of settlers in the town: Class in local history, as the more inclusive of the two topics. (b) Town histories composed mostly of family records: Class in genealogy. E.g. History of Montville, Conn. By Henry A. Baker (Hartford, 1896). Only twelve per cent history; class in genealogy of Montville. The term genealogy covers family histories, registers of births, marriages and deaths, and vital records. If careful separation between family histories, town records, and the local history of landed property be deemed unnecessary, most works that largely bring in families by name will be classed in genealogy, the general and frequent introduction of names of settlers into the book drawing it to genealogy more than to local history proper or to land (under economics). The New York State Library classes all town histories in local history, irrespective of genealogical content. 291 Family history vs. Peerage Dewey No. 929 Genealogy of a noble or titled family: Class under the family name, not under the title or under the domain. E.g. The rulers of Strathspey; a history of the lairds of Grant and earls of Seafield. By the earl of Cassillis (Inverness, 1911). Class under Grant family. 292 Family history vs. Religious bodies (a) Collective genealogy of members of the same religious body, e.g. Huguenots: Class in genealogy. E.g. Publications of the Huguenot society of London. Consist mostly of registers of parishes in Great Britain showing Huguenot families. A difficult case to treat otherwise than illogically. Genealogy belongs near biography. But if the biography, at least the collective biography, is classed with the subject illustrated-as is done in some classifications-then the genealogy should go there too, for it is the biography of families. But the subject matter of genealogy is so far removed from the subject supposed to be illustrated that all genealogy is better kept together. The history of the family of an individual Huguenot is of less importance to the historian of the Huguenots than to the genealogist. Hence family history is to be preferred to religious history. (b) Collective genealogy of a town or locality settled largely by persons of the same religious faith: Class under local genealogy. New York State Library classes in local history. 293 Literary families Dewey No. 929 (a) The history of several members of a literary family: Class in literary biography, not in genealogy, especially if the intent of the author is literary. E.g. (1) The three Brontës. By May Sinclair (London, 1912). Best placed with biographies of Charlotte Brontë. (2) American authors' ancestry. By John Osborne Austin (Prov. 1915). Class in literary biography. 294 Genealogy vs. Political history The history of a family concerned in public affairs: Class in genealogy, even if the part taken by the family is prominent in history. But distinguish such works from histories of dynasties. E.g. Stuarts; Bonapartes. This rule is analogous to the section relating to Biography vs. Event 264. 295 Local landholders Lists of local landholders and householders: Class in local history, not in landed property (economics). E.g. The home lots of the early settlers of the Providence Plantations. By Charles Wyman Hopkins (Providence, 1886). Class in history of Providence, R. I. This type is mostly material of historical interest, and does not, of course, include directories of cities. 296 Names A collection of personal or place names selected from either one or many sources: Class according to the scope of the names, not under the source from which they are taken. E.g. Yorkshire place names as recorded in the Yorkshire Domesday book 1086. By J. Horsfall Turner (Bingley, n.d.). Class under Yorkshire names, not with the Domesday book. HISTORICAL PERIODS AND TOPICS Dewey No. 940 297 Crusades Histories of principalities and kingdoms founded during the crusades : Class under history of the locality. E.g. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. In most systems, crusades are grouped under universal history. Local works should not be mixed with the general histories. Accounts of sieges may be treated by the usual rule of grouping under wars and be classed under the history of the crusade in which they occurred. E.g. Siege of Acre. 298 Fourth of July orations Dewey No. 973 (a) Fourth of July orations containing local history: Class under the history of the town. (b) Fourth of July orations dealing with the general significance of the day: Class under United States history. The New York State Library classes these under United States history. 299 Localities settled by one sect Dewey No. 974 Secular history of localities settled or now occupied by members of one church or religious sect: Class in local history. E.g. (1) The Belgians (Walloons) first settlers in New York and in the middle states (New York, 1925). Class in history of New York or of Atlantic states. (2) The Pilgrim Fathers; Puritans in Massachusetts; Huguenots in South Carolina, are other examples. 300 State and county together The history of a state of the Union, county or city of a state, accompanied by a sketch of the larger political division in which it is located (United States or state): Class under the smaller division. E.g. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . and history of Evanston (Chicago, 1906. 2 v.). The history of Illinois is duplicated with each city and county of the state. Class under Evanston. This rule will not apply, however, to school books "especially adapted" to a certain state, in which the matter of the book is primarily general, as in a general geography. The Code for Classifiers has been indorsed by the Committee on Cataloging and Classification of the American Library Ass'n. INDEX The figures refer to sections, e.g. 270; the letters to paragraphs within sections, e.g. 156b. Actors, biography 270 augural) 21-22 Administration 90, 120-122 Animal psychology 157 into 200b Artillery 168 Artists, biography 260 Bindings 63 individual, plates exhibiting Bio-bibliography 262 Aspects of a subject 8 Authors as subjects in literature 210 individual 226-235 individual, arrangement of individual, in belles-lettres 202 122 Biographical series 25c Biography 258-287 collective 266 definition and scope 258 military local 131 polemical 284 vs. country 263 vs. subject 265 Blind, books for 33 |