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		  <titleproper>Inventory of the Piers Anthony Collection:</titleproper> 
		  <subtitle> 
			 <date type="span" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">undated.</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 Kimberly Damron in EAD Version 2002 as
		  part of the TARO project. 
		  <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">February 2005.</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">Anthony, Piers</persname>
		  </origination><unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245"> Inventory of the Piers
		  Anthony Collection: </unittitle> 
		<unitdate type="inclusive" label="Dates" encodinganalog="245$f" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">undated.</unitdate> 
		<physdesc label="Extent" encodinganalog="300$a">.5 linear ft.</physdesc> 
		<abstract label="Abstract" encodinganalog="520$a">The collection consists
		  of the manuscripts for Mer-Cycle and Mer-Cycle, Part 2. </abstract> 
		<unitid countrycode="us" repositorycode="TxCM" encodinganalog="099" label="Identification"> SCI-FI MSS 00227 </unitid> 
		<langmaterial label="Language"> <language langcode="eng">English.</language> </langmaterial> 
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		<head>Biographical Note</head> 
		<p>
		  <persname>Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob</persname> is best known as 
		  <persname>Piers Anthony</persname>. Born in Oxford, England in 1934,
		  Anthony worked as a technical writer before embarking on a full-time career as
		  a free-lance writer in 1966. Anthony’s prolific output includes both fantasy
		  and science fiction, and commands a loyal readership. </p> 
	 </bioghist> 
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		<head>Scope and Content Note</head> 
		<p>The collection consists of the manuscripts for 
		<title render="underline">Mer-Cycle</title> and 
		<title render="underline">Mer-Cycle</title>, Part 2. </p> 
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		<head>Organization of the Papers</head> 
		<p>This collection is organized into 1 series: It is arranged by the
		  title of the manuscript. </p> 
		<list> 
		  <item>Series 1. 
			 <title render="underline">Mer-Cycle</title>, undated.</item> 
		</list> 
	 </arrangement> 
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		<head>Access</head> 
		<p>No restrictions.</p> 
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	 <userestrict id="a15" encodinganalog="540"> 
		<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">Jacobs, Piers Anthony
			 Dillingham</persname> 
		  <persname>Anthony, Piers</persname>
		</controlaccess> 
		<controlaccess> 
		  <head>Subjects</head> 
		  <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Science Fiction</subject> 
		  <subject>Fantasy</subject>
		</controlaccess> 
	 </controlaccess> 
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		<head>Processing Information</head> 
		<p>Processed by Hal Hall in 
		  <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">February 2005.</date> </p> 
	 </processinfo> 
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		<c01 level="series" id="ser1"> 
		  <did> 
			 <unittitle>Series 1. Mer-Cycle, 
				<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">
				  undated.</unitdate> </unittitle> 
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			 <did> 
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				<unittitle> Typed Manuscript for 
				  <title render="underline">Mer-Cycle</title>, 154 leaves, carbon
				  copies,
				  <unitdate era="ce" calendar="gregorian">undated.</unitdate>
				  </unittitle> 
			 </did> 
		  </c02> 
		  <c02> 
			 <did> 
				<container type="box-folder">1/2</container> 
				<unittitle> Typed Manuscript for 
				  <title render="underline">Mer-Cycle</title>, Part II, 136 leaves,
				  carbon copies,
				  <unitdate era="ce" calendar="gregorian">undated.</unitdate>
				  </unittitle> 
			 </did> 
		  </c02>
		</c01> 
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