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models for citing A primary source at the archives

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Footnote

     1 Firstname Lastname, description of item/document, Date, Name of Collection, Name of Institution and Location.

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Bibliography

Lastname, Firstname. Description of Item/Document. Date. Name of Collection. Name of Institution and Location.

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Note

Your citation should include as much information as possible in the footnote, i.e., include the series information,  box number, and folder information if it is available. For the bibliography, you will only cite the collection as a whole. See example below.

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examples for A primary source At the archives 

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Footnote

     1  Louise Bryant to John Reed, 25 September 1917, Louise Bryant Papers, Yale University Library, Series I, in box 1, folder 22, New Haven, CT.

      2  Bryant, letter to Reed.

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Bibliography

Bryant, Louise. Letter to John Reed. September 25, 1917. Louise Bryant Papers. Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.

 

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