and so to bed: the index to the diary of samuel pepys
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Explore some of the interesting techniques used in the index to the Latham edition of "The Diary of Samuel Pepys."TRANSCRIPT
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Presented by Fred Leise
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May 14, 2010
And So to Bed: The Index to The Diary of Samuel
Pepys
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Latham & Matthews Edition
Published from 1970 to 1983
First complete and unexpurgated
9 volumes of diary transcription
1 companion volume (people, historical events)
1 index volume
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Who Was Samuel Pepys?
Born 1633, died 1703
A Londoner
A clerk in the Exchequer
Later secretary to the Admiral in the Navy Office
Fellow of the Royal Society
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The Diary
Period covered: 1 Jan 1660 to 31 May 1669
1,250,000 words; 3,100 pages; 6 volumes
Written in shorthand
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Great Events of the Time
Restoration of the Monarchy (1660, after Cromwell)
Second Dutch War (1664–1667)
The Plague (1665)
Great Fire of London (1666)
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Index to the Diary
317 pages long
Headnote: 4 pages long
Compiled over the period 1950 to 1982 by Robert and Linnet Latham
Every text reference was validated in the typescript by hand.
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1. “P” used throughout the index to indicate Samuel Pepys
EP for his wife Elizabeth
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Index Construction and Techniques
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1. Main heading format
2. Cross-reference placement
3. Subheading format
4. Sub-subheading format
5. Locator format
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Index Levels1
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Annotations
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Annotations
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Annotations
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Annotations
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Annotations
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Headings for Cross-Refs
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Exhaustivity
4 ½ pages of entries…
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Treatment of Names
12 3
1. Name in brackets not mentioned directly in text
2. No first name identified
3. Father not mentioned in the text
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Treatment of Names
Minor character not otherwise indexed
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Self-Reference
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Note also string of undifferentiated locators
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Series of undifferentiated locators
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Main Heading Groupings
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Interesting Entries
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Plus 4 ½ more pages of similar entries
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Contact Information
Fred Leise
www.contextualanalysis.com
@ChicagoIndexer