Creating Folder Titles
Always capitalize the first word in each folder title. If the original folder title If the majority of folders have titles supplied by the creator accurately describes folder contentsdonor, retain that title (e.g., Correspondence, 1969). Add any additional pertinent information in brackets (e.g., those titles (and say so in the scope and content note). Add your own additions to donor titles, or pertinent information, in brackets
EXAMPLE: 4.7. Scrapbook [Erasmus Hall High School], 1937). .
In such a situation, folders where you create the title should be denoted by quotations or brackets.
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If only a few or no folder titles were supplied by the donor, create your own folder titles. In this situation, any folder titles created by the donor should be demarcated by quotation marks. This should also be spelled out in the scope and content note.
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If the material is undated or a folder contains dated as well as undated material, "n.d." should appear after the title, following the dated material (e.g.,
EXAMPLE: 5.3. Correspondence, 1968, n.d.).
If you can provide an approximate date for materials, write the date using "ca." for circa (e.g., , and DO NOT put a space between the period and the year.
EXAMPLE: 6.9. Cape Cod Fish Net Industries publicity contacts in New York City, notes, ca.1939).
Keep folder titles simple. They should not contain extensive information about formats or context already provided in the scope and content note. In other words, if the scope and content note states that most folders in an "Engagements" series contain correspondence, notes, programs, clippings, etc., it is unnecessary to repeat the listing of genres in each folder title. However, you may point out items that fall outside the scope of listed materials for that group (e.g., "includes diary").
Always capitalize the first word in each folder title.
Labeling Folders With Descriptive Headings
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