File Numbering Protocol
ALPL Oral History
Numbering Protocol
FM-A-L-2007-001.01
| Numeric |
What it Represents |
| FM |
First two/three letters: Designates the specific project; ex – FM for Family Memories project. Additional letter: Indicates a subcategory within a project heading. |
| A-L |
Second series of letters: (V=Video or A=Audio) & (L=ALPL project or D=Donated) |
| -2007- |
First four digits: Year in which an interview was conducted. |
| -001 |
Next three digits: Sequential number of interviews accessioned that year, regardless of project or source. |
| .01 |
Number after decimal: Specific interview, when a series of interviews are conducted with same interviewee. All interviews in the series will use the year in which the first interview was
conducted. |
(Optional: a number after a second decimal may designate that an interview is split into multiple parts, with the intention of rejoining them later)
Interview numbers will be assigned at the time the first interview in a series is completed and processing begins.
Project Prefix Project
| Project Prefix |
Project |
| AS |
Adlai E. Stevenson III Oral History |
| CM |
Christian County Coal Mining |
| DA |
Department of Aging |
| HP |
Homemakers Project |
| IC |
Italians in Chicago |
| SS |
Sangamon State University Series |
| AA |
African-American Oral Histories |
| AAS |
Springfield AA Oral Histories |
| SR |
Starved Rock Library System |
| W2 |
World War II Veterans |
| FM |
Family Memories |
| HR |
Historians Speak |
| HRI |
Illinois History |
| HRL |
Lincoln |
| WT |
IL Guardsmen in the War on Terror |
| VR |
Illinois Veterans Remember |
| VR2 |
WWII |
| VRK |
Korean War |
| VRV |
Vietnam War |
| VRG |
Gulf War |
| VRT |
War on Terror |
| IS |
Illinois Statecraft |
| ISE |
ERA Amendment |
| ISG |
Governor Series |
| ISL |
IL Legislators Series |
| ISC |
IL Congressmen Series |
| ISS |
IL Senator Series |
| AI |
Agriculture in Illinois |
| AIS |
State Museum Project (IMLS Grant) |
| MI |
Miscellaneous Oral Histories |