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In such a situation, folders where you create the title should also be denoted by quotations or brackets.

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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").

You WILL want to point out notable content in folders. If a folder has been titled "Correspondence 1902" by the donor, and you find it contains love letters, say so in the folder title. If a folder is primarily about a trip to California, and also contains commentary on the suffrage battle there, say so.

If a diary is entirely about a person's health and the weather, but one day also details the death of President Kennedy, you can note the entry about JFK at the folder level, and more generally describe the quotidian nature of the diary in the Scope and Content.

See the stylesheet for more detail about colons, semicolons, and how to structure folder titles with added comments about content.

Always capitalize the first word in each folder title.

 

Labeling Folders With Descriptive Headings 

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