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		<titlestmt> 
		  <titleproper>Inventory of the Alan Dean Foster
			 Collection:</titleproper> 
		  <subtitle> 
			 <date type="span" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">n.a.</date>
			 </subtitle> 
		  <author>Finding aid prepared by Hal Hall</author> 
		</titlestmt> 
		<publicationstmt> 
		  <publisher>Cushing Memorial Library<lb/>Texas A &amp; M
			 University</publisher> 
		  <address> 
			 <addressline>College Station, TX 77843-5000</addressline> 
			 <addressline>Phone: 979/845-1951</addressline> 
			 <addressline>Fax: 979/845-1441</addressline> 
			 <addressline>Email: cushing-library@tamu.edu</addressline> 
		  </address> 
		  <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">2005 </date> 
		</publicationstmt> 
	 </filedesc> 
	 <profiledesc> 
		<creation>Finding aid encoded by Kristen Moss in EAD Version 2002 as part
		  of the TARO project. 
		  <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">October 2006</date> </creation> 
		<langusage>Finding aid written in<language>English.</language>
		  </langusage> 
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		<head> Descriptive Summary and Abstract</head> 
		<repository label="Repository" encodinganalog="852$a"> 
		  <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Cushing Memorial Library</corpname> 
		  <address> 
			 <addressline>College Station, TX 77843-5000</addressline> 
		  </address> 
		  <extref href="http://library.tamu.edu/cushing"/> </repository> 
		<origination label="Creator" encodinganalog="100$a"> 
		  <persname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="100$a">Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-</persname> </origination> 
		<unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245"> Inventory of the Alan Dean Foster Collection: </unittitle> 
		<unitdate type="inclusive" label="Dates" encodinganalog="245$f" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">n.a.</unitdate> 
		<physdesc label="Extent" encodinganalog="300$a">.5 linear ft.</physdesc> 
		<unitid countrycode="us" repositorycode="TxCM" encodinganalog="099" label="Identification"> SCI FI MSS 00191</unitid> 
		<langmaterial label="Language"> <language langcode="eng">English.</language> </langmaterial> 
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		<head>Biographical Note</head> 
		<p>Alan Dean Foster was born 
		  <date>November 18, 1946</date>, in New York. Foster has degree in
		  Political Science and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema. His writing career began
		  in 1968, with his first novel appearing in 1972. Foster received the Galaxy
		  Award in 1979 and the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990. A collection of
		  Foster materials and manuscripts is held by Special Collections, Arizona State
		  University, Tempe. </p> 
	 </bioghist> 
	 <scopecontent id="a3" encodinganalog="520"> 
		<head>Scope and Content Note</head> 
		<p>The collection contains an Unproofed copy of <emph render="italic">The
		  End of Matter</emph>, undated. </p> 
	 </scopecontent> 
	 <arrangement id="a4" encodinganalog="351$a"> 
		<head>Organization of the Papers</head> 
		<p>One proof, as received. </p> 
		<list> 
		  <item>Box 1</item> 
		</list> 
	 </arrangement> 
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		<head>Access</head> 
		<p>No restrictions.</p> 
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		<head>Usage Restrictions</head> 
		<p>Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
		  their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. </p> 
	 </userestrict> 
	 <controlaccess id="a12"> 
		<head> Online Catalog Terms</head> 
		<p>This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
		  catalog of Cushing Memorial Library. Researchers wishing to find related
		  materials should search the catalog under these index terms. </p> 
		<controlaccess> 
		  <head>Names</head> 
		  <persname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="700">Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-</persname> 
		</controlaccess> 
	 </controlaccess> 
	 <custodhist id="a16" encodinganalog="561"> 
		<head>Provenance</head> 
		<p>Received from n.a. </p> 
	 </custodhist> 
	 <processinfo id="a20" encodinganalog="583"> 
		<head>Processing Information</head> 
		<p>Processed by Hal Hall in 
		  <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">2005</date> </p> 
	 </processinfo> 
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		<head>Detailed Description of the Collection</head> 
		<p/> 
		  <c01 level="series" id="ser1"> 
			 <did> 
				<unittitle>Box 1</unittitle> 
			 </did> 
			 <c02> 
				<did> 
				  <container type="box-folder">1-10</container> 
				  <unittitle>Foster, Alan Dean. Unproofed copy of
					 <emph render="underline">The End of Matter</emph>. Typed, 286 leaves.
					 </unittitle> 
				</did> 
			 </c02> 
		  </c01> 
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