Project Not Quite Nancy Drew

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Project NQND is a "fun project": consisting of juvenile series: from "Little Women" and "Little Men" up through "Nancy Drew" and "Hardy Boys"--roughly 1880's to 1950's. Many series have been completed; see The Not Quite Nancy Drew Archives.

These books are easy enough that round repeats and round skipping for balance will be possible; They may be suitable for newcomers-only or first projects for PPing and PMing. Smooth-reading generally gets a good response. In short, all-around high-grade oil for the DP community-building gears.

Additions are welcome. Please include copyright and availability status, what you plan to do, and what help you'd like.

Rule 6 Alert: Rule 6 is available again--but discuss this with a volunteer who has experience with Gutenberg's rule 6.

See Project Not Quite Nancy Drew: Rule 6 for some series (which may migrate back to this page as clearances come through).

DP-Canada Alert: Some series may be clearable in Canada but not the U.S. In the current legal (if that's the right word) climate, it would be better not to list them here. But if you have Rule-6 public domain books which can also be cleared in Canada, please consider running them at DP-Canada (or prepare them as if you'd be running them at DP-US, then contact a DP-Canada PM to run them there.) And please do list those projects here.

Notice to PPers: For books possibly suitable for F1 repeat/F2 skip, JIT foofing (just-in-time) may be available. If a books is marked "JIT foofing" and in status "Waiting for F2", contact the PM, indicating whether you're willing to repeat F1 or want to have F2.

Help Invited

  • A competent coordinator!
  • Let other volunteers know what you have
  • Adapt a series with no known activity
  • Help identify, preclear, scan, OCR, PM, and PP candidate books.
  • Want a simple book to PP within the next week or two? send mail to hutcheson.
  • Want to test the waters of Project Management? Learn how to do clearances, prepare books, run OCR, while volunteers stand ready to help with (or do) whatever parts of the work you aren't ready for? Have books you'd like to help run? Need a simple book for a first project? Send mail!
  • Ask for help here

Participants

  • hutcheson: Beloved Emeritus
  • stygiania: is OCRing and prepping as indicated.
  • de2164: is CPing, PMing as indicated.
  • paleseptember: hopes to PM a NQND as a first PM project.
  • arachnologus: is CPing, clearing & proofing, may PP some day.
  • DACSoft: is CPing, PMing, and PPing as indicated.
  • shakespearette: is proofing (P1, P2), may do more when qualified.
  • Kanalia: is proofing (P1), may do more when qualified.
  • mercurious007: is proofing (P1), may do more when qualified.
  • talongrywolf: is proofing (P1), will do more when qualitfied.
  • demiankatz: is PMing projects from the [Digital Library @ Villanova University], will post any relevant series titles here.
  • JulietS: is CPing, PMing as indicated.
  • rickmorris: is doing CP, OCR, and PP
  • sdickbos: is CPing
  • Monicas wicked stepmother is CP and PM of the Marion Marlowe series
  • WebRover is PM for one of the Eaton Boy Scout (in National Parks) books
  • Add your name here!

Suggestions for Junior Detectives

For a book tracked through the rounds at DP:

  • * '''[[dpproject:projectID#|title]]''', date {<projectinfo id="projectID#">%state%</projectinfo>}
    • # is replaced by the Distributed Proofreading ID number (twice).

For posted NQND projects:

  • * '''[[etext:###|title]]''', date
    • # is replaced by the Project Gutenberg catalog number.

For non-NQND-tracked posted projects in the same series:

  • * [[etext:###|title]], date
    • # is replaced by the Project Gutenberg catalog number.

Links

Surveying the Crime Scene (volumes needing OCR)

Rounding up the Suspects (all volumes in progress or committed for CP)

Hal Keen ("Hugh Lloyd")

  • 1. THE HERMIT OF GORDON'S CREEK, 1934. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 2. KIDNAPPED IN THE JUNGLE, 1932. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 3. THE COPPERHEAD TRAIL MYSTERY, 1931. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 4. THE SMUGGLER'S SECRET, 1931. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 5. THE MYSTERIOUS ARAB, 1931. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 6. THE LONESOME SWAMP MYSTERY, 1932. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 7. THE CLUE AT SKELETON ROCKS, 1932. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 8. THE DOOM OF STARK HOUSE, 1933. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 9. THE LOST MINE OF THE AMAZON, 1933. (posted fadedpage.com)
  • 10. THE MYSTERY AT THE DARK STAR RANCH, 1934. (posted fadedpage.com)

Marion Marlowe (Lurana Waterhouse Sheldon, writing as Grace Shirley in My Queen)

(I have clearances for all these, with scan sets available--MWS (talk) 22:26, 25 January 2018 (EST))

Still Gathering Evidence (active but incomplete series)

(Titles in bold font were tracked through PNQND)

  • Girls' Mystery Series (Harriet Pyne Grove)
    • The Secret of Steeple Rocks
    • The S. P. Mystery (hardcopy available, will run)
    • The Strange Likeness (hardcopy available, will run)
      • This list, from the back of one volume, may not be complete--hutcheson
  • Biff Brewster (Andy Adams)
  • The Mystery Hunters (Capwell Wyckoff)
    • 1. The Mystery Hunters at the Haunted Lodge, 1934
    • 2. The Mystery Hunters at Lakeside Camp, 1934
    • 3. The Mystery Hunters at Old Frontier, 1934
    • 4. The Mystery Hunters on Special Detail, 1936
      • arachnologus CP-ed #1 as a Halloween (2014) project, others are to be sought.
  • Girl Scouts (Edith Lavell)
    • 1. The Girl Scouts at Miss Allen's School, 1922
    • 2. The Girl Scouts at Camp, 1922
    • 3. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn, 1922
    • 4. The Girl Scouts' Canoe Trip, 1922
    • 5. The Girl Scouts' Rivals, 1922
    • 6. The Girl Scouts on the Ranch, 1923
    • 7. The Girl Scouts' Vacation Adventure, 1924
    • 8. The Girl Scouts' Motor Trip, 1924d
    • 9. The Girl Scouts' Captain, 1925
    • 10. The Girl Scouts' Director, 1925
      • hutcheson precleared rule 6 (no renewals) and has #1, more sought.
  • Boy Chums (Wilmer M. Ely)
    • 1. The Boy Chums on Indian River; or, The Boy Partners of the Schooner "Orphan", 1905.
    • 2. The Boy Chums on Haunted Island; or, Hunting for Pearls in the Bahama Islands, 1909.
    • 3. The Boy Chums in the Forest; or, Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades, 1910.
    • 4. The Boy Chums' Perilous Cruise; or, Searching for Wreckage on the Florida Coast, 1911.
    • 5. The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico; or, On a Dangerous Cruise with the Greek Spongers, 1913.
    • 6. The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters; or, The Perils and Dangers of the Fishing Fleet, 1914.
    • 7. The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle; or, Charlie West and Walter Hazard with the Seminole Indians, 1915.
    • 8. The Boy Chums in Mystery Land; or, Walter Hazard Among the Mexicans, 1916.
      • requested by BooksR4me; close@hand promises #7.

Grace Harlowe (4 Sub-series) (Jessie Graham Flower, pseudonym of Josephine Chase)

    • Sub-series 1 and 2 completed, 3 awaits action (#6 is on Google Books), 4 in progress. Arachnologus hopes to CP the "Overland" volumes 6, 7, 9, 10 and a replacement for #2, now has clearances for all those available.

Various (Martha Finley)

Boy Scouts (Lieut. Howard Payson)

Sterling Boy Scouts (Scout Master Robert Shaler)

Boy Scouts {Walter Prichard Eaton}

  • 1. [Boy Scouts in the White Mountains]]

Girl Scouts {Lillian Elizabeth Roy}

Mystery Stories for Boys (Roy J. Snell, 1878-1959)

Mystery Stories for Girls (Roy J. Snell, 1878-1959)

Radio-Phone Boys (Roy J. Snell, 1878-1959)

  • 1. Curlie Carson Listens In, 1922
  • 2. On the Yukon Trail, 1922
  • 3. The Desert Patrol, 1923 (DP-Canada Project)
  • 4. The Seagoing Tank, 1924 (renewed) (DP Canada project being prepared)
  • 5. The Flying Sub, 1925 (renewed)
  • 6. Dark Treasure, 1926 (renewed)
  • 7. Whispering Isles, 1927 (renewed)
  • 8. The Invisible Wall, 1928 (renewed)
    • Arachnologus has access to 3 through 8, all clearable in Canada.

Dick Kent (Milton Richards, pseudonym for Milo Milton Oblinger, 1890-1963)

Brenda (Helen Leah Reed)

Campfire Girls (or Radio Girls) {Margaret Penrose}

Betty Gordon {Alice B. Emerson}

Blue Grass Seminary Girls {Carolyn Judson Burnett}

Brighton Boys {James R. Driscoll}

Bungalow Boys {Dexter J. Forrester}

Khaki Boys {Capt. Gordon Bates}

  • 1. The Khaki Boys at Camp Sterling (JulietS) 1918
  • 2. The Khaki Boys on the Way 1918
  • 3. The Khaki Boys at the Front 1918
  • 4? The Khaki Boys Over the Top 1919
  • 5? The Khaki Boys Fighting to Win 1919
  • 6? The Khaki Boys Along the Rhine 1920

Marjorie {Carolyn Wells}

Motor Rangers {Marvin West}

Oakdale Academy {Morgan Scott}

Stories of Modern School Sports


Ocean Wireless Boys {Capt. Wilbur Lawton (John Henry Goldfrap)}

Saddle Boys {Capt. James Carson}

SpeedWell Boys {Roy Rockwood}

Dave Dashaway {Roy Rockwood}

Airship Boys {H L Sayler}

The Flying Machine Boys {Frank Walton}

  • 1. The Flying-Machine Boys In Mexico 1913
  • 2. The Flying Machine Boys On Duty. 1913 proj_submit_pgposted
  • 3. The Flying-Machine Boys in the Wilds, 1913
  • 4. The Flying-Machine Boys on Secret Service, 1913
  • 5. The Flying-Machine Boys in Deadly Peril, 1914
  • 6. The Flying-Machine Boys in the Frozen North, 1915

Ken Holt {Bruce Campbell}

(all other titles renewed)

Young Aeroplane Scouts {Horace Porter}

  • 1. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in France and Belgium, 1915 proj_submit_pgposted
  • 2. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany, 1915
  • 3. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Russia, 1915
  • 4. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Turkey, 1915
  • 5. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in England, 1916
  • 6. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Italy, 1916
  • 7. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts at Verdun, 1917
  • 8. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in the Balkans, 1917
  • 9. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in the War Zone, 1918
  • 10. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts Fighting to the Finish, 1918
  • 11. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts at the Marne, 1919
  • 12. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in at the Victory, 1919

Safety First Club {W. T. Nichols}

Motion Picture Comrades {Elmer Tracey Barnes}

  • 1. The Motion Picture Comrades' Great Venture, 1917
  • 2. The Motion Picture Comrades in African Jungles, 1917
  • 3. The Motion Picture Comrades Along the Orinoco, 1917
  • 4. The Motion Picture Comrades Aboard a Submarine, 1917
  • 5. The Motion Picture Comrades Producing a Success, 1917

Open Questions (future projects)

(Titles in bold font are current (or, where noted, posted) PNQND projects)

Dorothy Dale (Margaret Penrose) {independent projects, so far}

Ranch Girls (Margaret Vandercook)

Red Cross Girls (Margaret Vandercook)

Two American Boys (Sherman Crockett)

Eponymous Boy Scout Series (Percy Keese Fitzhugh)

  • Pee-wee Harris
  • 1. Pee-wee Harris, 1922
  • 2. Pee-wee Harris on the Trail, 1922
  • 3. Pee-wee Harris in Camp (1922) posted fadedpage.com #20171126
  • 4. Pee-wee Harris in Luck (1923) posted fadedpage.com
  • 5. Pee-wee Harris Adrift, 1923
  • 6: Pee-wee Harris F.O.B. Bridgeboro, 1923
  • 7. Pee-wee Harris, Fixer, 1924 posted fadedpage.com
  • 8. Pee-wee Harris: As Good As His Word, 1925 posted fadedpage.com
  • 9. Pee-wee Harris: Mayor For a Day, 1926 posted fadedpage.com
  • 10. Pee-wee Harris and the Sunken Treasure, 1927 posted fadedpage.com
  • 11. Pee-wee Harris on the Briny Deep, 1928 posted fadedpage.com
  • 12. Pee-wee Harris In Darkest Africa, 1929 posted fadedpage.com
  • 13. Pee-wee Harris Turns Detective, 1930 posted fadedpage.com

Unplumbed Mysteries (potential projects)

(Titles in bold font were tracked through PNQND)

Adele Doring Series (Grace May North)

  • 1. Adele Doring of the Sunnyside Club (1919) (3/2020 in progress rfrank)
  • 2. Adele Doring on a Ranch (1920) (3/2020 in progress rfrank)
  • 3. Adele Doring at Boarding-School (1921) (3/2020 in progress rfrank)
  • 4. Adele Doring in Camp
  • 5. Adele Doring At Vineyard Valley

Ann Sterling Series (Harriet Pyne Grove)

  • 1. ANN STERLING
  • 2. THE COURAGE OF ANN
  • 3. ANN AND THE JOLLY SIX
  • 4. ANN CROSSES A SECRET TRAIL
  • 5. ANN'S SEARCH REWARDED
  • 6. ANN'S AMBITIONS
  • 7. ANN'S STERLING HEART.
    • hutcheson: all precleared. The critics pan them viciously. No known current activity.


Border Boys {Fremont B. Deering} Mexican and Canadian Frontier Series

Boy Allies With the Army (Clair W. Hayes)

  • 1. The Boy Allies at Liege; or, Through Lines of Steel (posted)
  • 2. The Boy Allies on the Firing Line; or, Twelve Days' Battle Along the Marne (posted)
  • 3. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks; or, A Wild Dash Over the Carpathians (posted)
  • 4. The Boy Allies in the Trenches; or, Midst Shot and Shell Along the Alsne (posted)
  • 5. The Boy Allies in Great Peril; or, With the Italian Army in the Alps (posted)
  • 6. The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign; or, The Struggle to Save a Nation (posted)
  • 7. The Boy Allies on the Somme; or, Courage and Bravery Rewarded
  • 8. The Boy Allies at Verdun; or, Saving France from the Enemy (posted)
  • 9. The Boy Allies Under the Stars and Stripes; or Leading the American Troops to the Firing Line
  • 10. The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders; or, The Fighting Canadians of Vimy Village
  • 11. The Boy Allies with Pershing in France; or, Over the Top at Chateau Thierry
  • 12. The Boy Allies with Marshal Foch; or, The Closing Days of the Great World War

Boy Allies with the Navy (Ensign Robert L. Drake)

Boy Troopers (Clair W. Hayes)

  • 1. The Boy Troopers on the Trail
  • 2. The Boy Troopers in the Northwest
  • 3. The Boy Troopers on Strike Duty
  • 4. The Boy Troopers Among the Wild Mountaineers

Camp Fire Girls (polyphyletic)

  • There are 4 or 5 series under this name already represented in PG. Someone might enjoy making sure that they are all closed.

Frank Armstrong {Mathew M. Colton} Twentieth Century Athletic Stories

  • 1. Frank Armstrong's Vacation
  • 2. Frank Armstrong at Queens
  • 3. Frank Armstrong's Second Term
  • 4. Frank Armstrong, Drop Kicker

Golden Boys (L. P. Wyman, Ph.D.)

  • 1. The Golden Boys and Their New Electric Cell (posted)
  • 2. The Golden Boys at the Fortress
  • 3. The Golden Boys in the Maine Woods
  • 4. The Golden Boys with the Lumber Jacks (posted)
  • 5. The Golden Boys Rescued by Radio (posted)
  • 6. The Golden Boys Along the River Allagash (posted)
  • 8. The Golden Boys at the Haunted Camp (1924. in progress rfrank)
  • 9. The Golden Boys on the River Drive (1923. in progress rfrank)
  • 10. The Golden Boys on the Trail

Khaki Girls {Edna Brooks}

  • 1. The Khaki Girls of the Motor Corps 1918
  • 2. The Khaki Girls Behind the Lines 1918
  • 3. The Khaki Girls at Windsor Barracks 1919
  • 4. The Khaki Girls in Victory 1920

Motor Cycle Chums {Lieut. Howard Payson}

  • 1. The Motor Cycle Chums Around the World
  • 2. The Motor Cycle Chums of the Northwest Patrol
  • 3. The Motor Cycle Chums in the Gold Fields

Radio Boys (Gerald Breckenridge)

Rex Kingdon (Gordon Braddock)

  • 1. Rex Kingdon of Ridgewood High
  • 2. Rex Kingdon in the North Woods, 1914
  • 3. Rex Kingdon at Walcott Hall
  • 4. Rex Kingdon Behind The Bat
  • 5. Rex Kingdon on Storm Island

Open Cases (partial series uploaded)

(Titles in bold font were tracked through PNQND)

Campfire Girls (Vandercook)


Final Report Pending (all books posted or in postprocessing)

(Titles in bold font were tracked through PNQND)

Peck's Bad Boy {George W. Peck}

Interim Report Complete (series complete, except for Rule 6-clearable or renewed books)

Baseball Joe (Lester Chadwick)

Radio Boys ("Allen Chapman")

Banner Boy Scouts (George A. Warren)

Corner House Girls

Dreadnought Boys (Capt. Wilbur Lawton)

Marjorie Dean (Pauline Lister, pseudonym for Josephine Chase, d. 1931)

Ruth Fielding Series (pre-1923) (Alice B. Emerson)

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