13.7A. Preliminary rule

13.7A1. Scope.

See 1.7A1.

13.7A2. Punctuation

Precede each element of description with a full stop, space, dash, space or start a new paragraph for each element of description.
Separate introductory wording of an element of description from the main content by a colon followed but not preceded by a space.

13.7A3. Form of presentation of information.

In presenting information in the archival description area, follow the instructions set out in 1.7A3-1.7A5.

13.7B. Administrative history / Biographical sketch

13.7B1. Administrative history.

If provenance is known, give a concise administrative history as instructed in 1.7B1. In cases of unknown provenance, do not use this element.

The Conseil d’État du roi was a body through which the king of France illuminated his actions, and declared his will through ârrets, provisions, ordinances, letters patent and other acts issued by his person
(Administrative history for discrete item with known provenance)

Do not use this element to record information about the corporate body chiefly responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of the unit being described. For the presentation of this information, see 13.8B5, 13.8B6 or 13.8B20.

13.7B2. Biographical sketch.

If provenance is known, give a concise biographical sketch as instructed in 1.7B2. In cases of unknown provenance, do not use this element.

Abraham Wiens (1830-1900) was born in the Mennonite Settlement at Molotschna, in the Ukraine. In 1860 he became one of the founders of the secessionist Mennonite Brethern and moved with them to Kuban in the Caucasus. His grandson Abraham Wiens (1887-1965) and his wife Katherina Heinrichs (1889-1930) emigrated to Canada in 1925 with six of their children and settled in Manitoba
(Biographical sketch for discrete item with known provenance)

Do not use this element to record information about the person chiefly responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of the unit being described. For the presentation of this information 13.8B5, 13.8B6 or 13.8B20.

13.7C. Custodial history.

Give the custodial history as instructed in 1.7C.

The watercolour was sent to the National Archives of Canada by British art dealer Michael Graham-Stewart from whom was also acquired a work by Catherine Reynolds. The dealer does not have further information on the chain of custody of this work

13.7D. Scope and content.

Give information about the scope and the internal structure of or arrangement of the material and about the contents of the unit being described as instructed in 1.7D4. Also consult the .7D rules in the chapters dealing with the broad classes of material relating to the intellectual form of the unit being described.

Item is a fragment of a parchment roll, recording the payment by the Lords of the Treasury to Thomas Barclay and Henry Drummond, contractors, of money advanced to deputy paymasters of the forces at New York, Quebec, Halifax and Boston, for pay issued 1769-1770, and for expenses involved in the transfer of funds and for exchange, 1782

Account book of an unidentified Davidson County N.C. physician. Details provided in the accounts are generally sparse, often providing only the date and cost. The volume records little information about procedures performed or medications dispensed. During the 1860’s, almost half of the account book was used as a scrapbook to compile newspaper clippings, poetry, and household tips

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