and ignoring the ghostwriters who made the volumes a reality.
		I readily admit that Stratemeyer took the risks and deserved to reap any rewards for the success that his series made but it is wrong to ignore the dozens of ghostwriters.
	www.trussel.com /books/strat.htm (1664 words)

	THE AUTHORS
		Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) was the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
		Edna Camilla Stratemeyer Squier (1895-1974) was the youngest daughter of Edward Stratemeyer and Magdalene Baker Van Camp Stratemeyer (1867-1935).
		Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (1892-1982) was the eldest daughter of Edward Stratemeyer and eventually became the CEO of the Syndicate.
	home.pacbell.net /dbaumann/authors.htm (2951 words)

	Behind the Pseudonym: The Real Carolyn Keene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The last of the series developed by Edward Stratemeyer, creator of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, Nancy Drew broke the mold from the start.
		A relative new comer to the syndicate, known for its use of ghost writers, Mildred Wirt Benson was charged with the development of the first manuscript.
		By the late 1940s the differences between Benson and the syndicate reached an all time high and Benson, having little creative control over the stories she wrote, left.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/m/e/mes332/assignment4.html (787 words)

	IOWA WOMEN'S ARCHIVES - Mildred Wirt Benson Papers
		Although unsuccessful, she did meet Edward Stratemeyer, the owner of Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published many popular juvenile fiction series, such as the "Hardy Boys," "Bobbsey Twins" and "Tom Swift" series.
		Her work pleased Stratemeyer and after producing several pseudonymous novels, she was offered the opportunity to begin work on a new series, revolving around a girl detective named Nancy Drew.
		She wrote over 100 novels, most of which were sold along with any royalty rights to Stratemeyer Syndicate for a flat fee of $125-$250.
	sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu /iwa/findingaids/html/BensonMildred.htm (1160 words)

	ReadWriteThink: October 4, 2005: Edward Stratemeyer was born on this day in 1862. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Edward Stratemeyer was a series book author who began the Stratemeyer Literary Syndicate in 1905.
		Stratemeyer managed to keep the syndicate a secret for many years.
		It also discusses Stratemeyer’s syndicate and the roles of Stratemeyer’s daughters in making the Nancy Drew series a success.
	www.readwritethink.org /CALENDAR/calendar_day.asp?id=303 (495 words)

	Gateway Newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But this year is the 100th anniversary of Stratemeyer Writing Syndicate's creation and the 75th anniversary of the first Nancy Drew's publication.
		Grace Grote, who worked for the Stratemeyer syndicate from 1960 to 1974, also believes the credit for creating the Nancy Drew series belongs to Harriet Adams, Lum's grandmother.
		She is among several former employees of the syndicate, which was sold to Simon & Schuster in 1984, who are disturbed when the media make the Stratemeyer family seem stingy and unappreciative of the ghostwriters'; work.
	www.gatewaynewspapers.com /signalitem/focus/50570?printable=story (631 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - Step back into that fantasy world
		Rehak tracks and explains the machinations of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, whereby Stratemeyer roughed out a bare outline of a story, then farmed out the actual writing to an author who was paid a flat fee for the work, but received no future royalties.
		Stratemeyer, knowing his daughters had no business experience, had intended for them to sell the syndicate upon his death.
		Edward Stratemeyer always intended the stories to be timeless, and for that reason even the Great Depression and World War II were never mentioned.
	fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2005/112005/11272005/144556 (964 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chronicles the history of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, concentrating on the efforts of Franklin K. Mathiews, chief librarian for the Boy Scouts, to destroy the Syndicate.
		Examines the values expressed by Stratemeyer in the prefaces to a number of his books.
		Traces changes in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's series, especially the Hardy boys, in response to social changes of the time.
	www.unm.edu /~lhendr/author/author6.98.html (318 words)

	The Secrecy Game at the Stratemeyer Syndicate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Stratemeyers firmly believed that readership would be lost if it were ever revealed that their ghostwriters did not exist.
		When Harriet Adams claimed to be the real Carolyn Keene, she told interviewers that she had been hesitant to reveal that fact because she was afraid young girls would be disillusioned if they knew the author was an old woman.
		The Stratemeyer syndicate routinely went to great lengths to avoid potential contact between their ghostwriters and full time staff.
	ils.unc.edu /nancy.drew/mystery.html (288 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Mildred Augustine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She met with Edward Stratemeyer once in New York and submitted a sample of her writing, but he had no work for her at the time.
		Whether or not Mildred knew that she was defying the Syndicate's wishes-or indeed, whether or not she was in violation of a contract-is not known.
		The young detective came to life as a marketing ploy by Edward Stratemeyer, the developer of several lines of children's stories, but she soon became the nexus of a proto-feminist battle between his daughter Harriet and writer Mildred Augustine, with the tomboyish protagonist edited into demure submission and back out again.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Augustine_Mildred_50714309.htm (858 words)

	The Hardy Boys Unofficial Home Page FAQ
		Stratemeyer did, and Under Dewey at Manila; or, The War Fortunes of a Castaway, featuring Larry and Ben Russell and their chum Gilbert Pennington, became "the financial hit of the juvenile publishing industry in 1899," according to Prager.
		Stratemeyer's prose was also rather stilted, reflecting his early association with Alger and Adams at Street & Smith, and he often relied on stereotyped views of various ethnic groups.
		Stratemeyer originally conceived the "Rover Boys" series in the vein of Tom Brown's Schooldays, depicting youthful adventures, games and hijinks, but he also featured elements of melodrama and detective fiction, claims Carol Billman in The Secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate: Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and the Million Dollar Fiction Factory.
	hardyboys.bobfinnan.com /hb3.htm (9111 words)

	ALFRED B. STREET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His father, Henry Julius Stratemeyer, came from Germany in 1848 and was in the gold rush to California in 1849.
		Henry's brother in New Jersey having died, he returned there to settle the estate and later married the widow, Anna (Siegel) Stratemeyer, and by her had a daughter and two sons, one of whom was Edward.
		While Stratemeyer managed the syndicate he himself was not inactive, for he spent much of his time collecting data for the stories, and often wrote great parts of them himself.
	www.niulib.niu.edu /badndp/stratemeyer_edward.html (930 words)

	A mystery solved
		The result is a glimpse behind the birth and growth of one of the most beloved series in children's literature as well as a fascinating look at the workings of syndicated publishers and the life of a freelance writer in the early and mid-20th century.
		The Stratemeyer Syndicate insisted that its authors remain anonymous, and McFarlane complied: He didn't even tell his own children about his alter ego.
		In 1981 – nearly 75 years after its founding – the Stratemeyer Syndicate was sold to Simon and Schuster, which still publishes many of the syndicate's series, including the Hardy Boys.
	www.ohio.edu /ohiotoday/exclusives/hardyboys.cfm (508 words)

	History of the Hardy Boys
		The Hardy Boys Series began in 1927, when three "breeder" volumes (written by Leslie McFarlane under the name Franklin W. Dixon) were released: "The Tower Treasure", "The House on the Cliff", and "The Secret of the Old Mill", published by Grosset and Dunlap.
		The changes were meant to eliminate much of the fairly common racial stereotypes of the earlier volumes, and to bring the series more up to date.
		Some revised stories were only touched-up versions of the originals, while others were totally new books that beared no resemblance to their predecessor except the title.
	home.thezone.net /~csimpson/history.html (747 words)

	The Judy Bolton/Margaret Sutton Articles Archive
		Harriet Stratemeyer Adams persistently and irritatingly asserts that SHE, in fact, is the actual author of Nancy Drew.
		Beyond this, though, there are many additional facts about the Stratemeyer Syndicate itself that are, to say the least, not very prepossessing, and foremost among these is the simple truth that the Syndcate is to part responsible for driving many other mystery-adventure series for young readers off the market.
		The answer is simple: because Nancy Drew was written by the Stratemeyer Syndicate headed by Harriet Adams, the company had more power than a single author and were able to influence the publishers more.
	www.judybolton.com /jbkent.html (978 words)

	The Sleuth...a Nancy Drew Sleuths Publication
		My goal in organizing this conference, was to plan an event that would celebrate not only the 75th anniversary of Nancy Drew but the 100th anniversary of the Stratemeyer Syndicate and all of the wonderful contributions to children's literature that are a result of the Syndicate.
		The focus of the conference is to enrich everyone with the history of the Syndicate and its series and to discuss the many facets and themes associated with Stratemeyer lore.
		Part of the ticket proceeds are being donated to the NYPL's Stratemeyer Syndicate archives.
	www.ndsleuths.com /thesleuthpg17.html (1289 words)

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