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Help my metadata prof's first example of something to make a MARC record for is an Individual. Cancelled. Check.

Complete with an S/C note, multiple creators, and a subject heading

What are we doing y'all

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Screenshot of a slide titled "Example #1", with a picture of a cancelled check and the following metadata: • Creator: Brand, L. C. • Title: Cancelled check • Date created: March 21, 1895 • Size (Extent): 1 item. • Place: San Antonio, Texas • Scope Note: Check written by C.L. Brand to Annie T. amilton in the amount of $500 for purchase of her norses drawn on an Alamo National Bank account ir San Antonio, Texas on March 21, 1895. • Preferred Citation • Use/Reproduction • Source of Acquisition • Subject/Name: Hamilton, Annie T. • Subject/Topic: Horses • Subject/Genre: Cancelled check • Added Author: Alamo National Bank
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM