Wolff Photoplay Collection

Scope

The Mark H. Wolff Collection of photoplay editions contains over 1500 hardback and 750 softcover volumes and covers many areas of photoplay publication in the twentieth century.

Size

There are no size boundaries since this collection is going to LSF.

Marking and call tags/labels

The following guidelines are used when marking volumes for the Wolff Photoplay Collection:

  1. Mark on Yale bookplate when there is one, generally in the upper left corner.
  2. Mark on back cover, lower right hand corner, when there is no Yale bookplate unless cover is too dark.
  3. Mark on verso of last page, lower right hand corner, when 1 or 2 don’t apply. The lower left hand corner is the alternate location when the lower right hand corner is unusable.
  4. If the last page is unmarkable (e.g. too dark or shiny or filled with text or illustrations), mark the verso of the first usable page from the end

Do not print call tags since the collection is going to LSF. All Volumes sent to LSF will be in protective housing.

NOTE: Do not mark call number on original wrappers.

Classification

The Wolff Photoplay collection is part of the Yale Collection of American Literature and is classed as a name collection and uses a sequential number.

Monographs of all sizes ‡b beinycal ‡h Wolff Photoplay ‡i 8

Special notes, series, subjects and tracings

  • Make a local note for (590): From the collection of Mark H. Wolff.
  • Cite the two standard bibliographies, both with title Photoplay Editions, as appropriate. One is by Arnie Davis, the other by Rick Miller.
    510 4   ‡a Davis, A. Photoplay editions, ‡c p. 82
    510 4   ‡a Miller, R. Photoplay editions, ‡c p. 63
  • Make topical subject and genre headings as appropriate. Particularly use the LCSH term Photoplay editions as a genre heading (do not subdivide).
    655   0 ‡a Photoplay editions.
  • Include established uniform title tracing for the movie.
    730 0   ‡a Carmen (Motion picture : 1915)

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