Proper Citation Format

When citing materials in the ANS Archives, the following general rules should be followed:

I. In Publications

Format
Item identification, date (if known), collection name (if appropriate), box number, folder number, item number (if appropriate), Archives, American Numismatic Society.

Examples
Letter, Edward T. Newell to Howland Wood, January 5, 1930, box 6.2.5, folder 2, Archives, American Numismatic Society.

Memorandum, Sawyer McA. Mosser to George C. Miles, January 5, 1960, box 10.5.5, folder 20, Archives, American Numismatic Society.

Letter, Sydney P. Noe to John Smith, April 18, 1910, Sydney P. Noe Papers, box 4.1.1, folder 5, Archives, American Numismatic Society.

II. In Loan Exhibition Labels and Catalogs

Format
Item identification, date, collection name (if appropriate), box number, folder number, item number (if appropriate), Archives, American Numismatic Society, donor name (if appropriate).

Examples
Letter, Augustus B. Sage to Edward Groh, March 13, 1858, box 1.1.5, folder 1, Archives, American Numismatic Society. Gift of Edward Groh.

III. In Newspapers, Films, Posters, and Other Media

Format
Item identification, collection (if appropriate). Reproduced courtesy of Archives, American Numismatic Society.

Examples
Photograph of George C. Miles. Reproduced courtesy of Archives, American Numismatic Society.

Photograph of Sydney Noe. Sydney P. Noe Papers. Reproduced courtesy of Archives, American Numismatic Society.

IV. Photographs of Objects from the ANS collection

Unless otherwise stated, the following credit line must be used in display and/or publications. When instructed, include the ANS accession number followed by the correct credit line.  You also agree to provide the ANS library with a gratis copy of the publication (if applicable) in which the ANS’s materials appear.

Examples
ANS 1959.148.18. American Numismatic Society.

V. MANTIS Collections Database Online

When citing an ANS collections webpage in your book or article. The format of your citation in a footnote or endnote must include the ANS accession number (always with the ANS prefix), American Numismatic Society, date accessed by the author, and URI.

Examples
ANS 1944.100.37595, American Numismatic Society, accessed October 3, 2016, https://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.37595.