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Genre
Genre term Scope note Archival description count Authority record count
Albums

Use for: Photograph albums, Scrapbooks, Autograph albums

  • Bound or loose-leaf sets of pages. Includes handmade albums and published volumes of blank pages designed for the addition of images or keepsakes.
206 0
Artworks

Use for: Prints, paintings, drawings, illustrations, posters, mixed media, cartoons, comics, sketchbooks

256 0
Correspondence
  • Communication through the exchange of letters.
2559 0
Ephemera

Use for: Programmes, leaflets, receipts, menus, playbills, pamphlets, flyers, greeting cards, business cards, invitations, coupons, tickets

  • Transient everyday items, usually printed and on paper, that are manufactured for a specific limited use, then often discarded. Includes everyday items that are meant to be saved, at least for a while, such as keepsakes and stock certificates.
1714 0
Images
  • Graphic material created as a result of early or modern photographic processes including print or digital photographs, negatives, mounted or lantern slides, and still pictures created using alternative methods such as cyanotype, collodion, daguerreotype or tintype plates and negatives.
182479 0
Legal Documents

Use for: Deeds, indentures, wills, probate documents

83 0
Manuscript Notebooks

Use for: Daybooks; Journals; Logbooks; Diaries; notebooks; commonplace books; school books; recipe books; field notes ; idea books

  • Personal handwritten material not intended for publication.
301 0
Maps
  • Graphic delineations at a set scale, of all or part of the earth or another celestial sphere indicating the relative position of selected artificial and natural features.
110 0
Motion Pictures
  • Any moving image
938 0
Physical Objects 405 0
Plans

Use for: Architectural plans, technical drawings, blueprints

  • Architectural plans, technical drawings, blueprints
356 0
Postcards
  • Used and unused postcards
139 0
Sound Recordings
  • Any audio recording regardless of form.
478 0