Collection-level Manuscript Cataloging Manual

When to use this manual: 

This manual should be used when the archivist is describing a collection of material and using archival content standards. The collection will almost always have a finding aid, whether it's full file-level or collection-level description. 

Historical overview

General considerations before beginning the MARC record

Guidelines for working with Extra-illustrated volumes

Fields in the bibliographic record

Suggested order of MARC variable fields

Fields in the holdings record

Item record creation

Example of collection-level MARC record