RELATED PERSONS
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RELATED PERSONS
30.0 Purpose and Scope
This chapter provides general guidelines and instructions on recording relationships between a person, family, or
corporate body and related persons.
30.1 Related Person
30.1.1 Basic Instructions on Recording Relationships to a Related Person
30.1.1.1 Scope
A related person is a person who is associated with the person, family, or corporate body being identified
(e.g., a collaborator, a member of a family, a founder of a corporate body).
Related persons include separate identities established by an individual (either alone or in collaboration with
one or more other individuals).
The relationship to the related person is recorded by using an authorized access point and/or identifier
representing the related person.
30.1.1.2 Sources of Information
Take information on related persons from any source.
30.1.1.3 Recording Relationships to a Related Person
Record a relationship to a related person by applying the general guidelines at 29.4.
Identifier for the Related Person
Library of Congress control number: n 79056546
Identifier for Lewis Carroll, the alternate identity established by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson for his literary
works
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500017044
Identifier for Titian Ramsay Peale, family member of the Peale family
Library of Congress control number: n 50035608
Identifier for Miles Davis, founder of the Miles Davis Quintet
Library and Archives Canada control number: 1013B3788E
Identifier for Paul Martin, the incumbent of the office of Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
Authorized Access Point Representing the Related Person
Innes, Michael, 1906–1994
Authorized access point representing the alternate identity established by J.I.M. Stewart for his detective
novels
Carroll, Lewis, 1832–1898
Authorized access point representing the alternate identity established by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson for his
literary works
Dannay, Frederic, 1905–1982
Lee, Manfred B. (Manfred Bennington), 1905–1971
Authorized access points representing the real identities of the individuals who also wrote under the joint
pseudonym Ellery Queen
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RELATED PERSONS
Brutus, Marcus Junius, 85 B.C.?–42 B.C.
Authorized access point representing the person whose name forms part of the appellation for an unknown
person identified as Pseudo-Brutus
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799–1885
Authorized access point representing a family member of the Peale family
Davis, Miles
Authorized access point representing the founder of the Miles Davis Quintet
Bono, Sonny
Cher, 1946–
Authorized access points representing the group members of the musical group Sonny & Cher
Martin, Paul, 1938–
Authorized access point representing the incumbent of the office of Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
30.2 Explanation of Relationship
30.2.1 Basic Instructions on Recording Explanations of Relationships
30.2.1.1 Scope
An explanation of relationship is information elaborating on or clarifying the relationship to a related person.
30.2.1.2 Sources of Information
Take information explaining a relationship from any source.
30.2.1.3 Recording Explanations of Relationships
Record an explanation of the relationship to a related person if considered important for identification or
clarification.
Greek letters by the person identified as Pseudo-Brutus were erroneously attributed to
Marcus Junius Brutus
Real name: Ngô Thế Thái; pseudonym: Thanh Nam
Author wrote picture books under the pseudonym Will, and young adult fiction and a thesis
under the name William Lipkind
American architectural firm McKim, Mead & White was formed in 1879 by Charles Follen
McKim (1847–1909), William Rutherford Mead (1846–1928), and Stanford White (1853–1906)
For works of this author written under other names, see: Carr, Philippa, 1906–1993; Ford,
Elbur, 1906–1993; Holt, Victoria, 1906–1993; Kellow, Kathleen, 1906–1993; Tate, Ellalice,
1906–1993
For guidelines on presenting an explanation of a relationship as part of an explanatory reference, see
appendix E (E.1.3.4).
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