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Genre
Genre term Scope note Archival description count Authority record count
Documentaries (documents) (1)
  • Written, oral, sound, or photographic recordings, or presentations in other media that explain or re-create actual events, eras, life stories, or other factual information in a manner purporting to be objective and accurate.
1 0
Documentary film
  • Film genre that presents fact and real situations and people rather than fiction. They typically feature the people, places, and events who are the subjects of the film, rather than actors or sets. Early examples were influenced by television news and used portable cameras.
0 0
Drama

Use for: Dramas, Filmed plays, Plays, Playscripts, Scripts, Stage, Stage plays, Stage scripts, Televised plays, Theatrical works

1 0
Drawings (3) 17 0
Electronic mail

Use for: E-mail (electronic mail), Email (electronic mail), Mail, electronic

  • Communication by means of a system that allows computer users to exchange messages in electronic format on a network, often but not always comprising messages from one individual to one or many others via telecommunications links between computers or terminals.
44 0
Ephemera (4) 6 0
Equipment (4)
  • Articles or physical resources used to array, dress up, rig out, equip, or otherwise provide with what is requisite for efficient action by a person or animal or for a thing.
0 0
Field notes 1 0
Flags 1 0
Fliers (printed matter) (2)
  • Printed pieces such as notices or advertisements intended for distribution by hand or by mail. For those intended for posting, use "posters."
3 0
Furnishings and Equipment (20)
  • The Furnishings and Equipment hierarchy contains terms for objects that are primarily movable that provide comfort, convenience, or protection in dwellings, places or business, or other public or private spaces. They may be useful or ornamental and may be used in indoor or outdoor spaces. Regarding other Hierarchies: Terms for objects with the primary purpose of storage receptacles or other forms of container (e.g.,
0 0
Handbill
  • Small printed sheets usually containing a notice or advertisement intended to be distributed by hand and often doubling as posters. For small printed sheets intended for wider distribution, to the general public, use "circulars." For larger pieces, intended especially for posting, use "posters."
0 0
Handbooks

Use for: Handbook

  • Portable books, treatises, or compendiums, covering one or more subjects, arranged for quick location of information and of a size such as may conveniently be held in the hand. Examples are instructional manuals and guides to museums' collections.
3 0
Headgear (2)

Use for: headwear , headpieces, head-pieces

  • Any covering for the head.
0 0
Histories (literary works)

Use for: Historical sketch

  • Chronological records of significant events, as of the life or development of a people, country, or institution, often with an explanation of the causes.
8 0
Hymns
  • Sacred songs that are normally associated with worship services and are typically suitable for singing by a full assembly. For texts of hymns that appear without a musical setting see [Hymn texts.] For instrumental hymn music that appears without accompanying sung text, see [Hymn tunes.]
1 0
Identifying artifacts (2)
  • Artifacts bearing information (such as symbols, marks, or printed information), that acts as identification.
0 0
Information artifacts (13)
  • Physical formats, objects, digital information, or other non-material human constructs by which specific information may be recorded or conveyed. For example, books, leaflets, or audiotapes; or in computing, the primary components of an information artifact are information systems and procedures related to the artifact.
0 0
Information forms (objects) (32)
  • Types of textual, graphic, electronic, or physical items having the primary and original purpose to record or convey specific information. For forms in the sense of a document having blanks to be filled in, use
0 0
Informational works (34)
  • Works whose main purpose is to record and convey factual information.
0 0