Thanks everybody.
What Stephen has outlined is what I had decided to do, following on Bob Maxwell's comments as well.

Linda Woodcock

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From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Hearn
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Franchised names

Rather than treating the Pendleton name as corporate or simply removing dates from the existing authority, I'd suggest establishing a new heading, "Pendleton, Don" without dates, following what has been done with house pseudonyms Carolyn Keene, Victor Appleton, Franklin W.
Dixon, and others. The new authority would specify use only in relation to the "Mack Bolan, the Executioner" character's fiction, since that reflects the specific extent of the franchising of the Pendleton name and characters, as noted in the current Pendleton authority. "Pendleton, Don, 1927-1995" could then become one of the
500/663 names on the authority for the shared bibliographic identity "Pendleton, Don." The related series and uniform title authorities now under Pendleton would need to be adjusted, too.

The point would be to let the shared authorial name heading stand separately as a collocation point for the Mack Bolan fiction, apart from the personal heading for Pendleton, who has works outside the shared name's series fiction (e.g., To dance with angels : an amazing journey to the heart with the phenomenal Thomas Jacobson and the grand spirit, Dr. Peebles).

This sort of thing happens often that it would be nice to have formal guidelines on how to deal with it. Maybe we also need another relationship designator in RDA Appendix I.2 to express the distinction between "credited author" and "actual author", so that both Pendleton name access points could be recorded in relation to a Mack Bolan work he personally wrote, and likewise the other authors writing under the Pendleton name if someone unmasks them (though I think making this kind of distinction goes beyond the role of the cataloger and into that of the bibliographer).

Stephen


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Ratliff, Louise <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am thinking that one could establish the AACR2 "corporate" name as 
> 110 2_ Don Pendleton (Firm) .  That's what I would probably do, if I 
> could assure myself that this is a business entity.
>
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>
> Louise Ratliff
>
> Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian
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> UCLA Cataloging & Metadata Center
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>
> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 5:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Franchised names
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>
> It reminds me a little of printers/booksellers during the hand-press era.
> Sometimes when they died, the business might be carried on as "Heirs 
> of <so and so>." And while alive, they might assign the copyright to 
> other printers, and the imprint might read, for example, Printed for 
> the Assigns of J. Sowle.
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>
>
> According to LCRI 24.1A, the heirs, assigns, and estate of a printer 
> is established as a corporate body, with reciprocal links on the NARs 
> between the personal and the corporate entities. Not exactly the same; 
> I gather the franchised name still presents itself as a personal name, 
> so it's not quite as straightforward, but the principle of treating 
> one as a person and the other as a corporation-with appropriate links-should carry over.
>
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> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger 
> Shakespeare Library
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> [log in to unmask] | 202.675-0369 | www.folger.edu
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> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ed Jones
> Sent: Monday, 17 October, 2011 19:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Franchised names
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>
>
> It's an interesting problem, but it seems the line between the 
> original author and the franchise is sometimes a blurry one and may 
> not be resolvable into distinct identities. At one end, the authors 
> start off writing their own stuff, demand increases and they begin 
> subcontracting to ghost writers, and finally only the ghostwriters survive.
> http://www.julieglover.com/2011/09/who-wrote-it-author-franchises.html
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>
> Ed Jones
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>
>
> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Maxwell
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 3:53 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Franchised names
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>
>
> Off hand, I would say that the entity writing under the "franchised 
> name" is not the same entity as the person who originally owned the 
> name. The new, separate, entity's name is a pseudonym, probably a 
> collective pseudonym. As a separate entity it should have a separate 
> authority record with its own unique access point form, and that form 
> should be linked to the new works being produced under the pseudonym. 
> As to exactly what that form should be, perhaps this needs to be 
> addressed in RDA. At present it isn't possible to add a qualifier like 
> "franchised name" to a personal name access point-at least I don't see 
> any justification for it in RDA 9.19. Perhaps this entity's date of 
> birth is 1995? In any case I do not think the same access point should 
> be used for the franchised name and the person Don Pendleton since 
> they are, in fact, different entities. It doesn't matter whether the 
> access point for the original Don Pendleton has dates or not-it still represents a different entity.
>
>
>
> Bob
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>
>
> Robert L. Maxwell
>
> Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian
>
> Genre/Form Authorities Librarian
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> 6728 Harold B. Lee Library
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> Brigham Young University
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> Provo, UT 84602
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> (801)422-5568
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>
>
> "We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine 
> ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.
>
>
>
> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Linda Woodcock
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 3:01 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Franchised names
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like some advice regarding franchised names.
>
>
>
> The example I am looking at is
>
> NAR  n  87930300
>
> Pendleton, Don, $d1927-1995.
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>
>
> The NAR contains biographical information confirming the death date of 
> 1995.  It also contains information stating that the name has been 
> franchised and books are still being published under the name Don Pendleton.
>
>
>
> What I am wondering is whether the dates on this NAR should be removed 
> since there are still new works being published under this name?
>
>
>
> I have obtained a date of birth for the other Don Pendleton, NAR 
> no2008070134, so that record would not conflict if this was done.
>
>
>
> Thanks for sharing your expertise,
>
> Linda Woodcock
>
>
>
> Linda Woodcock
> NACO Canada Funnel Coordinator / Technical Services Librarian
>
> Coast Capital Savings Library
> Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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