This collection contains a 286-page unproofed typed copy of Foster's 1977 novel The End of the Matter.

This collection contains a 286-page unproofed typed copy of Foster's 1977 novel The End of the Matter.

Letters, memos, canvass tally sheet, report, and leadership lists

Letter, brochure on the art collection of the mansion, and booklet on the history of the mansion

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

2/5
Item separated, held in box 16
Edmonton Bulletin, July 3, 1943 (Sections 1-4)

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

2/7
Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Photographs

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Newspapers

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Newspapers

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Item separated, held in box 16
Alaska Highway News, vol. 6, no. 36, January 4, 1945 [FRAGILE]

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Newspapers

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Photographs

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

2/17
Maps (2x)

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Items separated, held in box 16
Newspapers (3x)
Daily News - Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska, vol. LXX, Tuesday, March 7, 1972
"Oil and Resource Development", Fairbanks Dailey News - Miner, Tuesday, March 7, 1972
22nd Annual Progress Edition, Daily News - Minor, Fairbanks, Alaska, Sections A-G (7 sections), 1972

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Alaska Highway, 1943-1945

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Photographs

Alaskan Aggies
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

All Night Fair
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

All University Night
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25
-Negatives

Alpha Chi Omega
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

Alpha Delta Pi
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

Alpha Epsilon
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

Alpha Epsilon Delta
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

Alpha Gamma Delta
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

Alpha Gamma Rho
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

Alpha Kappa Alpha
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

Alpha Kappa Psi
-Photocopies #1-50
-Pictures #1-25

Crossover (The X-Files/Once A Thief)

Sympathy for the Devil
[IIBNF Press: Sarah Bellum, auth., 1997] [s]

Forever Knight

Samskar
[Fenris House: G.F. Coyote, auth., 1993] [h]

Multimedia

Baselines #2
[Kay Johnson, ed., 1982]

Fesarius #4
[T.J. Burnside and Richard Robinson, ed., 1979]

Guardian #4
[Mazeltough Press: Linda Deneroff, ed., May 1982]

Guardian #6
[Mazeltough Press: Linda Deneroff, ed., May 1984]

Star Trek: The Original Series [TOS]

Abode of Strife #12
[Bill Hupe, Barb Erickson, and Marie Williams, ed., October 1988]

Accumulated Leave #1
[Yeoman Press: J. Cantor, ed., Summer 1980] [g] [h]

Bait Once, Bait Twice
[Trinary Systems Press: Lee M. Jaecks, auth., February 1980]

Charisma #17
[W. Rathbone, ed., July 1993] [s]

Charisma #19
[W. Rathbone, ed., 1995] [s]

The Climb
[Trinette Kern, auth., 1975]

Contact #3
[Harmony Press: Bev Volker and Nancy Kippax, ed., March 1977]

Daring Attempt #4
[W. Rathbone, ed., January 1986] [s]

Deathdance
[Pulsar Press: Diana King, auth., 1979]

Dreadnought Collected: Dreadnought Explorations #1
[Canadian Contingent Press: Linda Maclaren and Gina Martin, ed., May 1981]

Fear No Evil
[Odyssey Press: Sue Keenan, auth., March 1984]

Gateway #1
[Kalomi Press: Martha J. Bonds, ed., February 1981]

The Graveside Grope (Grope #9)
[A. Looker, ed., May 1983] [h] [s]

Icefire
[A. Crouch, auth., November 1986] [s]

Idylls #1
[Stardate Press: Randall Landers, ed., 1985]

Kaiidth #1
[Pat Seiler, ed., undated]

Kaiidth #2/3
[Pat Seiler, ed., 1981]

K/S Relay
[J. Hunt and R.M. Bollerud, ed., 1980] [s]

Matter/Antimatter #6
[Tiberius Press: S. Gent, V. Green and K. Simley, ed., September 1983] [s]

Naked Times #1
[Pon Farr Press: D. Van Hise, ed., 1978] [s]

Nexus #6
[Toni Cardinal-Price and Mariann Hornlein, ed., 1981]

Nome #1
[Jumping Dik-Bat Press: Victoria Clark, M.V.M. Varela and Barbara Storey, ed., January 1979]

On The Double #9
[Pon Farr Press: A.F. Black, ed., November 1988] [s]

One Night Stand #4/5
[Pon Farr Press: W. Rathbone, ed., June 1986] [s]

Out of Bounds Again
[Shoestring Press: P. Rose and L. Shell, ed., 1983] [s]

Out of Bounds: Overflow
[Shoestring Press: P. Rose and L. Shell, ed., 1983] [s]

The Perfect Object
[Yeoman Press: M. Glazer, auth. Summer 1979] [h]

R&R #3
[Yeoman Press: J. Cantor and L. Witt, ed., 1977] [h] [s]

R&R #13
[Yeoman Press: J. Cantor, ed., Winter 1980-1981] [h] [s]

R&R #15
[Yeoman Press: J. Cantor, ed., Spring 1981] [h] [s]

R&R #18
[Yeoman Press: J. Cantor. ed., Spring 1983] [h] [s]

Sahaj Collected
[Leslye Lilker, ed., December 1977]

Showcase #3
[Holy Roller Press: Sharon Emily, ed., 1976]

Star Trek: The Original Series [TOS]

Showcase #4
[Holy Roller Press: Sharon Emily, ed., October 1977]

Son of Grope (Grope #3)
[A. Looker, ed., February 1977] [h] [s]

Spin Dizzle #7: Kin of the Same Womb Born
[Rosalie Blazej, auth., August 1984]

Spockanalia #1
[Garlic Press: Sherna Comerford and Devra Michele Langsam, ed., September 1967] [7th printing, March 1979]

Spockanalia #2
[Garlic Press: Sherna Comerford and Devra Michele Langsam, ed., April 1968] [5th printing, March 1977; 7th printing, June 1984]

Spockanalia #3
[Garlic Press: Devra Michele Langsam and Sherna C. Burley, ed., September 1968] [5th printing, August 1978; 7th printing, January 1987]

Spockanalia #4
[Garlic Press: Sherna C. Burley and Devra Michele Langsam, ed., April 1969] [4th printing, October 1978; 6th printing, March 1989]

Spockanalia #5
[Garlic Press: Sherna C. Burley and Devra Michele Langsam, ed., June 1970] [4th printing, April 1979; February 1989 printing]

Starry Seas, Earthly Planes
[D. Tessman, ed., 1984] [s]

Those Who Believe
[K. Humphries, auth., undated] [s]

T'hy'la #6
[K. Resch, ed., 1985] [s]

TREKisM #52
[Star Trek Special Interest Group of MENSA: Vel Jaeger, ed., January/February/March 1987]

Starsky & Hutch

The Conspiracy
[Lucy Cribb and Cheryl Maier, auth., 1981]

Strange Justice
[Connie Faddis and Kendra Hunter, ed., 1982]

The X-Files

The Best Lies
[Straight Up Press: Cody Nelson, auth., 1995] [s]

A Fish Called Krycek
[IIBNF Press: Sarah Bellum, Maria M., and J. Symons, auth., 1997] [s]

The Gift of an Enemy
[Teeny Gozer Publications: Sylvia, auth., 1998] [s]

Indecent eXposure
[IIBMF Press: B. Russell, ed., 1999/2000] [s]

Convention Materials

ChiCon 2000 (58th WorldCon) Program Book, 2000

This collection contains letters and greeting cards to and from A. R. (Albert Richard) Moses during his time in the military. Most of the greeting cards are from the Christmas/New Year season or for his birthday.

This collection contains an assortment of newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, and a typed 'saga' of Albert S. Brient.

Included are photographs from the 1923 Texas A&M Varsity Basketball team, biographic information on Brient, correspondence concerning his efforts to be declared a member of the "T" Association 44 years after his college days, as well as newspaper articles both about Brient and about his finally being awarded a "T".

Experiences at Texas A&M as a member of the Corps, emphasis placed on year as a Fish, (Freshman), in 1939. Discusses the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the roles and impact of Aggies during World War Two. Also discussed integration and international students at Texas A&M. Class of 1943.

2-1: Nos Belles Colonies

• By Chocolat Suchard, Undated

2-2: Voyage de sa Majestic le Roi Baudouin I au Congo Belge en 1955

• By Lacsia Solac, circa 1955. Chronicles the 1955 visit of King Baudoin of Belgium.

2-3: Cosmorama de Africa

• A Spanish album by Chocolates Torras, 1965. Nice artwork with all 230 cards present.

2-4: Deutsche Kolonien

• A German chromo cigarette card album made during the Nazi period. Interesting not only for content but it is written in old German. Complete with all 270 cards present. Most of it is on Africa (Cameroun, German Southwest Africa, German East Africa, Togo) with a few pages on colonies in the far east. Nice artwork.

2-5: Notre Congo/Onze Kongo

• A Belgian chromo album on the Belgian Congo by Superchocolat Jacques, 1948. All 225 cards are present. Lots of preamble and text. Nice artwork.

2-6: Jagers op Wilde Dieren

• A Belgian chromo album on hunting throughout the world, by Chocolate Martougin. circa 1960. Half of the 30 subjects deal with Africa. Nice artwork.

2-7: Brooke Bond Cards: History of Adventurers and Explorers

2-8: Warriors of the World, by Reddings Teas Co., circa 1962

1-1: Album Congo

• A beautiful Belgian album by Chocolate Astra circa 1929. It is complete with all 100 cards and is dedicated to the Belgian Congo. The album cover has separated from the book proper but can be glued. Nice artwork.

1-2: Maravillas de Africa

• A Spanish sticker album on Africa. Dated 1971. All 48 stickers are present. Nice artwork.

1-3: Afrika

• A German cigarette card album produced in 1952 by Margarine-Union. 71 pages of cards and lots of text.

1-4: Voyage Autour du Monde Afrique

• A French album by Casino, a multi-product food seller. Undated, circa 1955. All 250 stickers are present. Nice artwork.

1-5: Africa Y Sus Habitantes

• A Spanish chromo album by Album Maga. All 216 chromos are present. Nice artwork. 1965.

1-6: Belgisch Congo Belge

• Actually 2 albums by Chocolat Aiglon. 120 chromos in total and complete. Nice artwork.

1-7: A Traves de Africa

• A Spanish chromo album by Chocolates Batanga. All 100 chromos are present. Nice artwork. circa 1960.

1-8: Africa el Mundo a Traves de sus Continentes

• A Spanish album by Cultural RAM, it features 76 photo chromos and 41 flags. Complete.

1-9: African Wildlife

• A UK album by Grandee Mild Cigars. It features 30 photo images of African wildlife. 1987.

1-10: Les Merveilles Du Monde

• Card album by Nestle, vol.4, circa 1957-1958

1-11: Explorations et Aventures

• by Nestle, circa 1954

Correspondence with and information about the Getting Them Sober television series of Clews Communications, Inc.

"Games From My Childhood"

This collection consists of one box of material that includes heavily edited and complete manuscript pages from the Autobiography of Malcolm X, his writings on Mahalia Jackson, Wilma Rudolph, the story Queenie, a follow-up to Roots, and other writings. Also included are his notes regarding the re-run of the mini-series Roots. He mentions a meeting he had with Warren Beatty where they discussed Roots. The notes are titled "Re: Roots Re-Run for TV Guide. Between the Covers acquired the collection from a bookseller who bought it directly from the estate of Virginia Hannon. A group of early letters from Alex Haley it's seven letters sent between 1949-1954 (one from 1967) to close family friend, Virginia Hannon. The letters present Haley, then a journalist in the Coast Guard, trying to get his writing career started and relating thoughts about his working habits, carious siblings, and plans for the future. All letters are written light, optimistic, and sometimes flirtatious style. Accompanying them are several related photographs, including one of Hannon in uniform, and a copy of Haley's posthumous novel Queen inscribed to her by his brother, George.

The July 2015 addendum includes an archive of seven Typed Letters Signed from Alex Haley sent between 1949-1954 (with one from 1967) to a close family friend, along with related photographs and the first edition of Queen Inscribed by his brother George Haley. The letters are overall near fine with typical folds from being mailing and light toning, with their original mailing envelopes that show wear including are nick, tears, and chip, but all are present; the photos are fine. The book is fine in a fine dustwrapper.

The letters, which are signed both as "Alex" and "Palmer," his middle name, were written to Virginia Hannon, a woman who taught Alex Haley French at Alcorn College before he left to join the Coast Guard. The letters begin after he's become a journalist writing for Coast Guard Magazine, and it seems, after an absence from Hannon. The letters are very familiar and playful with references to her French class, updates on his brothers George and Julius, and although married, some flirtatious comments about her breasts, "they were not as you say, spinsterly," and his faraway demeanor in class, "believe me, love, I was not, when you observed me, thinking about any damned touchdowns." There is also lots of talk about Haley's writing career. The early letters from 1949 included his thoughts on his drive to be a writer: "I'm trying pretty hard and have thus far had some minor successes," as well as his bad habits: "I'm essentially lazy, but I love to write once I get started." It's during an extended hospital stay for the treatment of a pilonidal cyst in 1953 that he seems to really make headway: "I never had so much time on end to write in my life. I have to stand up to type, to be sure, but - boy, am I turning out the words! Things I've wanted to work on for ages." In a letter the next year he excitedly describes what was his first big career break: "The prime accomplishment to date, a milestone in my life, I guess, was the sale two weeks ago, of 'The Harlem that Nobody Knows,' a 4,000-word piece, to Reader's Digest ... As a result, I, last week, got taken in the stable of Ruth Aley, probably one of the top 5 literary agents in the country. I am working like a bastard, to put it bluntly." The job led to a series of articles in the magazine and an assignment with Playboy interviewing many of the most important African-Americans of the day. The final letter from 1967 takes the form of two short but sweet holograph notes to Hannon written on the margins of a form letter and a photocopied travel article. They show a busy, successful writer still trying to keep in touch with an old friend.

The letters are accompanied by a black and white photograph of a young Hannon in a military uniform (possibly Red Cross), along with two later color photos of George with Wynelle [Hannon's sister] and George with President Bill Clinton. Plus, there is a copy of Haley's book Queen, published posthumously, and warmly Inscribed by George: "To my dear sister, Virginia Rose Hannon With love, respect and appreciation Your brother George Haley - and all the rest of the Haley Family 12 June 1993." An interesting and intimate collection of early correspondence from one of the most influential African-American writers of the 20th Century.

The Alexander Thomson letter is dated August 5, 1832, from Texas, Austin's Colony. Addressed to "Mr. Wm. D. Thomson, Giles County, Tennessee, Cornerville P.O.," with the salutation "My dear son," and signed "your Aff. Father, Alexs. Thomson."

The text of the letter recounts recent events in Austin's colony which, in retrospect, have a direct bearing on the brewing struggle for independence of the colony from Mexico. Most noteworthy is the account of the early revolt of Anglo-Texas colonists against the Mexican government's steady encroachment on the freedom of colonists to conduct free trade or encourage further immigration into Texas from the United States.

In the letter, Thomson details the build-up of hostilities between Colonel Juan Davis Bradburn, born in Virginia, but in service to Mexico, who was made commander of Fort Anahuac.

Noteworthy also in the letter are the expressions of loyalty and admiration shown toward General Antonio López de Santa Anna by the colonists, who saw him as championing their rights in the condemnation of Bradburn, who was known to be a supporter of the hated General Anastacio Bustamante. Bustamante, who had been the dictator of Mexico since January 1830, was now involved with Santa Anna and his allies in a fierce civil war. (see general note)

As the Thomson letter records vividly, the Texas colonists threw their support to Santa Anna, believing him to favor their freedom to enforce their own laws and maintain their own system of trade and civil courts. The letter records Stephen Austin's whole-hearted support of Santa Anna and Thomson's encomium on Santa Anna as "a true republican ... determined not to lay down his arms until republicanism prevails," rings ironically optimistic in the face of events only a few years later, culminating in the bitter defeat of the colonists by Santa Anna at the Alamo, and the equally bitter final defeat of Santa Anna at San Jacinto, assuring Texas's independence from Mexico.

Accompanying the letter are three other items.
A sepia-toned picture apparently reproduced from an oil painting. The picture is pasted inside a dark brown oval paper matting on a piece of cardboard measuring about 20 cm by 15 cm. The image measures about 13 cm by 7 cm. Though the original painting is as yet unidentified, "Alexander Thomson" is written on the back of the cardboard in pencil.

A sheet of letterhead stationery for the "St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines, St. Louis 2, Mo.," with the logo for the "Cotton Belt Route," and below that "F. W. Green, President." On this much-folded piece of letterhead is an undated and unsigned biography of Alexander Thomson handwritten in pencil.

A photocopy (circa 1980) of a booklet originally prepared by Ralston P. Haun in Coleman, Tex. around 1936, which includes a transcription of the August 5, 1832 letter, as well as other family letters and papers. According to the copy of an explanatory note appended to the booklet, dated May 1, 1980, and signed Jim Glass of Houston, Tex., one of the three copies made by Haun was given to Ana Gardner Thomson and passed down to her granddaughter Ana Haun Frómen, thence apparently to Gardner Osborn. The booklet includes transcriptions of five other family letters and two memoirs. Though speculated upon in the Glass note, the current disposition of the other letters and papers is still unverified.

This collection consists of several manuscripts of Panshin's work, including his 1968 novel The Thurb Revolution and his serialized novel The Son of Black Morca (1973, photocopies). Also included is a set of galleys for Panshin's Masque World (1969).

This collection contains nine handwritten letters from Alfred Tennyson and one handwritten letter from Emily Tennyson. Also included is the poem "A Welcome", the lower half of a letter with Tennyson's signature, and the dated and signed portion of a document that Tennyson signed as a witness on August 1, 1862.

This collection consists of materials relating to the 1956 A. E. Van Vogt novel Empire of the Atom, including the original typescript, galleys, and correspondence related to the book's publication and review.

7/1: "Alice Four" [untitled 4th volume of The Forbidden Library]
Typescript with handwritten edits and track changes, pages 1 - 100, 2016?

7/2: "Alice Four" [untitled 4th volume of The Forbidden Library]
Typescript with handwritten edits and track changes, pages 101 - 200, 2016?

7/3: "Alice Four" [untitled 4th volume of The Forbidden Library]
Typescript with handwritten edits and track changes, pages 201 - 292, 2016?

7/4: "Alice Four" [untitled 4th volume of The Forbidden Library]
Letter from "Kathy and Claire", containing suggested draft edits, 2016?

This scrapbook contains a World War II ration book, ration card, memorabilia of Texas A&M student life during the 1940-1950s with additional items in the 1960s regarding Texas A&M.

U-matic SP videotape