Table 1. Comparison of Desired Elements and Selected Metadata Elements:
1. Fashion Object Registration Information

Desired Element

Explanation and Description of Element

USMARC Field

Dublin Core Element

VRA Core Element

Accession number and source

Unique number used to identify items and the name of agency which assigns the number

037 $a 1986.107.0003$bKent State University Museum

Identifier: 1986.107.0003

Repository number: 1986.107.1003

Original cataloging source

The organization which created the original record & the language of cataloging

040 $aKSU $beng

N/A

N/A

Language of information

The language of any textual information accompany the object

008/35-37: eng

041 $aeng

Language: en

N/A

Geographical information

The geographical information of the object & the producer

043 $an-us--- (for the object)

044 $aus (for the producer)

Coverage (spatial): United States

Nationality/Culture: United States

Temporal information

Time period of the contents of the objects

045 $aw4w7(associated with the subject field)

245 $a[Day dress] : $b[female]. $f1865

Coverage (temporal): 19th Century

Style/Period/Group/

Movement: 1849-1877

Work Type

Category of the object being cataloged

Leader/06: r

655 $aCostume

Type: Costume

Work type: Costume

Creator Name

Name of designer or creator/maker

100 $a

700 $a

Creator:

Contributor:

Creator:

Creator Role

Role of creator

1XX/7XX $e

N/A

Role:

Manufacture Information

Place, manufacturer and date. Other information about manufacture

260 $aOhio? : $b[s.n.], $c1865?

500 $aIndian style signature

Publisher:

Date: 1865?

Creator:

Role:

Date: 1865?

Source/donor

Name(s) of individual(s) who owned or donated the object

561 $aThis dress, bonnet and shawl all belonged to Marie Eleanor Bente who married Gerhart Henry Albers in 1865…

541 $cGift ; $aMiss Marie E. Albers ; $d1986.

700 $aSilverman, Jerry, $edonor

N/A

Notes: This dress, bonnet and shawl all belonged to Marie Eleanor Bente who married Gerhart Henry Albers in 1865…

Notes: A Gift of Miss Marie E. Albers in 1986.

Repository Name, Location

Name and geographic place of the repository that currently hosts object

535 $aKent State University Museum $bP.O.Box 5190, Kent OH44240-0001

710 $aKent State University. $bMuseum. $bSilverman/Rodgers Collection

Right: Kent State University Museum (http://www.kent.edu/museum/)

Repository name: Silverman/ Rodgers Collection, Kent State University Museum

Repository place: Kent State University Museum, P.O.Box 5190, Kent, OH 44240-0001

Tag location

Location of Tag

500 $aTag sewn to center back neckline on inside

N/A

Notes: Tag sewn to center back neckline to inside

Electronic location and access

All the electronic information of the object

856 $3Thumbnail $u http:// newmedia.kent.edu/waw99/images/dresall2.JPG

856 $3presentation page $u http:// newmedia.kent.edu/waw99/ k.1995.107.003.html

Identifier:

newmedia.kent.edu/waw/images/dresall2.JPG

Visual Document Owner Number:

1995.107.003*.*

Exhibition notes

Any exhibition history

585 $a Exhibited: "Costumes, Quilts, Coverlets, Continuing Traditions", Broadbent Gallery, 9/1994-8/1995

N/A

Notes: Exhibition: "Costumes, Quilts, overlets, Continuing Traditions", Broadbent Gallery, 9/1994-8/1995

Remarks

The history, role and criticism of the object

500 $aThe dress is said to have been worn by the mother of the donor on her wedding day in 1870. Dresses in this style, with the knee-length fronts of the bodice flowing into the polonaise, are illustrated in "The Queen" for October, 1871, and continue through to 1873.

Description: Dresses in this style, with the knee-length fronts of the bodice flowing into the polonaise, are illustrated in "The Queen" for October, 1871, and continue through to 1873.

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

1870-1873

Notes: Dresses in this style, with the knee-length fronts of the bodice flowing into the polonaise, are illustrated in "The Queen" for October, 1871, and continue through to 1873.

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