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Lake Forest College Archives and Special Collections

Archives Guide

Preferred Citations

Chicago Style

 "[item]," [collection title], [collection identifier], (box #, folder #), Lake Forest College Archives and Special Collections, Lake Forest, IL.

The item can be a description of the item and the date if known. In some cases you may not have the box and folder numbers, so you can leave that out. 

Examples:

  • "Correspondence, Ida B. Wells to Joseph Medill Patterson, August 15, 1919,"  Joseph Medill Patterson Papers, SC 001, Box 1, Folder 3, Lake Forest College Archives and Special Collections, Lake Forest IL.
  • “Dr. Seuss Commencement Speech, 1976," Eugene Hotchkiss Papers, LF 001, Box 125, Folder 10,  Lake Forest College Archives and Special Collections, Lake Forest, IL.
  • “Photograph of Buchanan Hall”, Lake Forest College Photograph Collection, LF 004, Box 13, Folder 4, Lake Forest College Archives and Special Collections, Lake Forest, IL.