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The following catalog records and illustrations demonstrate how TGM I and TGM II terms, TGM I appendix subdivisions, and headings from the LC authority files are used in combination to provide subject and genre/form access to images in Library of Congress collections. The examples (shown with MARC format field tags) represent both item-level and group-level cataloging and a variety of material: photographs, prints, political cartoons, and architectural drawings. The captions highlight application guidelines discussed in the Introduction.
Example 1: Subdivisions (Topical and geographic)
:001 92-522637 PP
:050 Item in LOT 12342-7 <P&P>
:245 Another preparedness measure that society is taking up seriously [graphic].
:260 1917 March 21.
:300 1 photographic print.
:500 National Photo Company Collection.
:520 Mr. J. Leon Phillips holding yarn for his wife as she knits for war effort in Palm Beach, Florida.
(1) :600 Phillips, J. Leon--Family.
:650 Knitting--Florida--Palm Beach--1910-1920. [lctgm]
(1) :650 World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Florida--Palm Beach.
(2) :655 Portrait photographs--1910-1920. [gmgpc]
(2) :655 Group portraits--1910-1920. [gmgpc]
(2) :755 Photographic prints--1910-1920. [gmgpc]
:037 LC-USZ62-106947 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
(1) Topical subdivisions from TGM I appendices may be used with a personal name and the name of a war.
(2) TGM II terms (portrait photographs, group portraits, and photographic prints) are in 655 and 755 fields.
Example 2: "Of" and "about" indexing.
:001 92-513368 PP
:050 CD 1 - Koerner, no. 1 (A size) <P&P>
:100 Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef), 1878-1938, artist.
:245 Spring house cleaning -- why not? [graphic] / Koerner.
:260 [19]14.
:300 1 drawing.
:520 Cartoon showing large broom "womans suffrage" sweeping woman, gambler, and bartender.
:500 Title on verso of piece.
:581 Published in: Evening journal (Wilmington, Delaware)
(1) :650 Women's suffrage--United States--1910-1920. [lctgm]
(1) :650 Sweeping & dusting--1910-1920. [lctgm]
(1) :650 Prohibition--United States--1910-1920. [lctgm]
:650 Gambling--United States--1910-1920. [lctgm]
:655 Editorial cartoons--American--1910-1920. [gmgpc]
:755 Drawings--1910-1920. [gmgpc]
:037 LC-USZ62-105106 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
See Introduction, Section II.B for more detailed discussion of "of" and "about" indexing.
(1) The image depicts sweeping, thus the cataloger assigned the subject term "Sweeping & dusting" to reflect what the image is "of." However, the cartoon is actually "about" women's suffrage and prohibition, and thus the cataloger also has included these index terms in the record.
Example 3: Subdivisions (Nationality and geographic).
:001 90-712283 PP
:050 FP 2 - Chadbourne, no. 133 (D size) <P&P>
:100 Utagawa, Yoshikazu, fl. 1848-1863, artist.
:245 [Picture of foreign parade in Yokohama] [graphic].
:260 [Japan : Izumi Ichi, 1861]
:300 1 print : woodcut, color.
:500 Title translated from Japanese.
:520 Military parade led by soldier carrying American flag, Japanese bystanders looking on.
:650 Military parades & ceremonies--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. [lctgm]
(1) :650 Soldiers--American--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. [lctgm]
:755 Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1860-1870. [gmgpc]
:037 LC-USZC4-1627 DLC (color transparency)
:037 LC-USZ62-72 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
(1) This record demonstrates how both the geographic and nationality subdivisions may be used with the subject term "Soldiers."
Example 4: Genre terms as subjects.
:001 91-794884 PP
:050 Item in LOT 2220 <P&P>
:245 How U.S. movies are made. First step in set construction is artist's sketch [graphic].
:260 1943?
:300 1 photographic print.
:500 Black Star photo.
:500 No. 1.
:500 Part of Portrait of America, no. 120.
:520 Man sketching shot for movie showing man gesturing toward the couch on which he hopes to
sleep.
:650 Motion picture industry--1940-1950. [lctgm]
:650 Drawing--1940-1950. [lctgm]
(1) :650 Set design drawings--1940-1950. [lctgm]
:755 Photographic prints--1940-1950. [gmgpc]
:037 LC-USZ62-95601 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
(1) The subject heading "Set design drawings" is a TGM II term, usually found in the 655 and 755 fields. However, in this record, the cataloger used it as a subject heading (650 field) because the photograph is about the making of set design drawings; the image is not, itself, a set design drawing.
Example 5: Chronological subdivision.
:001 90-713269 PP
:050 ADE - Unit 1807, no. 4 (E size) <P&P>
:100 Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900- .
:245 [Front elevation of Governor's Palace, Williamsburg] [graphic].
:260 1930 Sept. 12.
:300 1 drawing on tracing paper : graphite.
:500 "Preliminary for budget estimate only," "Floor heights and window heights from Jefferson data."
:610 Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
(1) :650 Official residences--Virginia--Williamsburg--1930. [lctgm]
(1) :655 Architectural drawings--1930. [gmgpc]
(1) :755 Graphite drawings--1930. [gmgpc]
:037 LC-USZ62-101650 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
:037 LC-USZC4-2500 DLC (color film copy transparency)
:037 LC-USZ62-107451 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
(1) The date of the drawing is used rather than the date of the building because the drawing documents the appearance of an 18th century building in 1930.
Example 6: People vs. activity headings.
:001 92-522309 PP
:050 FP - XVII - Visscher (C.), no. 8 (B size) <P&P>
:100 Visscher, Cornelis, 1629-1658, artist.
:245 [Le Vendeur de mort aux rats]. Fele fugas mures ... [graphic] / Clemendt de Jonghe excudit.
:260 [1655]
:300 1 print : engraving.
:510 Le Blanc 155 (4th state)
:520 Ratcatcher with live and dead rats, a dog and a boy.
(1) :650 Ratcatchers--1650-1660. [lctgm]
:650 Rats--1650-1660. [lctgm]
:755 Engravings--1650-1660. [gmgpc]
:037 LC-USZ62-106909 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
(1) The "people" heading "Ratcatcher" is more appropriate than an activity heading "Ratcatching," because the activity of ratcatching is not shown. The image focuses on the ratcatcher and the tools of his trade.
Example 7: Group-level record.
:001 92-510420 PP r943
:050 LOT 13024 (H) <P&P>
:100 Gentile, Charles, 1835-1893, photographer.
:245 Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes [graphic].
:260 1870-1872.
:300 1 album (41 albumen photographic prints) : 26 x 21 cm. (album).
:500 Captions and photo numbers written under each image by photographer, Charles Gentile.
Gentile's handwriting identified by Dr. Cesare Marino, Smithsonian Institution. Some captions identify sitters.
:500 Written on front cover before title: "No. 1." Written on front cover after title: "photographed by
Charles Gentile and published by William H. Mardock & Co., No. 15 Amily (?) St., New York. This
series to be copyrighted."
:500 Copyright office label on inside cover states that no copyright information was found in 1906
before album was transferred to the Division of Prints. No copyright information was found in the
Library of Congress Copyright Office, General Index, 1870-1897.
:500 Additional information about the album is available in the Collections File, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Caption list located with album.
:520 SUBJECT: Images of Mohave, Yuma, Maricopa, Yavapai, Pima, and Apache people in Arizona
and one image of California Native Americans. Includes portraits of Pretty Bird, a Mohave "captain";
two Tonto Apache girls; Apache and Yavapai prisoners in shackles at Camp Verde; Juana, a Pima
woman with baskets and pottery; an Apache warrior with a Mexican captive; Juan Chivaria, a
Maricopa leader and his family; and others. Also includes images of the "first Indian school in
Arizona" with students and Euro-American couple in front of building; San Xavier del Bac mission;
Tumacacori mission; the commanding officers' quarters at Camp Colorado; Camp Apache in the White
Mountains; Hohokam ruins at Casa Grande; Maricopa Wells; a posed image of US soldiers "repulsing"
an attack of Apaches; and bearded man, possibly Gentile, posed in rocks with wagon.
:541 Transfer, Copyright Office, 1906 July 14.
:610 Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.).
:650 Mexicans--Arizona--1870-1880.
(1) :650 Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--California--1870-1880.
(1) :650 Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Arizona--1870-1880.
:650 Indians of North America--Capture & imprisonment--Arizona--1870-1880.
:650 Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1870-1880.
:650 Indians of North America--Children--Arizona--1870-1880.
:650 Indians of North America--Education--Arizona--1870-1880.
:650 Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--1870-1880.
:650 Pima Indians--1870-1880.
:650 Yavapai Indians--1870-1880.
:650 Mohave Indians--1870-1880.
:650 Apache Indians--1870-1880.
:650 Yuma Indians--1870-1880.
:650 Maricopa Indians--1870-1880.
(2) :650 Missions--Arizona--1870-1880. [lctgm]
:650 Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1880. [lctgm]
(2) :650 Prisoners--Arizona--1870-1880. [lctgm]
:650 Officers' quarters--Arizona--1870-1880. [lctgm]
:650 Indian reservations--Arizona--1870-1880. [lctgm]
:650 Military facilities--Arizona--1870-1880. [lctgm]
(2) :650 Schools--Arizona--1870-1880 [lctgm]
:650 Ruins--Arizona--1870-1880. [lctgm]
:651 Tumacacori National Monument (Ariz.)--1870-1880.
:651 Maricopa Wells (Ariz.)--1870-1880.
:655 Portrait photographs--1870-1880. [gmgpc]
:655 Group portraits--1870-1880. [gmgpc]
:655 Photograph albums--1870-1880. [gmgpc]
:755 Albumen prints--1870-1880. [gmgpc]
This is a group-level catalog record for 41 images. Multiple geographical subdivisions and subjects are often necessary when cataloging more than one item in the same record.
(1) Multiple geographical subdivisions (Arizona and California).
(2) Multiple subjects (missions, schools, prisoners).
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