Capitalization of Series and Record Group Titles

By Anonymous on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 11:20

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I'm wondering when the basic rules for citing titles in EE 2.22 apply to the titles of archival series and record groups. Take the example NARA citation on p. 66 as a case in point. Capitalization is title style, but no quotes are used. Is this exception because the NARA citation guide prescribes titles without quote marks?

---Robert

Submitted byEEon Tue, 03/24/2015 - 20:11

Robert, the general rule for collections, series, sub-groups, and record groups is not to use quotation marks. The title of that record set is copied exactly and written headline style, but quote marks are put around each.  File titles sometimes are put in quotation marks for clarity. (And, yes, that should be added to 2.22.)