Atlas with plot maps, biographies, county histories and images

By scott r mills on Sat, 10/26/2024 - 15:18

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Hello. I'm trying to create a source citation for a "book/atlas". It contains information relative to Fulton County, Ohio. This information is in the form of plot maps, county historical information, images (not plot maps) and personal histories. I'm thinking I should cite this as a book, but, I could use a little guidance. Below is what I have. There isn't an author, compiler, etc. noted. Any help/ insight greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

Title: Historical Atlas of the World Illustrated. Fulton County [Ohio] References

Original work: same title, published by H.H. Hardesty & Co., Chicago, 1875

Reprint: same title, reproduction by Unigraphics, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, 1980: "The reproduction of this book was made possible through the sponsorship of the Fulton County Genealogical Society, Swanton, Ohio.

 

Submitted byEEon Sun, 10/27/2024 - 08:37

Scott, yes. This should be cited as a book.  The key sections of Evidence Explained, 4th edition, would be these:

  • 2.11 Anonymous Sources
  • 3.10 Building Your Citation: Block 6: Date or Year of Creation or Publication (for why reprints are identified as such)
  • 13.32 Atlases ... reprint edition (an explicit example)
  • Template 1: Basic Publication: Book or Simple Website

Thank you very much. Here's what I came up with. I would appreciate any thoughts.

 

[Anyonymous], Historical Atlas of the World Illustrated, With Fulton County [Ohio] References (1875; reprint, Evansville, Indiana, Unigraphics Inc., 1980), page 24, column 1, Alpheus Fenner biography; citing: ohiohistory.org: accessed 9 June 2024). https://www.ohiohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hardestys_Atlas_of_Fulton_County_1875.pdf.

Scott, your citation consists of two sentences, with the second sentence being an incomplete identification of what seems to be a separate source.  Have you had time to read EE4's discussions of layers--beginning with the examples in the QuickStart Guide, then explained in detail in Chapter 3 and illustrated again in the templates?

Citing a book that is imaged online as a PDF requires two layers, both of which appear in the same sentence so that users of your citation (and you, after your recollection of the source has gone cold), will understand that the two are part and parcel of one entity that you used.

  • Layer 1 cites the published book, using Template 1: Basic Publication (Book or Simple Website)
  • Layer 2 cites the website where you found the images, following the same format--i.e. Author/Creator [of website], Title of Website (Place of publication =URL : date), image numbers if needed.

Assembled, your tweaked citation would be this:

[H. H. Hardesty], Historical Atlas of the World Illustrated, With Fulton County [Ohio] References (1875; reproduction, Evansville, Indiana, Unigraphics Inc., 1980), page 24, column 1, Alpheus Fenner biography;  imaged at Ohio History Connection (https://www.ohiohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hardestys_Atlas_of_Fulton_County_1875.pdf : 9 June 2024).

Note also:

  • "Anonymous" does not accurately explain the situation. Your website identifies the book as Hardesty's Historical Atlas [etc.]  Most library catalogs call it that also. That identification comes from the fact that H. H. Hardesty was the identified publisher of the original edition and the person who either compiled the work himself or commissioned others to do it. You'll find an example of this at EE4 §13.11 Authors: Unidentified.
  • The tweaked citation uses the word reproduction rather than reprint. The image copy (at backside of the title page) tells us that we're using a reproduction. That matters. A reprint can retypset an older book and add or delete things from it. Many reprints also make silent corrections. A reproduction is an exact image copy. The difference between the two carries weight in the evaluation of the evidence drawn from its information. (See §13.77 Reprints & Revisions: Facsimile (Image Reproduction)
  • Your source, the book, is not "citing ohiohistory.org."  Your source is imaged at the website.  A  "citing ..." layer is used to report whatever additional information the website provider tells us about the location of the original (if any, and if needed).  In this case, no "citing ..." layer is called for. (See particularly §3.14 Multi-layer Citations, pp. 110–11.