IDENTITY AREA
REFERENCE CODE:
Records the unique identifier that has been appointed to the unit of description by the archivists, in order to facilitate references made to the fonds on an international level.
GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25
TITLE:
Records the name of the unit of description.
Various personal documents
DATE(S):
Identifies the date of creation of the unit of description.
1849-1933
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:
Identifies the level of arrangement of the unit of description (fonds, sub-fonds, series, sub-series, file, sub-file, item).
File
EXTENT AND MEDIUM:
Records the extent of the unit of description. In case of an item description, it records the exact dimensions of the item.
CONTEXT AREA
NAME OF CREATOR(S):
Identifies the author or the creator of the unit of description.
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
Provides a summary of the scope (such as, time periods, geography) and content of the unit of description.
Sub-file 1 contains documents of legal nature. Sub-file 2 contains manuscripts regarding the poet’s family and its members, covering the period from the 18th century to the times of C. P. Cavafy; it also includes family trees. Sub-file 3 contains notes of financial content, pertaining to Cavafy and written by himself. Sub-file 4 includes handwritten notes by Cavafy, of personal nature. Sub-file 5 contains items pertaining to the poet’s immediate family. Sub-file 6 contains ephemera (business cards, theatre programmes, etc.). Sub-file 7 contains printed media (newspapers and journals) and Press clippings. Sub-file 8 contains works by third parties.
SYSTEM OF ARRANGEMENT:
Provides information on the processing, the internal structure, the order and the system of classification of the fonds.
The items inside each thematic sub-file have been arranged in chronological order.
CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA
LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:
Identifies the language(s) and script(s) employed in the unit of description.
The majority of the documents is written in Greek and English, while some are written in French.
Metadata in machine-readable format