This page is for a list of key resources that will help the description process.

Essential controlled vocabularies

• Library of Congress Name Authority File
• Virtual International Name Authority File
• Library of Congress Subject Authority File | Subject list. Great for free-floating subdivisions
• Art and Architecture Thesaurus | Genre list
• MARC Relator and Role terms
• AACR2 Place Name Abbreviations
• Library of Congress ISO 639-2 Code List for country and state abbreviations
• Common AAT Terms
• Encoded authorities: R:\dubois_projects\dubois_digitization\metadata\authorities\ | Open up these three files in oXygen and copy and paste into your records as needed.

Research Tools

• Full Du Bois Finding Aid with Microfilm Reel and Frame Numbers
• MODS Search | Search in-process and old MODS records
• Credo
• Ancestry.com: for names and family histories
• Du Bois: A Chronology
• Du Bois: A Timeline
• Digitized copies of The Crisis on Google Books
• Digitized copies of The Atlanta University Publications
• The New York Times
• Chronicling America: Historical Newspapers at the LOC
• Guide to the papers of the NAACP

Regarding the N.A.A.C.P.:

• n.a.a.c.p._administrative_plan_1919

• who_s_who_among_the_officers_of_the_n.a.a.c.p._1918

Du Bois Secretaries/Crisis Business Managers:

• Inez V. Cantey - secretary at Atlanta University circa 1902

• Madeline G. Allison (MGA) - circa early 1920s

• Lulu Burton (LFB or lb)

• John Preston Davis (JPD)- 1926

• Irene Diggs (ID)

• Kathleen Foss (KF) - circa mid 1920s

• Pocahontas Foster (PF) - circa mid 1920s

• Marvel K. Jackson (MKJ) - circa mid 1920s. authority record is Marvel Cooke.

• Hugh Smythe (HS)

• George Streator (GS) Business Manager of The Crisis

• Pierce McNeil Thompson (PMT) - business manager of The Crisis circa late 20s

• Daisy Wilson (DW) -circa mid 1920s

• Thomas J. Calloway (TJC) -Crisis business manager circa late 20s

Resources to help us deepen our love and understanding for the Metadata Object Description Schema

• Danielle's power point presentation on metadata
• SCUA MODS Best Practices | Current version
• Library of Congress MODS User Guidelines
• Digital Library Foundation MODS Guidelines