Beinecke Cataloging Manual

YALE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA
Zc17-19 -- Railroads
(Approved for use 9/20/2000)

Scope | Classification | Table of Railroads

Scope

Class here works about railroads and their development in the West.
Works describing the exploration of possible routes are classed with the place described since their value lies more in the description of the country rather than in the railroad data they contain.
Works published by a railroad that describe a particular locality are classed with that locality. For example, works issued by the railroad which promote the sale of its lands are classed with the locality. Works issued by the railroad which promote tourism in the locality it serves are classed with that locality.

Classification

The call numbers for railroad materials are created like those in the rest of the Western Americana collection. The primary difference is the use of a cutter for the name of the railroad or a geographic area before the last line of the call number. The one exception are works classed in Zc17.

Zc17 -- General works

Use for works about railroads including their construction, regulation, etc. that are too broad to class either by locality or a specific railroad.
Land grant material, if general in content, classes here if limited to legal questions, charges of misuse, unethical acquisition, etc. Otherwise class by location.
For monographs the second line is a three digit date followed by the first two letters of the main entry.
Beginning in 2000, for books first published after 1999, use all four digits of the date for the third line.
For serials the second line is a cutter based on main entry.

Example

Whitney, Asa. National railroad connecting the Atlantic and Pacific, [1845].

Zc17	General work about railroads
845wh	Year of publication of the first edition followed by first two letters of main entry

Zc18 -- Railroads by locality

Use for works about railroads in a particular geographic area that are not about a single railroad.
The second line uses a standard Yale numbers for states, Canadian provinces, or the following regions.

A11	Mississippi-Missouri Valley
A12	Southwest
A13	Pacific Coast
A14	Canadian Northwest

For monographs the third line is a three digit date followed by the first two letters of the main entry.
Beginning in 2000, for books first published after 1999, use all four digits of the date for the third line.
For serials the third line is a cutter based on the main entry.

Example

Laws of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, relating to rates for services or railroads, 1874.

Zc18	Work about railroads in a specific locality
A11	Work pertains to railroads in the Mississippi Valley
874La	Year of publication of the first edition followed by first two letters of main entry

Zcl9 -- Individual lines, A-Z

Use for works by or about a particular railroad.
Land grant material, in order to class here or in Zc17 (if general) must be limited to legal questions, charges of misuse, unethical acquisition, etc. Otherwise class by location.
The second line is a cutter from the table of railroads followed by the letter from the table below.

a	Charters, acts of incorporation, and works related specifically to them
b-g	Serials. There is no third line in the call number.
h	Miscellaneous pamphlets that don't fit elsewhere
i	Surveys of route and other engineering material (See scope note at top)
j	Timetables. Each railroad should have one collection level record that contains all the timetables relating to that railroad. The piece is marked with a sequential number on the last line. Always include a 505 formatted contents note, using a title from the item in hand.. If appropriate, a cataloger may also create an individual record.
k	General works, history, finance, investigations, the railroad's land grants, etc.
m	Guides. Guides are limited to the railroad itself; descriptions of the country the railroad passes through are classed with the geographic area

The third line is a three digit date followed by the first two letters of the main entry. Do not use for serials or timetables.
Beginning in 2000, for books first published after 1999, use all four digits of the date for the third line.

Examples

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company. Map of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and its leased lines, 1881.
Text, map, and timetables on one side, with map on verso.

Collection level record

505

‡g [1] ‡t Official overland time table July 1878 -- ‡g [2] [Map title from verso] ‡t Great central Iowa route via Des Moines and Rock Island -- ‡g [3] ‡t Great overland route for California, Oregon, Australia, China and Japan -- ‡g [4] ‡t May, 1879 Chicago Rock Island and Pacific R.R. the direct route to Kansas.‡g [5] ‡t Great overland route for California, Oregon -- ‡g [6] ‡t Great overland route for California, Oregon -- ‡g [7] ‡t Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, rate of fare to local points on C.R.I. & P. and U.P.R.R. - ‡g [8] ‡t Cent'l Iowa short line route across the continent.

Zc19	Work about a specific railroad
C43j	Timetable of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad

Item level record

Zc19	Work about a specific railroad
C43j	Timetable of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
1	Sequential number

Crawford, S. J. (Samuel Johnson). Argument before the Commissioner of the General Land Office in the matter of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe land grant, 1883.

Zc19	Work about a specific railroad
At3k	Work about the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad's land grant
883cr	Year of publication of the first edition followed by first two letters of main entry

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company. In the desert sun 'round Phoenix this winter, 1937.
"Again this winter, from December 14 to March 5, the Chief will carry a through air-conditioned Phoenix Pullman four times each week"

Zc19	Work about a specific railroad
At3m	Guide fromthe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.
937m	Year of publication of the first edition followed by first two letters of main entry

Obsolete Practice

This policy was updated effective 16 March 2011. As catalogers encounter these railroad timetables, they should create a collection level record, if one does not already exist and consolidate item level catalog records as appropriate.This policy became effective 7 October 2009. Formerly Timetables and Guides were classed together with a "j" on the second line following the date. Items already cataloged will not be reclassed.

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