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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m cataloging a bound manuscript friendship album according to DCRM(MSS). The volume contains entries that when dated are from either 1830 or 1835; otherwise entries are entirely undated. We have a working group for DCRM(MSS) records at
my institution, and we couldn’t find anything in Chapter 4C about cases like this. In this instance, would the date range (e.g., 1830-1835) suffice?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also noticed that 4C6 has specific guidelines for when to use “undated,” namely when no date can be established. Should we only use “undated” under those specific circumstances? Traditionally, we have used “undated” in conjunction with
other dated materials, usually when undated material is mixed with dated material (e.g., 1830-1835 and undated). Is that allowed in DCRM(MSS)?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any/all advice!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Liz<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Liz Adams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rare Materials Cataloger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Duke University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">919.613.1010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:elizabeth.adams@duke.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;background:white">elizabeth.adams@duke.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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