1927

1. American Girl (September, 1927)   "Jo Ann and the Princess" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrations by John Held, Jr. p 16-18, 33-34.  [HARPER]

1928

2. American Girl (August, 1928)   "Gull Ledge" A story. Three illustrations by Walter Stewart. This is an American Girl "Made-to-Order" story, custom-written to the suggestions of one of the readers. p 7-9, 31, 34.  [HARPER]
3. _____ (December, 1928)   "Jo Ann and the Joop" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. p 16-18, 44.  [HARPER]

1929

4. American Girl (February, 1929)   "Jo Ann and the Lamb" A story. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 10-12, 33-34.  [HARPER]
5. _____ (June, 1929)   "Jo Ann and the Jokes" A story. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 12-14, 44-45.  [HARPER]
6. _____ (September, 1929)   "Jo Ann's Haunted House" A story. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 10-12, 38-39.  [HARPER]
7. _____ (December, 1929)   "Jo Ann and Santa Claus" A story. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 14-16, 38, 40.  [HARPER]

1930

8. American Girl (April, 1930)   "Jo Ann and April Fool" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. p 9-11, 37-39.  [HARPER]
9. _____ (June, 1930)   "Jo Ann and the Sense of Humor" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. p 12-14, 34.  [HARPER]
10. _____ (November, 1930)   "Jo Ann and the Bird" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. "Jo Ann's eyes glittered as she saw the red head of Tommy Bassick, she uttered a shrill war cry and leaped forward, and after her came the war-whooping Wilmot Indians." p 14-16, 40-42.  [HARPER]

1931

11. American Girl (January, 1931)   "Jo Ann and the Good Resolution" A story. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 14-16, 32.  [HARPER]
12. _____ (January, 1931)   "Introducing Some 'American Girl' Authors and Artists"   This article has short profiles of regular contributors to The American Girl, including Butler (with a photograph). p 26-27.  [EPBLIB]
13. _____ (April, 1931)   "Jo Ann and the Garden" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. p 14-16, 34.  [HARPER]
14. _____ (June, 1931)   "Jo Ann and the Pup!" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. "'Go back there --- I'm coming across,' Jo Ann shouted. 'Back up yourself,' Tommy said, 'I was here first.'" p 16-18, 30.  [HARPER]
15. _____ (September, 1931)   "Jo Ann and the Last Straw" A story. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p14-16, 32-33.  [HARPER]
16. _____ (December, 1931)   "Jo Ann's Christmas Mystery" A story. Part One of Two. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 14-16, 36-37.  [HARPER]

1932

17. American Girl (January, 1932)   "Jo Ann's Christmas Mystery" A story. Part Two of Two. Illustrated by Garrett Price. "A new adventure of the inimitable Jo Ann comes to an end in this second part of a two-part story." p 22-4, 34-5.  [HARPER]
18. _____ (April, 1932)   "Jo Ann Cleans House" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. "It was Easter vacation and as the taxicab came to a stop before Jo Ann's house she threw her arms around Julia Wickham and gave her a big hug." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 18-20, 31-32.  [HARPER]
19. _____ (April, 1932)   "Who's Who In This Issue"   A short biography of the author, with a photograph. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 54.  [EPBLIB]
20. _____ (August, 1932)   "Jo Ann's Musketeers" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. "Jo Ann faced Benny Little and threw the ball." p 16-18, 38.  [HARPER]
21. _____ (November, 1932)   "Jo Ann's Bandit" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. "For a moment Jo Ann was petrified by fear. Her first thought was that she would run upstairs and hide." p 16-18, 34-36.  [HARPER]

1933

22. American Girl (February, 1933)   "Jo Ann's Drama" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. "Always I like to see young peoples having a good time." p 12-14, 38-39.  [HARPER]

1934

23. American Girl (April, 1934)   "The Detective Club" A Betty Bliss story. Illustrated by Leslie Turner. "Betty Bliss has an idea which is destined to make history in Westcote, the town where she and her best friends live." p 8-10, 46, 48.  [HARPER]
24. _____ (May, 1934)   "The Stolen Mascot" A Betty Bliss story. "Betty Bliss of the Tenth Street Yard Detectives follows a complicated clue." Illustrations by Leslie Turner. p 11-13, 42-43.  [HARPER]
25. _____ (September, 1934)   "The Flat-Tire Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. Illustrations by Leslie Turner. "The boys always laughed at the 'Tenth Street Yard Detective Club,' but when Superintendent Betty Bliss found a real crime, they did their best to help." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 20-22, 44-45.  [HARPER]

1935

26. American Girl (January, 1935)   "The Boiled Ham Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. "Betty Bliss and the Detective Club are called in to work on a burglary which baffles the police." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 16-18, 32.  [HARPER]
27. _____ (March, 1935)   "The White Rabbit Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. "There wasn't a crime in the neighborhood for the Detective Club to solve till Art's rabbits vanished." Illustrations by Leslie Turner. p 16-18, 42-43.  [HARPER]
28. _____ (August, 1935)   "The Thirty-Nine Dimes Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. "The Detective Club goes sleuthing once again and enables innocence to triumph." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 5-8, 45.  [HARPER]

1936

29. American Girl (August, 1936)   "The Red Hand Bag Mystery" A story. Illustrated by Leslie Turner. "Will Betty Bliss and the Detective Club solve this baffling new riddle?" Volume 19. Number 8. p18-19, 38-39.  [HARPER]
30. _____ (September, 1936)   "The Goldfish Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. "Betty Bliss's Detective Club is called upon to solve a new mystery with a curious quirk in it." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 21-22, 45-46.  [HARPER]
31. _____ (November, 1936)   "The White Blackbird Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. "Betty Bliss's Detective Club is faced with a new and baffling mystery which calls forth all of their ingenuity and skill before a solution is reached." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 19-20, 39, 42-3.  [HARPER]

1937

32. American Girl (April, 1937)   "The Hurry-Up Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. "The Detective Club once again relies on Betty Bliss's quick eye for a solution." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 17-19, 39, 41-3.  [CHAPIN, HARPER]
33. _____ (May, 1937)   "The Red Avengers' Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. "A missing dog and a ransom note keep Betty Bliss and the Detective Club busy trying to solve." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 18-9, 49-50.  [CHAPIN, HARPER]

1938

34. American Girl (March, 1938)   "The Locked Drawer Mystery" A story. "Betty Bliss and her fellow detectives solve their last case -- an announcement that causes the Editors of The American Girl sorrow and regret, for the death, last September, of Ellis Parker Butler will be a real and continuing loss to all readers of the magazine." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 6-13, 24-31.  [HARPER]

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