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Citation rules/Archival materials/23.8 Pre-1900 Newspapers

Add "at" before the page

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

A newspaper image cited before 1900 still takes "at" before its first page, the same as any other newspaper citation: "Mar. 3, 1874, at 2 (on file with …)", not "Mar. 3, 1874, 2 (on file with …)".1

Wrong
Mar. 3, 1874, 2 (on file with …)
Right
Mar. 3, 1874, at 2 (on file with …)
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  1. 1R. 23.8 Pre-1900 Newspapers; R. 16.6 Newspapers. Tables: R. 16.5 Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals and Magazines; R. 3.2(a) Pages.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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  1. Abbreviate the archive owner’s name
  2. Abbreviate the institution's name
  3. Add "at" before the page
  4. Add the date of the document
  5. Capitalize the archival title
  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 "at" before the page
  4. Add the date of the document
  5. Capitalize the archival title
  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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