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Citation rules/Archival materials/23.5 Date

Add the date of the document

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

An archival citation gives the date of the document in a parenthetical in front of the “on file with” parenthetical, “n.d.” where it is not known.1

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  1. 1R. 23.5 Date; B23 Archival Sources.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  1. Abbreviate the archive owner’s name
  2. Abbreviate the institution's name
  3. Add the date of the document
  4. Capitalize the archival title
  5. Move the larger subunit first
  6. Remove the emphasis from the title
  7. Replace the abbreviation with the word
  8. Use "&" between the two authors
  9. Use the archival date abbreviation

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More in Archival materials

  1. Abbreviate the archive owner’s name
  2. Abbreviate the institution's name
  3. Add the date of the document
  4. Capitalize the archival title
  5. Move the larger subunit first
  6. Remove the emphasis from the title
  7. Replace the abbreviation with the word
  8. Use "&" between the two authors
  9. Use the archival date abbreviation

Back to Archival materials

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