Making Collections Visible: An Introduction to Archival Description from lucullus virgil mcwhorter Watch Video
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Description: This tutorial provides a general overview of the contents in a finding aid, including three levels of description: information about the institution holding a collection, information about a collection, and information about specific items or groups of items. The primary image used to illustrate archival description is a photograph of Eley Smarty from the Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photograph Collection.
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