“Bills belonging to the shares bought by mother…”

GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF003-0002 (1076)

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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION

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-SF003-0002 (1076)

TITLE:

Records the name of the unit of description.

“Bills belonging to the shares bought by mother…”

DATE(S):

Identifies the date of creation of the unit of description.

1890-1896

LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:

Identifies the level of arrangement of the unit of description (fonds, sub-fonds, series, sub-series, file, sub-file, item).

Item

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.

34 x 21 cm

FORMER REFERENCE CODE:

Records the former identifier of the item as given by the Historical G. P. Savvidis Catalogue.

F106_Φ12-15

CONTEXT AREA

NAME OF CREATOR(S):

Identifies the author or the creator of the unit of description.

C. P. Cavafy

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.

Handmade folder made of a ruled sheet of paper with the handwritten note “Bills belonging to the shares bought by mother + which now have come into my possession”. It contains receipts for the purchase of shares through the Crédit Lyonnais, Banque Imperiale Ottomane and Betts & Co, dating to the period 1890-1896. Cavafy’s name (“Constantin F. Cavafy”, “C. F. Cavafy’) appears on three of them, while the name “J. Cavafy” (=John Cavafy) appears on one (1892). A total of five receipts.