And So to Bed: The Index to the Diary of Samuel Pepys
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And So to Bed: The Index to the Diary of Samuel Pepys
- 1. And So to Bed: The Index to The Diary of Samuel Pepys Presented by Fred Leise American Society for Indexing National Conference May 14, 2010 © 2010 by ContextualAnalysis
- 2. About Fred User Experience Manager-Taxonomy, Sears Holdings Management Corp. (Sears.com, Kmart.com, LandsEnd.com) Back-of-book indexer since 1995 Bio available at: www.contextualanalysis.com @ChicagoIndexer © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 3. Latham & Matthews Edition Published from 1970 to 1983 First complete and unexpurgated 9 volumes of diary transcription 1 companion volume (people, historical events) 1 index volume © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 4. Who Was Samuel Pepys? Born 1633, died 1703 A Londoner A clerk in the Exchequer Later secretary to the Admiral in the Navy Office Fellow of the Royal Society © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 5. The Diary Period covered: 1 Jan 1660 to 31 May 1669 1,250,000 words; 3,100 pages; 6 volumes Written in shorthand © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
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- 7. Great Events of the Time Restoration of the Monarchy (1660, after Cromwell) Second Dutch War (1664–1667) The Plague (1665) Great Fire of London (1666) © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 8. Index to the Diary 317 pages long Headnote: 4 pages long Compiled over the period 1950 to 1982 by Robert and Linnet Latham Every text reference was validated in the typescript by hand. © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 9. 1 1. “P” used throughout the index to indicate Samuel Pepys EP for his wife Elizabeth © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
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- 13. Index Construction and Techniques © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
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- 15. 1 2 1. Main heading format 3 4 2. Cross- reference 5 placement 3. Subheading format 4. Sub- subheading format 5. Locator format © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 16. Index Levels 1 2 3 4 5 © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 17. Annotations © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
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- 21. Annotations © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
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- 23. Headings for Cross-Refs © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 24. Exhaustivity 4 ½ pages of entries… © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 25. Treatment of Names 2 3 1 1. Name in brackets not mentioned directly in text 2. No first name identified 3. Father not mentioned in the text © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 26. Treatment of Names Minor character not otherwise indexed © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 27. Self-Reference © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
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- 29. Note also string of undifferentiated locators © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 30. Series of undifferentiated locators © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 31. Main Heading Groupings © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 32. Interesting Entries © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
- 33. Plus 4 ½ more pages of similar entries © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis
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- 40. Contact Information Fred Leise www.contextualanalysis.com fredleise@contextualanalysis.com @ChicagoIndexer © 2009 by ContextualAnalysis