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 Primary Sources: Examples for Works Cited Lists
Letter (Unpublished)

APA Publication
Manual 6th ed, 2010
"Personal communications ma;y be private letters, memos, some electronic communications (e.g. e-mail or messages from nonarchived discussion groups or electronic bulletin boards), personal interviews, telephone conversations, and the like.  Because they do not provide recoverable data, personal communications are not included in the reference list.  Cite personal communications in text only. Give the initials as well as the surname or the communicatorm, and provide as exact a date as possible." (p179, Sect. 6.20)

E. Miller (personal communciation, March 3, 1865)

MLA 7th ed., 2009

Miller, Ella.  Letter to Ella V. Rinker.   3 March 1865.  Ella V. Rinker and
Reuben E. Hammon Papers.  Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Lib., Duke U, Durham.

This page is adapted  from Lawton, Kelley A. and Laura Cousineau. "Assembling a List of Works Cited in your Paper." 3 Nov. 2003. Duke University. 22 April, 2004. <http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm>. 

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