[DCRM-L] Cataloging known forgeries

[Schneider, Nina]

Thanks Eduardo. 

I hesitate to use "Forger" because we don't know who actually forged
these items. We only know that they are not the real deal. For instance,
we have a letter supposedly written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. We don't
know who actually wrote it but it clearly was not Hawthorne. In this
case, Hawthorne is not the forger, but the "forgee".

N



 

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Eduardo Tenenbaum
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Cataloging known forgeries

I'm not sure "attributed name" is appropriate here:
"Use for an author, artist, etc., relating him/her to a work for which
there is or once was substantial authority for designating that person
as author, creator, etc. of the work."

Perhaps "forger"?
"Use for a person or organization who makes or imitates something of
value or importance, especially with the intent to defraud."
This would better apply to Bob's second example of the fake Steinbeck
edition.

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Robert Maxwell
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:52 PM
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Cc: Fenning, Rebecca
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Cataloging known forgeries

What about the genre/form term "Forgeries" from printing & publishing?
That seems clearer than "false association copies". 

I suppose it depends on what your group of "forgeries" consists of. Are
they forgeries in the sense that the work is attributed to someone who
didn't actually write it? This sort of thing happened routinely in the
ancient world, but I wouldn't call that a forgery. Or are they forgeries
in the sense that somebody is trying to pass off something he just
printed in his basement as a 1st edition Steinbeck?

Robert L. Maxwell
Head, Special Collections and Metadata Catalog Dept.
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568


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Behalf Of Schneider, Nina
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:41 PM
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Cc: Fenning, Rebecca
Subject: [DCRM-L] Cataloging known forgeries

Does anyone have experience cataloging known forgeries? The Clark has a
small group of these and I'm wondering if there is a "proper" way to
describe them.

Here is what we're thinking: cataloging according to DCRM(B) rules on
fictitious or incorrect information, using the relator code, "attributed
name" after our supposed author, and adding "False association copies"
from Provenance Evidence in a 655 field. Although these steps should
make it clear that we really don't have an Einstein pamphlet or letters
of Nathaniel Hawthorne, I just want to make sure we aren't missing
anything before we proceed.

Thanks for any advice!

Nina

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Nina Schneider
Head Cataloger
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles, CA  90018

323-731-8529
nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu