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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is an example of how "sender" can be a useful relationship designator. See http://rbms.info/cv-comments/2017/08/07/term-sender/ for the current discussion.
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Use for the entity from whom correspondence is sent.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#666666"><br>
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<i>Broader Term:</i> correspondent</span><br>
<i><span style="background:white">Related Term:</span></i><span style="background:white"> recipient<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Erin C. Blake, Ph.D. | Head of Collection Information Services | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 E. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, 20003 | <a href="mailto:eblake@folger.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">eblake@folger.edu</span></a> |
office tel. +1 202-608-1717 </span><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> DCRM-L [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lapka, Francis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 26, 2017 1:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] letter authorship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For manuscript catalogers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">When describing a letter composed by one person (frequently a secretary) on behalf of another, what is best practice for choosing the author? Here’s a shorter example (1937):
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Dear Madam, In reply to your letter Lord Hambleden says he is glad to give a prize and has asked me to send you the enclosed five guineas. He is greatly looking
forward to seeing the exhibition. Yours faithfully, [secretary’s name]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">In this example, would you treat Hambleden as author? If not, as contributor? If treating him as contributor, is there a relationship designator that would be appropriate? I have a handful of
such letters – of varying origination – at my desk now, so advice would be most welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight"">Francis Lapka · Catalog Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight"">Dept. of Rare Books and Manuscripts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight"">Yale Center for British Art<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight"">203.432.9672 ·
<a href="mailto:francis.lapka@yale.edu"><span style="color:blue">francis.lapka@yale.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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