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When citing to materials in the ANS Archives, the following general rules should be followed:

 

I.           In Publications

Format:

Item identification, date (if known), collection name (if appropriate), box number, folder number, item number (if appropriate), Archives, American Numismatic Society.

 

Example(s):

Letter, Edward T. Newell to Howland Wood, January 5, 1930, box 6.2.5, folder 2, Archives, American Numismatic Society.

 

Memorandum, Sawyer McA. Mosser to George C. Miles, January 5, 1960, box 10.5.5, folder 20, Archives, American Numismatic Society.

 

Letter, Sydney P. Noe to John Smith, April 18, 1910, Sydney P. Noe Papers, box 4.1.1, folder 5, Archives, American Numismatic Society.

 

 

 

II.           In Loan Exhibition Labels and Catalogs

 

Format:

Item identification, date, collection name (if appropriate), box number, folder number, item number (if appropriate), Archives, American Numismatic Society, donor name (if appropriate).

 

Examples(s):

Letter, Augustus B. Sage to Edward Groh, March 13, 1858, box 1.1.5, folder 1, Archives, American Numismatic Society. Gift of Edward Groh.

 

 

 

III.         In Newspapers, Films, Posters, and Other Media

 

Format:

Item identification, collection (if appropriate). Reproduced courtesy of Archives, American Numismatic Society.

 

Example(s):

Photograph of George C. Miles. Reproduced courtesy of Archives, American Numismatic Society.

 

Photograph of Sydney Noe. Sydney P. Noe Papers. Reproduced courtesy of Archives, American Numismatic Society.

 

 

Joseph M. Ciccone

ANS Archivist

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