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541 - Immediate Source of Acquisition Note (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full
October 2005
First Indicator
Privacy
# - No information provided
0 - Private
1 - Not private

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Subfield Codes
$a - Source of acquisition (NR)
$b - Address (NR)
$c - Method of acquisition (NR)
$d - Date of acquisition (NR)
$e - Accession number (NR)
$f - Owner (NR)
$h - Purchase price (NR)
$n - Extent (R)
$o - Type of unit (R)
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
$5 - Institution to which field applies (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Information about the immediate source of acquisition of the described materials and is used primarily with original or historical items, or other archival collections.

The original source of acquisition is recorded in field 561 (Ownership and Custodial History). Field 541 is repeated when recording the acquisition of additional material in a collection. An additional field 541 is made for each addition.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

First Indicator - Privacy
Whether the contents of the field are private or not. The state of being private includes information that institutions do not want to display to the public because it is sensitive or restricted.
# - No information provided
No information is provided as to the privacy of the field contents.
541 ##$3Photoprints$cPurchased;$d1974$h$4,000.
0 - Private
Field contains private information.
541 0#$35 diaries$n25$ocubic feet;$aMerriwether, Stuart;$b458 Yonkers Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601;$cPurchase at auction;$d1981/09/24;$e81-325;$fJonathan P. Merriwether Estate;$h$7,850.
1 - Not private
No private information in the field.
541 1#$aSource unknown.
Second Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Source of acquisition
Name of the person(s) or organization that is the source of the material.
If the source is an agent, the owner is recorded in subfield $f (Owner).
541 0#$cGift;$aLeavitt Hunt's daughter, Mrs. William E. Patterson;$d1947.
541 ##$aSource unknown.
$b - Address
Address of the source of acquisition given in subfield $a.
541 0#$35 diaries$n25$ocubic feet;$aMerriwether, Stuart;$b458 Yonkers Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601;$cPurchase at auction;$d1981/09/24;$e81-325;$fJonathan P. Merriwether Estate;$h$7,850.
$c - Method of acquisition
Terms under which a transfer of physical custody occurs, for example, by gift, bequest, loan, purchase, deposit.
541 ##$3Videocassette$cCopyright deposit;$dReceived: 1/16/85 from LC video lab;$aCopyright Collection.
541 1#$3Masterpos$cGift, ATM 88;$dReceived: 12/2/74;$aAFI/Columbia Collection.
$d - Date of acquisition
Preferred structure for the date is according to Representatives of Dates and Times (ISO 8601): yyyymmdd.
541 ##$cPurchase;$d20040915.
541 ##$3Photonegatives$cPurchased;$d1979.
541 ##$3Ref print$cCopyright deposit--RNR;$dReceived: 10/30/82;$aCopyright Collection.
541 ##$cPurchase;$d1951-1968.
$e - Accession number
Identification code assigned to materials acquired in a single and separate transfer of custody.
541 ##$cBequest;$aErwin Swann;$d1974;$e(DLC/PP-1977:215).
$f - Owner
Name of the individual or organization with legal custody over the described materials.
541 0#$35 diaries$n25$ocubic feet;$aMerriwether, Stuart;$b458 Yonkers Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601;$cPurchased at auction;$d1981/09/24;$e81-325;$fJonathan P. Merriwether Estate;$h$7,850.
$h - Purchase price
541 ##$3Photoprints$cPurchased;$d1974;$h$4,000.
$n - Extent
Number of items acquired.
541 ##$aWisconsin Office of The Commissioner of Insurance;$e81-141002;$cRecords Center transfer;$n54$ocubic feet;$n12$oreels of computer tape;$d1981/05/11.
$o - Type of unit
Name of the unit of measurement, e.g., cartons.
If subfields $n and $o are repeated in one 541 field, each subfield $o follows its associated subfield $n.
541 ##$aSparkling Brew Beer Company;$bNew Hops Road, Port Washington, WI 53074;$e1987-1;$n4$orecord center cartons;$n2$oreels of microfilm;$d1987/01/02.
$3 - Materials specified
Part of the described material to which the field applies.
541 0#$3Materials scheduled for permanent retention$n25$oreels of microfilm$aU.S. Department of Transportation;$cTransfer under schedule;$d1980/01/10.
$5 - Institution to which field applies
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 541 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present. If the final subfield is subfield $5, the mark of punctuation precedes that subfield.

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

In 1983, the name of this field was changed from Provenance to clarify its customary usage. At that time, field 561 was defined for provenance information. Records created prior to 1984 may contain either kind of data in field 541.

Indicator 1 - Privacy [NEW, 2004]
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