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  546 __ Language(s) of the item or collection; $b script or alphabet used, if nonroman non-Roman or coded (e.g. “In Turkish; written in Arabic”).

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  • Ambiguous statements of responsibility: 1E9, 7B5.4
  • Byname By name not used as title: 1B6, 7B3.7

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  • Name in statement of responsibility struck out or written in a different hand: 1E2.3, 7B5.4
  • Nonroman Non-Roman or coded writing system: 0F2.1, 7B8.2

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  • With/Bound-with notes: 7B18.1

  6xx xx: Subject headings: Archivists use subject headings partly to group together manuscripts on similar topics, and also to capture what we have relating to people in various occupations. So in addition to the usual headings, consider adding a subject heading such as Lawyers—[place] if the creator is a lawyer. We have a lot of manuscripts by actors and actresses, so it’s worth adding a subject heading for them when you come across them.

 655655_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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$3 Type of material, e.g. manuscript, galley proofs, etc.

   

 583 583 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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$k Agent [Last name, First name]

$x Non-public note

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

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