Use these lists to browse through terms that have been encoded into collection descriptions. Each list allows for searching by a certain category of descriptive term. Not all terms are standardized and some may contain more than one term for the same topic (cassette, audiocassette, etc.). Check all terms in a particular list for a comprehensive search. When you select a particular term, a search will be executed for that term across all the finding aids currently available from the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Not all descriptive terms have been encoded. If you are looking for a term not found in these lists, please try a keyword search.

• Family Name Browse List
  Family names designate a group of persons who form a household or are closely related, including both single families and family groups. Collections with family names do not necessarily indicate information in the collection about any individual with that last name.
• Corporate Name Browse List
  Corporate names identify an organization or group of people that act as an entity. Examples include names of associations, institutions, business firms, nonprofit enterprises, governments, government agencies, projects, programs, religious bodies, churches, conferences, athletic contests, exhibitions, expeditions, fairs, and ships.
• Personal Name Browse List
  Personal names designate an individual, potentially including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
• Geographical Name Browse List
  Geographical names designate a place, natural feature, or political jurisdiction. Examples include: Appalachian Mountains; Baltimore, Md.; Chinatown, San Francisco; and Kew Gardens, England.
• Genre/Physical Form Browse List
  Genre/Physical Form terms identify a type of material being described, by naming the style or technique of its intellectual content (genre); order of information or object function (form); and physical characteristics. Examples include: account books, architectural drawings, portraits, short stories, sound recordings, and videotapes.
• Subject Term Browse List
  Subject terms identify a topic associated with or covered by the described materials. Personal, corporate, and geographic names behaving as subjects can be found in their respective browse lists.