Donating to the Jennifer Fisher Nancy Drew Collection at Toledo Public Library

One of the fantastical things about the Toledo Public Library - downtown main library - is the children's library. It's so innovative and creative. It features so many interactive elements that just bring so many of the children's books and beloved characters to life. The mystery room housing my Jennifer Fisher Nancy Drew Collection has had one beautiful piece of Nancy Drew original artwork hanging thus far - The Secret at Shadow Ranch - illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. It was one of many original children's book cover art paintings that the library has in their amazing gallery of paintings spanning vintage and modern book art until it was moved into the Nancy Drew collection. 

New to the collection has just arrived this beautiful original art cover for The Mystery of the Tolling Bell, thanks to my good friend and collector Jim McNamara! He is a prolific collector of not only children's series books but also original children's series artwork including many Nancy Drew covers spanning the classic series to modern Nancy Drew spin-off series. His collection is amazing. I was so honored that he wanted to donate one of his paintings to the library and to the collection. This particular cover is a UK cover used on the UK publisher Armada's edition shown below. Tolling Bell was written by original Nancy Drew Ghostwriter, Mildred Wirt Benson, who lived in Toledo and wrote this mystery while living there. You can see Jim's Nancy Drew painting along with all the other neat Nancy Drew books and collectibles at the grand opening celebration at the Nancy Drew Mystery convention in Toledo this July 14-16, 2022.

While my Nancy Drew collection is pretty complete overall, there are still items I do not have in the collection. The whole collector community and Nancy Drew fans can help out if you have an item that isn't currently in the collection - you can contact me or them to donate it and they'd love to have it. Until the collection is fully digitized, you can check out all the various Pinterest boards including the ones that got away at my Nancy Drew Pinterest to see if you have something I do not or you can just follow up with me at nancydrewsleuth@aol.com to see about it. Thanks for your help and interest in the collection!