Applying DACS to Single-Item Manuscript Cataloging

A Workshop Presented by
The Society of American Archivists
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting
Hilton San Francisco
Instructors:
Diane Ducharme
Archivist, Beinecke Library,
Yale University
Tel: 203-432-8125
diane.ducharme@yale.edu

Karen Spicher
Archivist, Beinecke Library,
Yale University
Tel: 203-432-4205
karen.spicher@yale.edu

The Shape of the Day

Workshop, 9:00-10:15

Morning break, 10:15-10-45

Workshop, 10:45-12:00

Lunch, 12:00-1:30

Workshop, 1:30-3:00

Afternoon break, 3:00-3:30

Workshop, 3:30-5:00 (wrap-up by 5:00)

040 __ $a CtY-BR $c CtY-BR $e dacs

100 1_ $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975.
245 10 $a Thornton Wilder papers, $f 1892-1991 $g (bulk 1935-1975).
300 __ $a 113.88 $f linear feet (210 boxes)
506 __ $a Access is unrestricted.
351 __ $a Organized into eight series: I. Correspondence, 1908-1985. II.
Writings, 1915-1991. III. Personal Papers, 1912-1975. IV. Printed Material,
1917-1974. V. Photographs, 1892-1972. VI. Memorabilia and Other Papers,
1923-1963. VII. Audio Tapes and Other Recordings, 1949-1967. VIII.
Thornton Wilder Papers Addition, 1911-1974.
520 __ $a Series II, Writings, contains excellent documentation of
Wilders works, including holograph and typescript drafts of all of his
major writings; extensive materials relating to the production and
adaptation histories of Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth; and review
and publicity files for both plays and novels.

040 __ $a CtY-BR $c CtY-BR $e dacs

100 1_ $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975.
245 10 $a Our town, $f 1938?.
300 __ $a 1 $f volume (52 pages) ; $c 34 centimeters.
506 __ $a Access is unrestricted.
545 __ $a Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), American novelist and playwright.
520 __ $a Typescript carbon of a version of Our Town, extensively corrected and annotated by
Thornton Wilder and Isabel Wilder.
541 __ $a Purchased from Joseph A. Dumont on the Wilder Family Fund, 1987.
546 __ $a In English.
500 __ $a Title from label on front cover.
500 __ $a Presentation inscription: To Everett [Clinchy?]In memory of loggia days.
Madge, probably in the hand of Thornton Wilder.
500 __ $a Binding: contemporary paper over boards.
524 __ $a Thornton Wilder, Our Town, 1938?. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
600 10 $a Clinchy, Everett R. $q (Everett Ross), $d 1896600 10 $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975.
650 _0 $a American literature $y 20th century.
650 _0 $a Authors, American $y 20th century $v Archives.
656 _7 $a Authors. $2 lcsh
692 14 $a Clinchy, Everett R. $q (Everett Ross), $d 1896- $x Presentation inscription from T.
Wilder.
692 14 $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975 $x Presentation inscription to E. R. Clinchy.
852 __ $a Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

When NOT to Catalog at the Item Level

Items have low research value relative to other holdings

Material has low financial value

Material has little local significance

When standardized subject access and contextualization are low priorities

You have other priorities with limited resources

Why Catalog at the Item Level?

Research value

Financial value

Local significance

Contextualization

Financial and staff resources permit

Options for Single Item Cataloging

MARC record

Stand-alone database

Intentionally-assembled collection with finding aid

Using accession files as primary access

Options for Single Item Cataloging: the MARC Record

Pro:
Controlled vocabulary subject access
Export to national utilities is possible
Your item is contextualized with other single manuscripts, manuscript
collections, and published works
Corrections and improvements relatively easy
Con:
Most labor-intensive approach
Cataloging skills (MARC, LCSH) needed
Even minimal record can seem excessive for some low-interest items

Options for Single Item Cataloging: Stand-alone

Database
Pro:
Items in a single database
Cataloging skills not needed
May give sufficient local access (i.e. author and title)
Con:
Still requires considerable item-level attention
Controlled subject access not easily accomplished
Contextualization not easily accomplished

Options for Single Item Cataloging: IntentionallyAssembled Collection with Finding Aid

Pro:
Items in subject-driven collection
Cataloging skills not needed
May give sufficient local access (i.e. author and title)
Con:
Does not give you controlled subject access
Contextualization possible with collection-level record, but not at item level
Additions can be very labor-intensive

Single Item Cataloging is NOT:

Vendor description

Bibliographical description

Scholarly interpretation and analysis

Vendor Description of Clinchys Our Town

Manuscript
It is a typescript bound in decorated boards undated with an
unrecognizable inscription on the front free endpaper. [The dealer I bought it
from informed me that it came from somewhere on Long Island.] Act I consists
of 22 pages; Act II 17 pages, and Act III 13 pages. It is HEAVILY CORRECTED
in several [?] hands with directions, additions, passages crossed out, notes,
etc. The remarkable thing is that, when compared to the final printed play, there
are literally thousands of changes.
I could not find any early drafts of this play existing in any institutions. I also
understand that Wilder was not much for keeping early drafts and often just
gave his stuff away in periods of general housekeeping. I suspect that this is
what happened to this draft.
Let me know if you are interested in this item.

Bibliographical Description of Our Town Editions

The manuscripts of Wilders published novels and plays are extant and nearly all of them
are reposited [sic] in the Collection of American Literature in the Beinecke Library at
Yale.
OUR TOWN [1938]
A. First Edition:
THORNTON WILDER / OUR / TOWN / [the two words of the title are printed in white
within a solid circle of blue] / a play in three acts / New York /Coward McCann, Inc.
[1]-128 pp. [1-8] pp. 24 x 14 cm. Brown cloth with blue paper labels printed in white on
front cover and on spine; tan illustrated end papersPublished on April 2, 1938 in an
edition of 5000 copies.
---J. M. Edelstein, A Bibliographical Checklist of the Writings of Thornton Wilder (New
Haven, 1959)

Scholarly Interpretation of Our Town Manuscripts

Certain places in the first complete manuscript of Our Town suggest that
Wilder fretted over whether the audience would understand what he had so
carefully arranged. He tended to speak in his own voice, rather than to
dramatize what he knewa short bit of dialogue deleted from the final version
flatly and didactically states what Wilder [in a later draft] showed the audience.
--Donald Haberman, The Plays of Thornton Wilder: A Critical Study.
(Middletown, 1967)

ISBD(G) and ISAD(G)

ISBD(G)
Full name: General International Standard Bibliographic Description
Developed by: International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Purpose: Enable compatible cataloging for international exchange of
bibliographic records.
National standards that conform to ISBD(G):
AACR2
AMREMM
DCRM
ISAD(G)
Full name: General International Standard Archival Description
Developed by: International Council on Archives (ICA)
Purpose: Provide guidance for the preparation of archival descriptions,
to be used in conjunction with national standards.
National standard that conforms to ISAD (G):
DACS

Anglo American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition

(AACR2)

History
First published 1967; second edition 1978; revised 1988 and 2002
Will be superseded by a new standard: Resource Description and Access
(RDA), publication projected for 2009
Scope
Rules for general and media-specific cataloging
Applicable to catalogs in any format
Includes examples in print formatting
Web version links to MARC field definitions
Content includes rules for
General cataloging
Manuscripts (Chapter 4)
Choice of access points
Formation of headings for personal, corporate, meeting, and geographic
names, and uniform titles
Use for Single Manuscripts
Chapter 4 is applicable to any manuscript material
However, rules are brief and give minimal guidance

Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts (APPM)

History
First published in 1983; second edition 1989
Superseded by DACS in 2004; currently out of print and unavailable on
web
Scope
Adaptation of AACR2 Chapter 4, for archival description
For cataloging only; did not address finding aids or other methods of
description
Specifically addressed modern manuscripts
Applicable to all media, though guidance was minimal for non-text
Included examples in MARC coding
Content included
Rules for description, organized similarly to AACR2 Chapter 4
Parts of AACR2s rules for choice of access points and formation of
headings
Appendices addressed MARC coding
Use for Single Manuscripts
Detailed guidance for description of single manuscripts

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM)

History
BDRB published in 1981; DCRB (Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books) in
1991
DCRM(B)---Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) was
published in 2007 as the first of a series of component manuals for the
cataloging of special collections materials

Scope
An "overarching concept"
A family of manuals, each providing specialized cataloging rules for
various formats of rare materials typically found in rare book, manuscript
and special collections libraries
Intended to be used in conjunction with AACR2

Content includes
Rationale for provision of more complex descriptions of rare materials
Manuals aim to provide complete rules for cataloging of specific formats

Use for single manuscripts

See AMREMM

Descriptive Cataloging of Ancient, Medieval,

Renaissance and Early Modern Manuscripts
(AMREMM)

History

First published in 2002

created by Gregory A. Pass

now considered part of the DCRM manual set

Scope

Intended as a supplement to AACR2 Chapter 4

Primarily for cataloging of single manuscripts

Predominantly focused on cataloging of medieval codex manuscripts,

particularly illuminated copies of individual texts

Coverage of other types of manuscripts minimal

Content includes

Rules for description, organized similarly to AACR2 Chapter 4

Definition of two levels of description:

Summary: intended for access to works contained in a manuscript, with

supposedly limited physical description

Detailed: intended to supply much fuller description of the

paleographical,codicological, and artistic elements of a manuscript
Use for single manuscripts:

Useful for highly detailed physical description of early codex manuscripts

RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee Manuscripts

Working Group
(BSC-MWG)

History
Formed in 2007 as a result of concern among manuscript catalogers
after the withdrawal of APPM and the adoption of DACS as the official
descriptive standard of SAA

Scope
To develop rules or guidelines for item-level description and cataloging
of modern (post-1600) manuscript material....The rules/guidelines
should follow the principles of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
(DCRM), as established and codified in DCRM(B)

Content includes
In development

Use for single manuscripts

Standard will be devoted to single-item manuscripts

Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

History
Published in 2004
First comprehensive standard for U. S. archival description
Scope
Applicable to any archival material
Applicable to catalog records or finding aids
Explicitly designed to be output neutral
Includes examples in EAD and MARC coding
Content
Theoretical introductory sections
Definitions for 25 descriptive elements
Rules for identifying and describing creators
Instructions for forming personal, corporate, family, and geographic
names
Appendices: glossary, crosswalks with other standards, examples
Use for Single Manuscripts
Minimal guidance and examples for single manuscripts

DACS, Companion Standards, and Local Decisions

DACS recommends use of AACR2 for:

Title transcription
Extent
Notes

However, AACR2 rules offer minimal guidance for issues specific to single
manuscripts, so youll have to make some local decisions, such as whether
to:
Use brackets for supplied information
Use notes to indicate sources of supplied information
Include optional details in extent element

Yale Manuscript Cataloging Manuals

Beinecke Manuscript Unit Mixed Materials Manual

Developed by Beinecke archivists; web-based version, 1996; ongoing
revisions
Based on APPM, with addition of local decisions
Applicable to single manuscript and collection-level cataloging
Addresses some non-text media
Separate local manuals for visual materials and music
Separate local manuals for collections processing and creation of
finding aids
Yale-wide manuals for
Collections
Single manuscripts (under development)
These manuals include
Local procedures, organized by MARC field
Examples in MARC coding
Instructions for using Voyager cataloging module and OPAC
Use for Single Manuscripts
Detailed guidance for Yales local decisions

100 1_ $a Verney, Ralph, $c Sir, $d 1613-1696.

245 10 $a Sir Ralph Verney diary, $f 1640 [i.e. 1641]
February 1-July 1.

Sources of Titles

Source of information
Books: title page or title page substitute (AACR2 Chapter 2)
Manuscript material: any reliable source (DACS 2.3.1, p. 17)

Manuscript Collections: supply a title, including name, documentary form,

and, optionally, topic (DACS 2.3.3-2.3.22, p. 17-23)
Example:
245 10 $a Thornton Wilder papers, $f 1892-1991 $g (bulk 1935-1975).

Single Manuscripts: either transcribe a title, or supply a title including

name, documentary form, and, optionally, topic (DACS 2.3-2.3.2, p. 17-23)
Examples:
245 10 $a Our town, $f 1938?. (transcribed)
245 10 $a Thornton Wilder draft fragments of Our town, $f circa 1938.
(supplied)

100 1_ $a Crosby, Edward T., $d 1845-1863.

245 10 $a Edward T. Crosby Civil War diary, $f 1861
September 10-1862 April 9.

100 1_ $a Newell, John, $d fl. 1758.

245 10 $a John Newell account book, $f 1758-1823.

Common Types of Annotations

Identification of writer, title, or subject

Signature or other mark of ownership
Presentation inscription
Proofreaders and printers markings
Notes about content, purpose, importance, or disposition
Numbering and pricing for vendor or auction catalog

Characteristics that may vary from the rest of the manuscript:

Name of annotator
Date
Handwriting
Writing implement

100 1_ $a Hagerman, James John, $d 1838-1909.

245 10 $a James John Hagerman : $b memoirs of his life,
$f 20th century / $c written by himself at Roswell, New
Mexico, in 1908.
520 __ $a Typescript, carbon, of a memoir written by
James John Hagerman for his sons, possibly transcribed by
his son Percy Hagerman.

245 00 $a Diary recording construction of Saint George Reef

lighthouse, $f 1889 April 11-October 9.
545 __ $a Saint George Reef lighthouse is located on Northwest Seal
Rock, Saint George Reef, near Crescent City, California. The
lighthouse was built between 1882 and 1891, under the direction of A.
Ballantyne, who had completed construction of the Tillamook Rock
lighthouse, Oregon, in 1881. Operation of the Saint George Reef
lighthouse was discontinued in 1975.
520 __ $a Printed Sunset Daily Journal for 1889, published in San
Francisco and completed in manuscript by an unidentified writer for
April 11-October 9. Entries record progress of the steamer Del Norte
from San Francisco to Northwest Seal Rock, including names of
workmen boarding at San Francisco and Eureka, transport of stone
from Humboldt Bay, and daily progress of construction during the 1889
season. Also included are brief accounts and an inventory of
construction materials stored on Northwest Seal Rock.

245 00 $a Gleanings from our older literature, $f late 19th

century.
520 __ $a Manuscript draft of a speech about book
collecting, written in an unidentified hand. The author
refers to several 19th century British authors, including
Thomas Moore, Sir Walter Scott, and Charles Dickens, as
well as Scottish ballads, and mentions the widowhood of
Queen Victoria.
500 __ $a Written in a circa 1800 "Protocol Book of
Alexander Wood, Writer to the Signet, Notary public and
Son of Alexr. Wood Surgeon ... " (inscription on first leaf).
The protocol book contains 91 numbered but otherwise
blank leaves.

Creator/Title Issues

Transcribe a title when:

The creator provides a formal title

Supply a title when:

No formal title is present
A formal title is present, but is misleading

Use judgement when:

A formal title is present, but the source is not the creator, or the source is
unidentified
There is evidence of more than one creator or use

Transcribed Titles
DACS refers to AACR2 for transcribed titles (DACS 2.3.2, p. 17)

Transcribe a formal title appearing on the manuscript

Transcribe wording, order, and spelling
Standardize punctuation and capitalization

Also transcribe if present:

Other title information (or optionally supply this)
Statement of responsibility

Add the date of creation, in a standardized form

Transcribed Titles (Continued)

If more than one formal title appears on the manuscript, use judgement,
preferring as appropriate:
Title that is part of the original manuscript
Title page, if present
Most complete title

Optionally:
Abridge lengthy titles, using an ellipsis
State the source of a transcribed title in a Note Element
Give other versions of the title in a Note Element

Examples of Transcribed Titles

245 10 $a James John Hagerman : $b memoirs of his life,
$f 20th century / $c written by himself at Roswell, New
Mexico, in 1908.
245 00 $a Gleanings from our older literature, $f late 19th
century.
Examples of Note Elements
500 __ $a Title from spine.
500 __ $a Spine title: Journey to California.

Supplied Titles
Supply a title if no formal title is present, or if the formal
title is misleading
Supply at least a name of creator and documentary form
Also supply, as appropriate
Other title information
Topical terms
Add the date of creation, in standardized form

Examples of Supplied Titles

245 10 $a Edward T. Crosby Civil War diary, $f 1861
September 10-1862 April 9.
245 10 $a John Newell account book, $f 1758-1823.
245 00 $a Diary recording construction of Saint George
Reef lighthouse, $f 1889 April 11-October 9.

Name of Creator(s)

Source of information: other descriptive elements (DACS 9.3-9.10, p. 90-91)

A creator may be a
Writer, artist, or other type of creator of content
Collector of content

If the creator is unidentified, state this in the Scope and Content Element,
and omit the Name of Creator Element

100 1_ $a Kenah, E. A.
245 10 $a Memoranda : $b from a journal of tours made
upon the Continent at various periods beginning in 1821 :
with illustrations sketched upon the spot, $f 1821-1836.
545 __ $a E. A. Kenah was the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel
Thomas Kenah, who served in the British Army in India in
the early 19th century.

Scope and Content Element

Provides information about the nature of the materials and activities

reflected in the unit being described to enable users to judge its potential
relevance. (DACS 3.1, p. 35)

Scope and Content Element (Continued)

The scope and content element may include information about any or all of the following, as
appropriate:

function(s), activity(ies), transaction(s), and process(es) that generated the materials being
described;

the documentary form(s) or intellectual characteristics of the records being described (e.g.
minutes, diaries, reports, watercolors, documentaries);

the content dates, that is, the time period(s) covered by the intellectual content or subject of the
unit being described;

geographic area(s) and places to which the records pertain;

subject matter to which the records pertain, such as topics, events, people, and organizations; and

any other information that assists the user in evaluating the relevance of the materials, such as the
completeness, changes in location, ownership and custody while still in the possession of the
creator, etc. (DACS 3.1, p.35)

520 __ $a Autograph narrative, extensively illustrated by

E. A. Kenah, of two journeys in Europe taken by the Kenah
couple with friends in 1821-24 and in 1827-29. On the first
tour, accompanied by Walter Burrell, MP for Sussex, and
"Mrs. Crutchley of Sunning Hill Park....and a Blenheim
spaniel," the Kenahs traveled through France, Switzerland,
Italy and Bavaria; they were present in Naples for the 1822
eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and spent time in Rome and
Lucca as well. In the later tour, they visited the Low
Countries, Germany, and Trieste. The text is clearly drawn
from diaries kept by Kenah during the tours, and contains
her often humorous responses, as an "Inexperienced
Traveller," to tourist sights, local customs and manners,
"foreign" food, and travel difficulties.

520 __ $a Kenah describes herself as "a woman in quest of the

Picturesque," and over 80 of her watercolors and pen-and-ink sketches
are mounted in her travel album. Subjects include "Eruption of
Vesuvius, October 22, 1822 as it appeared at midday;" several portraits
of Lucchese, Swiss and German figures in local costume; a portrait of
Tommaso Sgricci, the famous improvvisatore; a memorial Mass in
Caudenberg; the "table dhote" at the Baths of Ems; the Salon at the
Palazzo Ricasoli in 1824; and a variety of "picturesque" landscapes,
including a view of the Bay of Naples, of a canal in Venice, and of
several castles and mountain scenes in Germany. Also included are
several printed views of German scenes which have been handcolored.
520 __ $a In addition, there are watercolors of English subjects at the
end of the volume: cottage scenes, rural landscapes, "view of Box Hill,"
"Grimsthorpe, 1826," and "Dunkeld from Dr. Fishers garden. Sept. 9
1826."

100 1_ $a Duckworth, John Thomas, $c Sir.

245 10 $a Journal, $f 1799 May 13-1800 May 25 / $c
Rear Admiral Duckworth.
520 __ $a Holograph journal of the ship Leviathan,
flagship of Admiral Duckworths command group in the
Mediterranean and off Spain from May 1799 to May 1800.
The logbook tracks weather conditions, routine activities on
all of the ships under his command, signal communications
between Duckworths ships, and sightings of other ships.
The logbook also records several pursuits by Duckworths
group, including a capture of a Spanish convoy; dispatches
from Admiral Nelson and others; several courts-martial; and
Duckworths participation in the blockade of Cadiz.

600 10
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$a Duckworth, John Thomas, $c Sir.

$a Nelson, Horatio Nelson, $c Viscount, $d 1758$a Bellerophon (Battleship)
$a Great Britain. $b Royal Navy $x Officers.
$a Great Britain. $b Royal Navy $x Sea life.
$a Leviathan (Battleship)
$a Admirals $z Great Britain.
$a Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
$a Naval battles $z Great Britain.
$a Sea control.
$a Seafaring life.
$a France $x History $y Revolution, 1789-1799.
$a Great Britain $x History $y 1789-1820.
$a Mediterranean Sea $x History, Naval.
$a Logbooks $z Great Britain $y 18th century. $2

520 __ $a Letterpress and carbon copies of autograph and typed

letters, signed, concerning business of the Shoshone Agency at the
Wind River Indian Reservation. Most letters were written by Harry E.
Wadsworth to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C.;
also present are letters, reports, and petitions written by other Agency
employees or Shoshone living on the Reservation. Most letters
concern administration of services, including discussion of
maintenance of buildings, agriculture, land allotment, education,
religious missions, crime, health, and efforts by the Agency to influence
Shoshone culture.
520 __ $a Also included are Wadsworths annual reports and letters
written by him concerning issues such as treaties, opening of land to
white settlers and mining companies, presence of United States
soldiers at Fort Washakie, and suppression of the sun dance and other
Native American customs. Letters written by Shoshone, some signed
by Shoshone leaders, include reports of proceedings of the general
council of the Shoshone tribe and petitions regarding enforcement of
treaties.

110 1_ $a United States. $b Office of Indian Affairs. $b

Shoshone Agency.
245 10 $a United States Office of Indian Affairs, Shoshone
Agency, Wind River Indian Reservation letter book, $f 1906
January 25-1907 January 19.
545 __ $a The Wind River Indian Reservation, located in
Fremont County, Wyoming, was created for the Eastern
Shoshone Indians under provisions of the Treaty of Fort
Bridger in 1868. Part of the Reservation was occupied by
Northern Arapaho Indians in 1878. Harry E. Wadsworth
began serving as Indian Agent for the Reservation in May,
1903, succeeding H. G. Nickerson. In 1909, the
headquarters of the Reservation relocated to the site of
Fort Washakie, which had been abandoned that year by
the United States Army.

Scope and Content Element (Continued)

Repositories should establish institutional policies and guidelines for

consistent practices regarding the level of detail to be recorded in the scope
and content element. (DACS 3.1, p. 35)

Consistent does not mean uniform.

245 00 $a Sermons, $f 1718-1721.

520 __ $a Manuscript, probably British, containing a cycle
of 16 sermons on I Corinthians 15:55-57, delivered from
July 27 to November 9, 1718, and two sermons on Psalms
23:4, delivered by "Mr. Bragge" in April, 1721.

100 1_ $a Denne, John, $d ca. 1725-1800.

245 10 $a Four manuscript sermons : $b composed and preached in
the years 1790, 91, and 92 : Copford, $f 1792.
520 __ $a Manuscript of four sermons apparently by the rector of St.
Michael and All Angels Church in Copford. Topics include the
Resurrection, "Universal Good-will," the nature and extent of human
perfection, and the importance of education.

520 __ $a Manuscript of four sermons apparently by the rector of St.

Michael and All Angels Church in Copford. Topics include the
Resurrection, "Universal Good-will," the nature and extent of human
perfection, and the importance of education. The sermon on education
was preached on the anniversary of the founding of the local Sunday
Schools; Denne argues that education will reconcile poor children to
their stations in life, keep them from becoming criminals, and "clothe
them in humility.
600 10
610 20
650 _0
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655 _7

$a Denne, John, $d ca. 1725-1800.

$a Church of England $v Sermons $y 18th century.
$a Occasional sermons.
$a Sermons, English $y 18th century.
$a Sunday schools $v Sermons.
$a Sermons $z Great Britain $y 18th century. $2 aat

Scope and Content Element

The scope and content element may include information about any or all of the following, as
appropriate:

the function(s), activity(ies), transaction(s), and process(es) that generated the materials being
described;

the documentary form(s) or intellectual characteristics of the records being described (e.g.
minutes, diaries, reports, watercolors, documentaries);

the content dates, that is, the time period(s) covered by the intellectual content or subject of the
unit being described;

geographic area(s) and places to which the records pertain;

subject matter to which the records pertain, such as topics, events, people, and organizations; and

any other information that assists the user in evaluating the relevance of the materials, such as the
completeness, changes in location, ownership and custody while still in the possession of the
creator, etc. (DACS 3.1, p. 35)

Scope and Content Element

Access Points (the short version)

This element is a good source for the access points discussed in the
Overview of Archival Description. (DACS, p. xvii-xxi)

Access Points: Specific terms, codes, concepts and names for which
specialized indexes are created to permit faster and more precise
searching.

It is a local decision as to which names, terms, and concepts found in a

description will be included as formal access points.

245 00 $a Marriage contract : $b between Franois Louis

Augustin, Marquis Desmoutiers de Merinville, and
Hyacinthe Charlotte Julie Marie Jeanne de la Brisse Danilly
: Versailles, $f 1785 January 30.
520 __ $a Manuscript marriage contract in an unidentified
hand. Signatures of witnesses include Louis XVI, Marie
Antoinette, and other members of the royal family.

100 1_ $a Lear, Edward, $d 1812-1888.

245 10 $a Illustrated excursions in Italy, $f 1846 / $c by
Edward Lear.
520 __ $a Page proofs (London: Charles MLean, 1846),
with Lears holograph corrections and additions, including
circa 40 small printed illustrations and 24 plates of
landscape engravings.

100 1_ $a Farrington, John, $d d. 1760.

245 10 $a Miscellanies, or, Extracts from books in the
forreign journals : $b translated from the French, $f 1758 /
$c by John Farrington, of Clapham, aged 79 ; volume 1st.
545 __ $a John Farrington was a merchant in Clapham,
England, and a translator of Jean-Jacques Rousseaus
Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inegalite parmi
les hommes.
520 __ $a Holograph commonplace book containing
extracts from philosophical and religious works.

100 1_ $a Hollister, Howard K. $q (Howard Keys), $d b. 1889.

245 10 $a Howard K. Hollister scrapbook, $f 1898-1908.
545 __ $a Howard K. Hollister, son of Ohio Judge Howard C. Hollister
(Yale 1878), was born in 1889. Raised in the Walnut Hills section of
Cincinnati, Ohio, Hollister attended the 19th District School and Walnut
Hills High School.
520 __ $a Scrapbook kept by Howard K. Hollister from 1898 to 1908,
documenting Hollisters life as a Cincinnati schoolboy, as well as his
familys travels in Vermont and elsewhere. The scrapbook includes
clippings relating to the Spanish-American War; invitations, tickets,
programs, and other ephemera relating to local events; souvenir
postcards; school report cards; and writings and notes. Also present is
a silhouette of Hollister from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in
Buffalo, New York. Notes include references to Hollisters friendship
with Robert A. Taft, son of William Howard Taft.
520 __ $a Accompanied by detached pages and laid in materials,
including eleven issues of The Bjornstadiddy, a newspaper edited by

600 10
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$a Hollister, Howard K. $q (Howard Keys), $d b. 1889.

$a Taft, Robert A. $q (Robert Alphonso), $d 1889-1953.
$a 19th District School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
$a Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
$a Pan-American Exposition $d (1901 : $c Buffalo, N.Y.)
$a Bjornstadiddy.
$a Childrens writings, American.
$a Spanish-American War, 1898 $v Pictorial works.
$a Youth $z Ohio $z Cincinnati.
$a Cincinnati (Ohio) $x Social life and customs.
$a Clippings $z Ohio $z Cincinnati. $2 aat
$a Handbills $z Ohio $z Cincinnati. $2 aat
$a Invitations $z Ohio $z Cincinnati. $2 aat
$a Postcards $z United States. $2 aat
$a Printed ephemera $z United States. $2 aat
$a Programs $z Ohio $z Cincinnati. $2 aat
$a Report cards $z Ohio $z Cincinnati. $2 lcsh
$a Scrapbooks $z Ohio $z Cincinnati. $2 aat
$a Tickets $z Ohio $z Cincinnati. $2 aat

100 1_ $a Noyes, Charles P., $d 1842-1921.

245 10 $a Charles P. Noyes autograph album, $f 1772-1926 $g (bulk
circa 1860-1900).
545 __ $a Charles P. Noyes was born in Lyme, Connecticut in 1842.
After serving in the Civil War he settled in St. Paul, Minnesota, and
joined his brothers wholesale drug firm. In 1874 he married Emily
Hoffman Gilman, with whom he had four children. He was active in
financial and business affairs in St. Paul, and was a member of
historical associations. In 1907 he compiled a family genealogy titled
Noyes-Gilman Ancestry. Noyes retired as president of Noyes Brothers
& Cutler in 1920, and he died in 1921.
520 __ $a Autograph album containing letters written in response to
Noyes requests for autographs, signatures clipped from letters and
franked envelopes, and other letters and documents. Most signers are
politicians and writers of the Civil War era, including William Lloyd
Garrison, Benjamin Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, and Henry M. Waite. Notes and additional documents
collected by family members are laid in.

600 10 $a Garrison, William Lloyd, $d 1805-1879 $v Autographs.

600 10 $a Harrison, Benjamin, $d 1833-1901 $v Autographs.
600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $v Autographs.
600 10 $a Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, $d 1807-1882 $v
Autographs.
600 10 $a Noyes, Charles P., $d 1842-1921 $v Autographs.
600 10 $a Waite, Henry Matson, $d 1787-1869 $v Autographs.
650 _0 $a Authors $z United States.
650 _0 $a Governors $z United States.
650 _0 $a Legislators $z United States.
650 _0 $a Politicians $z United States.
651 _0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v
Autographs.
655 _7 $a Autograph albums $z United States $y 19th century. $2 aat
655 _7 $a Autograph albums $z United States $y 20th century. $2 aat

100 1_ $a Traill, Thomas Stewart, $d 1781-1862, $e collector.

245 10 $a Thomas Stewart Traill Jacobite document collection, $f
1691-1749.
520 __ $a Album containing 22 mounted manuscripts and 2 printed
broadsides, all connected to support for the British House of Stuart and
almost all dating from the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. The first 19 are
numbered and identified as "Found in the secretary of a partizan of the
house of Stewart in 1745." Contents include proclamations issued by
Charles Edward Stuart on his arrival in Scotland; a 1742 letter
attributed to James, Prince of Wales (the "Old Pretender"); several
poems in support of the house of Stuart; an ode on the Stuart victory at
Gladsmuir (Prestonpans) and poems on the defeat at Culloden; a list of
Jacobite toasts; a 1691 letter of caption issued by William and Mary
against Hector MacKenzie; and a contemporary copy of "the Late E. of
Argylls speech" before his execution in June, 1685.

600 10 $a Argyll, Archibald Campbell, $c Earl of, $d 1629-1685.

600 00 $a Charles Edward, $c Prince, grandson of James II, King of
England, $d 1720-1788.
600 00 $a Charles Edward, $c Prince, grandson of James II, King of
England, $d 1720-1788 $v Poetry.
600 00 $a James, $c Prince of Wales, $d 1688-1766.
600 10 $a Traill, Thomas Stewart, $d 1781-1862.
650 _0 $a Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746.
650 _0 $a Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746.
650 _0 $a Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 $v Poetry.
650 _0 $a Jacobites.
650 _0 $a Jacobites $v Poetry.
650 _0 $a Monmouths Rebellion, 1685.
651 _0 $a Great Britain $x History $y 1660-1714.
651 _0 $a Great Britain $x History $y 1714-1837.
651 _0 $a Scotland $x History $y 1660-1688.
651 _0 $a Scotland $x History $y 1689-1745.
692 14 $a Traill, Thomas Stewart, $d 1781-1862. $x Bookplate.

Single-Item or Collection-Level Description?

Example documentary forms include:

Scrapbooks

Autograph books

Bound collections of documents

Extra-illustrated books

Single items with accompanying material

100 0_ $a Buffalo Bill, $d 1846-1917.

245 10 $a Buffalo Bill letter : $b Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph
Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, $f 1896 May 23.
545 __ $a Buffalo Bill was employed as a scout by the United States
5th Cavalry, 1868-1872. In 1869 he participated in the Battle of Summit
Springs, Colorado, in which the 5th Cavalry defeated Cheyenne
Indians.
520 __ $a Autograph letter, signed, responding to Joseph
Witherspoon Cooks interest in a Dakota Indian boy taken prisoner by
the United States Army at the Battle of Summit Springs. Buffalo Bill
discusses actions of United States soldiers and himself in the battle,
capture of the boy by Pawnee scouts employed by General Eugene A.
Carr, and removal of the boy and other Indian prisoners to Fort
Sedgwick, Colorado. He briefly discusses white captives held by
Cheyenne Indians. The letter is written on pictorial letterhead of Buffalo
Bills Wild West Company.

600 00
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650 _0
650 _0
651 _0
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$a Buffalo Bill, $d 1846-1917.

$a Carr, Eugene A.
$a Cook, Joseph Witherspoon, $d 1836-1902.
$a Buffalo Bills Wild West Company.
$a United States. $b Army. $b Cavalry, 5th.
$a Cheyenne Indians $x Wars, 1868-1869.
$a Indian captivities $z Colorado.
$a Summit Springs, Battle of, Colo., 1869.
$a Fort Sedgwick (Colo.)
$a Letterheads $z West (U.S) $y 19th century. $2

Single Item or Add to Intentionally-Assembled

Collection?
Example documentary forms include:

Letters

Literary manuscripts

Fragments of manuscripts

Photographs

Drawings

Ephemera

Access Points

Specific terms, codes, concepts and names for which specialized indexes are created.

Six broad categories:

Names

Places

Subjects

Documentary forms

Occupations

Functions

It is a local decision as to which names, terms and concepts found in a description will be
included as formal access points
The standard format of such terms can be developed locally, but preferably will be taken
from standard thesauri.or will be recorded following the rules in Part III. (DACS, p. 117197)

110 2_ $a Austin & Laurens.

245 10 $a Austin & Laurens account book, $f 1750 April1758 December.
520 __ $a Manuscript account book, in unidentified
handwriting, for Austin & Laurens, in Charleston, South
Carolina, recording purchases and sales. Includes
accounts relating to the sale of slaves.
600 10 $a Laurens, Henry, $d 1724-1792.
610 20 $a Austin & Laurens.
650 _0 $a Slave trade $z South Carolina $z Charleston.
655 _7 $a Account books $z South Carolina $z
Charleston $y 18th century. $2 aat

100 1_ $a Ogden, David L. $q (David Longworth), $d 1792-1863.

245 10 $a Thoughts on men and things. $n Vol. VI, $f 1850 December
29-1862 May 14.
520 __ $a Holograph diary. Entries concern preaching engagements
during his retirement, impressions of other ministers, interpretation of
Scripture, and religious life in New Haven. Also discussed are
circumstances of his dismissal from churches in Southington and
Marlboro, his opinions on abolition, and relations between abolitionists
and Congregational clergy.
600 10
650 _0
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Diaries.
650 _0
651 _0
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656 _7
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$a Ogden, David L. $q (David Longworth), $d 1792-1863.

$a Clergy $z Connecticut.
$a Congregational churches $z Connecticut $x Clergy $v
$a Slavery and the church $z Connecticut.
$a New Haven (Conn.) $x Religion.
$a Diaries $z Connecticut $z New Haven $y 19th century. $2
$a Clergy $z Connecticut $z New Haven $y 19th century. $2

100 1_ $a Dalling, John.

245 10 $a Observations on the present state of the island of Jamaica,
$f 1774 May 14.
520 __ $a Manuscript, in an unidentified hand, of a detailed
description of the geography, population, economy, government, and
social organization of Jamaica by John Dalling. Topics include
agriculture, the sugar trade and the mechanics of a typical sugar
plantation, slavery and slave customs, and relations between the races.
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$a Dalling, John.
$a Plantation life $z Jamaica.
$a Slaveholders $z Jamaica.
$a Slavery $z Jamaica.
$a Sugar trade $z Jamaica.
$a Jamaica $x Description and travel.
$a Jamaica $x Economic conditions.
$a Jamaica $x Race relations.
$a Jamaica $x Social life and customs.

Dates

Take date information from any reliable source (DACS 2.4.2, p.25)

Include year, month, and day, as appropriate

Use a consistent format (DACS 2.4.3-2.4.16, p. 25-28)

Avoid use of undated for single manuscript cataloging

If no information is available, supply or estimate a date

Types of Dates (DACS 2.4, p. 24)

Date of creation

Date of record-keeping activity

Date of publication

Date of broadcast

Creation: Single Date vs. Span

Use a single date or span of dates for creation of the original manuscript
Examples:
245 10 $a Buffalo Bill letter : $b Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph
Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, $f 1896 May 23.
245 10 $a John Newell account book, $f 1758-1823.

Give dates of later annotations in the Scope and Content or Note Element

Record-keeping: Contents vs. Acquisition or

Transcription

Give span dates of the contents of a scrapbook, album, or other collection of

documents

If dates of acquisition and assembly by the original collector are important,

give these in the Scope and Content or Note Element

Consider also giving bulk dates.

Example:
100 1_ $a Noyes, Charles P., $d 1842-1921.
245 10 $a Charles P. Noyes autograph album, $f 1772-1926 $g (bulk
circa 1860-1900).

For a copy of an original manuscript, give date of transcription.

Example:
100 1_ $a Hagerman, James John, $d 1838-1909.
245 10 $a James John Hagerman : $b memoirs of his life, $f 20th century
/ $c written by himself at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1908.
Give the date of original manuscript in the Scope and Content or Note
Element, if not already present in the title.

Publication: Creation vs. Imprint

Publication and copyright dates can be used to supply or estimate a year of

creation for an undated manuscript

Give copyright and publication information in the Scope and Content or Note
Element
Example:
100 1_ $a Lear, Edward, $d 1812-1888.
245 10 $a Illustrated excursions in Italy, $f 1846 / $c by Edward Lear.
520 __ $a Page proofs (London: Charles MLean, 1846)

Broadcast: Creation vs. Delivery

Dates of delivery of a speech or other presentation can be used to supply or

estimate a year of creation for an undated manuscript

Give date of delivery in the Scope and Content or Note Element, if not
already present in the title
Example:
100 1_ $a Denne, John, $d ca. 1725-1800.
245 10 $a Four manuscript sermons : $b composed and preached in the
years 1790, 91, and 92 : Copford, $f 1792.

Supplying or Estimating Dates

Supplied date
Obtain from an external source
Consult biographies, bibliographies, historical sources

Estimated date
Infer from internal evidence
Look for dates mentioned in text
Examine physical artifact for clues

If no sources are found, at least estimate a century

Extent

Take information from the manuscript itself, or from transfer documents

(DACS 2.5.2, p. 29)
DACS refers to AACR2 for detailed description of single items (DACS 2.5, p.
29)
Record a quantity, material type, page count, and height in centimeters
For material type, use volume if the manuscript is bound or item for
unbound
Optionally, use leaves instead of pages if versos are blank
Round centimeters up
Example:
300 __ $a 1 $f volume (250 pages) ; $c 20 centimeters.

Optionally, include other physical characteristics, or describe these in a

Note Element, such as:
Illustrations
Binding or writing surface
Materials tipped in, laid in, or accompanying
Examples:
300 __ $a 1 $f volume (250 pages) ; $c 20 centimeters + $e 1 photograph.
300 __ $a 1 $f volume (250 pages) : $b illustrated ; $c 20 centimeters.
300 __ $a 1 $f volume (250 pages) : $b bound in vellum ; $c 20 centimeters.

Determining Page Counts

Record or supply a page count (AACR2 Chapter 4)

For pages numbered in more than one sequence, list each sequence as it
appears in the manuscript
For unnumbered pages, count pages and supply the number
Optionally, supply an estimate of unnumbered pages or all pages
Optionally:
Omit blank pages from page count or estimate
Describe details in the Scope and Content or Note Element

Examples:
300 __
300 __
300 __
300 __

$a 1 $f volume (250 pages) ; $c 20 centimeters.

$a 1 $f item (4 leaves) ; $c 16 x 20 centimeters.
$a 1 $f volume (vi, 24 leaves, 106 pages) ; $c 24 centimeters.
$a 1 $f volume (circa 300 pages) ; $c 22 centimeters.

Remaining Descriptive Elements: Issues Specific to

Single Manuscripts

Administrative/Biographical History (DACS 2.7, p. 34, and 10.1-10.36, p.

93-104)
Provides context for Scope and Content Element
Include:
Biographical information for people
Administrative history of corporate bodies
Publication or performance history of works

Notes (DACS 7.1, p. 77):

For information not accommodated by other elements
See AACR2 Chapter 4 for examples of notes for single items

Optionally, incorporate some or all of Administrative/Biographical History,

Scope and Content, and Note Elements in a single narrative in the Scope
and Content Element

Notes
Consider making Notes about:

Source of a transcribed title, if other than a title page

Dates of:
Publication or copyright appearing on a literary manuscript
Delivery of a speech or other presentation
Originals from which a copy was made
Annotations
Acquisition and assembly of bound collections
Accompanying material
Details of complex page counts
Illustrations
Handwritings
Unusual writing implements, writing surfaces, or bindings

Remaining Descriptive Elements: Issues Specific to

Single Manuscripts (Continued)

Specialized Notes: Citation (DACS 7.1.5, p. 78)

Specifies a preferred form of citation for the manuscript
Optionally, simplify authoritative forms of names and titles

Custodial History (DACS 5.1, p. 59-60)

Records information about past owners
Derived from marks of ownership on the manuscript, or external sources

Publication Note (DACS 6.4, p. 75)

Cites published information about the manuscript
Especially consider citing sources that provide significant description,
transcription, or context beyond the manuscript itself

Remaining Descriptive Elements: Issues Similar to

Collections

Reference Code (DACS 2.1, p. 13-15)

Name and Location of Repository (DACS 2.2, p. 16)
Conditions Governing Access (DACS 4.1, p. 43-45)
Physical Access (DACS 4.2, p. 46-47)
Technical Access (DACS 4.3, p. 48-49)
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use (DACS 4.4, p. 50-53)
Languages and Scripts of the Material (DACS 4.5, p. 54-55)
Immediate Source of Acquisition (DACS 5.2, p. 61-62)
Existence and Location of Originals (DACS 6.1, p. 69-70)
Existence and Location of Copies (DACS 6.2, p. 71-72)
Related Archival Materials (DACS 6.3, p. 73-74)
Description Control (DACS 8.1, p. 81-82)

Remaining Descriptive Elements: Unlikely to be Used

for Single Manuscripts

System of Arrangement (DACS 3.2, p. 40-42)

Finding Aids (DACS 4.6, p. 56-58)

Appraisal, Destruction, and Scheduling Information (DACS 5.3, p. 6365)

Accruals (DACS 5.4, p. 66-67)

Preparation for Cataloging

Does the manuscript meet your repositorys criteria for single item
cataloging?

How much time will you spend on:

Examining the manuscript
Research in external sources
Creating the catalog record

Examining the Manuscript

Review any existing descriptions

Examine the whole manuscript, especially looking at:

Cover, spine, pastedowns

Annotations, inscriptions, bookplates, stamps, labels
Pages preceding and following text
Beginning and end of text
Major divisions of text
Drawings, maps, photographs, other visual material
Tipped in, laid in, accompanying material

Based on your examination:

Does this manuscript meet your repositorys criteria for individual
cataloging?
What kinds of name, title, subject, and documentary form access are
most important to your staff and readers?

What to Look For

What is the documentary form or forms?

What is the date or date span?

Who created the manuscript? Are there other associated names?

For what purpose(s) was it created?

Who has owned or used it?

For what purpose(s) has it been used?

Is any part of the text a known work?

Has the work been published? When? In what versions?
What version of the work is represented in the manuscript? Is it
complete?
Was the manuscript created by the author of the work, or is the
manuscript a copy made by someone else?

Consulting External Sources

Consult sources such as:

Published editions of the manuscript

Descriptions by former owners, vendors, or donors
Biographical sources
Bibliographies of authors works
Reference sources concerning historical periods and events
Published editions of works represented in the manuscript

Look for information that will affect the most important access points

Set time limit for external research

Assembling Descriptive Information

Identify at least:
Documentary form
Language
Time period
Physical extent
Try to identify, as appropriate:
Creator(s)
Title(s) appearing on manuscript
Author, uniform title, and version of a literary work
Dates or date span
Place of creation
Subject content
Associated names
Evidence of ownership and use
Determine research values and appropriate level of detail for description
and access
If you are not familiar with the documentary form, time period, subject
matter, language, script, or handwriting, consider asking a specialist for help

Required Elements

Minimum level (DACS, p. 8)

Reference Code
Name and Location of Repository
Title
Date
Extent
Name of Creator
Scope and Content: minimal
Conditions Governing Access
Language and Scripts of the Material
Optimum (DACS, p. 9)
All elements above
Administrative/Biographical History
Scope and Content: full
Access points
Added Value (DACS, p. 9)
All elements above
Any other desired elements

Creating a Minimum-Level Catalog Record

Include all of the following elements:

Name of Creator: use authoritative form (DACS, chapters 12-14, p. 119197), or omit if unidentified
Title: transcribe (use AACR2) or supply
Date: record, supply, or estimate
Extent: quantity, type, page count, measurement (use AACR2)
Scope and Content: briefly describe documentary form characteristics and
subject content
Conditions Governing Access: state whether the material open or closed
to readers
Language and Scripts of the Material: include any specialized language
knowledge needed for use
Reference Code: assign a call number or shelf location
Name and Location of Repository: use a consistent format

Creating a Detailed Catalog Record

Add (for DACS Optimum Level):
Administrative/Biographical History: Provide context for Scope and
Content
Omit if the creator is unidentified, or if no information about the creator
is found
Scope and Content: full description, justifying access points
Access points, as appropriate (DACS, chapters 12-14):
Personal, corporate, and geographic names: Library of Congress
Authority File (LCAF)
Uniform titles: (LCAF)
Topical subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Documentary forms: national thesauri, such as Getty Art and
Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
Consider adding, as appropriate (for DACS Added Value Level):
Custodial History: marks of ownership, or other known history
Immediate Source of Acquisition: use consistent format
Existence and Location of Copies: photocopies, microfilm, digital images
Description Control: DACS compliance code (dacs), name of cataloger,
date of cataloging
Other elements, such as Citation Note and Publications
Notes (see AACR2 Chapter 4)

OPAC Display and Indexing Issues

In your repositorys catalog:

How can readers search for manuscript material?

How are titles and uniform titles indexed?
How are local subject headings indexed?
How are fields arranged and labeled in the OPAC display?

Consider capabilities of your OPAC when making local decisions about:

Use of descriptive elements beyond those required by DACS

Use of fixed field codes
Standard wording for supplied titles
Standard wording for other descriptive fields
Use of LCSH subdivisions for documentary form, time period, and
geographic area
Use of local subject headings in addition to LCSH

Local MARC Cataloging Decisions: Examples

Identification of manuscript material for search limits

Leader/Record Type = p

Uniform title indexing

245 10 $a Our town, $f 1938 / $c by Thornton Wilder.
or
240 10 $a Our town
245 10 $a Drafts for my new play, $f 1938.
or
700 1_ $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1882-1945. $t Our town.

Variant title indexing

245 10 $a Our town, $f 1938 / $c by Thornton Wilder.
246 3_ $a Drafts for my new play
500 __ $a Spine title: Drafts for my new play.

Analytic title indexing

245 10 $a Our town, $f 1938 / $c by Thornton Wilder.
520 __ $a Accompanied by a holograph draft of a radio presentation
titled Thornton Wilder Reads From His New Play.
740 _2 $a Thornton Wilder reads from his new play.

Local MARC Cataloging Decisions: Examples

(Continued)

Identification of manuscript material in general material designation subfield;

also possibly useful for keyword searching
245 10 $a Our town $h [manuscript], $f 1938 / $c by Thornton Wilder.

Consistent wording for identification of manuscript material in Scope and

Content Element; also possibly useful in keyword searching
520 __ $a Typescript draft, with holograph corrections of an early version
of Our town

Consistent citation form

524 __ $a Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Draft, 1938. Yale Collection of
American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Local MARC Cataloging Decisions: Examples

(Continued)

Subject indexing: separate Wilder manuscript material in truncated subject

search
600 10 $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975 $v Archives.
600 10 $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975 $v Manuscripts.

Subject indexing: separate headings by time period in truncated subject

search
650 _0 $a Authors, American $y 20th century.
655 _7 $a Playscripts $z United States $y 20th century. $2 aat

Local provenance subject heading indexing

692 14 $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975 $x Bookplate.
692 14 $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975 $x Ownership.
692 14 $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975 $x Ms. notes.
692 14 $a Wilder, Thornton, $d 1897-1975 $x Presentation inscription.

Added text following OPACs label Other formats available, identifying type
of other format; text can be hotlinked in OPAC
856 41 $3 Digital images $u [url] (catalog record)
Other formats available: Digital images (OPAC display)