General Type
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Authorized AAT Terms |
Cartographic Materials
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maps; atlases; engineering maps; fire insurance maps; geological maps; globes; historical maps; relief maps; manuscript maps; nautical charts; plats; population maps; quadrangle maps; thematic maps; topographic maps |
Photographs
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photographs; aerial photographs; black-and-white photographs; black-and-white slides; card photographs; color photographs; color slides; cyanotypes; daguerreotypes; digital images; slides; stereographs; stereoscopic photographs |
Drawings
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drawings; architectural drawings; blueprints; conceptual drawings; design development drawings; diagrams; renderings; schematic drawings; technical drawings; tracings; wireframe drawings; working drawings |
Paintings
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paintings; oil paintings; watercolors |
Other Visual Works
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prints; botanical illustrations; cartoons; charts; color charts; color prints; comic strips; engravings; linocuts; posters; scientific illustrations; sculpture; technical illustrations |
Models
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models; architectural models; historical models; scale models |
Plans
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plans; building plans; floor plans; site plans |
Books
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books; booklets; comic books; graphic novels; plat books; rare books; school yearbooks; scrapbooks; sketchbooks; yearbooks |
Periodicals
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periodicals; articles; indexes; journals (periodicals); magazines; newsletters; newspapers |
Reports
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reports; annual reports; proceedings; progress reports; quarterly reports; technical reports
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Manuscripts
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manuscripts; diaries; dissertations; illuminated manuscripts; journals (accounts); masters theses |
Correspondence |
correspondence; business letters; electronic mail; envelopes; greeting cards; invitations; letters; mailing labels; postcards; telegrams |
Catalogs |
catalogs; exhibition catalogs; sales catalogs |
Records |
vital statistics records; birth certificates; birth records; census records; death certificates; death records; divorce records; marriage certificates; marriage records |
financial records; account books; audits; invoices; patents; receipts; sales records; stock certificates; tax records |
administrative records; agendas; bylaws; minutes; personnel records |
church records; baptismal certificates; baptismal registers; burial registers; funeral registers |
school records; commencements; diplomas |
government records; county government records; federal government records; municipal government records; public records; state government records |
legislative records; bills; laws; ordinances; statutes |
legal documents; agreements; case files; charters; wills |
property records; deed books; deeds; land grants; land surveys |
lists; attendance lists; checklists; donor lists; inventories; mailing lists; membership lists |
Video |
video recordings; DVDs; feature films; motion pictures; streaming video; television programs; VHS |
Audio |
sound recordings; audiobooks; audiocassettes; broadcasts; compact discs; digital audio formats; digital audio tapes; phonograph records; podcasts; radio programs; tape reels |
Other Media |
microforms; CD-ROMs; CD-Rs; CD-RWs; magnetic tapes |
Artifacts |
board games; bumper stickers; buttons; commemoratives; jigsaw puzzles; stickers |
Printed Music |
scores; sheet music |
Ephemera |
programs; concert programs; souvenir programs; theater programs |
printed ephemera; calendars; clippings; leaflets; pamphlets; tickets; ticket stubs |
Identification/Affiliation |
business cards; drivers' licenses; identity cards; library cards; membership cards; memorial cards; visiting cards |
Instruction |
instructional materials; cookbooks; manuals; procedures; recipes; style manuals |
Miscellaneous Types |
advertisements; application forms; bibliographies; biographies; circulars (fliers); commercials; essays; finding aids; genealogical tables; interviews; lecture notes; lectures; notes; poems; reminiscences; scripts; sermons; songs; speeches; texts; transcripts; translations |