HOW TO CITE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

• Collection Name and University
• Record Group Name (Ex: History Files)
• Box Number       AND
• Folder Number  [Ex:  Box 1 & Folder 7 = 1/7]
• Type of Document (Ex: Letter/Memo/Article)
• Author (and Recipient if applicable) and/or Title
• Year of Document (Ex: Feb. 1, 1980)                                       

EXAMPLE: 

*Initial Cite:  Camarillo State Hospital Collection, Cal. State Univ., Channel Islands; History Files, 1/7; Letter to Dr. Toner from Edmund Brown; 2/1/80
                                  
                                                   OR
Camarillo State Hospital Collection, Cal. State Univ., Channel Islands; Newspaper Files, 2/4; Article: “Life in Los Angeles”, Los Angeles Times; 2/1/80

*An initial cite is used every time a new document is mentioned in your paper.

**Subsequent Cites:  CSH; Newspaper Files; 2/4; Letter to Toner; 2/1/80.

**A subsequent (or secondary) cite is used after a particular document has already been cited.

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