Example A: A Corporate Fonds

Repository: Pleasantville City Archives
    Record Group/Fonds: City of Pleasantville. Department of Public Welfare.
           Series: Financial Statements
                Subseries: Audit Reports
                    File: Audit Reports, 1932
                    File: Audit Reports, 1933
                Subseries: Correspondence re: Audit Reports
                    File: Letters received, 1932
                    File: Letters sent, 1932
                        Item: Clarkson Gordon Accountants to Pleasantville, May 1, 1933
           Series: Correspondence re: Requests for Relief
                Subseries: East Ward
                    File: Letters received, 1932
                    File: Letters received, 1933
                Subseries:West Ward
                    File: Letters received, 1932
                    File: Letters received, 1933

Note: This example reflects both American and Canadian practise (fonds vs. group)

Example B: A Manuscript Fonds
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