In 1927 she was the first person to earn a master of arts degree in journalism at the U of I. Nicholas magazine.īenson earned a degree in journalism from the University of Iowa in 1925. in the library, 75 School St.Mildred Augustine was born in Ladora on July 5, 1905, the youngest of two children of Dr.
Rotuna’s “Nancy Drew: The History Behind the Mystery” will be at 5:30 p.m. “And people from age 8 to age 80 come out to the talks.” “It’s amazing seeing generations come together, making special memories with people who inherited their mother’s books or a friend’s collection,” she said. Rotuna said she loves seeing grandmothers bonding with their grandchildren over the books. They’ve done series targeted toward younger kids - and new ones are still being published today.” “They started a series where Nancy Drew went to college. “After the original hardbacks, they started issuing paperbacks that went up into the hundreds,” she said. The 1955 Nancy Drew mystery “The Witch Tree Symbol” takes place in Lancaster County.Īfter attending her first Drew convention, Rotuna began putting together the segments that make up the bulk of her presentations today.Īnd while the original Nancy Drew series has 56 hardback books, Rotuna has collected more than 1,000 over the years, ranging from special library editions to foreign editions and alternate-cover versions. “They’re done by the Nancy Drew Sleuths group, and they’re held in locations where either her books are based or in places related to the authors.”
“Right after she mentioned it, we found that there was one coming to Lancaster, and we went,” Rotuna said.
When a co-worker found out Rotuna collected Drew books, she asked whether Rotuna had heard about the Nancy Drew conventions. “She was independent, she solved puzzles and, most importantly, she helped the people in her stories.” Rotuna, 52, of Monroeville has been extolling her fictional heroine’s virtues for the past 17 years with a presentation on Nancy Drew, which she will give Thursday, Feb. Tara Rotuna has been solving mysteries alongside Nancy Drew since she was 8 years old.Īlong the way, she solved some other mysteries, like the truth behind Nancy Drew author Carolyn Keene, and she started collecting Drew books and began attending themed conventions across the country.
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