Alphabetical List Content of work (Gathering term; do not assign)

... SN: Use for projectionless plane sea charts having equidistant
... latitudinal markings but no longitudinal markings,
... featuring the outlines of coasts, and indicating wind
... directions by rhumb lines, which intersect at wind roses.

.. Maritime journals

.. HN: 1/99 Term added.

.. SN: Use for personal narrative accounts of journeys over bodies
.. of water.

.. Merchant manuals

.. HN: 1/00 Term added.

.. SN: Use for manuals containing information on trade routes,
.. market locations, business practices, merchant ethics, etc.

.. Overland journals

.. SN: Use for narrative accounts of journeys on overland routes,
.. especially to the American West.

.. Pilot guides

.. HN: 1/00 Term added.

.. SN: Use for nautical guides that describe coast lines, harbors,
.. dangers, and aids to navigation.

.. Roadbooks

.. SN: Use for books which present road routes, features, or
.. distances; sometimes illustrated.

.. Travel literature

.. Viewbooks

.. SN: Use for published booklets consisting primarily of views of
.. particular places, events, and activities, sometimes
.. connected by accordion folds.

. Historical works

. SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

.. Annals

.. SN: Use for historical records arranged year by year.

.. Biographies

... Autobiographies

.... Confessions

.... SN: Use for autobiographies dealing with highly private
.... matters, usually with some theoretical, intellectual, or
.... spiritual emphasis.

.... Memoirs

... Campaign biographies

... SN: Use for biographies of political candidates issued at the
... time of their campaigns.

.. Chronicles

.. SN: Use for histories in which events are described in
.. chronological order. These differ from annals in being more
.. connected and full.

.. Family histories

.. HN: Changed 1/91. Formerly, "Family histories" may have been
.. indexed as "Genealogies.

.. SN: Use for narrative family histories. For family trees and
.. other genealogical listings of family members, use "Genealogies.

.. Genealogies

.. SN: Use for family trees and other listings of family members.
.. For narrative histories, use "Family histories.

.. Jesuit relations

.. SN: Use for reports of Jesuit missionaries on their travels and
.. activities, especially in the Americas and Asia.

.. Local histories

.. Military histories

... Military unit histories

.... Regimental histories

.... SN: Use for histories of a particular regiment.

.. Oral histories

.. HN: Changed 1/91. Formerly, "Oral histories" may have been
.. indexed as "Oral history.

.. SN: Use for oral history interviews only, not for speeches,
.. colloquia, panel discussions, and the like.

. Leaf books

. HN: 7/00 Term reinstated.

. SN: Use for a book containing an account of an earlier printed
. book or manuscript and including an original leaf or leaves
. from it.

. Legal works

.. Bills

.. SN: Use for proposals for legislation.

.. Concordats

.. SN: Use for agreements made between the Pope and a sovereign or
.. government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters.

.. Laws

... Constitutions

.. Legal formularies

.. Legal instruments

.. SN: May be subdivided by type of instrument, using the standard
.. terms of the jurisdiction involved.

... Affidavits

... Charters

... Contracts

... Deeds

... Inquisitiones post mortem

... HN: Approved 1/08

... SN: Use for official documents concerning the nature, extent,
... and value of a deceased landholder's possessions.

.. Legislative proceedings

... Legislative hearings

.. Memorials (Legal)

.. SN: Use for written opinions submitted to an authoritative
.. body, often accompanied by a petition or remonstrance.

.. Official gazettes

.. SN: Use for official governmental journals.

.. Orders in council

.. SN: Use for British royal orders issued by and with the advice
.. of a privy council; without legal force unless authorized
.. by a parliamentary act.

.. Petitions

... Legal petitions

... Parliamentary petitions

... Royal petitions

.. Proclamations

... Fast day proclamations

... Thanksgiving day proclamations

.. Regulations

... Administrative regulations

... Military regulations

.. Session laws

.. HN: 01/00 Term added.

.. SN: Use for publications of all enactments and resolutions of a
.. legislative body passed at a particular session.

.. Treaties

.. Trial proceedings

. Political works

. SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

.. Alternative publications

.. SN: Use for works published openly as contrasts to the
.. mainstream political, social, and cultural press of their
.. time.

.. Campaign literature

.. HN: 1/98 Term added.

.. SN: Use for materials printed to win support of voters.

... Campaign biographies

... SN: Use for biographies of political candidates issued at the
... time of their campaigns.

.. Doomsday literature

.. SN: Use for works proclaiming the imminent approach of the end
.. of the world.

.. Legislative addresses

... Congressional addresses

.. Literature of prejudice

... Anti-Catholic literature

... Anti-clerical literature

... Anti-communist literature

... Anti-homosexual literature

... Anti-immigrant literature

... Anti-Masonic literature

... Anti-Semitic literature

... White supremacist literature

... Xenophobic literature

... SN: Use for works which exhibit fear, dislike or hatred of
... foreigners, foreign customs, etc.

.. Mazarinades

.. SN: Use for political pamphlets and broadsides critical of
.. Cardinal Jules Mazarin or his followers published in
.. mid-17th century France.

.. Propaganda

... Anti-abolition literature

... HN: 6/01 Term added.

... SN: Use for literature written in opposition to the movement to
... abolish slavery.

... Anti-slave trade literature

... HN: 6/01 Term added.

... SN: Use for literature written in opposition to the slave trade.

... Antislavery literature

... HN: 6/01 Term added.

... SN: Use for literature written in opposition to slavery.

.. Protest literature

... Student protest literature

.. Survivalist literature

. Religious works (Gathering term; do not assign)

. SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

.. Baptismal records

.. Bible stories

.. SN: Use for paraphrases in story form of Biblical texts.

.. Catechisms

.. Christening books

.. SN: Use for books containing the names of those individuals in
.. attendance at the christening of a given individual.

.. Conversion narratives

.. Devotional literature

... Books of hours

... SN: Use for prayer books modelled on the Breviary, and
... containing a calendar, the Little Office of the Virgin
... Mary, the Office for the Dead, and miscellaneous prayers.

... Devotional calendars

... SN: Use for calendars which highlight religious activities and
... events for specific days; not for calendars which are only
... illustrated with religious pictures.

... Novenas

... Prayer books

... SN: Use for books of personal prayer; they may include
... selections from liturgical books.

... Prayers

... SN: Use for individually issued prayers, not in book form.

... Psalters

... SN: Use for books containing only the Psalms.

... Stations of the cross

.. Gospel books

.. HN: 6/97 Term added.

.. SN: Use for works containing the full texts of the four
.. canonical Gospels.

.. Hymns

.. Indulgences

.. Jesuit relations

.. SN: Use for reports of Jesuit missionaries on their travels and
.. activities, especially in the Americas and Asia.

.. Litanies

.. SN: Use for liturgical prayers consisting of a series of
.. invocations and supplications with alternate responses
.. between a leader and congregation.

.. Miracle narratives

.. Religious plays

... Miracle plays

... SN: Use for medieval religious plays based on legends of saints
... or martyrs, or on miracles performed by saints or sacred
... objects.

... Mystery plays

... SN: Use for medieval religious plays based on scriptural
... incidents.

.... Passion plays

.... SN: Use for plays representing the Passion of Jesus Christ.

... Rappresentazioni

... SN: Use for religious dramas of popular origin which were most
... commonly performed in the churches and public squares of
... central Italian cities, most common in the 15th century.

.. Sermons

... Apocalyptic sermons

... Children's sermons

... SN: Use for sermons addressed to children.

... Occasional sermons

... SN: Use for sermons given on special occasions.

.... Anniversary sermons

.... Artillery election sermons

.... Baccalaureate sermons

.... Battle sermons

.... Century sermons

.... SN: Use for sermons given to commemorate a centennial
.... anniversary.

.... Christmas sermons

.... Dedication sermons

.... SN: Use for sermons given as part of a ceremony of dedication.

.... Election sermons

.... Execution sermons

.... Farewell sermons

.... Fast-day sermons

.... HN: 1/99 Changed existing term from "Fast day sermons" to
.... "Fast-day sermons". Add SN and UF to existing term.

.... SN: Use for texts of sermons given on days designated as days
.... of fasting.

.... Feast day sermons

.... Fourth of July sermons

.... Funeral sermons

.... Half century sermons

.... Installation sermons

.... SN: Use for sermons preached at the installation of a person in
.... a religious office or parish, whether delivered by that
.... person or another.

.... New Year sermons

.... Ordination sermons

.... Thanksgiving sermons

.... Visitation sermons

.... SN: Use for sermons preached by a bishop, etc., during an
.... official visitation.

.... War sermons

.... Wedding sermons

.. Service books

.. SN: Use for books containing miscellaneous religious rites,
.. whether or not compiled from official liturgical texts; may
.. include hymns.

... Liturgical books

... SN: Use for collections of official texts of liturgical
... services for use in public worship, such as the Anglican
... Book of Common Prayer, or the Jewish Siddur.

.... Antiphonaries

.... SN: Use for works containing both text and music for the Daily
.... Office, Matins or Lauds through Compline)

.... Breviaries

.... SN: Use for works containing solely text of all that is said or
.... sung at the Daily Office, Matins or Lauds through Compline.

.... Evangeliaries

.... HN: Changed 1983. Change from "Evangelistaries" to
.... "Evangeliaries." Formerly, "Evangeliaries" may have been
.... indexed as "Evangelistaries.

.... SN: Use for works containing readings from the Gospels used
.... principally at the Mass throughout the year.

.... Graduals

.... SN: Use for works containing the musical portion of the Mass
.... sung by the choir.

.... Hymnals

.... Missals

.... SN: Use for books containing all that is said or sung at Mass
.... throughout the year.

.... Pontificals

.... SN: Use for works containing the offices, or forms for
.... sacraments, rites, etc., performed by a pontiff or bishop.

.... Rituals

.... SN: Use for books of instructions and texts for administering
.... the sacraments and various blessings.

.... Sacramentaries

.... SN: Use for early Catholic works containing the priest’s part
.... of the mass, together with prayers for baptisms, blessings,
.... ordinations, and consecrations.

.. Thumb bibles

.. HN:

.. SN: Use for miniature volumes containing summaries or
.. abridgments of biblical texts in verse or prose; typically
.. illustrated and produced chiefly for use by children.

. Scientific works

. SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

.. Atlases (Scientific)

.. HN: Changed 1/91. Formerly, "Atlases (Scientific)" may have
.. been indexed as "Atlases.

.. SN: Use for comprehensive, systematically arranged collections
.. of plates, charts, etc. that illustrate a scientific or
.. technical subject.

... Anatomical atlases

.. Celestial atlases

.. Ephemerides

.. SN: Use for works giving the computed positions of celestial
.. bodies for each day or other regular interval; used by
.. navigators and astronomers.

.. Herbals

.. Laboratory notes

.. Medical formularies

.. SN: Use for works not having the contemporary status of a
.. standard. For works having the status of a standard, use
.. "Pharmacopoeias." When in doubt, use "Medical formularies.

.. Pharmacopoeias

.. SN: Use for works having the contemporary status of a standard.
.. When in doubt, use "Medical formularies.

.. Technical formularies

. Social customs

. SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

.. Courtesy books

.. SN: Use for books outlining the education, conduct, duties, and
.. training of noble or royal persons, or persons serving at
.. court.

.. Etiquette books

.. Festival books

.. SN: Use for accounts of festivals, parades, ceremonial entries,
.. and the like.

... Wedding books

... SN: Use for works which recount and depict nuptial festivities
... and events, chiefly of royalty, nobility, or famous
... persons, and which may also include literary works offered
... to the principals, such as epithalamia or the Italian "per le nozze.

.. Fraternity rituals

.. Funeral books

.. SN: Use for works which recount aspects of funeral and memorial
.. activities relating chiefly to royalty, nobility, or famous
.. persons, usually illustrated and containing some
.. description of mausoleums, caskets, church decorations,
.. funeral guests, etc. May include accounts of sermons,
.. eulogies, etc.

.. Lodge rituals

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