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National Historic Landmarks Program
Enter the primary and secondary sources used in documenting and evaluating the national significance of the property. These include books, journal or magazine articles, newspaper articles, interviews, planning documents, historic resource studies or survey reports, prepared NHL Theme Studies, census data, correspondence, deeds, wills, business records, diaries, and other sources. Use The Chicago Manual of Style published by the University of Chicago Press and American Antiquity for archeological properties.
Examples of how to properly cite sources in a bibliography using The Chicago Manual of Style:
Book:
One author
Savage, Beth, ed. African American Historic Places. Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1994.
Chapter or other part of a book
Wiese, Andrew. “‘The House I Live In': Race, Class, and African American Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States.” In The New Suburban History, edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue, 11-32. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Oral History:
Spock, Benjamin. Interview by Milton J. Sean. November 20, 1974, interview 67A, transcript, Senn Oral History Collection, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
National Register of Historic Places or National Historic Landmark Nomination Form:
Flader, Susan L. “Aldo Leopold Shack,” National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1978.
HABS-HAER Report:
Eaton, Sarah. “Pan American Airways System Terminal Building, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL,” Historic American Buildings Survey Report (HABS No. FL-36). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1981.
Historic Structures Report:
Cultural Resources Division, Southeast Regional Office. “Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Bodie Island Lighthouse and Oil House Historic Structure Report.” Atlanta: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, December 2004.
The “Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide” is a helpful online reference tool. You can access it online at: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. The NHL Program also has a “Style Sheet” to serve as a quick reference guide for preparers.
Examples of how to properly cite sources in References Cited using American Antiquity:
Book, single author:
Elster, Jon
1989 Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. Cambridge University Press, New York.
Titled volume/monograph in a series:
Thomas, David H.
1983 The Archaeology of Monitor Valley: 2. Gatecliff Shelter. Anthropological Papers Vol. 59, Pt. 1. American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Article in a journal:
Ashmore, Wendy
1991 Site-Planning Principles and Concepts of Directionality Among the Ancient Maya. Latin American Antiquity 2:199–226.
Item in a newspaper:
Noble, John W.
2002 When Humans Became Human. New York Times 26 February:D1, D5. New York.
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