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DCRM(MSS) Area 1A (Preliminary rules), Kate, Fall 2009 (version 6a)

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1. Title, Statement of Responsibility, and Date Area

 

 

Contents:

1A. Preliminary rule

1B. Title

1C. Statements of responsibility

1D. Date of creation 

 

 

1A Preliminary rule

 

1A1. Prescribed punctuation

 

 

This section describes prescribed punctuation for an ISBD catalog record. For an ISAD(G) description of an item in an archival finding aid, or in a document in another format, apply the punctuation appropriate to that format.

 

 

For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 0E. 

 

 

Precede each parallel title by an equals sign.

 

 

Precede each unit of other title information in a formal title by a colon.

 

 

Precede the first statement of responsibility by a diagonal slash.

 

 

Precede each subsequent statement of responsibility by a semicolon.

 

 

Precede the date by a comma.

 

 

1A2. Required elements

 

A title and date are required elements and must be supplied if they do not appear on the manuscript or other sources. A statement of responsibility must be recorded only when it appears on the manuscript. If a statement of responsibility does not appear on the manuscript, record the creator's name in the title statement if it is a work for which a formal title is not appropriate or customarily used (see 1B1.2), or in a note.

 

1A3. Sources of information 

 

The prescribed source of information for the title and date elements is the manuscript itself, or any reliable reference source concerning the manuscript. The prescribed source of information for the statement of responsibility is the manuscript itself.

 

1A4. Devised titles versus formal titles

 

1A4.1. Devised titles. Manuscript material that takes the form of letters, contracts, diaries, legal documents, etc., is customarily untitled. Titles for these works must in most cases be devised by the archivist or cataloger. Consult 1B1 for rules on how to devise titles if none exist.

 

          Paymaster book and army regulations

 

1A4.2. Formal titles. Manuscript material that takes the form of literary, historical, scientific, etc. works may have existing, or formal, titles. These titles are usually assigned to the work by its creator either at the time of writing or during the publication process. They may also be assigned to the work later by scholars, owners of the manuscript, or previous catalogers. Formal titles may be found on a title page or in reference sources. Consult 1B2 for rules on how to record formal titles.

 

          The frolick's, or, The lawyer cheated : an new comedey, the first coppy                       

 

1A5. Creator versus statement of responsibility.

 

1A5.1. Creator. Most manuscript material, particularly letters, contracts, diaries, and legal documents, lack a formal statement (such as that found on a title page) of the person or persons responsible for the intellectual or artistic content. In these cases the name of the creator may be supplied as part of the devised title. For information on recording creator information, see 1B1.

 

George Cruikshank drawings

 

John Whiting orderly book

 

1A5.2. Statement of responsibility

 

If information on the person or persons responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of the manuscript is formally presented on the title page or colophon of the manuscript, record this information as the statement of responsibility element. Do not supply a statement of responsibility if it does not appear in the manuscript. For information on transcribing statements of responsibility, see 1C. 

 

 Vorlesungen über Varationsrechnung / gehalten von Prof. Dr. Weierstrass

 

1A6. Form and order of information 

 

1A6.1. ISBD description

 

For an ISBD record for a manuscript with a title page or colophon, transcribe the title and statement of responsibility information in the form and order in which it is presented in the source, unless instructed otherwise by specific rules.

 

For an ISBD record for a manuscript without a title page or colophon, there is no prescribed form or order of information. Give a title that most accurately identifies the item. 

 

Histoire de la famille Bonheur jusqu'au 1849

(Comment: formal title)

 

Photograph album on India

               (Comment: devised title)

 

1A6.2. ISAD(G) description. For an ISAD(G) description, there is no prescribed form or order of information. Give a title that most accurately identifies the item within the context of the finding aid hierarchy.

 

 

 [NEED ARCHIVAL TITLE EXAMPLES]

 

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