Folder Level (Hierarchical)

This level of description is for all sizes of collections that can be effectively described in a collection-level scope note without any series-level description. This type of arrangement and description most resembles what DACS calls Single-level Added Value. This may require some physical rearrangement, rehousing, and will include a folder-level container list and minimal degree of hierarchy. 

Arrangement Tasks: If the received order is not usable, the collection may be physically and intellectually rearranged. This re-arrangement may include a rough sort of folders and loose items, re-housing into archival boxes, and repurposing folders if they meet archival standards. 

Description Tasks: Concise finding aid and container list with single-level description, and a minimal degree of hierarchy. The description should include an abstract, collection-level scope and content note, and brief administrative/biographical history note, as well as all other. Collections will be described using topical groups to create hierarchy as needed. See the sections of this manual on writing finding aid front matter and required fields in finding aid notes, for further information about what details to include.

Final Products: Hierarchical finding aid in Archives Portal and catalog record.

Examples:

• Alfredo Valente negatives
• New York Women in Film & Television interviews
• La Meri photographs