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EAD Workshop Sample Finding Aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010049 #eadworkshop #xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"
id="sample">
<!-- eadheader: Description of the collection, not the items in the collection. Includes all the DACS required elements (yellow elements on sheet in packet) -->
<eadheader>
<!-- mainagencycode: ISO name for Library of Congress -->
<!-- countrycode: ISO name for the United States -->
<eadid mainagencycode="US-DLC" countrycode="US">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010049</eadid>
<filedesc>
<titlestmt>
<titleproper>Samuel Edward Axson Sermons</titleproper>
<subtitle>A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress</subtitle>
<author>Prepared by Manuscript Division Staff</author>
</titlestmt>
<publicationstmt> <!-- also available: p (paragraph, statement about the publisher) -->
<publisher>Manuscript Division, Library of Congress</publisher>
<date>2009</date>
<address>
<addressline>Washington, D.C.</addressline>
</address>
</publicationstmt>
</filedesc>
<profiledesc>
<creation>Finding aid encoded by Glenn R. Gardner
<date>2010</date>
</creation>
<langusage> <!-- language of *finding aid* (language of collection is elsewhere) -->
<language>English</language>
</langusage>
<descrules>Describing Archives: a Content Standard</descrules> <!-- not typically added -->
</profiledesc>
</eadheader>
<archdesc level="collection">
<did>
<head>Collection Summary</head>
<unittitle>Samuel Edward Axson Sermons</unittitle>
<unitdate label="Span Dates">1857-1880</unitdate> <!-- label is not required -->
<unitid label="ID No.">MSS57323</unitid>
<origination>
<persname>Axson, Samuel Edward, ca. 1836-1884</persname>
</origination>
<physdesc label="Extent">
<extent>350 items</extent>
<extent>5 containers</extent>
<extent>2 linear feet</extent>
</physdesc>
<langmaterial>Collection material in: <!-- optional, to show to user -->
<language>English</language>
</langmaterial>
<repository>
<corpname>
<subarea>Manuscript Division</subarea>, Library of Congress
</corpname>
<address>
<addressline>Washington, D.C.</addressline>
</address>
</repository>
<abstract>Presbyterian clergyman of Rome, Georgia, and father of Ellen Axson Wilson, first wife
of President Woodrow Wilson. Sermons by Axson.</abstract>
</did>
<!-- Selected Search Terms (access points) -->
<controlaccess>
<head>People</head>
<persname>Axson, Samuel Edward, ca. 1836-1884</persname>
</controlaccess>
<controlaccess>
<head>Subjects</head>
<subject>Presbyterian Church--Sermons</subject>
</controlaccess>
<controlaccess>
<head>Genre/Form</head>
<genreform encodinganalog="655" source="lcgft">Sermons, American</genreform>
</controlaccess>
<controlaccess>
<head>Occupations</head>
<occupation>Clergy</occupation>
</controlaccess>
<!-- Administrative Information -->
<descgrp>
<head>Administrative Information</head>
<acqinfo>
<head>Provenance</head>
<p>The sermons of Samuel Edward Axson, Prebyterian clergyman of Rome, Ga...</p>
</acqinfo>
<processinfo>
<head>Processing History</head>
<p>The collection was processed circa 1975. The finding aid was revised in 2009.</p>
</processinfo>
<userrestrict>
<head>Copyright Status</head>
<p>The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Samuel Edward Axson is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).</p>
</userrestrict>
<accessrestrict>
<head>Access and Restrictions</head>
<p>The sermons of Samuel Edward Axson are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.</p>
</accessrestrict>
<prefercite>
<head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Samuel Edward Axson Sermons, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.</p>
</prefercite>
<bioghist>
<head>Biographical Note</head>
<p>Samuel Edward Axson (circa 1836-1884) was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, Georgia, 1866-1883, and the father of Ellen Louis Axson Wilson, first wife of Woodrow Wilson. who met during that period. Educated at Oglethorpe University and Columbia Theological Seminary, Axson was licensed by the Presbytery of Charleston and served as city missionary in Augusta, Georgia, pastor of the Beech Island Presbyterian Church in Aiken County, South Carolina, 1859-1861, and at McPhersonville and Madison, South Carolina, before his final tenure at Rome. He was as a chaplain, 1862-1864, to a South Carolina regiment of the Confederate army during the Civil War, and married Margaret Jane Hoyt in 1858.</p>
</bioghist>
<scopecontent>
<head>Scope and Content Note</head>
<p>The sermons of Samuel Edward Axson (circa 1836-1884) span the years 1857-1880 and consist mainly of holograph sermons and devotional talks by Axson written in various hands. Most were delivered during his pastorate at the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, Georgia, 1866-1884, but they include presentations at Augusta, George, where he was city missionary in the 1850s, and at Presbyterian churches in Beech Island, McPherson, and Madison, South Carolina, as well as at Savannah, Georgia, and New Orleans, Louisiana, together with talks before Methodist and Baptist congregants.</p>
<chronlist>
<chromitem>
<date>1866-1884</date>
<event>Pastor of First Presbyterian Church</event>
</chromitem>
</chronlist>
</scopecontent>
<arrangement>
<head>Arrangement of the Papers</head>
<p>This collection is arranged chronologically with a published sermon of 1878 at the end.</p>
</arrangement>
</descgrp>
<!-- this part is fairly sketchy -->
<dsc>
<head>Container List</head>
<c>
<did>
<container type="series">1</container>
<unittitle>Handwritten sermons</unittitle>
</did>
<c>
<did>
<container type="box">1</container>
</did>
<c>
<did>
<container type="folder">1-3</container>
</did>
</c>
</c>
</c>
<c>
<did>
<container type="series">2</container>
<unittitie>Published sermon, 1878</unittitie>
</did>
</c>
</dsc>
</archdesc>
</ead>
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