How do I make a footnote citation to IMF Archives documents?
In all cases, information in footnote and endnote citations should begin with the individual unit being described (the document) and proceed from narrow to broader information, in much the same way as the bibliographic citation format recommended by the Chicago Manual of Style. Example: Smith to Jones, “Meeting with Ministers,” June 23, 1950, file “Intra-European Payments, Working Party, Miscellaneous Drafts and Memos, 1950, file 1 of 2,” Director’s Files, Research Department, IMF Archives, Washington DC. The elements of the citation are the individual document (include names of writer and recipient, subject line and date), the file name, the series name (and any other subgroups in the hierarchy of the finding aid), the fonds or collection title, and the repository (IMF Archives, Washington DC). (I have seen the use of “Washington, DC” the first time the IMF Archives is cited, which can then be abbreviated “IMF Archives” thereafter.
