How do I cite resources from the Office of Public Records in my work?
Answer
OPR uses the Chicago Style Guide for its citation guidelines. Please use the examples below to help develop your citation.
I’m Citing a…
Document:
- Notes:
- Title, date, box #, folder #, Collection Name , DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC, link (if applicable)
- Example:
- Baby Grunson, 08/01/1874, Box 1, Folder 1, Birth Certificates, DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC, https://archives.dc.gov/Documents/Detail/baby-grunson/5
- Example:
- Title, date, box #, folder #, Collection Name , DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC, link (if applicable)
- Bibliography:
- Collection Name. DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC
- Example:
- Birth Certificates, DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC
- Example:
- Collection Name. DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC
Photograph:
- Notes:
- 2. Photograph of Mayor Muriel Bowser and City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, 08/17/2021, EOM - Office of Communications Photographs, DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC.
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- 3. 160 M Street, NE, 08/09/1950, DCA_DPW_ENG_OPR_-32, Engineering Department Images Documenting Illegal Parking, Department of Public Works Photographs, DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC, https://archives.dc.gov/Documents/Detail/160-m-street-ne/719585
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- “n.d.” can be used if the photograph has no date.
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- Bibliography:
- EOM - Office of Communications Photographs, DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC
- Engineering Department Images Documenting Illegal Parking, Department of Public Works Photographs, DC Office of Public Records and Archives, Washington, DC