Abstract:   List of approved genre terms and list of local genre terms

Brown uses genre form headings for all broadsides. Some of these are from the list in Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, Second Edition (Chicago, 1991). The subdivisions were chosen in accordance with the general rules for genre form subdivision, using for the most part established LC subject headings. Choice of subdivisions was dictated by access needs for broadsides.

The local section contains genre form headings not represented in the approved lists of genre terms. These were chosen by Rita Warnock, former Broadsides Curator, as she found necessary while cataloging broadsides. Additional headings will be added whe n a need is perceived. The subdivisions are similar to the ones used with the approved headings.

List of Approved Genre Terms with Subdivisions Used for Broadsides

Note: In this list |z[state] can be replaced by |z[province] for Canadian broadsides.

Advertisements|x[type]|z[state]|y[year].|2rbgenr
    |xBooks; Toys; Auctions
Almanacs|z[state or country]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Ballads|z[origin]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Broadsides|z[state]|y[year].|2rbgenr Note: This genre heading is always used for broadsides.
Carriers' addresses|z[state]|y[year].|2rbgenr (for newspapers)
Carriers' addresses|x[occupation]|z[state]|y[year] (for all others)
    |xSanitation workers; Messengers; Watchmen; Lamplighters
Catalogs|x[type]|z[state or country]|y[year].|2rbgenr (exceptTrade and Exhibition Catalogs)
Dialogues|x[poetry or prose]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Exhibition catalogs|x[type or artist]|z[state]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Hymns|x[language other than English]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Keepsakes|z[state]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Memorials (Commemorative)|z[state]|y[year].|2rbgenr
National songs|z[country].|2rbgenr
Newspapers|z[state]|z[town]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Odes|x[language other than English]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Playbills|z[state]|y[year].2rbgenr
Proclamations|z[state]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Programs|x[type or institution]|z[state]|y[year].|2rbgenr (except Theater programs)
    |xConcerts; Inaugurations; Graduations
Theater programs|z[state]|z[town]|y[year].|2rbgenr
Trade catalogs|x[type]|z[state] or country]|y[year].|2rbgenr
    |xTea; Dry goods

List of Locally-Developed Genre Terms with Subdivisions Used for Broadsides

Note: In this list |z[state] can be replaced with |z[province] for Canadian broadsides.

Bookmarks.|2local
Cloth broadsides|z[state]|y[year].|2local
Constitutions|x or |z[type (state, country, society, etc.)]|y[year].|2local
Diplomas|x[recipient]|y[year].|2local
Editorials|z[state]|z[town]|y[year].|2local
Election tickets|z[state]|y[year].|2local
Engravings|x[motif].|2local
    |xBirds; Ships; Landscapes
Holiday greetings|z[state]|y[year].|2local
Invitations|z[state]|z[town]|y[year].|2local
Maps|z[geographic area|y[year].|2local
Metamorphic cards|y[year].|2local
Poetry readings|z[state]|z[town]|y[year].|2local
Postcards|x[type]|y[year].|2local
    |xPoetry; Art works; Pictures; Greetings; Valentines
Printers' marks|x[press]|y[year].|2local
Proxy ballots|z[state]|y[year].|2local
Pulp paintings|x[press]|y[year].|2local
Sea poetry|y[year].|2local
Shaped broadsides|x[press]|y[year].|2local
Toy and movable broadsides|y[year].|2local (for pop-up items)
Women authors|z[country of origin]|y[year].|2local
Wood engravings|x[motif].|2local
    |xBirds; Ships; Landscapes; Women; Men; Soldiers

List of approved useful genre terms for broadsides

Acrostics	Gallows speeches	Playbills
Addresses	Hymns	Poetry of places
Advertisements	Keepsakes	Posters
Ballads	Lampoons	Proclamations
Begging poems	Literature of prejudice	Programs
Broadsides	Local histories	Propaganda
Calendars	Maxims	Protest literature
Captivity narratives	Memorials (Commemorative)	Resistance publications
Caricatures	Menus	Satires
Carriers' addresses	Minstrel songs	Schedules
Cartoons	Narratives	Song sheets
Catalogs	National songs	Souvenir programs
Concrete poems	Newspapers	Theater programs
Convicts' addresses	Odes	Type specimens
Corantos	Parodies	Underground publications
Elegies	Pasquinades	Xenophobic literature
Eulogies	Penny poems	blank