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678 - Biographical or Historical Data (R)

MARC 21 Authority - concise

July 2022

Summary of the essential biographical, historical, or other information about the 1XX heading in an established heading record, an established heading and subdivision record, or a subdivision record.

Indicators

First - Type of data: # - No information provided; 0 - Biographical sketch; 1 - Administrative history
Second - Undefined: # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Biographical or historical data (R): Brief statement providing biographical information about an individual or family. It may also contain historical and administrative information relating to an organization.

$b - Expansion (NR): Expansion of the biographical or historical data given in subfield $a.

$u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)

$6 - Linkage (NR): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$7 - Data provenance (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix H: Data Provenance Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples

678	##$aM.D., M.R.C.O.G.;$aDept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Maternity Hosp., Queen Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgbaston.
678	##$ab. 1928
678	##$aThe Faribault State School and Hospital provided care, treatment, training, and a variety of other services to mentally retarded individuals and their families. It was operated by the State of Minnesota from 1879 to 1998 under different administrative structures and with different names. A more detailed history of the Hospital may be found at$uhttp://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/80881.html

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