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Genre term Scope note Archival description count Authority record count
television programs 80 0
16mm (photographic film size)acetate film 1 0
black-and-white prints (photographs) 1 0
children's portraits 1 0
studio portraits 2 0
sheep raising 1 0
portrait photography 7 0
Ovis (genus) 1 0
headshots 6 0
school yearbooks 1 0
corpses 1 0
occupational uniform 1 0
academic gowns 4 0
medical laboratories (built works) 1 0
military uniforms 6 0
badges 5 0
military badge 5 0
embroidery (visual works) 5 0
insignia badge 5 0
interviews transcripts 2 0
oral histories (literary genre) 2 0
realia
  • Specifically, in library classification systems, realia are physical objects that are not the books, periodicals, or sound recordings typically cataloged by libraries.
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research (documents)
  • Recorded results of diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject made to discover or revise facts, theories, or applications.
24 0
negatives (photographs) (1)
  • Photographs in which the tones or colors are reversed from their appearance in nature, usually on a transparent support of celluloid, acetate, or on paper, intended for the purpose of producing positive prints. For finished prints in which tones or colors are reversed, see "negative prints." When a glass plate is painted or drawn on and a photographic print made from it, use "clichés-verre."
14 0
black-and-white negatives
  • Refers to negatives whose images are composed of gray tones, black, and white or clear areas; may include one hue as a result of process, toning, or discoloration.
32 0
ambrotypes (photographs)
  • Photographs produced by mounting a negative (made by a variant of the wet collodion process) that is on glass with a dark backing, which makes the image appear as a positive. Came into wide use in the United States in the early 1850s.
1 0
photographic prints

Use for: 35mm photographic prints on paper

  • Opaque photographs, usually positive (i.e., reproducing appearances without tonal reversal, otherwise use "negative prints"), usually on paper, and generally, but not always, printed from a negative.
1 0
slides (photographs) (1)
  • Positive transparencies in mounts suitable for projection, usually 35mm film in a mount of 2 by 2 inches. An image on film or glass, usually positive, intended to be viewed by means of light passing through the image and base using a viewer or projector.
25 0
color slides
  • Photographic slides having images composed of more than one hue, plus the neutral tones. For slides having a range of tones within one hue, see "black-and-white slides."
72 0
aerial photographs
  • Photographs of the earth taken from aircraft. For photographs taken from beyond the earth's atmosphere, use
18 0
panoramic photographs 1 0
black-and-white photographs
  • Refers to a broad class of photographs having images in gray tones, black, and white, and sometimes one hue (which can result from chemical processes used, including toning, or from aging).
1665 0
broadsides
  • Sizeable single-sheet notices or advertisements printed on one or both sides, often chiefly textual rather than pictorial, and printed to be read unfolded. For the format in which the sheet is not folded, use "broadsheet (format)." For folded sheets having printed matter that generally does not cross the folds, use "folders (printed matter)."
0 0
rare books
  • Books that are valuable due to their actual or prospective rarity, specifically books distinguished by an early publication date, limited issue, historical interest, or a special characteristic of the edition or binding, for example having been signed by the artist or containing special illustrations. This designation typically includes books that are collected by a special collections department, archives, or museum, as opposed to books that are available to casual readers on the shelves of a public library.
7 0
powers of attorney
  • Legal instruments authorizing one to act as the attorney or agent of the grantor, either generally for the management of a specified enterprise or, specifically, for the accomplishment of a particular transaction.
1 0
stock certificates
  • Certificates of a corporation or joint stock company that a named person is owner of the designated number of shares of stock.
2 0
works of art

Use for: artwork, art

  • Works of art in any medium, including performance art. A work of art may exist as a part of a larger object, e.g., a mural painting or a painting on a piece of furniture. When referring to the study or practice of the fine arts or the fine and decorative arts together, use "art." In reference to pieces of fine or decorative arts as collectables rather than museum objects, in English use either "art objects" or the French term "objets d'art," which emphasizes this meaning.
76 0
stereoviewers (wheel type viewers)
  • A stereoscopic viewing device that uses a wheel or reel of slides to present two images, isolated for each eye, that together create a three-dimensional optical effect. Invented by William Gruber in 1938 as an educational device, it has been marketed as a children's toy since that time under the trademarked name "View-Master." For the device used to view individual stereo cards, popular in the 19th century, use "stereoscopes."
1 0
prayers (literary genre)
  • Reverent petitions made to a deity or other spiritual entity.
1 0
scores (documents for music)
  • Original and entire drafts or transcripts of musical compositions or arrangements. Typically having the parts of all the different instruments or voices written on staffs one above another, so that they can be read at a glance.
0 0
poetry
  • Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms.
0 0
permissions
  • Documents that provide authorization or permission.
1 0
paper money
  • Officially circulating media of exchange manufactured from paper; used in Asia from the 8th century and issued in Europe from the 17th century.
1 0
narratives (literary works)
  • Literary works emphasizing a story or sequence of events, given in order and with the establishing of connections between them.
0 0
Models, Anatomic

Use for: moulages

  • Three-dimensional representation to show anatomic structures. Models may be used in place of intact animals or organisms for teaching, practice, and study.
2 0
legal notices
  • Announcements required by law to be given for a specific purpose or case; typically required to be published in a newspaper or posted in a court house.
1 0
landscapes (representations)
  • Creative works, usually two-dimensional, depicting an outdoor scene dominated by the land, hills, fields, sky, trees, fields, rivers or other bodies of water, and other natural elements. Landscapes may include a near point of view in the foreground, but also usually depict a view into the distance. Landscapes may contain architecture or figures, but the primary focus remains the land. When an ocean, sea, or other large body of water dominates the picture, use "seascapes." For actual areas of land rather than depictions, use "landscapes (environments)."
0 0
diplomas
  • Formal documents conferring some honor, degree, or privilege, especially those bearing record of graduation from or a degree conferred by an educational institution.
4 0
cityscapes (representations)
  • Refers to creative works that depict settlements that may be considered cities, which are large or important communities with population, status, and internal complexity greater than most towns in the region. For creative works depicting towns, use "townscapes (representations)."
0 0
deeds
  • Documents, usually executed under seal, containing a conveyance, especially of real estate.
1 0
obituaries
  • Published notices of a death, usually with a brief biography of the deceased.
4 0
group portraits
  • Portraits depicting two or more individuals.
41 0
family portraits
  • Portraits that depict two or more sitters that share kinship.
2 0
portraits (2)
  • Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness, usually including the face of the person. For representations intended to be anonymous, or of fictional or mythological characters, see "figures (representations)."
217 0
medical equipment
  • Instruments or apparatuses that aid the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and injuries used in the practice of medicine.
8 0
proclamations
  • Documents that are publicly announced or officially declared; especially a public notice by an official of some order, intended action, or state of facts.
1 0
marriage certificates
  • Certificates which serve as evidence of marriage, and are executed by the persons officiating at the marriage.
1 0
loan (method of acquisition)
  • Method of acquiring property for temporary use, with or without the payment of interest.
1 0
land grants
  • Official documents from a government to an individual conveying fee simple title to public lands.
7 0
conveyances
  • Documents, such as deeds, by which title to property is conveyed from one person to another.
5 0
state government records
  • Records made or received by an agency of a state government and maintained in the conduct of state government business.
19 0
loans (property)
  • A thing or money, the use of which by another party is allowed for a time, on the understanding that it shall be returned or an equivalent given; often let out at interest, meaning payment must be made for the use of the thing or money.
1 0
judicial records
  • Records of a tribunal established for the administration of justice.
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property (legal concept)
  • Anything that can be owned, tangible or intangible.
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certification
  • Officially attesting that something is valid or meets a standard, or, with regard to people, that a standard degree of qualification has been met.
3 0
oaths
  • Any forms of attestation, written or verbal, by which persons signify that they are bound in conscience to perform an act faithfully and truthfully; also affirmations of the truth of a statement given before testifying, as in a court of law.
3 0
testimonies
  • Solemn declarations, written or verbal; usually made orally by a witness under oath in response to interrogation by a lawyer or authorized public official, then reduced to writing for the record.
2 0
legal instruments
  • Documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement, for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right. For documents having legal relevance in general, use "legal documents."
3 0
authorization
  • Giving sanction to an action or object, as done by a valid authority.
1 0
promissory notes
  • Unconditional written promises to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determined future time, a certain sum of money to, or to the order of, a specified person or to the bearer.
1 0
promises to pay
  • Written, negotiable documents that contain promises of payment.
1 0
money (objects) (1)
  • Objects that serve as media of exchange and are in general circulation, and by common agreement used as payment for goods and services and for the settlement of debts.
6 0
government records (1)
  • Records made or received by an agency of government and maintained in the conduct of government business.
5 0
estate inventories
  • Lists, catalogs, accounts, or schedules, made by an estate executor or administrator of the tangible and intangible property of the estate, describing the items or classes of property so as to be identifiable and usually placing a value on each.
3 0
summonses
  • Instruments delivered by a sheriff or other appropriate party, notifying a person that a court action has been commenced against the person and that the person is required to appear in court on the day named to answer the complaint.
1 0
contracts
  • Documents, enforceable by law, embodying agreements between two or more competent parties to do or not to do something, and specifying the terms and conditions of the agreement.
6 0
compensation (economic concept)
  • Something given or received in return for goods or services, or as settlement of a debt or injury.
61 0
probate records
  • Records generated by probate courts, which have general powers over the probate of wills, administration of estates, and, in some states, over the appointment of guardians or the adoption of minors.
50 0
invoices
  • Documents showing items supplied, together with the prices charged for each; also, itemized bills or accounts.
46 0
lecture notes
  • Notes made with reference to a lecture, both those from which the lecturer speaks, and those taken by people in attendance.
7 0
broadcast advertising
  • advertising via the broadcast media of radio or television.
1 0
reporting
  • Generally, giving an account. In the context of journalism, gathering and writing, or narrating by phone or broadcast, news events for newspapers, radio, or television.
1 0
blank forms
  • Forms -- which are formulary documents that arrange particular information in a prescribed sequence and format -- that are created with blank spaces, lines, boxes, data entry fields, or other means to prompt users of the form to fill in the particular information. Blank forms may be handwritten, printed, typed, or online. When indexing, this term may be used for such forms whether or not they have been filled in by a user of the form.
0 0
periodical indexes
  • Indexes to one or more volumes of a periodical.
1 0
Case Reports
  • Annotation This heading is used as a Publication Type. permitted for veterinary case reports but not for historical articles; Case reports as a form of writing are indexed under MEDICAL RECORDS or specific records term (IM). CATALOGER: do not use for institutional case reports. Use instead the heading ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES Scope Note Clinical presentations that may be followed by evaluative studies that eventually lead to a diagnosis.
1 0
office files
  • Records kept by public officials or other persons relating to their official duties, but not necessarily readily available to the public. For private documents belonging to individuals, use "personal papers."
0 0
identity cards
  • Cards issued by a government or other authority that verifies the identity of those that carry them. These usually have photographs affixed to them and include personal and descriptive information.
1 0
timetables
  • Refers to schedules that show specific times at which certain events are expected or intended to occur.
0 0
lunch bags 1 0
photocopies
  • General term for copies produced by photocopying, that is, in a machine employing a light-sensitive process, and usually at a one-to-one scale. In the early to mid-20th century, used regarding copies made by various specific processes; since the mid-20th century, most often refers to xerographic copies.
1 0
receipts (financial records)
  • Written acknowledgment of the receiving or taking of goods or money delivered or paid.
38 0
brochures
  • Printed or graphic material intended for promotional or publicity purposes, such as small printed works describing the features or amenities of a place, an organization, or other concern.
21 0
documents (object genre)
  • Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, "documents" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see "documentation (function)." For specfic types of documents, see concepts under "document genres."
1 0
bulletins
  • A serial publication issued by an organization or society, especially a short account, alert, or report of public news or events issued by authority.
1 0
résumés (personnel records)
  • Brief records of one's personal history, career, qualifications, and experience, such as that submitted with a job application.
1 0
research notes
  • In any field, notes made in the course of creative, scholarly, or scientific inquiry.
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leaflets (printed works)
  • Small printed works consisting of one small-sized leaf of paper folded and not stitched or bound, containing printed matter, chiefly for gratuitous distribution.
2 0
personal correspondence
  • Correspondence, typically written letters or notes, from one person to another.
6 0
envelopes
  • Rectangular, flat containers made of flexible material that is folded to produce overlapping seams that are adhered together on two or three edges; often with a flag closure, and intended for small objects or documents.
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greeting cards
  • Cards often imprinted with messages and suitable illustrations, sent or given on special occasions or holidays.
11 0
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