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C. Holdings record fields

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Leader

Record status: n

Type of Record: t (for manuscript text) or p (for mixed material)

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Type of Control: a

Cataloging form: a

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Publication Status [i.e. type of date(s) for the collection]: m for a range of dates, s for a single date, q for questionable date(s)

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Cataloging Source: d


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040 __  NIC $b eng $c NIC $e dcrmmss

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655_7 Form/genre (with $2 aat or $2 rbgenr at end, depending on whether the term you're using comes from the Art & Architecture Thesaurus or from RBMS Genre Terms)

 

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541 0_ Immediate source of acquisition:

$8 Field link and sequence number, beginning with 1.1\a for the first one

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$3 Type of material, e.g. manuscript, galley proofs, etc.

583 0_ Actions taken :  

$8 Field link and sequence number, beginning with 1.2\a for the first 583 field, if you have used 1.1\a for the first 541 field; for details, see Procedure 91, Details on Fields used in Manuscript Cataloging

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$3 Type of material, e.g. manuscripts, photographs, etc.

 

852 8_ Call number: $b rmc $k Archives $h collection number $m size designation (if other than "regular")

For bound manuscripts, add "Bd. Ms." at the end of the call number, but before the size designation.

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