{"value"=>"<p> This series consists of a topical file of correspondence, authors' typescripts, book proposals, chapter outlines, research notes, agreements, and other papers relating to Hardy's work as executive director of the Cloverdale Press, publisher of action/adventure fiction, to his free lance work as editor and author of action/adventure fiction, and to the Writers Retreat Workshop where he was a editor-in-residence. Included is correspondence with Mark Howell of Gold Eagle Books, a subsidiary of Harlequin Enterprises of Ontario, Canada, with his literary agent, Mitch Douglas, relative to work in progress and to marketing strategies; and correspondence with other editors and publishers including Mega-Books of New York, Inc. relative to a proposed Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mystery entitled \"Conspiracy in Copper Canyon,\" with Chardiet Unlimited, Inc. relative to a horror series entitled \"Foul Play\"; and with Bantam Books regarding the publication of his book The Call of the Wendigo. There are also research files on ancient Egypt, folklore, myths, spirituality, and on the American West; correspondence with John Anthony West regarding a proposed biography of West; and correspondence, including a letter from Congressman Barney Frank, regarding Hardy's article \"Final Exit\" about the euthanasia death in Holland of his friend, Hans Faasse, which was published in <span class=\"title\">Penthouse</span> magazine.</p>"}