diff --git a/backend/app/converters/marcxml_accession_converter.rb b/backend/app/converters/marcxml_accession_converter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2220d33fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/converters/marcxml_accession_converter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require_relative 'marcxml_converter'
+
+class MarcXMLAccessionConverter < MarcXMLConverter
+  def self.import_types(show_hidden = false)
+    [
+     {
+       :name => "marcxml_accession",
+       :description => "Import MARC XML records as Accessions"
+     }
+    ]
+  end
+
+  def self.instance_for(type, input_file)
+    if type == "marcxml_accession"
+      self.new(input_file)
+    else
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+end
+
+MarcXMLAccessionConverter.configure do |config|
+  config["/record"][:obj] = :accession
+  config["/record"][:map].delete("//controlfield[@tag='008']")
+
+  config["/record"][:map]["self::record"] = -> accession, node {
+
+    if !accession.title && accession['_fallback_titles'] && !accession['_fallback_titles'].empty?
+      accession.title = accession['_fallback_titles'].shift
+    end
+
+    if accession.id_0.nil? or accession.id.empty?
+      accession.id_0 = "imported-#{SecureRandom.uuid}"
+    end
+
+    accession.accession_date = Time.now.to_s.sub(/\s.*/, '')
+  }
+
+  ["datafield[@tag='210']", "datafield[@tag='222']", "datafield[@tag='240']", "datafield[@tag='242']", "datafield[@tag='246'][@ind2='0']",  "datafield[@tag='250']", "datafield[@tag='254']", "datafield[@tag='255']", "datafield[@tag='257']", "datafield[@tag='258']", "datafield[@tag='260']",  "datafield[@tag='340']", "datafield[@tag='342']", "datafield[@tag='351']", "datafield[@tag='352']", "datafield[@tag='355']", "datafield[@tag='357']",  "datafield[@tag='500']", "datafield[@tag='501']", "datafield[@tag='502']", "datafield[@tag='506']", "datafield[@tag='507']", "datafield[@tag='508']",  "datafield[@tag='511']", "datafield[@tag='513']", "datafield[@tag='514']", "datafield[@tag='518']", "datafield[@tag='520'][@ind1!='3' and @ind1!='8']",  "datafield[@tag='521'][@ind1!='8']",  "datafield[@tag='522']", "datafield[@tag='524']",  "datafield[@tag='530']", "datafield[@tag='533']",  "datafield[@tag='534']", "datafield[@tag='535']", "datafield[@tag='538']", "datafield[@tag='540']", "datafield[@tag='541']", "datafield[@tag='544']",  "datafield[@tag='545']", "datafield[@tag='561']", "datafield[@tag='562']", "datafield[@tag='563']", "datafield[starts-with(@tag, '59')]",  "datafield[@tag='740']", "datafield[@tag='256']", "datafield[@tag='306']", "datafield[@tag='343']", "datafield[@tag='520'][@ind1='3']", "datafield[@tag='546']", "datafield[@tag='565']", "datafield[@tag='504']", "datafield[@tag='510']", "datafield[@tag='581']"].each do |note_making_path|
+    config["/record"][:map].delete(note_making_path)
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/backend/spec/lib_marcxml_accession_converter_spec.rb b/backend/spec/lib_marcxml_accession_converter_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab882f1090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/spec/lib_marcxml_accession_converter_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'converter_spec_helper'
+
+require_relative '../app/converters/marcxml_accession_converter'
+
+describe 'MARCXML Accession converter' do
+  let(:my_converter) {
+    MarcXMLAccessionConverter
+  }
+
+
+  describe "Basic MARCXML to Accession Record mappings" do
+    let (:test_doc_1) {
+      src = <<END
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+      <collection xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/schema/MARC21slim.xsd" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+          <record>
+              <leader>00000npc a2200000 u 4500</leader>
+              <controlfield tag="008">130109i19601970xx                  eng d</controlfield>
+              <datafield tag="040" ind2=" " ind1=" ">
+                  <subfield code="a">Repositories.Agency Code-AT</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="b">eng</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="c">Repositories.Agency Code-AT</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="e">dacs</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+              <datafield tag="041" ind2=" " ind1="0">
+                  <subfield code="a">eng</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+              <datafield tag="099" ind2=" " ind1=" ">
+                  <subfield code="a">Resource.ID.AT</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+              <datafield tag="245" ind2=" " ind1="1">
+                  <subfield code="a">SF A</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="c">SF C</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="h">SF H</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="n">SF N</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+              <datafield tag="300" ind2=" " ind1=" ">
+                  <subfield code="a">5.0 Linear feet</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="f">Resource-ContainerSummary-AT</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+              <datafield tag="342" ind2="5" ind1="1">
+                  <subfield code="i">SF I</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="p">SF P</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="q">SF Q</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+              <datafield tag="510" ind2=" " ind1="2">
+                  <subfield code="3">SF 3</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="c">SF C</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="x">SF X</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+              <datafield tag="630" ind2=" " ind1="2">
+                  <subfield code="d">SF D</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="f">SF F</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="x">SF X</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="2">SF 2</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+              <datafield tag="691" ind2=" " ind1="2">
+                  <subfield code="d">SF D</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="a">SF A</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="x">SF X</subfield>
+                  <subfield code="3">SF 3</subfield>
+              </datafield>
+
+          </record>
+     </collection>
+END
+
+      get_tempfile_path(src)
+    }
+
+
+    before(:all) do
+      parsed = convert(test_doc_1)
+      @accession = parsed.last
+      @subjects = parsed.select{|r| r['jsonmodel_type'] == 'subject'}
+    end
+
+
+    it "creates an Accession instead of a Resource" do
+      @accession['jsonmodel_type'].should eq("accession")
+    end
+
+    it "maps field 245 to resource['title']" do
+      @accession['title'].should eq("SF A : [SF H] SF N / SF C")
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/common/locales/en.yml b/common/locales/en.yml
index 9321adab0a..40ad6d68d8 100644
--- a/common/locales/en.yml
+++ b/common/locales/en.yml
@@ -1837,6 +1837,7 @@ en:
     import_type_digital_object_csv: Digital Object CSV
     import_type_eac_xml: EAC
     import_type_marcxml: MarcXML
+    import_type_marcxml_accession: MarcXML (Accession)
     import_type_marcxml_subjects_and_agents: MarcXML (Subjects and Agents Only)
     status: Status
     status_completed: Completed