12.4 Dates of the Relationship

12.4.1 Record when relevant the commencement date of the relationship or succession date and, when relevant, the cessation date of the relationship. Dates should be recorded as described in rules 11.1.4–11.1.5.

Minnesota. Dept. of Game and Fish (entity described in archival authority record)

Minnesota. Division of Game and Fish (related entity)

1931 (date of succession)

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 (entity described in archival authority record)

Brown, Muriel Buck Humphrey (related entity)

1936 September 3–1978 January 13 (dates of the relationship’s existence)

Example Related Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Area of an Archival Authority Record

Related Entity 1

Name/Identifier (12.1.1):

Cadell & Davies

n 81066332

Type of Related Entity (12.2.1): Corporate body

Category of Relationship (12.3.1): Associative

Description of Relationship (12.3.2): Firm began when Cadell bequeathed his business to his son Thomas Cadell the younger (1773-1836) and assistant, William Davies (d. 1820)

Dates of Relationship (12.4.1): 1793-1802

Related Entity 2

Name/Identifier (12.1.1):

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794

n 80005416

Type of Related Entity (12.2.1): Person

Category of Relationship (12.3.1): Associative

Description of Relationship (12.3.2): Published Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, giving him nearly two-thirds of profits from sales

Dates of Relationship (12.4.1): 1776-1788

Related Entity 3

Name/Identifier (12.1.1):

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

n 78095825

Type of Related Entity (12.2.1): Person

Category of Relationship (12.3.1): Associative

Description of Relationship (12.3.2): Friend and publisher of Johnson

Dates of Relationship (12.4.1): 1770-1781

Related Entity 4

Name/Identifier (12.1.1):

Millar, Andrew, 1707-1768