Citing the Archive

Suggested MLA Citation

Author. Item Description. Date. Gloria Naylor Archive, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT. Box # Folder #.

MLA Examples

Gloria Naylor. The Women of Brewster Place Handwritten Manuscript. Gloria Naylor Archive, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT, Box 2 Folder 7. 

Naylor, Gloria. Mama Day Script. Gloria Naylor Archive, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT, Box 22 Folder 9. 

Alvarez, Julia. Letter to Gloria Naylor. undated. Gloria Naylor Archive, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT, Box 2 Folder 7. 


Suggested Chicago Citation

Item Description, date, box #, folder #, Gloria Naylor Archive, Sacred Heart University.

Chicago Examples

The Women of Brewster Place Handwritten Manuscript, undated, Box 2, Folder 7, Gloria Naylor Archive, Sacred Heart University. 

Mama Day Script, undated, Box 22, Folder 9, Gloria Naylor Archive, Sacred Heart University

Letter, Julia Alvarez to Gloria Naylor, undated, Box 2 Folder 7, Gloria Naylor Archive, Sacred Heart University.


References:

The MLA Style Center: Physical Archives and Collections

Purdue Libraries: Citing Archival Sources

UW: Citing Archival Material

Bowdoin Special Collections & Archives

Barnard College Archives