Creator Field

Creator is used on archival documents, published documents, speeches, articles, etc. to record the name of the authors.

Multiple instances of author can be recorded. Organizations can be authors.

Format

Author should be rendered LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. Check the Library of Congress Name Authority File or the Virtual International Authority File if you are not certain of the author's name. Note that we are not including the dates at the ends of the names.

Examples:

Wells, H. G.
Sanger, Margaret
How-Martyn, Edith
Birth Control International Information Centre

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