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Records of the Trustees of Teachers College

This finding aid describes the papers of Grace Dodge, an early trustee of Teachers College.

Suggested Citations

APA

Author last name, First Initial. (year month day). Title [Description of material]. Name of collection (Collection number or identifier, Box number, Folder number). Name of repository, Location of repository. Retrieved from URL if applicable.

Example Citation

Dodge, G.H. (1899 May). The Three P's Circle, 1889-1899, volume 1. Grace Dodge Papers (870001, box 1 of 3, volume 1). Gottesman Libraries Special Collections and Archives, Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y.
 

Please consult the APA Style Website’s page on Archival Documents and Collections for more information on citing, formatting, and other guidelines.

MLA

Author Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial [If known]. Title or description of material. Day month year. Collection Name. Collection identifier, Box number, Folder number. Name of repository, Location of repository. URL if applicable.

 

Example Citation

Dodge, Grace H. The Three P's Circle, 1889-1899, volume 1. May 1899. Grace Dodge Papers. 870001, Box 1 of 3, volume 1. Gottesman Libraries Special Collections and Archives, Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y.
 

For more information on citing archival material, consult the MLA Handbook or the MLA Style Center. The MLA Style Center specifically addresses citing material from digital archives as well as citing material located in physical archives.

Chicago: Notes and Bibliography

 

Endnote or Footnote

Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection number or identifier, box number, folder number, Collection Name, Name of Repository, Location of Repository. URL if applicable.

Example Citation

The Three P’s Circle, 1889-1899, volume 1, May, 1899, 870001, Box 1 of 3, volume 1, Grace Dodge Papers, Gottesman Libraries Special Collections and Archives, Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y.

 

  • Chicago Note citations can be shortened if the resource is cited multiple times. The first instance should follow a similar format: 

The Three P’s Circle, 1889-1899, volume 1, May, 1899, 870001, Box 1 of 3, volume 1, Grace Dodge Papers, Gottesman Libraries Special Collections and Archives, Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y. (hereafter cited as The Three P’s, 1889-1899, Grace Dodge Papers). 
 

  • Subsequent note citations can take the following form: 

The Three P’s, 1889-1899, Grace Dodge Papers. 

 

Bibliography

Last Name, First Name of author. Name of Collection. Name of Repository, Location of Repository.

Example Citation
 

Dodge, Grace H. Grace Dodge Papers. Gottesman Libraries Special Collections and Archives, Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y.

Chicago: Author Date


In Text Citation

(Collection Title Date) 
 

Example Citation

 

(Grace Dodge Papers May 1899)
 

Bibliography

Collection Name. Repository Name, Repository Location. URL [if applicable]. 
 

Example Citation
 

Grace Dodge Papers. Gottesman Libraries Special Collections and Archives, Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y.

Guidelines, standards, and procedures for citing archival materials can be found in the Chicago Manual of Style under the sections related to “Manuscript Collections.”  The Chicago Manual of Style’s online quick guide also contains more detailed descriptions for citing archival materials. 

Gottesman Libraries' Preferred Citation

If you do not have a set citation style you are using in your work, please defer to the library's preferred citation:

[Description of item or title of item], Box/Folder Number, Collection Name, (Collection Number). Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 

Example Citation

Three P's Circle, 1889, volume 1, May 1899, box 1 of 3, Grace Dodge Papers,(870001). Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.