diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/Field.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/Field.java
index a6705fdad..49b9f02e8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/Field.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/Field.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public class Field {
 
     public enum OptionsType {
         LITERALS, 
+        UNSORTED_LITERALS,
         STRINGS_VIA_DATATYPE_PROPERTY, 
         INDIVIDUALS_VIA_OBJECT_PROPERTY, 
         INDIVIDUALS_VIA_VCLASS, 
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ public class Field {
     public void setOptionsType(String s) {
         if ("LITERALS".equals(s)) {
             setOptionsType(Field.OptionsType.LITERALS);
+        } else if ("UNSORTED_LITERALS".equals(s)) {
+            setOptionsType(Field.OptionsType.UNSORTED_LITERALS);
         } else if ("STRINGS_VIA_DATATYPE_PROPERTY".equalsIgnoreCase(s)) {
             setOptionsType(Field.OptionsType.STRINGS_VIA_DATATYPE_PROPERTY);
         } else if ("INDIVIDUALS_VIA_OBJECT_PROPERTY".equalsIgnoreCase(s)) {
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/SelectListGenerator.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/SelectListGenerator.java
index 13598ea23..faef9a71f 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/SelectListGenerator.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/SelectListGenerator.java
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ public class SelectListGenerator {
         Field.OptionsType optionsType = field.getOptionsType();
         String vclassUri = null;
         switch (optionsType){
+            case UNSORTED_LITERALS:  // deliberate fall-through case! Like LITERALS, but should not be sorted - order as specified 
             case LITERALS:
                 List<List<String>> literalOptions = field.getLiteralOptions();
                 if (literalOptions==null) {
-                    log.error("no literalOptions List found for field \""+fieldName+"\" in SelectListGenerator.getOptions() when OptionsType LITERAL specified");
+                    log.error("no literalOptions List found for field \""+fieldName+"\" in SelectListGenerator.getOptions() when OptionsType LITERALS or UNSORTED_LITERALS specified");
                     return new HashMap <String,String>();
                 }
                 for(Object obj: ((Iterable)literalOptions)){
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
index 27ff93118..fd724ff07 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
@@ -454,7 +454,11 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
                     } else {
                         out.print("<select "+classStr+" id=\""+getId()+"\" name=\""+getName()+"\">");
                     }
-                    optionsMap = getSortedMap(optionsMap);
+                    
+                    Field thisField = editConfig.getField(getName());
+                    if (! thisField.getOptionsType().equals(Field.OptionsType.UNSORTED_LITERALS)) {
+                        optionsMap = getSortedMap(optionsMap);
+                    }
                     Iterator iter = optionsMap.keySet().iterator();
                     while (iter.hasNext()) {
                         String key = (String) iter.next();