Harris Coll classes comprise: the Harris Anthology and Gift-book classes, including songsters, hymnals without music and the Greene Memorial.
Anthologies of poetry and plays are classed in the appropriate category, which always includes the designation Coll (as with all classes using the combination Coll, never followed by a period).
The classes described in this section are:
| Coll | American poetry; Canadian poetry, other than French |
| fColl | French-Canadian poetry |
| Lat.Amer.Coll | as used for Latin-American poetry |
| pColl | American plays; Canadian plays, other than French |
| pfColl | French-Canadian plays |
| Lat.Amer.Coll | as used for Latin-American plays |
| Songster Coll | Songsters without music |
| hColl | Hymnals without music |
| hfColl | French-Canadian hymnals without music |
| Coll.A | Gift books and annuals |
| Greene Memorial | Albert Gorton Greene |
Note also that collections of poetry, plays and hymns in Yiddish are classed in the appropriate general class: Coll, pColl or hColl.
Serials are mostly classed as Serial Coll. See section, The Harris Serial Classes.
Class all categories described in this section, except Greene Memorial, using either the Old or the New Classification Procedure. For description of the procedures, see section, The Harris Dated Classes.
For classification purposes, an anthology of poetry is defined as a collection of poems by more than three authors. Works by one to three authors are classed in the Harris Dated Classes.
Examples:
Coll KA2357b
Bluestreak : poems / [compiled] by Shari Kadison
A collection of poems by five authors; however, a work by two authors was correctly classed:
1976 KA2824 K35t
Aguero, Kathleen Thirsty day
Collections of poetry may also contain other literary genres or categories, such as essays, short stories, quotations, and miscellanea. Class such literary collections with poetry in the appropriate Coll class. For mixed collections of poetry and plays, class these with poetry--unless the poetry component is very small, in which case class them with drama in the appropriate pColl class.
Examples:
Coll KI294b
Black southern voices : an anthology of fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, and critical
essays / edited by John Oliver Killens and Jerry W. Ward, Jr.
Coll VE423a
American Indian literature : an anthology / edited by Alan R. Velie
Coll UN3314
The Uncommon touch : fiction and poetry from the Stanford Writing Workshop
but consider the next example:
pColl S5782c 1927
Christmas in your school : recitations, songs, exercises, plays and dialogues / compiled by Florence R. Signor
This last example was classed for the drama component, presumably because the "poetry" (songs in this case) was a much smaller section. It is possible however that the collection would have been just as well placed in Coll, because of the diverse nature of its contents.
Usually class either by title or by the name of a person prominently associated with the anthology, such as a compiler. On occasion class by the name of a corporate body responsible in some way for the collection's existence.
Examples:
Coll VA435
The valley : South Texas in art, verse and story
Coll U615po
The Pocket book of story poems / edited by Louis Untermeyer
Coll U615pan 1963
The Pan book of limericks / edited by Louis Untermeyer
Coll JA2563t
Ten for posterity : an anthology of Yiddish poems / translated and compiled by Marie B. Jaffe
The designation Coll is used for anthologies of American poetry in all languages. It is also used for collections of Canadian poetry which are not entirely, or primarily, in French. Mixed collections of Canadian and French-Canadian poetry are usually classed in Coll, but see the last example in the group below. Mixed collections of American/Canadian and Mexican poetry.are likewise usually classed in Coll.
Examples:
2-SIZE Coll CA5305c
Canada at Brussels, 1958
Contains Canadian and French-Canadian poetry
Coll LA633c 1945
Creole voices : poems in French by free men of color /
[compiled by] Armand Lanusse
Originally published in New Orleans as: Les cenelles.
Coll DA388d
Dix poètes anglophones du Québec : voix-off / présentés par Antonio D'Alfonso
but consider:
fColl VO444f
Femme plurielle
Here we have a collection of Canadian poetry and prose in both French and English, but with a decidedly French flavor. All the works in English were also translated into French, but the works in French were presented only in the original language. Hence fColl is a better location for the work.
Class mixed collections of poetry from North American and European sources as if they consist entirely of North American poetry (American, Canadian and/or Mexican, as appropriate). Class such an anthology in Coll, fColl (French-Canadian poetry), or Lat.Amer.Coll, as appropriate.
Examples:
Coll U615m 1936a
Modern American poetry ; Modern British poetry / edited by Louis Untermeyer
Note that the a following the year is an obsolete usage; current classification calls for some other letter than a where the item is not a photocopy, e.g. 1936b.
Coll KE982q
Quingumbo : nova poesía norte-americano
Note that this work was classed in Coll because the writers are all Americans. The fact that they are all English-speaking is irrelevant: if they were Spanish, they would still be classed in Coll rather than Lat.Amer.Coll.
The designation fColl is used for anthologies of French-Canadian poetry.
Usually class mixed collections of French-Canadian and other French poetry as if all components emanate from French Canada. However, where a work consists primarily of poems by French-speaking Americans, consider classing it with American poetry in Coll. There may still be a good reason for classing the work in fColl: for instance, a major Canadian author may be represented by a significant title.
Examples:
fColl RO686t
Twelve modern French Canadian poets / translated by G.R. Roy with French text
fColl BA663
Les chansons du Saint-Laurent / [compiled by] Marius Barbeau
Consider the following title:
Coll AN954Lf
Anthologie de la litterature franco-americaine de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
This anthology of writings by French Americans does not contain Canadian material, although many of the authors were of Canadian descent. It is therefore classed in Coll with American, not French-Canadian, poetry collections.
The designation Lat.Amer.Coll is applied to collections of poetry, chiefly in Spanish or Portuguese, by Latin-American authors. Class works by such authors in Lat.Amer.Coll if they are known, or presumed, to live or to have lived in Latin America. Class works in Spanish or Portuguese by writers resident in the United States or Canada with American or Canadian poetry in Coll. However class works by Latin-American writers living in exile on a case-by-case basis. Also class here collections of hymns and/or sacred songs without music as if they contain secular poetry.
Examples:
Lat.Amer.Coll AN954
Antología de la nueva poesía colombiana
Lat.Amer.Coll MA7974i
Inventing a word : an anthology of twentieth-century Puerto Rican
poetry / edited by Julie Marzán
Text in English and Spanish; evidently written by Puerto-Ricans living in their own country.
For classification purposes, an anthology of plays is defined as a collection of plays by more than three authors. Works by one to three author are classed in the Harris Dated Classes.
Collections of plays may also contain other literary genres or categories, such as essays, short stories, quotations, and miscellanea. If little or no poetry is present, class such miscellaneous collections as plays in the appropriate pColl class. If poetry is present, class such collections with poetry in the appropriate Coll class.
Usually class either by title or by the name of a person prominently associated with the collection, such as a compiler. On occasion class by the name of a corporate body responsible in some way for the collection's existence.
The designation pColl is used for collections of American plays in all languages. It is also used for collections of Canadian plays which are not entirely, or primarily, in French. Mixed collections of Canadian and French-Canadian plays are classed in pColl, as are mixed collections of American/Canadian and Mexican plays.
Class mixed collections of plays from North American and European sources as if they consist entirely of North American plays (American, Canadian and/or Mexican, as appropriate). Class such an anthology in pColl, pfColl (French-Canadian poetry), or pLat.Amer., as appropriate. Note that there is no location pLat.Amer.Coll. (see below for more information).
Examples:
pColl D5532 1915
Chief contemporary dramatists : twenty plays from the recent drama of England,
Ireland, America ... / selected and edited by Thomas H. Dickinson
pColl P2226s
The Paramount special day book for Mother's Day : and missionary exercises,
dialogs, recitations, drills and songs
pColl CU123at
Cuban American theater / edited by Rodolfo J. Cortina
pColl LA5524d
The dybbuk, and other great Yiddish plays / translated and edited by
Joseph C. Landis
The designation pfColl is used for anthologies of French-Canadian drama.
Usually class mixed collections of French-Canadian and other French plays as if all components emanate from French Canada. However, where a work consists primarily of plays by French-speaking Americans, consider classing it with American plays in pColl. There may still be a good reason for classing the work in pfColl: for instance, a major Canadian author may be represented by a significant title.
Example:
pfColl AU196m 1963
Les monologues du petit-monde / avec commentaires ... [par] Madame
Jean-Louis Audet
The designation pLat.Amer.Coll has never been used: class collections of plays by Latin American authors in Lat.Amer.Coll, along with the anthologies of poetry. Such works are chiefly in Spanish or Portuguese, but may include other languages (French, Dutch, English, etc.). Class works here by such authors if they are known, or presumed, to live or to have lived in Latin America. Class works by Latin American writers clearly resident in the United States or Canada with American or Canadian poetry in pColl. However class works by Latin-American writers ostensibly living in exile on a case-by-case basis. When in doubt class such writers as if they are Americans (or Canadians).
Class collections of popular songs without music in Songster Coll. Until recently this class was restricted to English-language material. Its scope now includes material in all languages. Class works containing a little music, usually for illustrative or advertising purposes, with the ongsters.
Most songsters are entered under title; in many cases the original compiler is unknown. So continue to class a songster using the first letter(s) of the title other than an article,, unless there is some good reason to do otherwise.
Examples:
Songster Coll B36552dp [1]
Beadle's dime pocket songster
Songster Coll CO505s
Swing along with Collette Tours
Songster Coll CH2512
Chantons avec Jacques Labrecque : repertoire de 20 chansons,
interpretees en la Saint-Jean
This last example, although published in Montreal, is classed here rather than in fColl.
A hymnal may contain just one or two hymns, or it may extend to several hundred titles. Class hymnals without music, or with music used for illustration purposes only, in class hColl. Class collections of sacred songs, including gospel songs, with the hymnals. While the collection currently (1995) consists chiefly of hymns or songs associated with Christian worship, it is not restricted to the Christian faith. For instance the collection includes Jewish chants, hymns and synagogue music. Continue to class sacred works of all religions in hColl.
Entry for hymnals tends to be either under title or under the name of the body issuing the hymnal. Usually class by main entry for titles new to the collection. However follow established patterns of classing for new editions of titles, or for new titles associated with bodies already represented in the collection, even though the rules for entry may have changed.
Examples:
hColl BA7384 1875
The Baptist praise book
hColl M5925h 1884
Methodist Episcopal Church. Hymn studies
This is in fact an edition of the Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Class all hymn-books issued by that church using the Cutter number M5925[letter].
hColl LU896h 1892
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. Evangelical Lutheran hymnbook
hColl HE736p 1830
Poetischer Himmels-weg, oder, Kleine, geistliche Lieder-Sammlung /
zusammengetragen von Daniel Hertz.
This general collection of German hymns, associated with no organized Christian body, was Cuttered for the compiler.
hColl TE3422
Teieriwagwata
This is a Mohawk Indian hymnal in the native language.
hColl HY39f 1962
A Festival service in celebration of the fortieth anniversary
of the Hymn Society of America : Sunday, May 6, 1962
Note that a program for a service of worship such as this may be classed in hColl
hColl BI1214 1767a HAY HARRIS RARE
Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Brady-Tate. 1767.
A new version of the Psalms of David : fitted to the tunes used in churches
Classed in hColl because of the section entitled: A collection of hymns, from Dr. Watts, &c. This title regularly appears along with Watts's version of the Psalms, either as an integral part of the text or as accompanying material.
hColl EL7913s
Ellinger, William K. Some of the life experiences of William K.
Ellinger, traveling preacher
The only reason for including this work in the Harris Collection is a group of hymns on p. 36-48. Class such a work for the Harris-related content (in this case, the hymns).
hColl HA266n
Haggadah. English & Hebrew. The new Haggadah for the Pesah seder
A Jewish service book containing chants. At the time of writing (1995), this is a made-up example for Harris.
For another example of this class, see section, The Harris Foreign Language Classes, General instructions.
This extremely small section (only three titles as of September, 1995) contains Canadian hymns and sacred songs without music.
Example:
hfColl DU722c
Durant, Laurent. Cantiques de Marseilles, accommodes a des airs vulgaires
For another example of this class, see section, The Harris Foreign Language Classes.
The designation Coll.A is used for certain classes of gift books and annuals. They may be identified in part by the use in the title of such words as "gift," "token," "offering" or "annual." In other cases, a statement in the preface, or the inclusion of a presentation plate, may indicate that the book should be classed here. They tend to be elaborately produced; most examples in the collection were produced in the nineteenth century, which was the heyday of this literary form. Do not class here such limited edition publications as Christmas or other holiday gifts issued in pamphlet or greetings card form. When in doubt whether a collection belongs here or in regular Coll (or in the case of a serial, Serial Coll), consult the Harris Curator. For further information on this collection, including a short bibliography, see the appendix to the Introduction to the Harris Classification.
Routinely add the year of publication for this kind of material. Even though there may currently be no evidence of the existence of another edition, one may arrive in the backlog at some future date.
Examples:
Coll.A BR5 1845
The bridal wreath : a wedding souvenir
Coll.A FL83 1854
Floral gems, or, The songs of the flowers
The designation Greene Memorial is applied to a very small collection of material on one of the founders of the Harris Collection, Albert Gorton Greene (1802-1868). No additions are being made to this category.
The classification is based to some extent on the Old Classification Procedure. The classifiers applied the following series of steps:
Complete the first two lines of the call number with the words Greene Memorial. Add a third line as a Cutter number, without a final Cutter letter. This completes the number for works by authors other than Greene himself. To distinguish Greene's works from each other, add a fourth line, containing a Cutter number for the title.
Examples:
Greene Memorial F4
Fenner, Cornelius George. Poems of many moods
Greene Memorial G7 A2
Greene, Albert Gorton. Address to the citizens of Providence (R.I.) on
the anniversary celebration of the birthday of Washington, February 22d 1825
Greene Memorial G7 D4
Brown University. Dedication of the new chapel of Brown University, Wednesday,
Feb. 4, 1835
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