HIST 20103: History of the American People, 1877 to Present

Books, articles, and other library resources for students in U.S. History II

Citing Primary Sources from the University of Arkansas

Citations should provide sufficient detail for locating items, primarily for other researchers who wish to consult them. Each citation should include information that will identify the specific item used.

Citation Examples for Special Collections Materials

The following citations are expanded from the footnote formats recommended in The Chicago Manual of Style:


LETTER
10. L. Brezhnev to J. William Fulbright, July 7, 1973. J. William Fulbright Papers, series 48, subseries 16, box 42, folder 3. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.


DIARY, MEMOIRS, ETC.
11. Mary Bacon Bond, commonplace book, May 4, 1836. Martin Family Papers (MC 859), series 2, box 1, folder 8. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

REPORT
13. Institute of Distribution, "The Case For--The Case Against: The Utterback-Robinson-Patman Bills," 34-36. Joseph Taylor Robinson Papers, series 9, subseries 2, box 215, folder 4. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.


MICROFILM EDITION
14. Minute book, Southland Monthly Meeting of Friends, December 17, 1873. Southland College Papers (MC 577), microfilm edition, series 7, box 12, folder 1 [or reel 6, frame 1]. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

ORAL HISTORY
15. Mrs. Alice West, interview by Mary Celestia Parler, December 11, 1954, "Fourth of July and Christmas Customs," transcript. Folklore Collection, box 3, folder 32. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

MUSICAL COMPOSITION
16. Florence Price, Symphony in E Minor, orchestral score. Florence Price Papers (MC 988), series 2, subseries 4, box 3, folder 5. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

LITERARY DRAFT
17. John Gould Fletcher, poem, "I Had Scarcely Fallen Asleep." John Gould Fletcher Papers, series 1, subseries 1, box 3, folder 24. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION
18. Orval E. Faubus to Harlan Hobbs, November 21, 1957. Harlan Hobbs Papers. Unprocessed. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Full identification of each photograph and credit to the photographer (when known) should be provided in the cut line with the photograph, a footnote, an endnote, or a list of illustrations. As the following three examples show, photographs and other illustrations may be located either in the general picture collection or in a specific manuscript collection.

19. Photograph of lumber mill at Forester, Arkansas. Picture Collection, number 3783. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.


20. Photograph of Daisy Bates with John F. Kennedy at the White House. Daisy Bates Papers (MC 582), series 4, subseries 4, box 9, photograph number 57. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

21. Photograph by J. Laurence Charlton of a migrant worker family. J. Laurence Charlton Collection, group 3, number 12. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION ON THE INTERNET
22. “The Fulbright Program, 1946-1996: An Online Exhibit.” Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville. URL http://www.uark.edu/speccoll/fulbrightexhibit/intro.html