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678 - Biographical or Historical Data (R)

MARC 21 Authority - Concise

2007

Summary of the essential biographical, historical, or other information about the 1XX heading in an established heading record, an established heading and subdivision record, or a subdivision record.

Indicators

First - Type of data

# - No information provided

0 - Biographical sketch

1 - Administrative history

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Biographical or historical data (R)

Brief statement providing biographical information about an individual. It may also contain historical and adminstrative information relating to an organization.

$b - Expansion (NR)

Expansion of the biographical or historical data given in subfield $a.

$u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)

$6 - Linkage (NR)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples


678	##$aM.D., M.R.C.O.G.;$aDept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Maternity Hosp., Queen Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgbaston.


678	##$ab. 1928


678	##$aThe Faribault State School and Hospital provided care, treatment, training, and a variety of other services to mentally retarded individuals and their families. It was operated by the State of Minnesota from 1879 to 1998 under different administrative structures and with different names. A more detailed history of the Hospital may be found at$uhttp://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/80881.html

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