If you cite just one item from an archival collection, that item should be included in your citation. If you cite several items from a single collection within the text of your paper, the entry in the Reference List should refer to the collection as a whole.
If you cited more than one photograph from the Sager Collection in your paper, you might cite the collection in your reference list as follows:
Sager, William H. Photographs. William H. Sager China Marines Photograph Collection (OCH/WHS). Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA.
See Publication Manual of the APA, chapter 10.
One letter from the Sell CollectionThe letter displayed to the right is from the John M. Sell Civil War Collection. You might cite it in your reference list as follows:
Sell, John M. (1861, November 3). [Letter to William Sell]. John M. Sell Civil War Collection. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State University, Northridge. (SC/JMS Box 1, Folder 3), Los Angeles, CA.
See Publication Manual of the APA, chapter 10.
