| Subdivision | Used Under | To Identify |
|---|---|---|
| Archival Resources | Countries, etc. Topics |
Brief descriptions of the types of documents and historical records about a particular place or topic available in an institution or institutions |
| Archives | Names of people Corporate bodies Educational institutions Types of corporate bodies/educational institutions Classes of persons Ethnic Groups |
Collections of documents or historical records including notes, correspondence, minutes, photographs, legal papers |
| Autographs | Names of people | Collections or discussions of the person's autograph or handwriting |
| Caricatures and cartoons | Names of people Corporate bodies Classes of persons Ethnic groups Names of wars Topical headings |
Collections or discussions of caricatures or pictorial humor |
| Catalogs | Names of artists Corporate bodies Types of organizations |
Works listing objects located in organizations, institutions or particular places |
| Comic books, strips | Names of people Topical headings |
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| Correspondence | Names of people Classes of persons Ethnic groups |
Form or topical subdivision for letters from and/or to the personor people; can be subdivided by -Catalogs |
| Description - [dates] | Cities | Add -Views for pictorial works |
| Description and travel- [date] | Countries | |
| Diaries | Names of persons | Collections or discussions of the person's diaries and for individual diaries |
| Facsimiles | Types of printed materials Specific documents |
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| History- Sources | Countries Names of people Classes of persons Ethnic groups Topical headings no inherently historical |
Collections or discussion of contemporary writings such as legal documents, letters, diaries, family papers,etc. assembled at a later time to serve as source material for research |
| Interviews | Names of people | Works consisting of transcripts of what was said during the course of the interview or conversations with a person on one or more occasions |
| Library Resources | Countries Names of people Corporate bodies Classes of persons Ethnic groups Topical headings |
Works describing the resources and special collections available |
| Manuscripts | Literary authors Literary works that enter under title Sacred works Groups of authors Names of literatures Topical headings |
Manuscripts - Catalogs Manuscripts - Facsimiles Manuscripts - Indexes Manuscripts - Microform catalogs |
| Maps | Countries, etc. Corporate bodies Topical headings |
Individual maps or collections of maps |
| Maps - To 1800 Maps, Manuscript |
Countries, etc. | |
| Notebooks, sketchbooks | Names of people | Collections or discussions of the person's notebooks or sketchbooks |
| Numismatics | Names of people | Works discussing representations of the person on coins, medals, tokens, paper money, etc. |
| Personal narratives | Names of events Names of wars |
Personal reminiscences or accounts by participants |
| Pictorial Works | Names of people Named entities Classes of persons Ethnic groups Individual wars Topical headings | |
| Portraits | Names of people | Collections or discussion of portraits of persons living after 1400; use -Art for those living before |
| Posters | Names of people Corporate bodies Classes of persons Ethnic groups Individual wars Topical headings | Collections or discussion of posters depicting the person, group, etc. |
| Self Portraits | Names of people | Reproductions or discussion of self-portraits by the person |
| Statues | Names of people | Works discussing or containing reproductions of statues of the person |