<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/224513">A&amp;M 4566</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Robert Tinnell Papers <num>A&amp;M 4566</num></titleproper><author>Erica Uszak</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2023-11-08</date></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-08-30 08:15:59 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <persname authfilenumber="https://lccn.loc.gov/nb2006006283" rules="dacs" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Tinnell, Robert</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.88 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 ft. 11 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2.5 in.); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 oversize folder, 0.1 in.)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1977/2008" type="inclusive">1977-2008, undated</unitdate>
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<p>No special access restriction applies.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Tinnell, Robert.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert Tinnell Papers, A&amp;M 4566, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Papers of Robert Tinnell, a West Virginia director, producer, and writer of horror films and related genres. Collection includes Tinnell's produced and unproduced screenplays, storyboards and related papers, short stories, newspaper articles, magazines and graphic novels, sketches, and miscellaneous notes and papers. The screenplays, which comprise much of the collection, were mainly written in the 1980s and 1990s. Tinnell's graphic novels include <title><part>Sight Unseen</part></title> (Box 2), <title><part>The Black Forest</part></title> (Box 2), and <title><part>The Wicked West</part></title> (Box 1).</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder; no rights have been transferred to WVU. For more information, please see the <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright" target="_blank">Permissions and Copyright page</a> on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <subject authfilenumber="https://lccn.loc.gov/gf2011026321" source="lcsh">Horror films</subject>
    <geogname source="ingest">West Virginia - Writers.</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="https://lccn.loc.gov/gf2014026533" source="lcsh">Screenplays</subject>
    <occupation authfilenumber="https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85088067" source="lcsh">Motion picture producers and directors</occupation>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300262915" source="aat">Horror comics</genreform>
    <persname authfilenumber="https://lccn.loc.gov/nb2006006283" role="dnr" rules="dacs" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Tinnell, Robert</persname>
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