[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Agent records in ArchivesSpace and compound or hyphenated surnames

[Lara Friedman-Shedlov]

I don't know anything about the UK rules for this, so I'm curious,
especially as a person with a hyphenated last name.  I consider that the
primary part of my name is "Friedman-Shedlov," NOT "Shedlov," and if I were
creating an agent record for my name, my understanding is that the primary
part would indeed by "Friedman-Shedlov," going by the rules we use here in
the U.S.  However, it is definitely more ambiguous with compound names that
are not hyphenated.

/ Lara Friedman-Shedlov

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:06 AM Natalie Adams <na207 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear Matthew and Daniel,
>
> Many thanks for replying so quickly.
>
> Matthew- could you share details of how Violet Bonham Carter's agent
> record is constructed in your staff interface?
>
> Daniel- the issue with the UK's NCA Rules is that the primary part of the
> name is the final element of a compound or hyphenated surname (Carter in
> Matthew's example). I wanted to check we'd be right to construct an agent
> record like this:-
>
> Primary part of name: Carter
> Rest of name: Helen Violet Bonham
>
> Not
> Primary part of name: Bonham Carter
> Rest of name: Helen Violet
>
> A sanity check with the listserv would be reassuring!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Natalie
>
>
>
>
> Natalie Adams
> Systems Archivist
> Cambridge University Library
>
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> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Matthew Neely <matthew.neely at bodleian.ox.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* 22 July 2020 16:24
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Agent records in ArchivesSpace
> and compound or hyphenated surnames
>
>
> Hi Natalie,
>
>
>
> We’ve followed the UK’s NCA Rules for Names in our implementation (a
> practice we have used historically at the Bodleian). For example, Violet
> Bonham Carter is Carter | Lady | Helen Violet | Bonham | 1887-1969 | née
> Asquith | Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury | Liberal political figure
> <https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/agents/people/4387> in the Primary
> Part of Name field in the Agent record.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Matthew
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> Matthew Neely
>
> Senior Archivist
>
> Special Collections
>
> Bodleian Libraries
>
>
>
> Tel: 01865 287158
>
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> Email: matthew.neely at bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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>
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> *On Behalf Of *Natalie
> Adams
> *Sent:* 22 July 2020 15:20
> *To:* archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Agent records in ArchivesSpace and
> compound or hyphenated surnames
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Are there any repositories on the list using ArchivesSpace for agent
> records who would be willing to share any guidance they have prepared for
> users/cataloguers about creating agent records? I'm specifically interested
> in conventions for entering compound and hyphenated surnames or last names.
>
>
>
> Any advice would be really helpful.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Natalie
>
>
>
>
>
> Natalie Adams
>
> Systems Archivist
>
> Cambridge University Library
>
>
>
>
>
> Natalie Adams
>
> Systems Archivist
>
> Cambridge University Library
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-- 
Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov    (she / they)
Description and Access Archivist | Kautz Family YMCA Archives |
www.lib.umn.edu/ymca
Digital Records Archivist | Archives & Special Collections |
www.lib.umn.edu/special
University of Minnesota Libraries | lib.umn.edu | 612.626.7972
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