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Attribution Type: Project Name

Mandatory Repeatable Edit Type Data Type Source Level Available Public Element
No Yes Editable by Original Contributor Only Variable Character Length (100) NARA Staff Community Managers RG
Collection
Series
File Unit
Item
Item AV
Digital Object
Yes

 

Definition:

Project Name is the name of a NARA or NARA partner project, such as a Citizen Archivist Mission.

 

 

Purpose: To allow Catalog users to find all descriptions enhanced with contributions for a particular project or initiative.

 

Relationship: Project Names have an attribution type modifier and may have a related NARA Community Manager contributor name.

 

Guidance:

Project Name is assigned to catalog contributions by NARA staff to identify NARA projects including Citizen Archivist Mission and projects with NARA partners.

 

Examples:

 

Description - Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application FileW. 27576, George Bewley, Md (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/53963384)
Project Name - Revolutionary War Pension Files Transcription Mission
(https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions/revolutionary-war-pension-files)  

 



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