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Genre term Scope note Archival description count Authority record count
programs (documents)

Use for: Programs

  • Brief outlines or explanations of the order to be pursued, criteria for participation, or the subjects embraced in a given event or endeavor. Includes lists of the features composing a dramatic or other performance, with the names of participants.
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menus
  • Lists of dishes to be served or available for meals.
2 0
invitations
  • Engraved, printed, or written expressions requesting a person's company at a certain event at a given time and place.
3 0
conceptual drawings
  • Designates architectural drawings done early in the design process; often not to scale and may include diagrammatic elements.
1 0
architectural drawings (visual works)

Use for: Architectural drawings, architectural drawings

  • Drawings of architecture and drawings for architectural projects, whether the project was executed or not. The term may also refer to any image in a two-dimensional medium that serves this same purpose, including prints and computer images.
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appointment books
  • Books for recording engagements; usually containing calendars.
2 0
medical records
  • Records detailing the medical history and treatments conducted by individuals with a medical practitioner or in an institution such as a hospital or clinic.
1 0
certificates
  • Documents giving authoritative recognition of a fact, qualification, or promise.
16 0
phonograph records
  • Discs (formerly cylinders) of shellac, polyvinyl chloride, or other substances so prepared that sound is reproduced when played on a phonograph player.
1 0
faculty papers
  • Collections of materials including teaching material, publications, conference papers, research files, information about grants, curricula, and other materials related to the scholarly and teaching activities of the faculty at a given school or university.
1 0
reprints
  • New impressions of an edition of a printed publication using the same setting-up of type or plates of the original, or articles, chapters, or other portions of previously published larger works, printed separately subsequent to the original publication, usually but not always from the original type or plates.
60 0
grant proposals
  • Documents that outline formally and in detail a project or endeavor, and that are submitted to an entity capable of bestowing funding to realize the project described. The intended audience may be a government agency, a private foundation, or other corporation. Grant proposals are written on behalf of individuals, non-profit organizations, charities, companies, or educational institutions.
7 0
death registers
  • Official lists of recorded deaths, including details considered sufficiently important to be formally noted, and maintained in a regular manner for a community; typically including the names of the deceased, dates of death, living relatives, and often location and cause of death.
1 0
logs (records)

Use for: logbooks

  • Records in which are entered sequential data, especially about activities or transactions that occur in a system.
4 0
film (material by form) (3)

Use for: film

  • Material in the form of a thin, continuous layer. Films may be made from paints, lacquers, metal oxides, and plastics.
7 0
motion pictures (visual works) (4)

Use for: films

  • Works presented in the form of a series of pictures carried on photographic film or video tape, presented to the eye in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement. For the study and practice of filmmaking and motion pictures as an art and form of expression, use "film (performing arts).
78 0
16mm (photographic film size)

Use for: 16mm film

  • Describes motion picture film that is 16 millimeters wide. In silent films it is perforated on both sides; in sound films only on one side, the other being used for the sound track. It was introduced in 1923 for the amateur market, and evolved into the common medium for home movie makers and filmmakers whose work was not intended for general theatrical release. Film of this size is typically used for independent films, documentaries, and films made for educational purposes.
127 0
8mm (photographic film size)

Use for: 8mm film

  • Describes motion picture film that is 8 millimeters wide, the narrowest gauge available for such film. Introduced in 1932 for use by amateur filmmakers and for home movies, 8mm film was also taken up by filmmakers of the avant0garde and the underground, due to the comparatively low cost of the film stock and the processing. Since the mid-1960s, standard 8mm film has been generally superceded by the Super 8 type.
1 0
acetate film
  • Material in film form that has a base of cellulose acetate (CA), cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) or cellulose propionate (CP). Cellulose acetate was first used as a photographic film in 1908 (Eastman-Kodak) and by 1910 the acetate film produced by Dreyfus in France started to replace cellulose nitrate motion picture film. Acetate film is also used for magnetic tapes, animation cels, drafting films, envelope windows and other protective sheets, and has many other uses. It is transparent, air proof, hygenic, and resistent to grease, oil, and dust.
6 0
color films (visual works)

Use for: color films

  • Motion pictures produced in color, as contrasted to black-and-white.
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black-and-white films (visual works)

Use for: black-and-white films, black and white films

  • Motion pictures produced in black-and-white, as contrasted to color.
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sound films
  • Cinematic film with accompanying recorded sound. It may have synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to the image. The term is used to distinguish such films from silent films.
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silent films
  • Motion pictures made without a photographic or magnetic sound track carried on the physical medium of the film itself.
4 0
videotapes

Use for: Videotape, Video tapes

  • Magnetic tapes on which visual images are electronically recorded and played back, with or without sound.
409 0
artifacts (object genre)

Use for: artifacts

  • Generally, objects or other things made or modified by humans, typically manually portable products of human workmanship, such as tools, utensils, objects for personal adornment, or art, as distinguished from natural remains. In archaeology, an artifact is an object made by a human culture and later recovered by an archaeological endeavor. In the context of museum objects, use "cultural artifact." In the context of technical and medical research, for a spurious result that is a product or effect resulting from the experimental technique or procedure itself, use "experimental artifact."
13 0
estate records
  • Documents concerning the real or personal property of a person or group of persons.
50 0
memorabilia
  • Collected objects of various kinds with historical, personal, or locational interest, used generally.
10 0
digital media
  • Media containing any content that is represented in digital form, meaning it is encoded in an electronic format that uses a series of discrete values (commonly the numbers 0 and 1) to record data and render it machine-readable. Digital media include, but are not limited to, digital audio and video tape, floppy discs, and portable hard drives.
17 0
newsletters
  • Letters, reports, or other brief written communications that communicate news, particularly those written by societies or buisiness organizations. Historically referred to serial publications consisting of one or a few printed sheets containing news and information of interest to the general public or to a special group.
62 0
audiovisual materials
  • Nonprint materials, such as slides, transparencies, motion pictures, or filmstrips, that make use of sight and sound to convey information; refers especially to such materials when used for instruction.
703 0
textile materials
  • Materials produced by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or otherwise processing natural or synthetic fibers so that they cohere into a form or unit; traditionally excludes fiberboard, paper, papier-mâché, and papyrus, which, though also fiber products, are considered as separate types of material. For generic reference to the genre, see "textiles."
10 0
audiocassettes

Use for: Compact Cassette Tapes

  • Cassettes of audiotape. According to international standards, the tape is usually 0.15 inches (3.8 millimetres) wide and can carry 4 to 8 tracks.
165 0
sound recordings

Use for: Audio recordings

  • Discs, tapes, filaments, or other media on which sound has been recorded.
250 0
uniforms
  • Identifying garments or styles of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.
4 0
birth registers
  • Official lists of recorded births, including details considered sufficiently important to be formally noted, and maintained in a regular manner.
2 0
bylaws (administrative records)
  • Laws, ordinances, or regulations made by a public or private corporation, association, or unincorporated society for the regulation of its own local or internal affairs, for its dealings with others, or for the government of its members.
9 0
administrative records
  • Records that relate to budget, personnel, supply, and similar facilitative operations within an organization.
26 0
minutes (administrative records)

Use for: Minutes

  • Records of what was said and done at meetings or conferences.
39 0
printed materials (object genre)

Use for: printed materials

  • Genre of written works published or otherwise available in printed form, usually on paper.
29 0
financial records
  • Documents pertaining to money matters.
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yearbooks
  • Books published annually as a compendium, report, or summary of the statistics or facts of a calendar year and intended as reference books, limited to a special subject.
12 0
questionnaires

Use for: surveys

  • Documents containing a set of questions for submission to a number of persons in order to obtain statistically useful information. Use "surveys" for documentation of inspections conducted to achieve a comprehesive view.
5 0
oral histories (literary works)

Use for: oral histories

  • Works that record interviews conducted to preserve the recollections of persons whose experience or memories are representative or are of special historical or social significance.
163 0
interviews
  • Statements, transcripts, or recordings of conversations in which one person obtains information from another such as for research purposes, publication, or broadcast.
177 0
transcripts
  • Written, printed, or typed copies of an original text or of words originally spoken, such as of court proceedings, broadcasts, or oral histories. Transcripts are extremely accurate copies with any editorial explanations or notations clearly distinguished from the original, including indications of misspellings or editorial omissions. For less formal copying, or for short documents or single words such as in a vocabulary, use "transcriptions."
39 0
clippings (information artifacts)
  • Illustrations, pages, articles, or columns of text removed from books, newspapers, journals, or other printed sources and kept for their informational content.
15 0
publications (documents)
  • Documents distributed to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.
48 0
rosters
  • Use generally for any list of names of persons enrolled or enlisted for a particular purpose, as a list of names of military personnel enrolled for active duty.
9 0
memorandums

Use for: memoranda

  • Documents recording information used for internal communication.
19 0
reports

Use for: report

  • Official or formal records of a special investigation, in the form of documents containing presentations of facts, proceedings, investigations, or events.
61 0
notebooks
  • Books of blank pages, usually ruled, used for taking notes, especially by pupils and students for taking class notes or writing or drawing exercises.
7 0
presentations (communicative events)
  • Spoken or visual representations of information, such as speeches, demonstrations, and slide shows, for the purpose of achieving favorable visibility and persuading an audience to believe or support the presentor's ideas, projects, or goals.
8 0
curricula
  • Regular courses of study or training, particularly at a school or university.
7 0
articles
  • Literary compositions prepared for publication as an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, encyclopedia, or other work.
30 0
born digital
  • Describes material or content created in electronic form and saved as digital data, having had no initial or interstitial state as an analog or physical product. Usually used to refer to electronically produced drafts of text, correspondence or visual works such as photographs created with digital cameras. This material may be written or saved on personal computers, floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, hard drives, or any mode of digital storage media.
6 0
textbooks
  • Books used as standard works for the formal study of a particular subject.
2 0
notes (documents)
  • Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.
21 0
lectures
  • Expositions of a given subject delivered before an audience or class, especially for the purposes of instruction.
13 0
dissertations
  • Written treatises, or the records of a discourse on a subject, usually prepared and presented as the final requirement for a degree or diploma and typically based on independent research and giving evidence of the candidate's mastery of the subject and of scholarly method.
4 0
budgets
  • Statements of revenue and expenditure, financial proposals or schemes for a public body or the domestic accounts of a family or individual.
6 0
radiographs

Use for: X-rays

  • Images produced by a radiation other than light, especially x-rays or gamma rays. Originally these were made on plates that were chemically developed, but the advent of digital technology has replaced these with digital detectors, the images captured are then stored electronically.
1 0
data (information)
  • Information, especially digital information. In common usage in computer science, used as a singular noun to refer to information that exists in a form that may be used by a computer, excluding the program code. In the sciences and other contexts, "datum" is the singular and "data" is the plural, referring to facts or numbers in a general sense. For general reference to facts, use "information."
9 0
letters (correspondence)
  • Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
24 0
awards 14 0
agendas (administrative records)
  • Documents, often in list form, stating things to be done, as items of business or discussions to be brought up at a meeting; includes programs consisting of such items.
1 0
personnel records
  • Records maintained by an organization for each of its employees giving personal details and information relating to their service.
2 0
digital audio tapes
  • Magnetic tapes on which sound is recorded digitally.
2 0
letters of condolence 1 0
syllabi
  • Outlines or brief statements of the main points of a lecture or course of study
2 0
correspondence 138 0
magazines (periodicals)
  • Periodicals containing articles, essays, poems, or other writings by different authors, usually on a variety of topics and intended for a general reading public or treating a particular area of interest for a popular audience.
4 0
catalogs (documents)

Use for: course catalogs

  • Enumerations of items, such as a file of bibliographic records or a list of art objects, usually arranged systematically and with descriptive details; may be in book or pamphlet form, on cards, or online. Catalogs are created according to specific and uniform principles of construction and usually under the control of an authority file.
8 0
illustrations (layout features)
  • Pictures or diagrams that clarify or provide an example or visualization. They usually accompany a text; the term is most often used to refer to pictures in books or published journal. For works that explore a subject or are preliminary to a separate, more finalized work, use "studies (visual works)." For paintings in manuscripts, use "illuminations" or "miniatures (paintings)."
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manuscripts (documents)
  • Handwritten documents, particularly books and other documents created before the invention of the printing press. May also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
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pamphlets
  • Complete, nonperiodical printed works generally of fewer than 80 pages, often with a paper cover, sometimes short treatises on arguments or topics of current interest. For smaller printed works, of one sheet folded and not stitched or bound, use "leaflets." An independent publication consisting of a few leaves of printed matter fastened together but not bound.
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advertisements
  • Public notices or paid announcements, especially those in print. For announcements paid for by an advertiser and broadcast on radio or television, use "commercials."
5 0
books (1)
  • Items comprising a collection of leaves of paper, parchment, wood, stiffened textile, ivory, metal tablets, or other flat material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together in a volume.
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comic books
  • Sequence of illustrations containing a story or stories (called "comics," because some are humorous), often serialized, published in booklet form.
1 0
ledgers (account books)
  • Documents in which are entered debits, credits, and all other money transactions under each individual account or heading.
13 0
photographs (9)
  • Refers to still images produced from radiation-sensitive materials (sensitive to light, electron beams, or nuclear radiation), generally by means of the chemical action of light on a sensitive film, paper, glass, or metal. Photographs may be positive or negative, opaque or transparent. The concept does not include reproductive prints of documents and technical drawings, for which descriptors found under "<reprographic copies>" are more appropriate. The concept may include photographs made by digital means.
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color photographs
  • The broad class of photographs having images composed of more than one hue, plus the neutral tones. For photographs having a range of tones within one hue, see "black-and-white photographs."
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diaries
  • Refers to books containing the daily, personal accounts of the writer's own experiences, attitudes, and observations. Use "journals (accounts)" when referring to an individual's or an organization's account of occurrences or transactions.
5 0
drawings (visual works)
  • Visual works produced by drawing, which is the application of lines on a surface, often paper, by using a pencil, pen, chalk, or some other tracing instrument to focus on the delineation of form rather than the application of color. This term is often defined broadly to refer to computer-generated images as well.
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maps (documents)
  • Refers to graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth's surface or a part of it, including physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. The term may also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. Maps are typically depicted on a flat medium, such as on paper, a wall, or a computer screen. For similar depictions on a sphere, see "globes (cartographic spheres)."
3 0
picture postcards
  • Postcards having a pictorial image on one side, often representations of a place or works of art, upon which a message can be written, then posted.
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posters
  • Notices, usually decorative or pictorial, intended to be posted to advertise, promote, or publicize an activity, cause, product, or service; also, decorative, mass-produced prints intended for hanging. For small printed notices or advertisements intended for distribution by hand, use "handbills."
1 0
essays
  • Short literary compositions on single subjects, often presenting the personal view of the author.
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ephemera (general object genre)
  • Items created, manufactured, or used for a specific, limited use; typically intended to be used for a short period and discarded thereafter, although ephemera is often actually collected.
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color transparencies 1 0
travel guidebooks
  • Guidebooks aimed particularly at tourists or other leisure travelers.
1 0
stamps (exchange media)
  • Seals or imprinted marks on documents or other objects, or small pieces of paper, usually adhesive-backed, issued by an organization to show that a payment has been made and that a service is due or that goods may be obtained.
2 0
calligraphy (visual works)
  • Works composed primarily of beautiful, elegant letters or flourishes that are typically created by hand with a pen, either in unjoined characters or in cursive writing. May also refer to similar works created by computer or another means.
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pen and ink drawings
  • Drawings using ink as the primary medium and pen as the primary implement, usually on paper but may be on another support. Such drawings have a distinctive, linear appearance. For drawings that use pen and ink as well as washes, prefer "pen and wash drawings." For drawings or paintings using ink applied with brushes, use "ink wash paintings."
1 0
translations (documents)
  • Translated versions of a text.
1 0
fieldwork (research)
  • Studying or investigating a particular subject in its natural setting.
1 0
journals (periodicals)
  • Periodical publications, particularly those containing scholarly articles or otherwise disseminating information on developments in a particular subject field.
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autobiographies (literary genre)
  • Literary works that are biographies of individuals written by themselves. For the overall genre, use "autobiography (genre)."
5 0
photograph albums
  • Albums made up of mounted photographs, with or without identifying information.
2 0
business records
  • Records generated by a commercial or industrial enterprise.
2 0
visitors' books
  • Books, usually of printed forms, in which visitors may write their names and addresses, and sometimes comments.
1 0
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