Cataloging Fridays: “Guadalupe Peak” edition

Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet – about 4 years ago, I tried climbing it and didn’t quite make it to the top. Last month, though, I finally beat it. To commemorate the 8.4 mile/3000 foot elevation gain hike, I am cataloging the monument at the top of Guadalupe Peak at Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas.

My mother would have made me take my hair down for this picture.

041	0		eng
043			n-us-tx
044			txu
090			GV199.8|b.G833
110	2		American Airlines.
245	0	0	Guadalupe Peak monument /|cAmerican Airlines.
260			|c1958?
300			1 stainless steel trylon :|bill. ;|c183cm.
500			Titles created by cataloger.
610	2	0	American Airlines, inc.
610	2	0	United States Postal Service.
650		0	Guadalupe Mountains (N.M. and Tex.).
650		0	Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Tex.).
650		0	Memorials |zTexas.
650		0	Mountains |zTexas.
650		0	Triumph.
856	4	2	|uhttp://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/gumo/adhi/adhi10a.htm
856	4	2	|uhttp://www.nps.gov/gumo/planyourvisit/upload/Guadalupe%20Peak%20Hike.pdf

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Things I learned while writing this entry:

• There is no LOC heading for “bucket list.”
• The LOC has a pretty great selection of narrower terms for “Monsters” (which I got to by searching Enigma>Curiosities and wonders>Monsters … I don’t know why I searched for Enigma in the first place, but it seemed like a good idea at the time), including Harpies, the Mothman, and chupacabras. It also gives “Monsters” the alias of “Animals–abnormalities,” which makes the chupacabra sound much nicer. It’s not a goatsucker; it’s a coyote with some abnormalities (if you believe University of Michigan scientists, it’s mange), which doesn’t sound nearly as terrifying.

*Disclaimer: This record, in all its hypothetical grandeur, was not actually entered into any existing catalogs. Any mis-appropriations of MARC fields are not intended to offend any catalogers that have more experience than myself in cataloging memorials on mountain summits.

**For more about Cataloging Fridays, click here.