Use the following template or our MLA Citation Generator to cite archive material. For help with other source types, like books, PDFs, or websites, check out our other guides. To have your reference list or bibliography automatically made for you, try our free citation generator.

Reference list

Place this part in your bibliography or reference list at the end of your assignment.

Template:

Author Surname, Author Forename. Title or Description. Date Published/created. Collection Name, Museum/Archive Name, City. Manuscript.

Example:

Blake, Jeanie. Letter to Ms. Mihich. 11 May 1979. The Letters of Jeanie Blake, Brooklyn Museum, New York. Manuscript.

In-text citation

Place this part right after the quote or reference to the source in your assignment.

Template:

(Author Surname)

Example:

“Visual Arts Museum has a guide in the gallery space during gallery hours as well as a guide just outside the main entrance to the museum, as well as an alarm system, recommended by your organization last year,” (Blake).

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