Thank you Angela,
  I think that our issue is more with the manner in which the items and folders 
display on the public side.  And it looks like we may be able to reorder the 
way those box/ folders/ items are displayed from the back end.  Thanks for your 
assistance- it was very helpful.
Christina

From: archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org 
[mailto:archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of 
Angela Kroeger
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 2:27 PM
To: Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org>
Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Top Containers and Item Level 
Descriptions

Hi, Christina,

You can link multiple item-level archival objects to the same top container. So 
your top container would be the box (not the folder). Within each item-level 
description, under Instances, add a container instance and link to that same 
box. Then select the child type of folder and enter a folder number (or 
potentially even a folder title, if your folders are unnumbered) as the child 
indicator.

When you have item-level descriptions for multiple items within the same 
folder, then your top container should still be the box. The child type would 
still be folder, and the child indicator would be the same for all items within 
the same folder. Then for each individual item, you'd add a grandchild type of 
item and give it a grandchild indicator that describes that item's position 
within the folder. (If "item" is not one of the options in your grandchild type 
drop menu, then you can have someone with system administrator privileges add 
it under System/Manage Controlled Value Lists/Container Type.)

This is, of course, not the only way you could handle the situation you 
describe. This is just how I would approach it. Someone else may suggest a 
better method.

Hope that's useful!

--Angela


Angela Kroeger
Archives and Special Collections Associate
UNO Libraries | Criss Library 107
University of Nebraska at Omaha | unomaha.edu

402.554.4159
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